PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between King Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and River Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King Morris has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Morris
vs
Gracie

209 cm
24
193 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

170 cm
25
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, King Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, River Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Morris rushes Gracie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Morris successfully pulls guard.

Morris is looking for a triangle but Gracie pushes his legs off easily.
Gracie passes into half guard.

Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but Morris is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Morris is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Morris is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.

Gracie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Morris doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gracie.
Morris knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Morris is defending well.

Gracie is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Morris is just riding it out for now. Gracie eventually gives up the hold.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but Morris is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.

Gracie is trying for a kimura here. Morris looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Gracie wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). River Gracie!