PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rico Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Natsisiwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with Pokój z widokiem na wojnę - Droga Wojownika blaring out of the sound system. Rico Gracie could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kalle Natsisiwa's chin.

Gracie
vs
Natsisiwa

195 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
208 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Brute

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rico Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Natsisiwa!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Natsisiwa defends it nicely.
Natsisiwa throws a series of strikes that have Gracie backpedaling.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Natsisiwa is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Natsisiwa circles away and we're back to standing.
Natsisiwa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Natsisiwa digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
Natsisiwa scores with a shot to the body.

Gracie scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Well, if Gracie is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Natsisiwa is trying to maintain the position but Gracie is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natsisiwa punching from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Gracie seems content to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Natsisiwa tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Natsisiwa lands a jab-cross combination.
Natsisiwa with a nice cross.

Gracie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gracie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Gracie is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Natsisiwa is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Natsisiwa flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Gracie anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Natsisiwa and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Gracie slips an arm under Natsisiwa chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Gracie has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Gracie is squeezing on Natsisiwa like an anaconda would it's prey. Natsisiwa fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rico Gracie!
An out of breath Rico Gracie thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.