PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clive Burrows (ranked 3662 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 4549 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Jiu Jitsu by Smoke Serpent as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Royce Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Burrows
vs
Gracie

166 cm
26
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
181 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Clive Burrows!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Burrows shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gracie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gracie is staying active underneath Burrows, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie gets back to full guard.
Burrows throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Burrows throws a big right hand that misses.

Burrows stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Gracie throws up his legs and catches Burrows in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Burrows tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Gracie! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Royce Gracie!
During a confident post fight interview, Royce Gracie thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.