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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thorin Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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177 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Thorin Gray!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Daley does no damage.
Gray circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gray takes the fight into the clinch.
Daley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gray has Daley pressed against the cage, preventing Daley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Daley wants to break free but Gray has control.
Gray jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Daley walks away with a smile on his face. Gray gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Daley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Daley lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gray closes the distance and pushes Daley back into the cage.
Gray has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Daley avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Daley - that landed with a thud.
Daley is looking to break free of the clinch but Gray has double underhooks.
Daley working hard to break the clinch.
Daley wants to stall.
Gray with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Daley is trying to force a seperation but Gray has the dominant position.
Daley lands with a left to the head.
Gray fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thorin Gray.
Gray using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Daley is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gray wants a takedown but no success here.
Gray wants a takedown.
Gray fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gray tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Daley's face.
Daley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Daley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gray backwards.
Gray with a knee to the head.
Daley is trying to break free.
Gray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daley clinches up with Gray and pushes him back against the cage.
Daley scores with a shoulder strike.
Gray misses with a knee to the head.
Daley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gray gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Daley is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gray's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gray's back!
Daley lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Gray hold on?!
Daley has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Daley is cranking Gray's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Gray! He's tightened the choke and Gray is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Paul Daley!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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