PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rolger Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sandar Mohammad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mohammad has chosen Welcome To The Jungle as his entrance music. The key to victory for Rolger Gracie has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Gracie
vs
Mohammad

195 cm
23
250 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
245 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Rusty Cage Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rolger Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sandar Mohammad!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mohammad misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie throws a left and a right that both miss

and Mohammad counters with a takedown into side control.
Gracie is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mohammad misses with the ground and pound.
Mohammad lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gracie down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The strikes coming from Mohammad are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mohammad fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Mohammad misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Mohammad in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mohammad tries to score with some ground and pound. Gracie controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammad tries to score with some ground and pound. Gracie controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Mohammad postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Mohammad misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Gracie regains half guard, as Mohammad was trying to land strikes.
Mohammad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mohammad missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mohammad looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mohammad throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mohammad trying to pass the guard but Gracie defending well.
Mohammad has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mohammad misses with a head shot. Gracie uses the momentum to regain guard.
Gracie wants to stand up but Mohammad is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammad throwing strikes from guard but Gracie blocks nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mohammad steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rolger Gracie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mohammad doesn't seem bothered though.
Gracie moves out of range as Mohammad strikes.
Mohammad missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Mohammad gets the takedown into side control.
Mohammad misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Mohammad misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Mohammad in side control, throwing shots but Gracie defends.
Mohammad is trying to ground and pound but Gracie uses the momentary lack of control by Mohammad to regain half guard.
Mohammad thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gracie's head.
Mohammad sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracie defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sandar Mohammad dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mohammad looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gracie!
Mohammad looking to finish with strikes here!
Gracie takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Mohammad lands a big shot there that rocks Gracie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mohammad scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mohammad throwing strikes here but Gracie is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gracie's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Mohammad unloads with some shots from mount but Gracie bucks and avoids them well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mohammad.
Mohammad fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Mohammad.
Mohammad lands a big shot to the head and Gracie winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sandar Mohammad!