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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franz Izco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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211 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
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205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Franz Izco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izco shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gracie defends it nicely.
Izco cracks Gracie with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gracie stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gracie wants it to stay on the feet.
Izco scores a takedown into full mount!
Gracie working to try and regain half guard.
Izco controlling the position easily from mount.
Izco prevents Gracie from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Izco stalling away here and it's allowed Gracie to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Izco from controlling successfully.
Gracie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Izco scoring with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Izco lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Izco throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Izco looking to sit in guard and control but Gracie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Izco is retaining full guard.
Izco will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Gracie drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Izco manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Gracie has Izco in his guard.
Izco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Izco gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gracie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Izco is one step ahead there.
Izco is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Izco throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Izco.
Gracie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Izco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Izco throws and elbow that misses. Gracie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Izco's guard. Nice move by Gracie!
Izco keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Izco is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
Gracie drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Gracie as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Izco screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Gracie! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). John Gracie!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
49% |
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