PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Menger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menger has chosen Bring Back The Music - by Sweatshop Union as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gracie
vs
Menger

181 cm
26
145 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

170 cm
27
155 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ralph Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carl Menger!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie cracks Menger with a good jab.
Menger swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gracie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Menger thinking.
Menger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Menger avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Menger is out of range.
Menger connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Menger throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gracie lands with an overhand left.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Gracie cracks Menger with a right hand to the side of the head.
Menger tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gracie is able to avoid easily.
Gracie throws a jab when Menger was well out of range.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Menger enables Gracie to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Menger manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Menger throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Menger wants to improve his position but instead Gracie has moved into half guard.
Menger is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Menger is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Menger is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
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.

Menger looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Menger won't allow Gracie to pass to mount.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Menger defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Menger looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gracie scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gracie passes to full mount!
Menger keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gracie scoring with strikes but Menger is staying in there.
Gracie lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menger keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie with the ground and pound from mount.
Menger takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Menger is rocked!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Menger working to try and regain half guard.
Menger wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Menger is still in real trouble! Can Gracie finish him?
Gracie postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Menger bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Gracie and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ralph Gracie!