PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jokke Jakobsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jakobsson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Svullo - Res Er För Sverige. The crowd seem to be enjoying Gracie's choice of entrance music: Boris Brejcha - Openminded. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Jakobsson
vs
Gracie

195 cm
23
215 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

194 cm
20
212 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jokke Jakobsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie defending well as Jakobsson loads up on a big left hand.
Gracie tries to clinch but Jakobsson moves out of range.
Jakobsson misses with a double jab.
Jakobsson misses the shot to the body.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jakobsson pinned against the cage. Jakobsson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jakobsson tries to score with a low kick but Gracie moves his leg out of the way.
Jakobsson misses with a body shot.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Jakobsson avoids them all with ease.

Gracie looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Jakobsson is looking for a triangle but Gracie pushes his legs off easily.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Jakobsson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jakobsson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.
Gracie slips nicely into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gracie working Jakobsson over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jakobsson sees it coming and defends easily.

Gracie seems to be working for a kimura but Jakobsson defends the submission attempt.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Jakobsson is defending well.
Gracie prevents Jakobsson from improving his position.

Jakobsson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jakobsson wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy.

Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jakobsson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Jakobsson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Jakobsson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jakobsson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gracie pushing down on Jakobsson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gracie landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jakobsson actively working from the bottom here.

Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Gracie prevents Jakobsson from improving his position.

Gracie is looking for a kimura but Jakobsson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.

Gracie is looking for a kimura here.

Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Jakobsson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Jakobsson looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Jakobsson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Gracie is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jakobsson defends it well.

Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gracie throwing shots but Jakobsson is blocking nicely.
Jakobsson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jakobsson is keeping the position for now.

Jakobsson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.

Gracie is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Gracie dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jakobsson misses with a straight left.
Jakobsson throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gracie.

Jakobsson gets caught flat footed, as Gracie shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gracie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Jakobsson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Jakobsson working for a triangle but Gracie defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Jakobsson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jakobsson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gracie defends well.

Jakobsson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gracie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Gracie is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gracie slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jakobsson has escaped the position, nice work there.

Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jakobsson is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Gracie working Jakobsson over with strikes.

Jakobsson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jakobsson manages to get to full guard.
Gracie slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Gracie tries for a kimura but Jakobsson is defending well.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie moves into full mount!
Gracie prevents Jakobsson from getting the reversal.

Gracie has hold of Jakobsson's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Jakobsson manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Jakobsson is trying to escape the mount.
Jakobsson is working hard here to advance position.

Gracie has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Jakobsson is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Gracie!