PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bradley Cardenas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Pitbull is back! . Vitor Gracie is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cardenas
vs
Gracie

191 cm
24
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bradley Cardenas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cardenas stops Gracie from passing to mount.
Gracie working the ground and pound.
Gracie has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Cardenas!
Gracie postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cardenas looks a forlorn figure.

Cardenas is rocked!

It looks like Bradley Cardenas has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie lands a big shot to the head and Cardenas winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Vitor Gracie!
An out of breath Vitor Gracie thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.