PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Funku Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilhelm Louis Stern (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Funku Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gracie
vs
Louis Stern

186 cm
30
212 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

185 cm
28
210 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Determined

Fight Club Clothing est. 09™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Funku Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wilhelm Louis Stern!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stern buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Stern takes the fight into the clinch.

Stern breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie with a jab.
Gracie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stern stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.

Stern shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gracie's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie seems keen to control Stern's posture.
Stern throwing strikes but missing.
Stern working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stern stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
Gracie has control of Stern's left arm, preventing Stern from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stern throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Stern avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gracie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stern loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stern is one step ahead there.
Stern missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracie bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stern's guard.
Stern wants to stand but Gracie is controlling the position.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Stern swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Stern is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
Gracie postures up in Stern's guard and throws a big left but Stern blocks it.
Stern is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie trying to control but Stern is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Funku Gracie just wasn't active enough.
Stern chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Stern gets a double leg takedown into Gracie's guard.
Gracie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stern is one step ahead there.
Gracie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Stern!
Stern's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Gracie landing shots from mount.
Stern tries to buck Gracie off but he can't manage it.
Stern looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie landing strikes from the mount.

Stern is rocked!
Stern wants to try and get back to his feet.
Stern is still in real trouble! Can Gracie finish him?
Gracie looking to finish Stern with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stern!
Stern in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Gracie! Stern is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Funku Gracie!