PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nik Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Penner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Diamond Eyes. Nick Penner will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gracie
vs
Penner

169 cm
25
144 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
23
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nik Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Penner!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Penner is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Penner circles away and we're back to standing.

Penner tries to sprawl but Gracie drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Penner is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Penner really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gracie works his way into full mount!

Gracie has hold of Penner's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Penner manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nik Gracie!
After winning the bout, Nik Gracie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.