PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyler White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogerio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. YOU´RE THE BEST AROUND kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

White
vs
Gracie

180 cm
25
183 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

185 cm
23
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tyler White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rogerio Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from White.
White throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
White missing with a left hand there. Gracie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tyler White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
White fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
White throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

White gets a clinch.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Gracie is blocking nicely.
White misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
Gracie tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. White just stands there and leans against the cage.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie avoids a wild elbow strike from White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
White landing knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
A right hand to the body from White.
White tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
White tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Gracie gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.
Gracie passes to full mount!
Gracie seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but White is holding on tight.

White is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Gracie locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! White is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rogerio Gracie!