PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sailor Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Gustavsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Disciples of Power - Lords of Creation. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gracie
vs
Gustavsson

180 cm
20
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

196 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sailor Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Gustavsson!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustavsson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gustavsson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gustavsson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gustavsson swivels and escapes.
A punch combination from Gustavsson misses.
Gustavsson lands a nice looking body shot.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gustavsson scores with a nice right hand.
Gustavsson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gustavsson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gracie has time to react.
Gracie misses with a low kick.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gustavsson can do anything to dispel that myth.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to free his trapped foot but Gustavsson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gracie wants to control but Gustavsson is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Gustavsson is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.

Gracie is trying for a kimura here. Gustavsson looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Gracie wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sailor Gracie!
A very excited looking Sailor Gracie 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.
In defeat, Alexander Gustavsson stepped up to the mic, saying 'I will be back! You are going down next time!'.