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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Buakaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Tommy Buakaw has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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267 lbs
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240 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
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Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tommy Buakaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Buakaw counters with a nice kick to the body.
Buakaw could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Buakaw counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gracie is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Tommy Buakaw has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Gracie.
Gracie takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Buakaw uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
Crunch! Buakaw slams his shin into Gracie's torso.
Good leg kick by Buakaw there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Buakaw counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gracie's knee momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Buakaw.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Buakaw sprawls well. Buakaw wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gracie looks winded!
Buakaw stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Buakaw wants it to stay on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buakaw throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Buakaw lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gracie will feel that in the morning.
Buakaw just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Buakaw circles away easily
and Buakaw counters with an inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Buakaw.
Buakaw scoring well with a low kick there.
Buakaw buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gracie crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Buakaw - the referee stops the clock and Gracie gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Buakaw. Gracie manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Buakaw closes the distance and clinches.
Buakaw escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Buakaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buakaw turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Buakaw lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gracie will feel that in the morning.
Buakaw lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gracie will feel that in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw lands with a thumping leg kick.
Buakaw lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Roger Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buakaw fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Buakaw throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping body kick lands there for Buakaw.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Buakaw counters with a nice body kick.
Buakaw scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Buakaw goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
Gracie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Buakaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw has Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Buakaw tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie tries for a takedown. No joy.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Buakaw.
Buakaw escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Buakaw buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Buakaw lands a high kick!
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Buakaw.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Buakaw counters with a low kick, right behind Gracie 's knee.
Buakaw scores with a kick to the midsection.
Buakaw lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gracie will feel that in the morning.
Buakaw fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gracie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Buakaw connects with a leg kick. Gracie looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw thumps Gracie with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buakaw moves into the clinch successfully.
A right handed body shot lands from Buakaw.
Buakaw manages to break the clinch.
Buakaw lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Buakaw throws a nice head kick!
Buakaw lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Buakaw lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gracie's sensitive parts.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Buakaw napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie working away.
Buakaw pushes Gracie away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gracie gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Gracie remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Buakaw dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Buakaw leaves Gracie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Buakaw counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Buakaw throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Buakaw sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tommy Buakaw has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Gracie.
Buakaw chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gracie's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Buakaw counters with a right hand to the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Nice takedown defense from Buakaw. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
Buakaw takes the fight into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Buakaw as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants a takedown.
Buakaw misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Buakaw works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Buakaw pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tommy Buakaw is winning the standup battle so far.
Buakaw fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Buakaw.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Buakaw.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Buakaw sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Buakaw - that will leave a mark!
Buakaw dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Buakaw is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Buakaw connects with a solid leg kick.
Buakaw cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw lands a head kick!
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Buakaw keeps Gracie at a distance using the push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buakaw cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Nice body kick there by Buakaw.
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Buakaw defends it nicely.
A solid body kick from Buakaw.
Buakaw looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gracie's head.
Buakaw throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Buakaw throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Gracie closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Buakaw did well to prevent Gracie getting side control.
Gracie is looking to advance position but Buakaw won't allow it.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Buakaw keeps working.
Buakaw knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie tries to pass the half guard into mount. Buakaw knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Buakaw is refusing to be controlled, as Gracie sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Roger Gracie was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Buakaw lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gracie will feel that in the morning.
Buakaw chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gracie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Buakaw.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Buakaw counters with an outside leg kick.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Buakaw counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Buakaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buakaw just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gracie's brow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Buakaw is struggling to control the position.
Buakaw breaks from the clinch.
Buakaw connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Buakaw dominated that second round.
That's time! Buakaw's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Buakaw is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Buakaw counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Buakaw is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Buakaw circles away and we're back to standing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Buakaw.
Buakaw connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Buakaw scores with a leg kick.
Buakaw connects with an inside leg kick.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice inside leg kick there by Buakaw. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Buakaw counters with a head kick.
Tommy Buakaw has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Gracie.
Buakaw doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Buakaw counters with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Buakaw.
Buakaw dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
Buakaw throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Buakaw moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Buakaw with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Buakaw, right into the meat.
Buakaw moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hand to the body from Buakaw.
Buakaw breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A thudding body kick lands there by Buakaw!
Buakaw lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gracie takes a step back to recover.
A head kick from Buakaw lands but Gracie takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a hook but Buakaw avoids it easily.
Buakaw tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gracie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
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!
Buakaw explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Buakaw delivers a nice body kick.
Buakaw scores with a leg kick.
Buakaw lands with a right hand.
Buakaw fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Buakaw which made him look bad.
Tommy Buakaw is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Buakaw.
Buakaw lands with a thumping leg kick.
Buakaw feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown but Buakaw manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Gracie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Buakaw explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A head kick from Buakaw lands but Gracie takes it in his stride.
Buakaw moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Buakaw thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gracie if he has to take too many more of those.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Buakaw, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Buakaw against the cage but Buakaw circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw connects with an inside leg kick.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Buakaw saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A slapping leg kick lands for Buakaw.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Buakaw is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Buakaw circles away and we're back to standing.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Buakaw counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Gracie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Buakaw.
Roger Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tommy Buakaw is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Buakaw sprawls well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Buakaw showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Buakaw, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Buakaw!
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energy
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hype
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