PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fraklo Draklo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mateus Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Draklo
vs
Gracie

183 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Decent elbows
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fraklo Draklo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mateus Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draklo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Draklo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Draklo misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Draklo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Draklo is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Draklo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Gracie pushes Draklo up against the cage in a clinch.
Draklo has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Draklo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gracie wants a takedown but no success here.
Draklo could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Draklo misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
Draklo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draklo has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment.
Draklo wants to break free but Gracie has control.
Gracie can't get the takedown.
Fraklo Draklo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mateus Gracie.

Gracie pulls guard successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gracie is on top in guard.
Draklo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gracie is controlling him.
Draklo keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Draklo is retaining full guard.
Draklo is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.

Draklo kicks Gracie off and gets to his feet.
Draklo throws a right hand that Gracie ducks under and follows up with a left that Gracie also avoids with ease.
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Draklo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Draklo tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Gracie.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie wants to control but Draklo is keeping busy.
Draklo wants to stand up but Gracie has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Draklo is breathing heavily.

Gracie looking for submissions off his back.

Draklo stands up out of the half guard.
Gracie misses with a takedown

and Draklo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie is trying is best to control the position here.

Draklo stands up from half guard.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Draklo misses with a few strikes there.
Draklo is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.

Draklo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Draklo tries to stand but can't do so whilst Gracie controls his leg.
Gracie gets back to full guard.
Draklo is looking to stand up but Gracie won't let him.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Draklo gets to his feet. Gracie looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gracie fails with the takedown
letting Draklo counter with a right hand.
Draklo tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Draklo lands a jab-cross combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Draklo.

Gracie has closed the distance and engaged Draklo in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Draklo swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Draklo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gracie gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Draklo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Draklo wants to stall.
Draklo tries to pull guard but Gracie holds him up against the cage and eventually Draklo drops back down to his feet.

Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Draklo gets the takedown into side control.
Draklo tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Gracie is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Gracie gets full guard.
Gracie bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Draklo's guard.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Draklo is retaining full guard.
Draklo wants to stand but Gracie is controlling the position.
Draklo being controlled here, momentarily.
Gracie lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Draklo wants to stand and escape but Gracie is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to stand but Draklo is controlling his posture from full guard.

Gracie gets to his feet - Draklo follows without any prompting.

Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Gracie has hold of Draklo's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Draklo seems comfortable defending it but Gracie has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Draklo is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Draklo is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Gracie couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mateus Gracie!