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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kompakt Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Gracie Family Entrada as his entrance music. Kompakt Gracie has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Thomas Long's chin.
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180 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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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
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kompakt Gracie!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie swings away with a body shot that misses
and Long counters with a stiff right hand.
Long blocks a head kick by Gracie.
Long misses with a wild combination.
Long lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Long scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Long counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gracie shoots for a double leg takedown but Long sprawls well. He's pushed Gracie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Long stuffs the takedown.
Thomas Long has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kompakt Gracie.
Long jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Long connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Long fails to land with a series of punches.
Long connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
Long lands a nice shot to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Long scores with a four punch combination!
Gracie takes one on the button.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Long shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie takes one to the side of the head.
Long slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Long lands with a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long lunges at Gracie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gracie's hand.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Long lands a nice shot that snaps Gracie's head back.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long lands with a thumping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Long.
Long scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
Long lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Long moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Long works the jab nicely.
A cross from Long lands.
Gracie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gracie takes one to the chin there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Long scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Long fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Long sizes up Gracie with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Long throws a good cross that connects.
Long ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Long stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Thomas Long is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Long feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gracies jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Long with a nice cross.
Long connects with a jab.
Long changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
Gracie is trying desperately to land a takedown but Long is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Gracie.
Long uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gracie has time to react.
Gracie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Long throws a nice inside leg kick.
Long jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Long. Beautiful body shot.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Long lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Long throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Long uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gracie has time to react.
Long darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice jab there from Long.
Long goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Long throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Long lands a jab to Gracie's midsection.
A nice combination there by Long.
Long feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gracies jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Long lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Long looks to land a combination. Gracie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Long scores with a three punch combo!
A left lands for Long.
Gracie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Long lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gracie takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A shot to the liver by Long. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Long does it's job there.
Long works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gracie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A right-left combo lands from Long.
Long lands with an overhand left.
Long scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gracie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gracie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Long scores with a body shot.
Long thumps Gracie with a low kick.
Gracie walks into a left hand.
Long scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gracie doesn't seem bothered though.
Long throws a combination. Gracie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Long lands with a shot to the body.
Long lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Long is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gracie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Long closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Long ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A left and a right from Long both land. Nice combination.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Long jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long throws out a powerful jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Long darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Long scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Long jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Long lands a nice hook to Gracie's body. Gracie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Long changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Long with a nice cross.
Long throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Long connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Long tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jab from Long.
Long lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
Long fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Long cracks Gracie with a good jab.
Long cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Long throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Long lands with a right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Long dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Long getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Long lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Long lands the left hand.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gracie needs to keep his hands up - Long had a free shot at his head there.
Long lands a body shot.
Long moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Long jabs at Gracie's body.
Long connects with a body shot.
Gracie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Long connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gracie scrambles back to his feet.
Long throws a shot to the body.
Thomas Long is winning the standup battle so far.
Long jabs at Gracie's body.
Long keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gracie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A right-left combo lands from Long.
Kompakt Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A right-left combo lands from Long.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
A shot to the liver by Long. Beautiful body shot.
Long stalks Gracie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gracie's face. Gracie staggers backwards, shaken.
Gracie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Long. Long obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long lands with a good body shot.
Long fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Long lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Long is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Long fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Long connects with a body shot.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Long lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Long lands with a good body shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Gracie might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Long has got the better of the exchanges.
Long paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Long works the jab nicely.
Long lands a body shot.
Long fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Long scores with a jab to the body.
Long bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gracie's head.
Long throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
Long cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Long digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
Long scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Long comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Long scores with the left hand. Gracie knows he should have avoided that one.
Long connects with a body shot.
Long scores with a shot to the body.
Long throws a series of strikes that have Gracie backpedaling.
Long pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gracie back to the cage. Long follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Long fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Long can pounce on him.
Long scores with a jab.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice body punch from Long.
Long lands a glancing blow to the side of Gracie's head.
Long scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Long keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd cheers as Long lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gracie doesn't seem phased though.
Gracie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Long throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Long lands a nice shot that snaps Gracie's head back.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gracie shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Long scores with a hook.
Gracie takes one to the side of the head.
Gracie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Long.
Long lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Long scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
Long listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gracie takes one on the button.
Nice jab there from Long.
Long jabs Gracie right on the nose. Gracie blinks but takes it well.
Long smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gracie walks into a jab.
Gracie walks into a stiff left hand from Long.
Long lands a body shot.
Long lands a head shot.
Long dips to his left and cracks Gracie with an uppercut!
Long works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gracie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice straight punches there by Long. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Long.
Gracie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Long connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gracie momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Long.
Long lands a glancing blow to the side of Gracie's head.
Jab by Long.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Long fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Long connects with a nice looking jab.
Long lands a slapping body shot.
Long scores with a nice right hand.
Long lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long lands with a cross.
Decent striking displayed by Long there.
Long scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A shot to the liver by Long. Beautiful body shot.
Long lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Long to score with a decent uppercut.
Long lands a head shot.
Long tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Long moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gracie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gracie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Long listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Long lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Long dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Gracie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Long moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Long cracks Gracie with a right hand to the side of the head.
Long connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gracie's hands.
Long throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Long lunges at Gracie with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gracie's hand.
Long works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Long scores with a jab to the body.
Long connects with a solid leg kick.
Long scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Long wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Long lands a slapping body shot.
Long jabs at Gracie's body.
Long digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Long lands a slapping body shot.
Long looks to land a combination. Gracie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Long works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Long lands a right hook to the body.
Long connects with a solid leg kick.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Long stuns Gracie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Long scores with a one two! Gracie had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gracie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long catches Gracie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Long lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Long lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Long throws a one two combo.
Long scores with a nice head shot.
Long scores with a jab to the body.
Long thuds his right hand into Gracie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Long's corner calls for a 1-2. Long obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Long lands with a nice body punch.
Long jabs Gracie right on the nose. Gracie blinks but takes it well.
The fighters circle momentarily. Long darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Long scores with a one two! Gracie had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Long. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Long lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gracie backs up against the cage.
Gracie walks into a left hand.
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Long scores with a three punch combo!
Long thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Long connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Long connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gracie. Gracie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Long cracks Gracie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Long lands a nice shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Long lands with a shot to the body.
Donk. Long catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.
Long connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Long scores with a body shot.
Long works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Long is working the combinations to good effect here.
Long scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A jab from Long finds it's way through Gracie's defenses.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Long throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Long lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
Long jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Long lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Long throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Long catches Gracie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Long lands with a nice combination. Gracie backs away looking to recover.
Gracie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
Long scores with a one two! Gracie had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Long is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Long bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gracie's head backwards.
Long tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Long pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gracie back to the cage. Long follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gracie walks into a straight right hand from Long.
Long lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Long slaps away a takedown attempt from Gracie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Long scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gracie gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Long.
Good shot there by Long.
Long scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Long lands a nice looking body shot.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Long scores with a hook.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Long lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gracie at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Long.
Long lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Long fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Long dips to his left and cracks Gracie with an uppercut!
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Long connects with a body shot.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Long connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Long scoring well with a low kick there.
Long lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Long lands a jab to the head.
Gracie drops his hands momentarily and Long takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jab, jab by Long - just one landing.
Long lands with a nice combination. Gracie backs away looking to recover.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Long listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Long lands an overhand right.
A nice leg kick lands there from Long.
Long scores with a punch to the head.
Kompakt Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thomas Long is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Long lands a slapping body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Long showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Long 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:24
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Long!
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