PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Wilkon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Wilkon

185 cm
25
178 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andre Wilkon!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie misses with a jab, cross combination.

Gracie closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wilkon did well to prevent Gracie getting side control.
Wilkon is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Wilkon is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilkon trying to hold on to Gracie's head to control him but Gracie postures up.
Wilkon is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gracie frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gracie cracks Wilkon with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gracie in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The referee warns Wilkon that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Gracie avoids the attempt from Wilkon to control.
Gracie lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wilkon hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilkon tries to reverse the position but Gracie maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Gracie.

Wilkon is rocked!
Wilkon is desperately trying to improve his position but Gracie has a good base and remains in mount.
Gracie lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wilkon is still in real trouble! Can Gracie finish him?
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wilkon seems to have recovered his senses.
Gracie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gracie landing strikes from the mount.
Gracie lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wilkon hang on?
Gracie pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gracie with shots to the head and body - Wilkon looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gracie landing punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
BOOM! Gracie connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gracie lands with some strikes.
Wilkon tries to reverse the position but Gracie maintains control.
Wilkon looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gracie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Gracie is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Wilkon is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Royce Gracie!