PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomson Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Martin
vs
Gracie

225 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
189 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomson Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but Martin pushes him off.

Martin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gracie to the mat! Gracie manages to get full guard.

Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Martin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gracie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Martin wants to get back to his feet.
Martin is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Martin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Martin is trying to maintain the position but Gracie is very close to passing his half guard.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Martin has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie prevents Martin from improving his position.
Gracie is keen to just control but Martin is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin is looking to improve his position.
Martin is working hard here to advance position.

Gracie seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Martin is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Antonio Gracie!