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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gary Gravity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ikki Takeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takeda has chosen You're Going Down as his entrance music. The key to victory for Gary Gravity has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gary Gravity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikki Takeda!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravity scores with a nice body kick.
Takeda buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Takeda fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gravity.
Gravity moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gravity lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A big left from Takeda misses.
Gravity pivots, looking for a leg kick but Takeda is out of range and Gravity settles back down.
Gravity bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Takeda's head.
Takeda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gravity showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Takeda.
Gravity lands an overhand right.
Gravity slips a jab from Takeda.
Gravity tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gravity with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ikki Takeda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gravity dodges the punch combination from Takeda.
Gravity ducks under a wild hook from Takeda.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeda misses with a double jab
and Gravity counters with a stiff right hand.
Takeda cracks Gravity with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Takeda throws a right hand that Gravity ducks under and follows up with a left that Gravity also avoids with ease.
Gravity takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Takeda misses with a wild body shot.
Good leg kick by Gravity there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Takeda rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gravity counters with a thumping low kick.
Gravity lands a slapping body shot.
Gravity looks to land a body kick but Takeda moved away.
A slow jab from Gravity misses its intended target.
Gravity avoids the body shot from Takeda.
Takeda throws a leg kick but Gravity sees it coming and moves out of range.
Takeda throws a low kick but Gravity moves out of range easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Takeda 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 Gravity has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gravity and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gravity throws a leg kick which misses Takeda's front leg but catches the back leg as Takeda tries to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gravity tries to keep at a distance but Takeda has taken the fight into the clinch.
Takeda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takeda.
A shot in the inside from Gravity.
Takeda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gravity tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Takeda's elbow.
Gravity works on Takeda's body with a couple of short punches.
Takeda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gravity is pushing Takeda up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A right handed body shot lands from Gravity.
Gravity lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
Takeda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gravity misses with a punch on the inside.
Takeda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gravity blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Takeda misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Gravity fails to land.
Takeda pushes off an throws an elbow but Gravity leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Takeda misses with the head strike.
Gravity lands a shot to the body.
Gravity taking a breather.
Takeda throws a punch but it's blocked by Gravity.
Takeda lands with a light punch inside.
Takeda missing with knees to the body.
Takeda pushes off an throws an elbow but Gravity leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gravity lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
Takeda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gravity will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Takeda up against the cage.
Takeda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravity's elbow.
Gravity lands a left hand that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
Gravity lands with a left to the head.
Gravity takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Gary Gravity has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravity tries a body shot but Takeda blocks it.
Gravity blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takeda scores with a hook to the body.
Gravity blocks a body shot from Takeda.
A right hand to the body from Gravity.
Gravity blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takeda digs a right hand underneath Gravity's ribcage. Gravity let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gravity working hard to break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Takeda.
Takeda throws a head punch that misses.
Takeda throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gravity misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takeda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Takeda has a couple of punches blocked by Gravity.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gravity creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takeda misses with an elbow over the top.
Takeda pushes Gravity back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gravity throws a punch but it's blocked by Takeda.
Gravity avoids a wild elbow strike from Takeda.
Gravity misses with a body punch.
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 Gary Gravity will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gary Gravity's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Takeda 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 Gravity has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gravity and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gravity scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Takeda throws a hook but Gravity blocks it.
Takeda takes a swing at Gravity's ribcage but misses.
Takeda misses the body punch
and Gravity counters with a thumping low kick.
Takeda misses with a wild body shot.
Gravity lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gravity lands a nice leg kick that just misses Takeda's sensitive parts.
Takeda's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gravity uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Takeda.
Gravity tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gravity lands a leg kick that knocks Takeda off balance momentarily.
Gravity tries to score with a low kick but Takeda moves his leg out of the way.
Takeda digs a good hook to Gravity's body.
Takeda takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gravity.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gravity throws a sloppy head kick and Takeda moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity cracks Takeda with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravity. Takeda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Takeda misses with a straight left.
Gary Gravity is winning the standup battle so far.
Takeda fails to land with a series of punches.
Gravity lands the left hand.
Takeda lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gravity circles away quickly and effectively.
Gravity checks a low kick from Takeda.
Gravity scores with a hook to the body. Takeda takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Takeda throws a head kick that misses
and Gravity counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice shot lands for Gravity.
Gravity turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Takeda tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gravity is able to avoid easily.
Gravity connects with a jab.
Takeda throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gravity takes a swing at Takeda's ribcage but misses.
Takeda fails in his attempt to clinch.
A good leg kick by Gravity.
Gravity scores with a push kick.
Takeda is breathing heavily.
Gravity keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Takeda throws an off balance right hand
and Gravity counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gravity.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gravity.
Takeda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Takeda takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takeda.
Takeda blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Takeda's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gary Gravity has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeda tries a body shot but Gravity blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Gravity.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Gravity here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Gravity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Gravity.
Takeda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Takeda misses with an elbow strike.
Gravity blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gravity.
Gravity lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
Takeda throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Takeda swings wildly with an uppercut but Gravity uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gravity lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
Gravity throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Takedas head.
Gravity works on Takeda's body with a couple of short punches.
Takeda tries a body shot but Gravity blocks it.
Takeda can't find room to land a body shot as Gravity controls the action.
Takeda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gravity avoids it.
Gravity lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gravity.
Still in the clinch, Gravity scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gravity blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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!
Gravity lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gravity pushes Takeda back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Takeda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takeda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravity's elbow.
Gravity managing to block the knees to the body from Takeda.
Gravity blocks the elbow strike.
Gravity breaks the clinch.
Gravity lands with a cross.
Takeda on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Takeda looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gravity defending well as Takeda loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takeda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gravity.
Gravity moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Gravity dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gary Gravity's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Gravity throws a quick inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Gravity blocks the leg kick.
Gravity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gravity lands a nice leg kick that just misses Takeda's sensitive parts.
Gravity blocks a head kick by Takeda.
Nice body kick there by Gravity.
Gravity throws a nice inside leg kick.
Takeda stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gravity.
Takeda 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.
Gravity throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takeda throws a low kick but Gravity avoids it.
Donk. Gravity catches Takeda right on the button with a cross.
Gravity instigates a clinch.
Takeda takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Takeda throws a head punch that misses.
Gravity taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Gravity.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity pushes Takeda back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gravity lands with a left to the head.
Gravity works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Gravity.
Gravity lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Gravity.
Gravity breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gravity moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gravity feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Takeda's calf.
Gravity scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takeda has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gravity.
Gravity throws a shot to the body.
Gravity feints and then cracks Takeda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Takeda down.
Takeda has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gravity.
Gravity with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gravity with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravity feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Takeda's calf.
Takeda looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Takeda takes a swing at Gravity's ribcage but misses.
Takeda dodges the punch combination from Gravity.
Takeda walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gravity.
Gravity wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gravity moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Takeda has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gravity.
Takeda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Takeda chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gravity can pounce on him.
Good leg kick by Gravity there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gravity throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gravity scoring well with a low kick there.
Gravity thumps Takeda with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravity cracks the inside of Takeda's front leg.
Gravity lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gravity throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gravity feints and then cracks Takeda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Takeda down.
Takeda walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gravity.
Gravity lands a nice looking kick to the body. Takeda takes a step back to recover.
Gravity scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gravity lands with a slapping head kick.
Takeda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gravity.
Takeda rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gravity counters with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gravity uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Takeda.
A low kick from Takeda is predictable there
and Gravity counters with a good, hard body kick but Takeda shrugs it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takeda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A leg kick checked by Gravity.
Takeda scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Takeda. Gravity does a little dance to reset his feet.
Takeda tries to clinch but Gravity moves out of range.
A left lands for Gravity.
Takeda throws an off balance right hand
and Gravity counters with a nice low kick that buckles Takeda's knee momentarily.
A good leg kick by Gravity.
Takeda tries a head kick but it misses.
Gravity cracks the inside of Takeda's front leg.
No joy there for Takeda, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takeda tries to clinch up but Gravity circles away and keeps his distance.
Gravity fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ikki Takeda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gary Gravity is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gravity fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Gravity showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gravity 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Gravity!
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