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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Klay Bragee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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241 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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195 cm
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268 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Klay Bragee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Palmer!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bragee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palmer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bragee could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Bragee.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Palmer gets back to half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bragee in particular looking to stall.
Palmer holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Palmer trying to control but Bragee postures up.
Palmer is trying to get back to full guard.
Bragee is thwarting Palmer's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer tries to roll over but Bragee keeps him under control.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alex Palmer.
Palmer wants to clinch up but Bragee keeps it at a distance.
Palmer throws a shot from downtown. Bragee moves away and avoids it.
Bragee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alex Palmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palmer throws a right and a left that Bragee avoids nicely.
Palmer fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bragee avoids it really well and circles away.
Bragee scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bragee is looking to clinch.
Bragee wants to clinch up but Palmer keeps it at a distance.
Palmer tries to move into range but Bragee moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Palmer wants to clinch up but Bragee keeps it at a distance.
Palmer dives in and grabs Bragee's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bragee pushes down on Palmer's head and hops out.
Bragee tries to close the distance and clinch but Palmer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bragee is looking to clinch.
Palmer tries to close the distance and clinch but Bragee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bragee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bragee fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bragee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer swats away the attempt to clinch by Bragee.
Palmer fails to land with a series of punches.
Palmer closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bragee did well to prevent Palmer getting side control.
Palmer tries to pass to full mount but Bragee defends it.
Bragee gets full guard.
Palmer throws a big elbow that misses.
Palmer postures up.
Bragee seems keen to control Palmer's posture.
Bragee looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bragee manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bragee tries to control but Palmer wriggling away.
Bragee is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Palmer is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Palmer is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bragee tries to control but Palmer wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Klay Bragee dominated that round.
That's time! Bragee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bragee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palmer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Palmer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bragee tries to clinch there but Palmer circles away.
Bragee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Palmer has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bragee.
Bragee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Palmer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bragee fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bragee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bragee moves in looking to clinch but Palmer pushes him off.
Bragee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palmer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Palmer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bragee is fending him off so far but Palmer persists. Nope, Bragee circles away and we're back to standing.
Palmer is breathing heavily.
Palmer shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bragee sprawls well. Bragee wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Palmer gets slowly back to his feet.
Klay Bragee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Palmer.
Palmer throws a combination that misses
and Bragee counters with a head kick.
Bragee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bragee clinches with his opponent.
Bragee just leaning against Palmer, taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bragee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bragee lands a nice uppercut.
Palmer is pressed up against the cage. Bragee has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Palmer down to the mat. Palmer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Palmer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bragee stuffs the takedown.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bragee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palmer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bragee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palmer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Palmer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bragee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bragee is looking to clinch but Palmer is avoiding it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bragee here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Bragee moves into range and clinches up with Palmer.
Bragee scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bragee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bragee gets through Palmer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bragee lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Palmer or not.
Bragee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Palmer.
Bragee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bragee lands an uppercut.
Bragee breaks from the clinch.
Bragee tries to clinch up but Palmer circles away and keeps his distance.
Bragee tries to clinch up but Palmer circles away and keeps his distance.
Palmer looks for a takedown but Bragee sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bragee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palmer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bragee drives through and clinches with Palmer against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bragee lands a shot to the body.
Bragee successfully pulls guard.
Bragee trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Palmer trying to control the position from guard on top but Bragee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bragee preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bragee not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bragee wants to stand and escape but Palmer is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Klay Bragee dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bragee tries to clinch but Palmer moves out of range.
Bragee drives through and clinches with Palmer against the cage.
Palmer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bragee is keeping busy.
Bragee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bragee keeps control of Palmer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bragee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Palmer throws a combination that misses
and Bragee counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bragee closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bragee pulls guard.
Palmer is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bragee working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bragee is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Palmer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bragee is thwarting Palmer's attempts to control the position.
Palmer trying to get back to full guard but Bragee takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Bragee sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bragee controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer wants to control but Bragee is having none of it.
Bragee content just to control the position here.
Bragee looking to control but Palmer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bragee cracks Palmer with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bragee trying to control but Palmer is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer is looking to get to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Bragee there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Palmer is desperately trying to improve his position but Bragee has a good base and remains in mount.
Bragee tries to control but Palmer wriggling away.
Bragee avoids the attempt from Palmer to control.
Klay Bragee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bragee trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Palmer is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alex Palmer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Palmer can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Klay Bragee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bragee 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Klay Bragee!
Post fight, Klay Bragee took to the microphone: 'I'll read you all a poem I just wrote. Nah, never mind. Have a good day. Thank you guys.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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