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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joyce Gracel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Von Erich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Von Erich has chosen I always feel like somebody is watching me as his entrance music. Kevin Von Erich will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joyce Gracel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kevin Von Erich!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracel closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Von Erich to the mat! Von Erich manages to get full guard.
Von Erich wants to stand up but Gracel is controlling him.
Von Erich trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Gracel trying to control but Von Erich is working from the bottom.
Von Erich manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gracel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Von Erich dominating with strikes here.
It looks like Joyce Gracel has been cut.
Von Erich is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Von Erich with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Gracel might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Von Erich is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gracel is rocked!
Von Erich trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Von Erich has control of Gracel's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Gracel regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Erich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gracel is looking to escape.
Von Erich is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gracel can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gracel is breathing heavily.
Von Erich postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gracel looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Gracel is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Joyce Gracel's cut is getting worse.
Gracel is trying desperately to improve position.
Von Erich looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Von Erich working Gracel over with strikes here.
Joyce Gracel's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Von Erich goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Gracel turns into him and now he's in Von Erich's guard.
Von Erich trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracel won't allow Von Erich to sweep him here.
Gracel seems to have got his legs back now.
Von Erich has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gracel can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gracel controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gracel is in close to Von Erich's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gracel landing with the ground and pound.
Gracel stopping the sweep attempt from Von Erich.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Von Erich tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracel wants to control from the top but Von Erich keeps moving.
Von Erich keeping full guard, as Gracel tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Erich looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Gracel is defending well. Von Erich quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Gracel has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Von Erich celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kevin Von Erich!
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hype
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pop
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