PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlito Brigante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ren Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brigante comes to the cage accompanied by LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem. Gracie has chosen Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck as his entrance music. Carlito Brigante could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ren Gracie's chin.

Brigante
vs
Gracie

190 cm
23
201 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
27
194 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Good kicks
Powerful

BALCO UNIFORM
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlito Brigante !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ren Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brigante moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt
and Brigante counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Brigante counters with a good, hard body kick but Gracie shrugs it off.
Brigante comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Brigante saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Carlito Brigante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ren Gracie.
Brigante 's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Brigante duly obliges.

It looks like Ren Gracie has been cut.
Brigante bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gracie's head.
Brigante throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Brigante rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brigante scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt

and Brigante counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brigante lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Brigante lands a shot to the body.
Brigante lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Brigante stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gracie looks gassed!
Brigante lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brigante gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Brigante working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brigante lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brigante creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brigante lands a hook that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
A body shot lands from Brigante .
Brigante lands a knee to the body.
Gracie is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Brigante lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brigante .
Brigante makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brigante lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Ren Gracie's cut even more.
Still in the clinch, Brigante scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brigante lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Brigante lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
A short right from Brigante .
Brigante lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
A knee to the head by Brigante .

Gracie is rocked!
A right handed body shot lands from Brigante .
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can Brigante finish him?
A short right from Brigante on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Brigante scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brigante lands a nice shot to the body.
Gracie seems to have recovered his senses.
Brigante creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Brigante scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Brigante lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Brigante .
Brigante scores with a shoulder strike.

The cut above Ren Gracie's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Brigante lands an uppercut.
Brigante works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brigante lands a nice uppercut.
Brigante gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brigante lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Brigante lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Ren Gracie's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Gracie changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Brigante fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Brigante clinches.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gracie tries to score a body lock takedown but Brigante shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Brigante lands with a left to the head.
Brigante lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Brigante .
Brigante lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ren Gracie's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Carlito Brigante !
An intense looking Carlito Brigante took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'When you think you're big time you're gonna fucking die big time!!! Shout out to my man in the wheel chair Laling!'.