PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacare Gracie (ranked 7653 p4p, 655 weight class) and Gene Tunney (ranked 2637 p4p, 315 weight class). Gene Tunney acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Gracie
vs
Tunney

190 cm
22
192 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

183 cm
21
199 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacare Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gene Tunney !
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tunney works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Tunney stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Tunney fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Jacare Gracie has been cut.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tunney sprawls well. Tunney wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tunney jabs at Gracie's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Tunney counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacare Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tunney cracks Gracie with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Gracie looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Tunney finish him?

Gracie is rocked!
BAM! Tunney delivers a spinning backfist that drops Gracie like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Gene Tunney !