PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricson Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gracie
vs
Almeida

190 cm
24
275 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

196 cm
24
238 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ricson Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ricardo Almeida!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Almeida swivels and escapes.
Almeida stuffs the takedown.

Gracie fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Almeida sprawls well initially but Gracie persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Almeida moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Almeida working a defensive guard here.
Almeida avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Almeida is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gracie is in close to Almeida's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie cracks Almeida with a solid left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie cracks Almeida with a solid left hand.

Almeida has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gracie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Almeida throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie preventing the sweep.
Gracie is working Almeida over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gracie has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.

Almeida is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Almeida works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie chips away with some ground and pound.

Almeida is rocked!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gracie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Almeida is still in real trouble! Can Gracie finish him?
Gracie loads up on a big left hand. Almeida felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Gracie looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Almeida can't hide his disappointment, as Gracie celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricson Gracie!
Our winner, Ricson Gracie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.