PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 2948 p4p, 335 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 116 p4p, 16 weight class). Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Olha a Explosão. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sakuraba
vs
Gracie

175 cm
26
211 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

179 cm
26
210 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kazushi Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Sakuraba is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gracie's half guard.
Sakuraba has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

Sakuraba is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sakuraba has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Sakuraba is sitting in close to Gracie's body. Gracie has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Sakuraba is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Sakuraba is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Gracie.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Royce Gracie!
Royce Gracie decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.