PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eliz Gracie (ranked 1700 p4p, 2838 weight class) and Black Dawn (ranked 236 p4p, 371 weight class). Eliz Gracie is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Gracie
vs
Dawn

180 cm
33
190
10 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
185
6 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eliz Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Black Dawn!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dawn tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dawn takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Dawn misses the jab.
Dawn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dawn misses the shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dawn, as that shot connected.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dawn but Dawn pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dawn sprawls well. Dawn wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Dawn has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gracie is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Dawn throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gracie gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Gracie has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Dawn is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Gracie yanks on the arm and Dawn is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Gracie.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eliz Gracie!
Eliz Gracie retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Eliz Gracie thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.