PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robert Eins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Heart of a Champion as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Eins
vs
Gracie

172 cm
26
142 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

165 cm
24
140 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

۞ AFFAKETIΘN ۞

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Eins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Eins.
Eins stuns Gracie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Eins throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Eins misses with a lunging right hand
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Eins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Eins throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Eins.
Eins throws an off balance right hand
enabling Gracie to counter with a crisp jab.
Robert Eins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eins thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eins ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Eins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eins moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Gracie shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Eins's guard.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Eins keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gracie's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie content to stall in guard here.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Royce Gracie wasn't active enough on the ground.
Gracie digs a good body shot into Eins's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Eins there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A nice leg kick lands there from Eins.

Gracie closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Eins quickly recovers to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
Gracie not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Gracie seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Eins is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Royce Gracie!