PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maksymilian Gracie (ranked 1399 p4p, 164 weight class) and Matt Weston (ranked 2163 p4p, 260 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Iggy Pop - The Passenger. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Gracie
vs
Weston

194 cm
30
251 lbs
15 - 7 - 1

180 cm
34
235 lbs
26 - 12 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

THE END 32

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maksymilian Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Weston!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Weston misses.
Gracie is looking to counter punch.
Gracie bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gracie wants to clinch
and Weston counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Weston tries a head kick but it misses.
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Weston with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gracie to score with a decent uppercut.
Weston on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Weston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Weston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Weston lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Weston lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Weston throws out a counter right but Gracie avoids it with no problem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Weston scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Maksymilian Gracie has been cut.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Weston manages to avoid it.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gracie scores with a jab. Weston acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Weston.
Weston tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Weston, as that shot connected.
Gracie lands a head shot.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Weston throws a front kick aimed at Gracie's knee but Gracie avoids it well.
Weston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Weston.
Weston uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Weston manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Weston rushes Gracie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie works on Weston's body with a couple of short punches.

Gracie escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Weston drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Weston throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gracie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gracie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Weston is rocked!
Weston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Weston is still on wobbly legs! Can Gracie finish him?

Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Weston seems to have recovered his senses.
Gracie cracks Weston on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Weston falls backwards against the cage. Gracie follows up with more strikes that drop Weston to his knees. Gracie keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Weston! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maksymilian Gracie!
A very excited looking Maksymilian Gracie made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.