PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paradorn Skiripan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sirius. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Skiripan
vs
Gracie

175 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
153 lbs
7 - 16 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paradorn Skiripan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skiripan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Skiripan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Skiripan tries to sprawl but Gracie drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Skiripan is looking to control Gracie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Skiripan avoid being mounted?
Skiripan is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
It looks like Gracie is going to stand back up.
Skiripan tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Gracie lands strikes from half guard.
Skiripan tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Skiripan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to stand but can't do so whilst Skiripan controls his leg.
Gracie lands strikes from half guard.
Skiripan misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Skiripan punching from the bottom.

Gracie stands up from half guard.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Skiripan is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Skiripan circles away and we're back to standing.

Gracie fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Skiripan sprawls well initially but Gracie persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Gracie frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Skiripan is trying to reverse the position but instead Gracie has taken his back - oops!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skiripan tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gracie looking for a guillotine from mount but Skiripan is having none of it.
Skiripan can't escape the position.
Gracie working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Gracie.
Gracie working the ground and pound effectively.
Skiripan tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Gracie is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Skiripan is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Skiripan flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Gracie anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Skiripan and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Gracie slips an arm under Skiripan chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Gracie has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Gracie is squeezing on Skiripan like an anaconda would it's prey. Skiripan fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Matt Gracie!
Matt Gracie was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.