PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean VonFoster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bodies/Drowning pool. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

VonFoster
vs
Gracie

225 cm
34
185 lbs
9 - 12 - 0

178 cm
32
177 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sean VonFoster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kirk Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

VonFoster moves into the clinch.
VonFoster tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Gracie wants a takedown.

VonFoster jumps guard and drags Gracie to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
VonFoster working a defensive guard here.

Gracie got a little sloppy there for a moment and VonFoster has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gracie has managed to get both his arms back between VonFoster's legs - danger averted.
Gracie controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gracie's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kirk Gracie was stalling too much, according to the referee.
VonFoster is looking to clinch.
VonFoster misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Gracie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for VonFoster!
Gracie controls the position from side control.
VonFoster is looking for a sweep.
VonFoster is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. VonFoster knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
VonFoster really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
VonFoster is looking for a sweep.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

Gracie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but VonFoster is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
VonFoster tries to bench press Gracie off him but Gracie keeps the position.

Gracie has hold of VonFoster's arm. He's looking for a kimura. VonFoster seems comfortable defending it but Gracie has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! VonFoster is real pain and he's forced to tap out! VonFoster is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Gracie couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kirk Gracie!
During a confident post fight interview, Kirk Gracie thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.