PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pheston Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Get Far - Shining Star. Pheston Gracie has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Gracie
vs
Maia

199 cm
22
189 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pheston Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nick Maia!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gracie looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Maia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maia is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
Maia misses with a straight left.
Maia tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Maia tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Maia. Gracie shrugs it off though.
Maia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Maia tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Maia.
Maia wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Maia.
Maia lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Pheston Gracie has been cut.
Maia is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maia.
Maia tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
A left and a right from Maia both land. Nice combination.
Maia connects with a looping right hand.

Gracie is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maia lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Gracie crumples to the floor! Maia milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nick Maia!