PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Rudolph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Grazie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grazie has chosen Randy Edelman, Trevor Jones - Promontory as his entrance music. Chuck Rudolph has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Rudolph
vs
Grazie

203 cm
22
211 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

177 cm
21
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chuck Rudolph!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fabio Grazie!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grazie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grazie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rudolph lands a nice looking kick to the body. Grazie takes a step back to recover.
Rudolph dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Grazie. That did some damage!

Rudolph forces Grazie back against the cage and clinches.
Grazie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rudolph connects with a knee to the head.

Rudolph breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rudolph tries for a takedown but Grazie circles away easily

and Grazie counters with a nice double leg into side control. Rudolph won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Rudolph can't do much from the bottom here.
Rudolph is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grazie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rudolph keeps working.
Rudolph wants to control but Grazie postures up.

Grazie has hold of Rudolph's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Rudolph seems comfortable defending it but Grazie has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Rudolph is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Rudolph is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Grazie couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fabio Grazie!