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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Soprano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soprano's entrance music is Got Yourself a Gun . A fine choice. Gracie has chosen Boris Brejcha - Openminded as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
16 - 4 - 1 |
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212 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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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
16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Soprano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricardo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
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 wants to clinch up but Soprano keeps it at a distance.
Soprano throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
Gracie doesn't manage to clinch there - Soprano circles away.
Soprano throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gracie counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gracie.
Gracie is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short uppercut from Soprano.
Soprano manages to break the clinch.
Soprano throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Soprano circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Tony Soprano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Soprano saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gracie takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gracie slips under a jab from Soprano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Soprano circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gracie has Soprano pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Soprano manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tony Soprano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Gracie.
A head punch on the inside from Soprano fails to land.
Soprano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Soprano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Soprano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Soprano throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Soprano misses with a body shot.
Soprano throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soprano scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gracie is looking to clinch but Soprano is avoiding it.
Crunch! Soprano slams his shin into Gracie's torso.
Donk. Soprano catches Gracie right on the button with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Soprano throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Soprano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Soprano scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gracie is looking to clinch.
Gracie slips a jab from Soprano.
Gracie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Soprano.
Gracie fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Soprano to the ground. Gracie is now in Soprano's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Gracie prevents Soprano from getting back to his feet.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Soprano blocks nicely.
Gracie passes Soprano's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working for a kimura but Soprano is defending it quite comfortably.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Soprano's head.
Gracie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Soprano has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gracie is working away from the top position though.
Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Soprano defends it well.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Soprano sees it coming and defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soprano is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Soprano's head.
Gracie works his way into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gracie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tony Soprano will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Soprano shows good takedown defense.
Soprano throws a low kick but Gracie moves out of range easily.
Soprano lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Soprano lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Soprano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Soprano fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gracie tries to clinch there but Soprano circles away.
Tony Soprano is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie looking to score a takedown here. Soprano is defending well but Gracie drives through and ends up in Soprano's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soprano wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him.
Soprano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soprano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Soprano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gracie.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Soprano blocks nicely.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Soprano pulls Gracie in close to prevent any damage.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Soprano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Soprano.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Soprano is retaining full guard.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soprano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Soprano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Soprano.
Ricardo Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soprano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Soprano working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Soprano.
Soprano wants to stand but Gracie is controlling the position.
Soprano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie connects with a couple of short punches.
Gracie is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Soprano wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie drops back looking for a leg! Soprano is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Soprano manages to kick Gracie off! Gracie jumps back into Soprano's guard.
Soprano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gracie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie postures up in Soprano's guard and throws a big left but Soprano blocks it.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Soprano blocks nicely.
Gracie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Gracie trying to control but Soprano is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Soprano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown but Soprano manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gracie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Soprano looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Soprano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Soprano cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Soprano sprawls well.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soprano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie moves out of range of the leg kick from Soprano.
Soprano gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gracie to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soprano manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Soprano looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gracie working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soprano sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Soprano maintains control.
Gracie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Soprano trying to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Soprano prevents Gracie from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano controlling the pace for now.
Soprano trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.
Gracie is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gracie wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Gracie trying to control the action but Soprano just sinks the hooks in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to escape the position.
Gracie trying to control the action but Soprano just sinks the hooks in.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soprano keeps control of the position as Gracie tries to break free.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ricardo Gracie.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Gracie!
Ricardo Gracie took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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