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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Gracie (ranked 3002 p4p, 2765 weight class) and Marcus Greene (ranked 392 p4p, 364 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by No Church In The Wild. Greene is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tokyo Drifting - Glass Animals & Denzel Curry. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ethan Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Greene!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Greene to counter with a crisp jab.
Greene looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Greene throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Greene slaps away a takedown attempt from Gracie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Greene scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Greene sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Greene! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ethan Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie dives in for a single leg takedown but Greene sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Greene pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Greene counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
Greene unleashes a big counter combination but Gracie bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Greene throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ethan Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Greene counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Greene counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Greene connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Greene counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Greene counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Greene finds it's way round the side to connect with Gracie's head.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gracie ducks right into an uppercut from Greene.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Greene is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gracie had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Greene cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie is rocked!
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Greene counters with a big right hand! Oh Gracie is in trouble here! Greene follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Greene!
A relieved looking Marcus Greene thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Ethan Gracie had this to say: 'Four losses in a row. Not a good look for me man. Don't know whats next to be honest.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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