PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neymar Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gracien
vs
Junior

150 cm
25
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
16
159 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Gracien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Neymar Junior!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junior rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracien moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab from Junior.
Junior has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Neymar Junior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracien walks into a left hand.
Junior misses with a low kick.
A jab from Junior does it's job there.
Junior thows a body shot but no joy.
Junior lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracien circles away quickly and effectively.
Junior throws a hook to the side of Gracien's head but Gracien sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Junior feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Graciens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Junior fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracien could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
A left lands for Junior.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot lands for Junior.
Junior lands with a nice combination. Gracien backs away looking to recover.

Gracien is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Junior misses.
Oh Gracien is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Junior misses with a series of wild punches.
Junior cracks Gracien with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Gracien falls to his knees and Junior doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Neymar Junior!