PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darius Gracie (ranked 3711 p4p, 4690 weight class) and Tommy Aru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darius Gracie had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Gracie
vs
Aru

179 cm
25
165
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
184
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Darius Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Aru!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Aru connects with a body shot.
Aru works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Aru lands an overhand right.
Gracie throws a leg kick
and Aru counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aru counters with a right hand to the body.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aru throws out a counter right but Gracie avoids it with no problem.
Aru lands the left hand.
Gracie swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aru fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Gracie is rocked!
Gracie throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aru counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and Aru counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Aru shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gracie eats them both and turns towards Aru to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aru cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
Gracie misses with a combination
and Aru connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Aru lands a nice hook to Gracie's body. Gracie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Aru counters with a stiff right hand.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Aru scores with a jab to the head.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick
letting Aru counter with a right hand.
Gracie gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Aru gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Aru!
Tommy Aru decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.