PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Brown Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown Jr comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jason Brown Jr will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gracie
vs
Brown Jr

178 cm
28
189 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

200 cm
27
150 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Brown Jr!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brown Jr makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Antonio Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Brown Jr looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brown Jr.
Brown Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Brown Jr drops back, looking for a kneebar! Gracie looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Gracie looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Gracie!

Brown Jr being controlled for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gracie has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Brown Jr.
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brown Jr darts in looking for a takedown but Gracie gets double underhooks and turns Brown Jr into the cage.
Gracie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brown Jr has Gracie pressed against the cage, preventing Gracie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brown Jr is trying to stall.
Brown Jr tries for a takedown but Gracie manages to get underhooks.
Antonio Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Brown Jr.
Brown Jr tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Gracie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brown Jr, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gracie gets through Brown Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Brown Jr is rocked!

Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Brown Jr is still on wobbly legs! Can Gracie finish him?
Brown Jr ducks into an uppercut from Gracie and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antonio Gracie!
A victorious Antonio Gracie thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Jason Brown Jr spoke after the fight, saying 'I am sorry I let you down.'.