PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Al Nasser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Iornside as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Al Nasser
vs
Gracie

178 cm
27
190 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

181 cm
31
182 lbs
18 - 22 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mohammad Al Nasser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Matt Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Nasser avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Matt Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gracie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Al Nasser avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
Al Nasser is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Al Nasser taking some punishment here, with Gracie in his half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gracie seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gracie wants to stand up but Al Nasser is controlling the position.
Al Nasser is trying to control but can't.
Gracie takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Al Nasser looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gracie moves into full mount! Al Nasser won't be happy about that!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Nasser is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie with the ground and pound from mount.
Gracie with a couple of short strikes.
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Al Nasser really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gracie breaks from Al Nasser's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Al Nasser really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Al Nasser wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Gracie celebrates on the ropes and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Gracie!
After winning the bout, Matt Gracie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.