PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kron Gracie (ranked 3487 p4p, 370 weight class) and Curly Hannigan (ranked 7155 p4p, 521 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by ROYCE GRACIE. Hannigan has chosen Hed PE Renegade as his entrance music. Curly Hannigan struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Curly Hannigan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kron Gracie's chin.

Gracie
vs
Hannigan

185 cm
25
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Blue Moon

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kron Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Curly Hannigan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gracie changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hannigan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Hannigan explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

Gracie shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gracie showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie trying to mount his opponent but Hannigan defends it.
Hannigan is looking to improve his position.
Hannigan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gracie has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hannigan has managed to free his arm - good work.

Hannigan kicks off Gracie and gets to his feet.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hannigan throws a head kick that Gracie semi-blocks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hannigan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gracie tries to avoid it but Hannigan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gracie to the ground. Gracie escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hannigan looks winded!
Gracie tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Gracie shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gracie showed some decent athleticism there.
Gracie has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Gracie is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Hannigan is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). 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.