PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Arenas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arenas kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Alive-Krewella. Nicolas Arenas has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Arenas
vs
Grace

188 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

174 cm
28
199 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Soul Supremacy Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nicolas Arenas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Grace!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arenas lands a head shot.
Arenas lands an overhand right.
Nice shot by Arenas.
Arenas cracks Grace with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Grace staying out of range there.
Grace changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Arenas clobbers Grace with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A left and a right from Arenas both land. Nice combination.
Arenas with a nice cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grace walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Grace's coach down at Ultimate Fighting Federation Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Grace's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Arenas looks to land a right hand but Grace moved out of range.
Grace doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Arenas is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A punch combination from Arenas misses.
And Grace tries to counter it with a takedown but Arenas pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Arenas swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arenas misses with a low kick.
Arenas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Arenas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Arenas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Arenas has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Arenas stalks Grace and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Grace's face. Grace staggers backwards, shaken.
Arenas tries a low kick but Grace avoids it.
Nicolas Arenas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arenas misses with a straight left.
Arenas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grace sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grace is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Arenas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sloppy strikes from Arenas. Those never looked like landing.
Grace drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Arenas defends it well.
Grace takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arenas misses with a looping right.
Arenas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left and a right from Arenas both land. Nice combination.
Grace uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arenas.
Grace with the counter takedown but Arenas avoids it easily.
Arenas is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Arenas misses with a wild body shot.
Grace let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Arenas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Arenas swinging wildly here.
Arenas lands a really nice looking cross but Grace seems unphased.
Arenas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arenas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grace tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Arenas connects with an inside leg kick.
Arenas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Arenas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grace on the side of the head.
Arenas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grace steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Arenas.
Arenas throws the left hand but Grace avoids the punch easily.
Grace tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Arenas stuffs the takedown attempt from Grace. Grace gets slowly back to his feet.
Arenas fails to land with a series of punches.
Crunch! Arenas slams his shin into Grace's torso.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arenas lands a nice shot that snaps Grace's head back.
Grace walks into a left hand.
Arenas throws a body kick that misses.
Grace tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Arenas misses with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Arenas misses the target.
Grace with the counter takedown but Arenas avoids it easily.
Grace's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Arenas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Grace scrambles back to his feet.

Arenas lands a left and a right that send Grace crashing to the mat, dazed. Arenas thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Grace avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arenas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grace blocks the body kick.
Grace changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Arenas falls off balance throwing a combination

and Grace counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicolas Arenas dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Arenas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grace with the counter takedown but Arenas avoids it easily.
Arenas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Grace let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Grace moves out of range of the body kick.
Nicolas Arenas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arenas feints and then cracks Grace's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grace down.
Arenas lands with an uppercut that bounces Grace off the ropes and back into range.
Arenas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Arenas misses the shot to the body.
As Arenas backs off Grace throws a huge counter combo but Arenas manages to avoid it all.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Grace might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Arenas has got the better of the exchanges.
Grace uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Arenas.
Grace is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arenas throws a looping overhand right but Grace ducks down to avoid it.
Grace with the counter takedown but Arenas avoids it easily.
Grace takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Arenas misses with a hook. Grace ducked under it nicely.
Grace drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Arenas defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Arenas.
Miguel Grace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arenas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Arenas throws a big shot that misses.
Arenas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arenas lands with a nice body punch.
Arenas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Arenas throws a body kick that misses.
And Grace tries to counter it with a takedown but Arenas pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A jab from Arenas misses.
Grace is looking for the big counter here.
Arenas looks to land a right hand but Grace moved out of range.
And Grace tries to counter it with a takedown but Arenas pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Grace takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Grace moves away from the strike by Arenas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arenas throws a front kick that sends Grace stumbling back into the ropes.
Nicolas Arenas is winning the standup battle so far.
Arenas throws an overhand right that lands on Grace's shoulder, as Grace tries to avoid the shot.
Arenas scores with a jab to the head.
Arenas feints and then cracks Grace's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grace down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arenas fails to land with a series of punches.
Arenas lands a jab-cross combination.
Arenas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Arenas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grace checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grace drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Arenas defends it well.
Arenas lands with a nice body kick.
Arenas throws a body punch but Grace moves out of range.
Grace is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Arenas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Grace's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arenas misses with an uppercut. Grace saw that one coming.
Grace misses with a takedown attempt
and Arenas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Arenas connects with a right hand. Grace shakes it off.
Arenas throws a hook to the side of Grace's head but Grace sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And Grace tries to counter it with a takedown but Arenas pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Grace avoids a kick to the body.
Grace drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Arenas defends it well.
Arenas misses with an uppercut.
Nice jab there from Arenas.
Arenas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grace counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Nicolas Arenas has been cut.
Grace walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Grace takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace takes one on the button.
Arenas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Arenas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grace can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arenas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Grace has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A big left from Arenas misses.
Grace now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Grace moves out of range as Arenas strikes.
Grace tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Arenas misses with an uppercut.
Grace is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Some wild striking there from Arenas.
Grace drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Arenas defends it well.
Grace doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Arenas to counter with a crisp jab.
Arenas jabs Grace to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicolas Arenas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nicolas Arenas's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Arenas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And Grace tries to counter it with a takedown but Arenas pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Grace takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Grace tries for a takedown but Arenas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
It looked like Arenas was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Grace keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grace showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Arenas.
A slow jab from Arenas misses its intended target.
Grace drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Arenas defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grace fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That kick from Arenas tenderised Grace's leg. Grace is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Arenas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Grace has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Arenas throws a leg kick

and Grace counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Arenas pushes Grace off but Grace dives into side control.

Grace is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Arenas is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Arenas is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Grace is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Arenas is trying to escape and Grace transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Arenas is forced to tap! Nice work there by Grace! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Miguel Grace!
Miguel Grace decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.