PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Wiley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Wiley

185 cm
23
162 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
160 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Renzo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Wiley!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wiley shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wiley showed some decent athleticism there.
Gracie won't allow Wiley to pass to mount.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Gracie gets full guard.

Gracie is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gracie striking off his back but it's not causing Wiley any problems.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Wiley from controlling successfully.
Wiley cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
Wiley landing with the ground and pound.
Wiley scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiley is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Wiley showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Gracie thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Wiley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wiley with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wiley works over Gracie with some ground and pound from guard.
Wiley controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
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.

Wiley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Wiley from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiley pushes down on Gracie's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wiley works his way into side control.
Wiley connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gracie some visible discomfort.
Wiley is chipping away with strikes.
Wiley controls the position.
Wiley scoring with punches from side control.
Gracie is trying to work for a sweep but Wiley has mounted him!
Wiley controlling from the full mount.
Wiley with a couple of short strikes.
Gracie is in a horrible position here. Wiley smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiley punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wiley controlling from mount.
Wiley lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wiley tries to control but Gracie wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wiley landing strikes from the mount.
Wiley fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
BOOM! Wiley connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Wiley maintains control.
Wiley breaks from Gracie's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wiley landing strikes from the mount and Gracie is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Wiley.

Wiley is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Gracie can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Gracie working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Wiley has isolated one of Gracie's arms. Gracie looking to fight him off but Wiley twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mark Wiley!