PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyuzo Shichinin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grace has chosen Swagga Like Us as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Shichinin
vs
Grace

188 cm
25
163 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

182 cm
21
163 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyuzo Shichinin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Grace!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Shichinin.
Grace tries to clinch up
and Shichinin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Grace's knee momentarily.
Shichinin circles away from the clinch attempt
and Shichinin counters with a solid body kick.
Grace looks to clinch
and Shichinin counters with a nice body kick.
Grace wants to clinch but Shichinin slips to the side
and Shichinin counters with a left to the body.
Shichinin tries to score with a low kick but Grace moves his leg out of the way.
Shichinin throws a head kick that misses.
Shichinin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grace stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shichinin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Shichinin.

It looks like Chuck Grace has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grace closes the distance but Shichinin moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Grace wants to clinch but Shichinin slips to the side
and Shichinin counters with a big head kick but Grace shrugs it off.
Shichinin throws a leg kick

and Grace counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Grace.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Grace slowing the pace effectively.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Grace lands an elbow inside.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Grace with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin misses with a knee to the head.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shichinin has Grace pressed against the cage.
Shichinin trying to control the position but instead, Grace has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shichinin into the cage.
Shichinin misses with a knee strike.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin blocks an elbow strike from Grace.
Grace pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shichinin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.
Grace tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.

Shichinin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shichinin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Grace's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Shichinin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Grace looks gassed!
Grace moves to clinch but Shichinin breaks away
and Shichinin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shichinin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Grace throws a leg kick which misses Shichinin's front leg but catches the back leg as Shichinin tries to avoid it.

Shichinin clinches.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but Grace blocks it.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Shichinin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shichinin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Shichinin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grace tries to clinch up
and Shichinin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Shichinin throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace throws a sloppy head kick
and Shichinin counters with a nice leg kick.
Grace blocks a head kick by Shichinin.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Grace.
Shichinin misses with a looping left.
Grace closes the distance but Shichinin moves to the side
and Shichinin counters with a straight right hand.
Grace misses with a head kick.
Grace tries to clinch

and Shichinin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Shichinin.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Grace is looking to control Shichinin's arms but Shichinin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grace has his back to the cage.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grace takes an elbow to the temple.
Shichinin is trying to maintain a safe position but Grace gets an underhook and turns Shichinin into the cage.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but Grace blocks it.
Shichinin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the head but Grace blocks with his arms.
Grace misses with a knee to the head.
Grace looking to throw knees to the head but Shichinin is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Grace lands a damaging elbow.
Grace is looking to control Shichinin's arms but Shichinin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grace has his back to the cage.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin lands a good knee to the midsection. Grace won't want to take too many of those.
Shichinin lands a knee to the body.

Shichinin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shichinin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Grace's sensitive parts.

Shichinin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shichinin crunches a lovely knee into Grace's ribcage.

Shichinin breaks from the clinch.
Shichinin keeps Grace at a distance using the push kick.
Grace looks to clinch

and Shichinin moves into the clinch.
Shichinin lands an elbow that stopped Grace in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Shichinin.
Shichinin connects with a knee to the head.
Shichinin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shichinin lands a nice elbow.
Shichinin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grace pushes off an throws an elbow but Shichinin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grace is trying to stall.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Grace with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grace tries a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks it.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin avoids the elbow strike from Grace, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Shichinin.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin misses with a knee strike.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Shichinin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shichinin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grace tries to stall but Shichinin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Grace looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shichinin throws an elbow but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Grace is looking to control Shichinin's arms but Shichinin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grace has his back to the cage.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grace lands a knee to the body.
Shichinin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but Grace blocks it.

Shichinin breaks from the clinch.
Chuck Grace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shichinin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grace moves to clinch but Shichinin breaks away
and Shichinin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Grace's knee momentarily.
Shichinin avoids the head kick by Grace.
Shichinin throws a wild body kick that Grace sees coming a mile off.
Grace looks to clinch
and Shichinin counters with a stiff right hand.
Grace moves to clinch but Shichinin breaks away
and Shichinin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grace wants to clinch but Shichinin slips to the side
and Shichinin counters with a body kick.
Grace closes the distance looking to clinch
and Shichinin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Grace is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Shichinin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grace, pushing him back against the cage.
Grace using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shichinin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shichinin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shichinin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Grace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Shichinin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Good body shot from Shichinin.
Grace working Shichinin over with knees to the body.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin lands a knee to the body.
Shichinin working Grace over with knees to the body.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Shichinin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Shichinin lands a nice elbow.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Knees to the body from Grace.
Grace with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shichinin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Grace trying to control the position but instead, Shichinin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grace into the cage.
Shichinin lands a damaging elbow.
Shichinin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shichinin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin misses with a knee to the head.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.
Shichinin misses with an elbow strike.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grace's face.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Grace lands a nice knee to the body.
Grace will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Shichinin up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace looking to throw knees to the head but Shichinin is blocking nicely.
Grace misses with a knee strike.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shichinin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grace's brow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Shichinin takes an elbow to the temple.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace lands an elbow that stopped Shichinin in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grace landing knees to the body.
Shichinin throws an elbow that misses.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Grace lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyuzo Shichinin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chuck Grace's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Grace looks to clinch
and Shichinin counters with an inside leg kick.
Grace tries to clinch but Shichinin moves away
and Shichinin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A head kick from Grace lands but Shichinin takes it in his stride.
Grace tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Shichinin counters with a good, hard body kick but Grace shrugs it off.

Shichinin pushes Grace up against the cage in a clinch.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Shichinin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grace tries to clinch up
and Shichinin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Shichinin throws a hook but Grace blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grace misses with the body kick
and Shichinin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace throws a low kick, looking for Shichinin's leg but Shichinin calmly moves out of range.
Grace closes the distance but Shichinin moves to the side

and Shichinin moves into the clinch.
Shichinin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Grace taking a breather.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Shichinin lands a nice elbow.
Grace pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Grace misses with an elbow over the top.
Grace looking to throw knees to the head but Shichinin is blocking nicely.
Grace unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shichinin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grace has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Shichinin.
Grace lands a nice elbow.
Grace is trying to stall.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks with his arms.
Shichinin with a knee to the head.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grace.
Shichinin stalls.
Grace scores with a knee to the head.
Shichinin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside.
Grace leaning his opponent against the cage.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grace utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shichinin blocks the elbow strike.
Shichinin misses with an elbow strike.
Grace throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grace unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shichinin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grace landing knees to the head.
Grace misses with a knee strike.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Shichinin avoids a wild elbow strike from Grace.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Shichinin misses with a knee strike.
Grace lands a knee to the head.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Shichinin's brow.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Shichinin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grace's defenses.
Shichinin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin pushes off an throws an elbow but Grace leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nice elbow from Shichinin.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Grace lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Grace is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shichinin is keeping busy.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Grace is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grace lands a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin lands a nice knee to the body.
Grace lands an elbow inside that Shichinin shrugs off.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Shichinin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Grace throws an elbow that misses.
Shichinin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Shichinin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grace lands a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Grace slowing the pace effectively.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Grace takes a knee to the side of the body.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Grace scores with a knee to the head.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Shichinin looking to throw knees to the head but Grace is blocking nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Grace.
Grace landing knees to the body.
Shichinin lands a good knee to the midsection. Grace won't want to take too many of those.
Shichinin lands an elbow just above Grace 's eye.
Shichinin is looking to control Grace's arms but Grace gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shichinin has his back to the cage.
Shichinin misses with an elbow over the top.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grace stalling in the clinch but Shichinin improves position.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin lands a knee to the head.
Kyuzo Shichinin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shichinin working Grace over with knees to the body.
Grace connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shichinin's face.
Shichinin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Shichinin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grace stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Shichinin lands a good knee to the midsection. Grace won't want to take too many of those.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Grace stalling in the clinch.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shichinin throws an elbow but misses.
Grace with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shichinin landing knees to the head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Grace is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shichinin blocks an elbow strike from Grace.
Grace tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shichinin lands a good knee to the midsection. Grace won't want to take too many of those.
Shichinin has Grace pushed against the cage.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but Grace blocks it.
Grace leaning against his opponent.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin letting Grace take a breather here.
Grace with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Shichinin lands an elbow that stopped Grace in his tracks for a moment.
Shichinin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Grace is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shichinin is keeping busy.
Grace lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shichinin misses with a knee strike.
Grace connects with a knee to the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Grace misses with an elbow over the top.
Grace pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shichinin working Grace over with knees to the body.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Grace connects with a knee to the head.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grace trying to stall but Shichinin improves his position.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Grace lands an elbow that stopped Shichinin in his tracks for a moment.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Shichinin misses with an elbow over the top.
Grace is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grace just leaning against Shichinin, taking a breather.
Shichinin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Shichinin as Grace tries to tie him up.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grace tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shichinin lands a knee to the head.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grace.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grace throws an elbow but misses.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks with his arms.
Shichinin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Grace misses with a knee to the head.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Grace is trying to maintain a safe position but Shichinin gets an underhook and turns Grace into the cage.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Grace tries a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks it.
Grace looking to slow down the pace here.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shichinin blocks the elbow strike.
Grace throws an elbow but it misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin pushes off an throws an elbow but Grace leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Grace is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grace taking a breather.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Grace lands a damaging elbow.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks with his arms.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Shichinin misses with a knee to the head.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.

Shichinin breaks the clinch.
Grace looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Grace doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kyuzo Shichinin is winning the standup battle so far.
Shichinin misses with a low kick as Grace jumps back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grace closes the distance looking to clinch
and Shichinin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Chuck Grace will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Chuck Grace's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A thudding body kick lands there by Grace!
Grace gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Shichinin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Shichinin.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Grace with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin misses with a knee to the head.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin lands a nice elbow.
Shichinin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grace's face.
Grace takes an elbow to the temple.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.
Grace misses with a knee to the head.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grace pushes off an throws an elbow but Shichinin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Grace trying to control the position but instead, Shichinin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grace into the cage.
Grace is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Shichinin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grace has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shichinin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grace tries to clinch up

and Shichinin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Grace creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shichinin's defenses.

Shichinin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Shichinin drives through and clinches with Grace against the cage.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Shichinin tries to break the clinch but Grace is controlling the position.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Grace tries a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks it.
Grace tries a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks it.
Grace takes a knee right on the jaw!
Grace comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shichinin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Grace lands a damaging elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Shichinin as Grace tries to tie him up.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Grace blocks an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Grace.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grace throws an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shichinin.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.

Shichinin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some bone on bone action there as Grace checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Grace tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Grace takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shichinin misses with a low kick.
Shichinin throws a jab but it's blocked by Grace.
Grace tries to clinch up

and Shichinin moves into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin blocks the elbow strike.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside.
Grace looking to throw knees to the head but Shichinin is blocking nicely.
Shichinin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin looking to throw knees to the head but Grace is blocking nicely.
Grace missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Shichinin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but Grace blocks it.
Shichinin can't find room to land a body shot as Grace controls the action.
Grace stalling against the cage.
Grace is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shichinin is defending well for now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Grace scores a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin misses with an elbow strike.
Grace keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shichinin's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Grace lands a nice knee to the body.
Grace scores with a knee to the head.
Grace scores with a knee to the head.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Grace tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shichinin avoids it.
Grace misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shichinin.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grace with a knee to the head.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Shichinin lands a knee to the body.
Grace dodges an elbow strike from Shichinin.
Grace landing knees to the body.
Grace misses with a knee to the head.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Grace is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shichinin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Grace with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shichinin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shichinin stalling in the clinch but Grace improves position.
Grace taking a breather.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Shichinin as Grace tries to tie him up.
Shichinin blocks an elbow strike from Grace.
Grace with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shichinin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Shichinin working Grace over with knees to the body.
Grace takes a knee to the side of the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shichinin lands a knee to the head.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside that Grace shrugs off.
Grace takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grace throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shichinin avoids the elbow strike from Grace, against the cage.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Shichinin struggles to land a body shot inside as Grace controls his hands.
Grace tries a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Grace throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shichinin blocks it with crossed arms.
Grace dodges an elbow strike from Shichinin.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shichinin looking to throw knees to the head but Grace is blocking nicely.
Shichinin working aggressively here.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin misses with a knee to the head.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grace blocks an elbow strike.
Grace lands a good knee to the midsection. Shichinin won't want to take too many of those.
Grace tries to land knees in the clinch but Shichinin avoids the damage to the body.
Grace landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Shichinin lands a damaging elbow.
Shichinin lands a knee to the head.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Grace tries to stall but Shichinin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Shichinin is trying to break free.
Shichinin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chuck Grace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Grace wants to stall.
Shichinin landing knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Shichinin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grace lands a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grace scores a nice knee to the body.
Grace landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short left from Shichinin.
A knee to the head by Grace.
Grace lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shichinin throws an elbow but misses.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Grace is looking to control Shichinin's arms but Shichinin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grace has his back to the cage.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grace lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Grace tries to land a knee to the head but Shichinin blocks with his arms.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Grace working Shichinin over with knees to the body.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shichinin managing to block the knees to the body from Grace.
Shichinin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Grace avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Grace lands a good knee to the midsection. Shichinin won't want to take too many of those.
Grace using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Shichinin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shichinin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Grace tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Shichinin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grace throws a lazy body kick

and Shichinin counters by clinching up.
Grace managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Grace throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shichinin misses with a knee to the head.
Grace is trying to maintain a safe position but Shichinin gets an underhook and turns Grace into the cage.
Shichinin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Grace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grace looking to stall.
The referee calls for Grace to work.
Shichinin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grace blocks the elbow strike.
Shichinin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shichinin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin avoiding damage as Grace throws knees to the body.
Shichinin tries to land a knee to the head but Grace blocks with his arms.
Grace crunches a lovely knee into Shichinin's ribcage.
Grace throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Shichinin's brow.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Grace gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shichinin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Grace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Grace connects with a knee to the head.
Grace trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin lands a knee to the body.
Shichinin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grace's face.
Shichinin looks to throw an elbow but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kyuzo Shichinin.
Well Shichinin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Kyuzo Shichinin!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Kyuzo Shichinin!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Kyuzo Shichinin!

Kyuzo Shichinin wins by unanimous decision!