PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papoh Bamoya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Born To Win. Bamoya has chosen Lupang Hinirang as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Papoh Bamoya was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Gracie
vs
Bamoya

175 cm
23
175 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

182 cm
22
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Papoh Bamoya!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bamoya thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.

Bamoya drops Gracie with a beautiful combination! Gracie stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Bamoya is looking for the KO!

Gracie is rocked!

It looks like Ryan Gracie has been cut.

Bamoya forces Gracie back against the cage and clinches.
Bamoya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bamoya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bamoya lands a damaging elbow.
Bamoya lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Bamoya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Bamoya lands a nice elbow.

Ryan Gracie's cut is getting worse.
Bamoya landing knees to the body.
Bamoya lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Bamoya scores with a knee to the head.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Ryan Gracie's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bamoya lands a big knee! That's hurt Gracie! Oh, he's all over the place! Bamoya lands another knee that sends Gracie to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Papoh Bamoya!