PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ren Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and johnny blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Gracie
vs
blaze

188 cm
19
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Tesla Apparel

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, Ren Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, johnny blaze!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie tries to clinch up.
blaze shoots in but no luck this time.
Gracie wants to clinch up but blaze keeps it at a distance.

blaze gets caught flat footed, as Gracie shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as blaze works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

blaze working for a triangle but Gracie defends it easily.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracie wants to control from the top but blaze keeps moving.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.

blaze has his foot on Gracie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gracie works his way back into a safe position though.
Gracie preventing the sweep.
blaze keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie raining down shots from the mount!
Gracie landing shots from mount.
blaze is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gracie looking to ground and pound but blaze is blocking nicely.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
blaze is trying to escape the mount.
blaze is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gracie looking to ground and pound but blaze is blocking nicely.
Gracie 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.
blaze is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gracie in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as blaze is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gracie looking to finish blaze with some ground and pound. This is bad for blaze!
Gracie lands a heavy elbow.
blaze is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
Gracie looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
blaze can't escape the position.
blaze is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
blaze is wriggling around trying to escape.
blaze wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gracie.
Gracie lands with some strikes.
Gracie looking to ground and pound but blaze is blocking nicely.
Gracie working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gracie looking to ground and pound but blaze is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie tries to control but blaze wriggling away.
Gracie looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
blaze bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Gracie wants to sweep but no luck.

blaze drops back, looking for a kneebar! Gracie looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Gracie looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Gracie!
Gracie trying to control the position but blaze is working away.

Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
blaze tries to improve position but can't.
blaze is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Gracie off and has taken his back!

blaze is looking for the choke from the back position but Gracie is controlling his hands well.
blaze looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control the action but blaze just sinks the hooks in.
blaze doesn't have the hooks in and Gracie manages to turn into his guard.
blaze keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but blaze is retaining full guard.
Gracie slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Gracie trying to control the action but blaze is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gracie has hold of blaze's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! blaze tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Gracie cranks the arm and blaze screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from blaze, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ren Gracie!