PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's entrance music is Fort Minor - Petrified (Gracie Remix). A fine choice. Christopher Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gracie
vs
Aldo

165 cm
27
143 lbs
17 - 4 - 1

167 cm
25
130 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christopher Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Aldo!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aldo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gracie counters with a nice leg kick.
Aldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Aldo closes the distance and clinches.

Aldo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Gracie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Aldo misses with some punches.
Aldo is trying to break free.

Gracie has Aldo pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Gracie pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Aldo tumbling to the mat - Gracie dives into Aldo's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Aldo blocks nicely.
Gracie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Gracie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie sitting in guard here, content to control.
Aldo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

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

Gracie decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Aldo, up you get!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gracie closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Aldo quickly recovers to half guard.
Aldo looks gassed!
Gracie stalling.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gracie is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Aldo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Aldo is rocked!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gracie connects with a nice short shot to Aldo's temple.
Aldo is still in real trouble! Can Gracie finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Aldo taking some punishment here, with Gracie in his half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie is taking a breather. Aldo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Gracie drops an elbow to the side of Aldo's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christopher Gracie dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Gracie cracks Aldo's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Aldo slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Gracie can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Christopher Gracie!