PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and CM Punk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Punk has chosen Booty Work as his entrance music. Punk has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. CM Punk looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Gracie
vs
Punk

184 cm
25
191 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ron Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, CM Punk!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punk tries a head kick but it misses.
Punk looks gassed!

Gracie drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Punk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gracie controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gracie has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Gracie advances to half guard.
Punk 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 is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Punk is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). 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.