PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saimon Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Grace
vs
Ferreira

174 cm
22
176 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

187 cm
23
174 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Saimon Ferreira!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grace checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ferreira swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ferreira throws a nice outside leg kick.
Grace moves out of range of the leg kick from Ferreira.
Ferreira lands with a kick to the temple. Grace shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Grace stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ferreira.
Grace on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ferreira. Ferreira obviously looking to wear him down.
Grace avoids the head kick by Ferreira.
Grace takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Ferreira gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ferreira tries a knee to the head but Grace blocks it.
Ferreira is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Grace wants a takedown but no success here.
Grace blocks an elbow strike from Ferreira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grace has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ferreira after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miguel Grace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grace drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ferreira gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ferreira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short uppercut from Ferreira.
Grace tries for a takedown. No joy.
Grace is looking for a takedown.
Ferreira looking to throw knees to the head but Grace is blocking nicely.
Ferreira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Grace is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ferreira is defending well.
Grace tries to score a body lock takedown but Ferreira shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ferreira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ferreira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Ferreira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grace fails with the takedown
and Ferreira counters with a nice body kick.
Grace is breathing heavily.
Ferreira scoring well with a low kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ferreira throws a leg kick which misses Grace's front leg but catches the back leg as Grace tries to avoid it.

Ferreira fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grace, pushing him back against the cage.
Ferreira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grace's defenses.
Ferreira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grace tries for a takedown but Ferreira manages to get underhooks.
Ferreira throws a knee to the head but misses.

Ferreira breaks from the clinch.
Ferreira feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Grace's calf.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ferreira.
Grace on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ferreira scores with a kick to the body.
Ferreira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ferreira has Grace up against the cage in a clinch.
Ferreira lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grace backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ferreira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grace's brow.

Ferreira manages to break the clinch.
Grace fails with the takedown
and Ferreira counters with a good low kick that Grace was not able to check.
Grace tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Ferreira rushes Grace and presses him up against the cage.
Ferreira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Ferreira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Saimon Ferreira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grace with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ferreira counters with a slapping leg kick.
Grace is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Grace shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ferreira counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Grace is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ferreira chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Saimon Ferreira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Ferreira rushes Grace and presses him up against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ferreira.
Grace tries for a takedown but Ferreira manages to get underhooks.
Grace is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Ferreira is defending well.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ferreira.
Ferreira missing with knees to the body.
Ferreira connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ferreira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grace goes for a takedown attempt but Ferreira pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ferreira throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saimon Ferreira dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ferreira finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grace misses with a takedown attempt
and Ferreira counters with a body kick.
Ferreira tries a low kick but Grace avoids it.

Ferreira has managed to clinch.
Grace takes a shot to the head.
Grace avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira.
Nice elbow from Ferreira.

Grace turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Ferreira is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Grace looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Grace has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Ferreira is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Grace yanks on the arm and Ferreira is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Grace.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Miguel Grace!
Miguel Grace decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.