PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dudley Laswa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laswa comes to the cage accompanied by tomy lee. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Laswa
vs
Gracie

180 cm
18
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
23
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dudley Laswa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roberto Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Laswa shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gracie napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gracie tries to bench press Laswa off him but Laswa keeps the position.

Laswa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Laswa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Laswa is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gracie has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gracie looking for a sweep but Laswa has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Gracie can't escape the position.
Laswa thowing shots but they're missing.
Laswa will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gracie is desperately trying to improve his position but Laswa has a good base and remains in mount.
Gracie should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie regains half guard.
Gracie is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Laswa's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Laswa's back!

Gracie looking for the choke but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Gracie tightening his grip on Laswa, looking for the choke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Laswa is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Gracie is persistently looking for the submission but Laswa is defending it well.

Gracie looking for the choke from the back.

Gracie is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.

Gracie is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Laswa is defending well though. Gracie let's go of the attempt for now.
Gracie is trying to stick to Laswa's back but Laswa is turning into Gracie. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Gracie's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Laswa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Laswa is one step ahead there.

Gracie throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Laswa escapes and throws Gracie's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Gracie is looking for a sweep.
Laswa really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Laswa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gracie tries to buck Laswa off but Laswa is having none of it.
Gracie keeps trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is still trying to improve position.
Laswa wants to stand but Gracie is controlling his arm.
Gracie gets back to half guard.
Laswa prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Laswa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Laswa has control of the leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Laswa pulls his head out easily.
Gracie moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Gracie dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Laswa counters with a stiff right hand.
Laswa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Laswa is looking for a sweep.

Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Laswa, who protects the arm well.

Gracie is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Laswa looks calm but he's in trouble here. Gracie gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Laswa is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Gracie lets go of the hold and Laswa can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Roberto Gracie!