PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Segundo Alejandro Prato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Rackham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Rackham acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Alejandro Prato
vs
Rackham

195 cm
24
198 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
193 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Segundo Alejandro Prato!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Rackham!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prato scores with a hook to the body. Rackham takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Prato lands a nice hook to Rackham's body. Rackham takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Prato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rackham throws a head kick but Prato moves out of range.
Prato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rackham.
Prato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rackham counters with a three punch combo that has Prato backing up. Prato nods at Rackham to acknowledge the strikes.
Rackham tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Prato misses the shot to the body.
Prato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Prato gets the takedown into side control.

Prato wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rackham, who protects the arm well.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rackham wants to control but Prato postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Prato thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Prato has hold of Rackham's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Rackham tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Prato cranks the arm and Rackham screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Rackham, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Segundo Alejandro Prato!
Segundo Alejandro Prato retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Segundo Alejandro Prato made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.