PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Cooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Airton Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jerry Cooke has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Cooke
vs
Gracie

217 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jerry Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Airton Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Cooke.
Cooke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Cooke throws a nice head kick!
Gracie misses with a leg kick
letting Cooke counter with a right hand.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
Cooke is looking to counter with head kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cooke gets a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Cooke prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Cooke knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke looks to land a strike but Gracie avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Cooke is fighting to break Gracie's control of his arms but Gracie is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Gracie wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie seems keen to control Cooke's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cooke has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gracie is proving hard to escape from.

Gracie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cooke is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cooke.

Cooke stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Gracie throws up his legs and catches Cooke in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Cooke tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Gracie! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Airton Gracie!