PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krzysiek Kamil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Annibale E I Cantori Moderni -Trinity as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Krzysiek Kamil has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Krzysiek Kamil seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Kamil
vs
Gracie

185 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krzysiek Kamil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Gracie!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamil drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

It looks like Krzysiek Kamil has been cut.
Gracie wants to clinch.

Kamil closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Gracie quickly recovers to half guard.
Gracie is looking to control Kamil's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?
Gracie regains full guard. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamil stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gracie holds on and takes a little breather.
Gracie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kamil is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kamil gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Gracie is looking to cinch up a triangle. Kamil throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Gracie's body to avoid the submission. Gracie has instead reached around Kamil's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Gracie arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ryan Gracie!
Ryan Gracie decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.