PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maksymilian Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Blur - Song 2. Ross comes into a darkened arena with his song building. warrior kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Gracie
vs
Ross

194 cm
27
236 lbs
10 - 5 - 1

210 cm
27
251 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Sydney Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Maksymilian Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, James Ross!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Gracie.
Gracie lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Ross has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Gracie lands with a nice body punch.
Gracie scores with a jab.
Ross on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ross misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Ross showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gracie.
Ross takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Ross throws out a counter right but Gracie avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Ross takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gracie circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Ross to the canvas! Ross doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Gracie keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maksymilian Gracie!
A victorious Maksymilian Gracie thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.