PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yadeep Singh (ranked 2368 p4p, 6404 weight class) and Ralo Gracie (ranked 352 p4p, 675 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Singh
vs
Gracie

194 cm
31
201
10 - 8 - 0

185 cm
31
195
6 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yadeep Singh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ralo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singh misses with the body kick

and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Singh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Gracie works his way into full mount!
Singh holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gracie tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie is trying to take his opponent's back.

Gracie is working for a guillotine from mount but Singh frees his head quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie controlling from mount.
Gracie tries to control but Singh wriggling away.
Singh knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Singh because Gracie loaded up on that one.
Gracie forces the positional change into back control.
Gracie is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Well, with Gracie on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Singh is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
It looks like Gracie might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Gracie misses with punches from the back.

Gracie tightening his grip on Singh, looking for the choke.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Gracie's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singh is trying to get back to his feet but Gracie has full control of the position and if anything, Singh has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Singh tries to break free.
Gracie is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.

Gracie patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

Gracie is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Singh has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Gracie has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Singh taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Gracie doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ralo Gracie!