PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lockon Stratos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ron Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Stratos
vs
Gracie

197 cm
22
188 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

184 cm
25
191 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lockon Stratos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ron Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stratos misses with a series of wild punches.
Stratos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stratos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stratos was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie lands with a straight right. Stratos didn't see that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stratos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stratos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie moves out of range of the leg kick from Stratos.

Gracie closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Stratos to the mat! Stratos manages to get full guard.
Gracie passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie controls the position from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie advances to full mount.
Gracie controlling from the full mount.
Gracie wants to take his opponent's back but Stratos doesn't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie controlling his opponent.
Stratos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.

Gracie looking to isolate an arm here. Stratos doesn't see it coming and as Gracie extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Gracie!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ron Gracie!
During a confident post fight interview, Ron Gracie thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.