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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bert River (ranked 2176 p4p, 2016 weight class) and Gabriel Gracie (ranked 230 p4p, 220 weight class). River comes to the cage accompanied by Five Finger Death Punch- Bad Company. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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3 - 2 - 0 |
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150
7 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bert River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabriel Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
River forces Gracie back against the cage and clinches.
River makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
River has picked Gracie up - he's going for a ride! River dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. River lands a nice short elbow.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
River sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gracie trying to control from the bottom.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.
River is thwarting Gracie's attempts to control the position.
Still in half guard, River seems content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River prevents Gracie from improving his position.
River is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
River thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gracie's head.
River is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
River is working for a kimura but Gracie is defending it quite comfortably.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Gracie preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
River is keen to just control but Gracie is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gracie actively working from the bottom here.
Gracie slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
River avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
River has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gracie seems keen to control River's posture.
River controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
River loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
River landing some decent shots from guard.
Gracie controls River momentarily but River frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing River from controlling successfully.
Gracie wants to control the position but River says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Gracie actively working from the bottom here.
River working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie trying to control but River postures up.
River seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gracie does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
We've been informed that Gracie has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
River landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gracie wants to improve his position but River is controlling well.
Gracie trying to hold on to River's head to control him but River postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie regains full guard. Nicely done.
River postures up.
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gracie looking for a guillotine here but River defends easily.
River keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gracie's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gracie keeping moving, preventing River from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bert River dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gracie moves out of range of the leg kick from River.
Gracie throws a good cross that connects.
River slips under a jab from Gracie.
River avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
River misses with a low kick.
River shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gracie as he avoids it easily.
River avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Gracie gets caught flat footed, as River shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Gracie wants to sweep here but River controlling him for the moment.
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie wants to sweep here but River controlling him for the moment.
River trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gracie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and River defends well.
River is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
River avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
River is working Gracie over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
River wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
River working some strikes from top position.
River sitting in guard, not really doing much.
River chips away with some ground and pound.
Gracie had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. River defends it easily.
Gracie had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. River defends it easily.
River trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
River wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
River wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
River is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Gracie is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! River has his hands clasped together but Gracie extends and breaks River's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Gracie.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gabriel Gracie!
After the big win, Gabriel Gracie made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors MKFC and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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