PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Probst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Probst comes to the cage accompanied by Stop What Ya Doin. Gracie has chosen I am ironman as his entrance music. Jeff Probst had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Probst
vs
Gracie

177 cm
20
158 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

181 cm
23
153 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeff Probst!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Probst saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gracie takes one to the chin there.
Probst moves out of range of the leg kick from Gracie.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Probst which made him look bad.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Jeff Probst has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Gracie.

Probst drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Probst pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Probst sprawls well.

Probst clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Probst obliges.
Probst creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Probst takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Probst landing knees to the head.
Probst lands a damaging elbow.
Probst leaning his opponent against the cage.
Probst with a knee to the head.
Probst holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Probst misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Probst is struggling to control the position.
Probst lands an elbow inside.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Probst is struggling to control the position.
Probst lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Matt Gracie has been cut.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Probst scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Probst.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Probst stalls.
Probst scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Probst lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Probst obliges.
Probst comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gracie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Probst is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Come on Probst - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.

Gracie manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Probst wants to stand and escape but instead Gracie has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Probst keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Probst avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gracie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gracie content to stall in guard here.
Gracie trying to control but Probst is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Probst dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Gracie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Probst tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Probst manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gracie dives in and grabs Probst's left leg, looking for a takedown. Probst pushes down on Gracie's head and hops out.

Gracie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gracie is trying to push Probst away but Probst has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Probst stalls.
Gracie can't get the takedown.
Jeff Probst has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Gracie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Probst with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Gracie is rocked!
Probst utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can Probst finish him?
Probst comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Probst landing knees to the head.
Probst has Gracie pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Gracie is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Probst - that's hurt Gracie badly! Oh, another knee lands and Gracie is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Gracie doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Jeff Probst!