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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Holden Gracie (ranked 22538 p4p, 22521 weight class) and Anderson Nogueira (ranked 151 p4p, 137 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Holden Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Nogueira !
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws a lazy head kick
and Nogueira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Nogueira moves out of range easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gracie has managed to clinch.
Nogueira misses with a knee to the head.
Gracie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Anderson Nogueira has been cut.
Nogueira dodges an elbow strike from Gracie.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Nogueira .
Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Nogueira does no damage.
Gracie was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gracie looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Nogueira looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Gracie cracks Nogueira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie catches Nogueira with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nogueira throws out a counter right but Gracie avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nogueira falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Gracie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gracie avoids the elbow strike from Nogueira , against the cage.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie blocks the elbow strike.
Nogueira has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie tries a knee to the head but Nogueira blocks it.
Nogueira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nogueira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nogueira lands an uppercut.
Gracie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nogueira is defending well for now.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike from Nogueira .
Gracie lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gracie tries to work over Nogueira 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Gracie does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Nogueira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie throws a body punch but Nogueira moves out of range.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Nogueira .
A head kick misses from Nogueira .
Nogueira scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A left and a right from Gracie both land. Nice combination.
Nogueira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nogueira tries a head kick but it misses.
Nogueira misses with a head kick.
Nogueira misses with a hook
and Gracie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nogueira looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Nogueira .
Nogueira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nogueira bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick
and Nogueira counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nogueira .
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie moves into range and clinches up with Nogueira .
Nogueira has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gracie seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Nogueira can turn it around.
Gracie stalling against the cage.
Nogueira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nogueira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Nogueira prevents a body shot from Gracie.
Gracie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nogueira is defending well for now.
Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Nogueira throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
Gracie throwing a counter right hand but Nogueira manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nogueira throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Nogueira lands with a slapping head kick.
Gracie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gracie is looking to land body kicks.
Nogueira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie rushes Nogueira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie misses with a knee to the head.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Nogueira controls the action.
Gracie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nogueira throws an elbow that misses.
Nogueira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gracie throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nogueira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie pushes Nogueira back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nogueira misses with a punch to the body.
Nogueira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Nogueira 's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie throws a right hand that Nogueira ducks under and follows up with a left that Nogueira also avoids with ease.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Nogueira moves out of range easily.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nogueira moves away.
Gracie throws a head kick but Nogueira moves out of range.
Gracie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Nogueira misses.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Nogueira moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Nogueira was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nogueira throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Nogueira .
Gracie has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nogueira throws a one two combo.
Gracie fails to land with a series of punches.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
enabling Nogueira to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie has closed the distance and engaged Nogueira in a clinch.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Nogueira .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gracies head.
A right hand to the body from Gracie.
Nogueira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie stalling in the clinch.
Gracie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nogueira is defending well for now.
Nogueira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Nogueira has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie avoiding damage as Nogueira throws knees to the body.
Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie misses with a wild combination.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses
and Nogueira counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab from Gracie.
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nogueira looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Gracie is looking to counter punch.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It looked like Gracie wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nogueira throws a body shot but no joy.
Nogueira misses with the combination.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie defending well as Nogueira loads up on a big left hand.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nogueira might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nogueira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Holden Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Nogueira .
Gracie avoids the head kick by Nogueira .
It looked like Gracie wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gracie instigates a clinch.
Nogueira tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Nogueira back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Nogueira is breathing heavily.
Nogueira throws an elbow that misses.
Holden Gracie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nogueira with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the body.
Gracie stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Nogueira connects with a single shot there.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Nogueira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gracie throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nogueira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nogueira just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gracie's brow.
Gracie stalling in the clinch.
A short left from Gracie.
A knee to the head by Nogueira .
A right handed body shot lands from Gracie.
Gracie digs a right hand into Nogueira 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nogueira 's gas tank.
Gracie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie lands an elbow that stopped Nogueira in his tracks for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie cracks Nogueira with a good jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira wants to clinch.
Nogueira throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gracie!
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie throws a series of strikes that have Nogueira backpedaling.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses
letting Nogueira counter with a right hand.
Gracie lands a head kick!
Nogueira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nogueira manages to avoid it.
Gracie works the jab nicely.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Nogueira .
A little feinted left hand from Gracie on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Gracie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Nogueira 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
Nogueira scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Nogueira .
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nogueira counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nogueira stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Nogueira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Gracie there.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie lands a jab to Nogueira 's midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie is looking to counter punch.
Nogueira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie throws a one two combo.
Gracie scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nogueira throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
Holden Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nogueira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie misses with a shot to the body
and Nogueira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie throws a head kick but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nogueira dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nogueira , as that shot connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nogueira misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie jabs Nogueira right on the nose. Nogueira blinks but takes it well.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Nogueira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nogueira connects with an inside leg kick.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie connects with a body shot.
Nogueira throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Nogueira shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gracie eats them both and turns towards Nogueira to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gracie fails to land with a series of punches.
Nogueira throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nogueira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie digs a right hand into Nogueira 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nogueira 's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie trying to land knees to the body.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Nogueira missing with knees to the body.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gracie is looking to control Nogueira 's arms but Nogueira gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Nogueira trying to land knees to the body.
Nogueira misses with an elbow strike.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nogueira throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gracie lands a right hand.
Gracie is trying to maintain a safe position but Nogueira gets an underhook and turns Gracie into the cage.
Nogueira blocks an elbow strike.
Gracie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nogueira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A shot in the inside from Nogueira .
Gracie is stalling here.
Gracie looking to throw knees to the head but Nogueira is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie digs a right hand into Nogueira 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nogueira 's gas tank.
Gracie blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gracie.
A nice left hand lands by Gracie.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nogueira throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nogueira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Nogueira controls his hands.
Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Nogueira .
An attempted straight right counter from Gracie misses the target.
Nogueira doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Anderson Nogueira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nogueira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Holden Gracie.
Well Gracie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Gracie!
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