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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frodo Baggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Bring Da Ruckus. Renato Gracie has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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142 lbs
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150 cm
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135 lbs
13 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frodo Baggins!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baggins throws and low kick but Gracie moves out of range easily.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Baggins saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gracie cracks Baggins with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baggins scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Renato Gracie has been cut.
No joy there for Baggins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gracie checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Baggins is retaining full guard.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Baggins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Baggins has wrist control.
Gracie is working Baggins over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Baggins wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie stops Baggins from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baggins avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Baggins avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gracie 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.
Baggins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Baggins keeps moving.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Baggins.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Baggins.
A leg kick checked by Gracie.
Gracie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baggins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Baggins sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Baggins controlling the position for now.
Gracie scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Baggins sees it coming and defends easily.
Gracie stops Baggins from getting back to his feet.
Baggins makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Baggins.
Baggins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gracie wants to control but Baggins is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baggins looking to ground and pound but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Baggins wants to control the pace but Gracie is squirming around nicely.
Baggins throwing strikes here but Gracie is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gracie wants to hold on but Baggins pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Baggins.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Baggins throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gracie is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Baggins cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baggins punishing his opponent with strikes.
Baggins throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.
Baggins pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gracie can't escape the position.
Baggins unloads with some shots from mount but Gracie bucks and avoids them well.
Baggins tries to control but Gracie wriggling away.
Baggins lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frodo Baggins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renato Gracie'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.
Baggins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Baggins saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Renato Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baggins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie lands with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie lands a nice shot that snaps Baggins's head back.
Gracie closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gracie lands in his opponent's guard.
Baggins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gracie is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baggins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.
Gracie landing some decent shots from guard.
Baggins wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him.
Gracie postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gracie is in close to Baggins's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Gracie stops Baggins from standing up.
Gracie works over Baggins with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gracie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baggins has momentary wrist control but Gracie slips an elbow through the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baggins trying to control the position.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Baggins keeps moving.
Gracie is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Baggins is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Baggins has escaped and now he's on top!
Baggins throws a strike but Gracie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Baggins wants to stand and escape but Gracie is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stands and throws Baggins's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Baggins taking punishment in the form of punches.
Baggins sneaks back into half guard.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Baggins is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gracie is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gracie misses with a head shot. Baggins uses the momentum to regain guard.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Baggins keeps moving.
Baggins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gracie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Baggins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Baggins keeps moving.
Baggins is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Baggins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gracie is controlling him.
Gracie postures up and lands a big shot to Baggins's brow.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Renato Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Baggins lands a two punch combo.
Baggins throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Gracie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Renato Gracie's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Gracie cracks Baggins with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice sprawl there from Baggins as Gracie shoots in.
Gracie cracks Baggins with a good jab.
Gracie scores with a takedown into Baggins's guard.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Baggins.
Gracie slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Baggins is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Gracie has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Gracie working the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baggins managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gracie.
Baggins wants to get back to his feet but Gracie drags him back down.
Baggins managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Gracie.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Baggins takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Baggins tries to bench press Gracie off him but Gracie keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on Baggins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Gracie goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Baggins has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Gracie but great work by Baggins.
Gracie can't do much from the bottom here.
Gracie is trying to improve his position.
Baggins is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Baggins with the ground and pound but Gracie regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Baggins is trying to control. Gracie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Baggins pulls his head out easily.
Baggins is pressing down on Gracie's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gracie is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baggins missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Renato Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Baggins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Baggins shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baggins misses with a low kick.
Gracie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gracie shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Baggins's guard.
Baggins is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gracie defends well.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baggins scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Baggins sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Baggins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Baggins misses with a head kick.
Gracie is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gracie jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
Gracie is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice uppercut lands for Gracie. That snapped Baggins's head back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renato Gracie!
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energy
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hype
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