PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodolfo Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragon Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Rodolfo Hansen has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Hansen
vs
Grace

164 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

190 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rodolfo Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dragon Grace!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grace throws a leg kick that misses.
Hansen appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hansen moves out of range of the leg kick from Grace.
Grace shoots in looking for a takedown. Hansen tries to sprawl out of it but Grace keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hansen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hansen is defended easily by Grace.
Dragon Grace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grace has a takedown stuffed.
Hansen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Grace misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rodolfo Hansen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dragon Grace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen moves forwards but Grace connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Grace clinches up with Hansen and pushes him back against the cage.

Grace turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Grace is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hansen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Grace decides to stand back up. Grace steps back and let's Hansen get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Grace shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hansen is trying to defend but Grace finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hansen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grace on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grace is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hansen is working to get back to half guard.
Hansen really is a fat lump.

Grace is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hansen is surviving well by controlling Grace's body position as best he can.
Hansen wants to control but Grace is having none of it.
Hansen tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace cracks Hansen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Grace working the ground and pound effectively.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hansen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grace lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Grace has control of Hansen's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hansen regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace with shots to the head and body - Hansen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Grace landing strikes from the mount and Hansen is in trouble!
Grace lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Hansen is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grace controlling the position easily from mount.
Oh Hansen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grace postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Hansen badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Grace around the waist but Grace pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Grace is the winner by TKO! Grace jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dragon Grace!