PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Gracie (ranked 4439 p4p, 25028 weight class) and Steve Jones (ranked 534 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Gracie
vs
Jones

182 cm
23
185
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
185
0 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ethan Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Jones!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
An elbow from Gracie crashes against the mat.
Gracie in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Gracie passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Jones!

Gracie with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the head.
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Gracie has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Jones is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ethan Gracie!