PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Couture
vs
Gracie

187 cm
26
220 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

177 cm
27
215 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Atlantis

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 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Matt Couture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rodrigo Gracie !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Couture looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And Gracie tries to counter it with a takedown but Couture pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Matt Couture seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Couture keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Couture has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Combat Fitness in the buildup to the fight.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Couture counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Couture uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Couture tests Gracie 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Couture with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Gracie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Couture cracks Gracie on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Gracie falls backwards against the cage. Couture follows up with more strikes that drop Gracie to his knees. Couture keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Gracie ! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Couture!
Matt Couture decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.