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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Holden Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Marx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Metallica Enter Sandman. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Holden Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Marx!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Marx rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Marx misses the target.
Marx scores with a nice body kick.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Marx looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Marx is defended easily by Gracie.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Marx.
Marx has managed to clinch.
Marx goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gracie prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands a good knee to the midsection. Marx won't want to take too many of those.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Marx controls the action.
Gracie scores with a shoulder strike.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Marx.
Gracie stalling the fight.
Gracie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marxs head.
Marx has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marx breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gracie.
Holden Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marx counters with a nice uppercut.
Marx sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie is looking to slow Marx down with leg kicks.
A punch combination from Gracie misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gracie tried to score with a low kick but Marx checks it.
Gracie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gracie throws a solid leg kick but Marx takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gracie.
A head kick misses from Marx.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Marx tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gracie swivels and escapes.
Holden Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Marx.
Gracie lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marx scores with a nice head shot.
Gracie checks a low kick from Marx.
Gracie jabs Marx to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marx shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gracie is trying to defend but Marx finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Marx stops Gracie from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marx lands strikes from half guard.
Gracie keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gracie is trying to stand back up but Marx is controlling him
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marx throwing shots but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Marx is trying to control. Gracie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie is positioning himself well to prevent Marx advancing to mount.
Marx missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Marx is nestled in close to Gracie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gracie is trying to stand back up but Marx is controlling him
Gracie pushes Marx off and gets back to his feet.
Gracie looks to land a combination but Marx avoids it well.
Marx looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie gets tackled into the cage by Marx. Marx maintains the clinch.
Marx tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Marx controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Gracie dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Marx lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gracie has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gracie and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Marx throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie throws a leg kick
and Marx cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marx throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Marx.
Marx takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gracie scores with a sloppy right hand. Marx should have avoided that one.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Marx is out of range.
Marx throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.
Marx shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gracie is trying to defend but Marx finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to stand back up but Marx is controlling him
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gracie tries to roll over but Marx keeps him under control.
Marx prevents Gracie from standing back up.
Marx throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gracie pushes Marx off looking to stand but Marx dives back in and keeps control.
Gracie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marx.
Marx is looking to stall here but Gracie recovers full guard.
Marx throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marx throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Marx trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Marx throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Marx puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mark Marx has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gracie looks like he's trying to stand up.
Marx is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marx is stalling here. Gracie is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Marx seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Gracie has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Marx is looking to reverse the position.
Marx being controlled for a moment.
Gracie stands up.
Marx checks a low kick from Gracie.
Gracie is looking to chop away at Marx's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marx misses with a straight left.
Marx feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Marx throwing strikes but missing.
Marx trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gracie wants to stand up but Marx is controlling him.
Gracie has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Marx off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marx tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Gracie checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mark Marx will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Marx moved away.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Marx misses with a hook.
Gracie wants to land a leg kick but Marx is out of range.
Gracie lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marx's sensitive parts.
Marx misses with a low kick.
Gracie avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Marx checks a low kick from Gracie.
Marx throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Holden Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Marx's shoulder, as Marx tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Gracie. Beautiful body shot.
An inside leg kick from Marx misses.
Marx shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Marx thumps Gracie with a low kick.
Holden Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marx counters with a nice kick to the body.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Marx wants to slow Gracie down by chopping away at his legs.
Gracie wants to land a leg kick but Marx is out of range.
Marx throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marx looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marx at a distance.
Gracie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marx tried to score with a low kick but Gracie checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
A head kick by Marx misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gracie buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Marx finds it's way round the side to connect with Gracie's head.
Gracie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marx. That did some damage!
Gracie throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gracie scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Marx moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Marx connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Marx blocks a head kick by Gracie.
Marx looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Gracie paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gracie checks a low kick from Marx.
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Gracie blocks a leg kick.
Marx's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marx gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Gracie counters with a head kick. That will keep Marx thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gracie tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marx, right into the meat.
Marx lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gracie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Marx if he has to take too many more of those.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Marx.
Marx walks into a straight right hand from Gracie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Gracie clearly takes that round.
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.
An inside leg kick lands from Gracie.
Marx dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
Marx throws a low kick but Gracie avoids it.
Marx shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gracie's guard.
Marx throws a big elbow that misses.
Gracie has his feet on Marx's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Marx is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gracie sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gracie scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gracie connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marx lands with a thumping leg kick.
Marx is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gracie sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gracie checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Marx wants to land a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie is looking to slow Marx down with leg kicks.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie takes a swing at Marx's ribcage but misses.
Marx takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gracie is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Marx wants to land a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Marx moved away.
Gracie tries to clinch up.
Gracie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marx counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie throws a low kick but Marx moves out of range easily.
Gracie throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gracie pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Marx back to the cage. Gracie follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Marx checks it.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marx.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and Marx counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie pushes Marx away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Marx gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Marx tries to score with some ground and pound. Gracie controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Gracie wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Marx is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Gracie wants to get back to his feet.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Marx is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Gracie's shoulder. That is not cool.
Marx working away.
Gracie tries to escape but Marx is in control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marx scores with a couple of short elbows.
Marx wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Gracie is trying to get back to half guard.
Marx looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gracie is avoiding damage well.
Gracie is trying to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie struggling a bit here.
Marx in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie is trying to control Marx's posture but Marx avoids it.
Gracie is trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Holden Gracie will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Marx throws a low kick but Gracie moves out of range easily.
Gracie tries to work over Marx's front leg with a kick but Marx checks it.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marx was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gracie misses with a kick to the body.
Gracie moves out of range as Marx throws a body kick.
Gracie feints and then cracks Marx's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marx down.
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gracie lands with a cross.
Marx throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Marx shoots for a takedown but Gracie saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marx stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marx keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marx misses with the body kick
and Gracie counters with an outside leg kick.
Marx checks a leg kick nicely.
Gracie's corner calls for a 1-2. Gracie obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marx lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie scores with a jab to the body.
Marx throws a right and a left that both miss.
Holden Gracie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marx counters with a two punch combo.
Marx closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Gracie's guard.
Marx looking to pass the guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie pulls Marx in close to his closed guard and prevents Marx from doing any damage or advancing position.
Gracie is looking to stand up but Marx isn't so interested in that idea.
Marx throwing strikes but missing.
Marx lands a couple of elbows.
Marx throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Marx is controlling him.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marx throws an elbow that misses. Gracie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Marx's guard. Nice move by Gracie!
Marx looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mark Marx has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie stands up and waves to Marx to follow him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Marx.
Marx dives in and grabs Gracie's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes down on Marx's head and hops out.
Marx looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie connects with a high kick.
Holden Gracie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marx throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gracie's waist but Gracie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Marx off to one side.
Holden Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Marx.
Marx is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That kick from Gracie tenderised Marx's leg. Marx is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gracie is looking to clinch but Marx is avoiding it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Holden 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 48:47
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 48:47
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Holden Gracie!
Holden Gracie retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Holden Gracie thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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