PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Country Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khasbulaev comes to the cage accompanied by Fetty Wap - Trap Queen. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Khasbulaev
vs
Grace

173 cm
22
144 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

169 cm
20
146 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu
Mohito Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Country Grace!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grace paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Khasbulaev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grace sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grace tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Grace throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grace misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Khasbulaev on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grace ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khasbulaev moves away.
Grace checks the leg kick nicely there.
Grace lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Khasbulaev works over Grace's head and body with a nice combination.
Grace pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khasbulaev was well out of range. Poor timing from Grace.
Khasbulaev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khasbulaev throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khasbulaev moves out of range of the body kick.
Khasbulaev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grace.
Khasbulaev throws a series of punches but Grace avoids them all with ease.
Grace is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Khasbulaev with a body shot.
Khasbulaev misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace missing with a left hand there. Khasbulaev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khasbulaev misses with a combination

and Grace counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Grace throwing strikes but missing.
Grace distracts Khasbulaev with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Grace missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grace cracks Khasbulaev with a solid left hand.
Grace won't allow Khasbulaev to get back to his feet.
Grace looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Grace working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grace accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Khasbulaev wants to stand and escape but Grace is having none of it.
Grace postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Grace won't allow Khasbulaev to get back to his feet.
Grace is working Khasbulaev over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Grace works over Khasbulaev with some ground and pound from guard.
Grace chips away with some ground and pound.
Grace wants to control from the top but Khasbulaev keeps moving.
Grace showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Grace wants to pass the guard but Khasbulaev is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khasbulaev wants to stand up but Grace is controlling him.
Grace is standing up over Khasbulaev. Khasbulaev looks to escape but Grace dives into side control.
My spies in watch this inform me that Grace has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Khasbulaev is working to avoid the ground and pound but Grace connects with a decent elbow.
Grace grinds an elbow into Khasbulaev's temple.
Grace content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Grace is putting a hurting on Khasbulaev here, landing some big shots from side control.

Grace is working to tighten his grip on Khasbulaev's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Khasbulaev has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Grace is really squeezing tight and eventually Khasbulaev passes out! Grace breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Country Grace!