PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Buford Barnes (ranked 6942 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kron Gracie (ranked 3930 p4p, 395 weight class). Gracie has chosen ROYCE GRACIE as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Barnes
vs
Gracie

203 cm
18
161 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Buford Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kron Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barnes drives through and clinches with Gracie against the cage.
Barnes jumps guard but Gracie turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Barnes tries to pull guard but Gracie holds him up against the cage and eventually Barnes drops back down to his feet.
Barnes jumps guard but Gracie turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buford Barnes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barnes is trying to pull guard but Gracie turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Barnes is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Gracie to keep the fight standing.
Gracie gets underhooks to prevent Barnes's takedown attempt.
Barnes tries for a takedown but Gracie manages to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gracie turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Barnes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.

Gracie has hold of Barnes's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Barnes seems comfortable defending it but Gracie has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Barnes is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Barnes is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Gracie couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kron Gracie!
Our winner, Kron Gracie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.