PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rolls Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leto Atreides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gracie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wu-Tang Clan - The Mystery Of Chessboxin. Leto Atreides acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Gracie
vs
Atreides

187 cm
27
183 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

178 cm
23
182 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rolls Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leto Atreides!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Atreides looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Gracie misses with a hook.
Atreides tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Atreides takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Atreides dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Atreides misses the target.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Atreides.
A lazy left from Atreides finds it's target.
Gracie defending well as Atreides loads up on a big left hand.
Atreides lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie walks into a straight right hand from Atreides.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Atreides ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Gracie - just one landing.
Atreides misses with a hook to the body
and Gracie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Atreides thows a left - swing and a miss!
Atreides tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Atreides ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Atreides defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Atreides misses with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a left and a right that stings Atreides.
Rolls Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gracie.
A low kick from Gracie misses
and Atreides counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Atreides lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atreides swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Atreides with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gracie to score with a decent uppercut.
Gracie blocks a jab.
A punch combination from Gracie misses.
A punch combination from Atreides misses.
Atreides paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Atreides gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Atreides is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Gracie can't fight it off and eventually Atreides manages to take the fight to the floor. Gracie looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Atreides with a flurry of punches that miss.
Atreides showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Atreides from controlling successfully.
Atreides stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Atreides from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Leto Atreides hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Atreides misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Atreides misses.
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Atreides.
Gracie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Gracie is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Atreides shoots in for a takedown. He's got it... He's hoisted his opponent over his head and is carrying him over to the other end of the mat. The crowd roars in approval and Atreides slams his opponent to the mat. OH, that is naaaaaasty! He's out! Atreides lands a punch to his unconscious victim for good measure before the ref has time to call the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Leto Atreides!