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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Gracie (ranked 3522 p4p, 25933 weight class) and Bob Spano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spano has chosen Seven Nation Army as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mauricio Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Spano!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Spano backs up against the cage.
Spano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gracie connects with a looping right hand.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spano moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A swing and a miss from Spano.
Spano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
Spano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Spano steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Gracie.
Spano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Spano closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gracie.
Spano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gracie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Spano up against the cage.
Spano misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spano working aggressively here.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gracie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Spano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gracie.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Spano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie lands a right hand that snaps the head of Spano backwards.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Spano.
Spano misses with a punch on the inside.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Gracie - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is leaning against Spano and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Spano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Spano up against the cage.
Spano misses with some punches.
Gracie turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie is staying tight to Spano's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Gracie seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Spano for as long as he can get away with.
Gracie has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Spano is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Gracie yanks on the arm and Spano is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Gracie.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mauricio Gracie!
After winning the bout, Mauricio Gracie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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