PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theodore Montgomery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Montgomery

178 cm
19
171 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

182 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Theodore Montgomery!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Montgomery has Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Gracie's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gracie wants to break the clinch but can't.
Montgomery lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Montgomery walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Montgomery moves into the clinch.
Montgomery lands a hook that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Montgomery avoiding damage.
Gracie wants a takedown.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Montgomery lands a nice uppercut.
Montgomery lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montgomery working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Montgomery lands a nice uppercut.

Gracie is rocked!
Gracie letting Montgomery take a breather here.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Montgomery scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery stalling against the cage.

Montgomery drops Gracie onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Gracie is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Montgomery creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Gracie's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Gracie drops to his knees and Montgomery pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Theodore Montgomery!