PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Gracia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gracia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cucurucucu Paloma. Mason is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Darude - Sandstorm. Max Mason has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gracia
vs
Mason

225 cm
27
207 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

214 cm
25
208 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luis Gracia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Mason!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mason connects with the punch.
Mason tries to clinch there but Gracia circles away.
Gracia shoots in for a double leg but Mason sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracia shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gracia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luis Gracia. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gracia scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gracia throwing shots but Mason is blocking nicely.
Gracia throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mason trying to control but Gracia postures up.
Mason really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Gracia seems to be looking for submissions.
Gracia is nestled in close to Mason, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Gracia decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Gracia shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mason tries to clinch but Gracia is having none of it.
Gracia shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mason defends it nicely.
Gracia shoots for a takedown but Mason saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gracia is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Gracia gets the takedown into side control.
Mason is trying to improve his position.
Gracia really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracia has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Gracia scoring with punches from side control.
Mason is trying to improve his position.

Gracia is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Mason has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mason is looking to reverse the position.
Gracia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gracia sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mason is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Gracia looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Mason can't do much from the bottom here.
Mason dodges the ground and pound from Gracia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracia throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Mason is trying to control Gracia's posture but Gracia avoids it.
Gracia scores with punches from side control.
Gracia trying to control the action but Mason is working from the bottom.
Gracia advances to full mount.
Mason is in a horrible position here. Gracia smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Gracia wants to finish this one by submission but Mason is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gracia.
Mason regains half guard.
Gracia thows a huge punch but Mason dodges it nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Gracia seems to be working for a kimura but Mason defends the submission attempt.
Gracia controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason tries to roll over but Gracia keeps him under control.
Gracia is thwarting Mason's attempts to control the position.
Gracia lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gracia connects with a nice short shot to Mason's temple.
Gracia lands strikes from half guard.
Gracia lands strikes from half guard.
Mason tries to get to full guard but Gracia has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracia throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mason wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Gracia.
Gracia winds up and cracks Mason with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mason trying to control from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Gracia.

Mason is rocked!
Gracia will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gracia looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mason with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mason is still in real trouble! Can Gracia finish him?

Gracia in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Mason tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Gracia!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Luis Gracia!
Luis Gracia decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.