PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maricio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Gracie
vs
Page

183 cm
22
190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

184 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maricio Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Page!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Page shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gracie as he jumps to the side.
Page looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gracie is fending him off so far but Page persists. Nope, Gracie circles away and we're back to standing.
Page looks for a takedown but Gracie sprawls well.
Maricio Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Page.
Gracie stuffs the takedown attempt from Page. Page gets slowly back to his feet.
Tommy Page seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Page looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Page looks gassed!
Page fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gracie lands a head kick!

It looks like Tommy Page has been cut.

Gracie gets a clinch.
Page misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Gracie turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Gracie manages to end up in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Page managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gracie.
Gracie has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Gracie working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Page turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Gracie off and cradles Page's limp body as Gracie celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Maricio Gracie!