PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Wayne Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archie Francia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Alice in Chains-Man in the Box. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wayne Gracie
vs
Francia

191 cm
23
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
23
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Wayne Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Archie Francia!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Francia.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Francia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Gracie misses with a straight left.

Francia shoots in and gets a takedown into Gracie's guard.
Francia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gracie trying to keep a closed guard but Francia is proving a slippery customer.
Francia wants to stand and escape but instead Gracie has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Francia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Francia's guard.

Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Francia is trying to maintain the position but Gracie is very close to passing his half guard.
Francia looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francia is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Francia trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Francia is trying to stand.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Francia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Francia is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.
Francia pushes Gracie off looking to stand but Gracie dives back in and keeps control.

Gracie is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Francia defends it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Francia is looking to improve his position.
Gracie wants to control but Francia is keeping him busy.
Francia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Gracie maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Francia could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Gracie has cracked it and Francia is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Gracie!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Wayne Gracie!