PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flavio Malegarie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flavio Malegarie has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Malegarie
vs
Gracie

190 cm
27
189 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

178 cm
27
189 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flavio Malegarie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Malegarie looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A lazy left from Gracie finds it's target.

Gracie closes the distance and clinches.

Gracie breaks the clinch.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Malegarie paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Gracie shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Malegarie is trying to defend but Gracie finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malegarie is refusing to be controlled, as Gracie sits in half guard.
Gracie wants to stand up but Malegarie is controlling the position.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Malegarie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Gracie performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Antonio Gracie was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Gracie lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gracie moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Malegarie dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Gracie! Malegarie is backing up but he can't get away as Gracie lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Malegarie and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Antonio Gracie!
A very excited looking Antonio 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.