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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Adam Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mateus Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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143 lbs
21 - 9 - 1 |
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165 cm
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152 lbs
22 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Adam Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mateus Allen!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Gracie.
Allen slips under a jab from Gracie.
Allen looks for a takedown but Gracie sprawls well.
Allen fails with an attempt to clinch.
A jab from Gracie finds it's way through Allen's defenses.
Allen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Allen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Allen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Allen.
Allen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A punch lands to the side of Allen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Allen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gracie eats them both and turns towards Allen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Allen tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Allen misses.
Allen stalks Gracie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gracie's face. Gracie staggers backwards, shaken.
Allen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Allen has his takedown stuffed
and Gracie counters with a takedown into side control.
Allen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Allen manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.
Allen is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gracie looking for a guillotine here but Allen defends easily.
Allen stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Gracie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Allen manages to get himself to full guard.
Allen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gracie being controlled here momentarily.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Allen trying to keep a closed guard but Gracie is proving a slippery customer.
Gracie pushes down on Allen's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is thwarting Allen's attempts to control the position.
Gracie seems to be working for a kimura but Allen defends the submission attempt.
Allen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Gracie is keen to just control but Allen is a slippery customer.
Allen felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Allen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Allen dodges it nicely.
Gracie is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Gracie is looking for a kimura but Allen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Allen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Allen controlling Gracie's posture.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Allen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Allen trying to keep a closed guard but Gracie is proving a slippery customer.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Gracie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allen working a defensive guard here.
Allen is looking for a triangle but Gracie pushes his legs off easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him.
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 Adam Gracie will probably get the nod.
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.
Allen swings widly with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
No joy there for Allen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mateus Allen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Allen misses with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown. Allen fights it but they end up in guard.
Gracie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Allen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gracie advances to half guard.
Gracie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Allen wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Allen is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Adam Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Allen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Gracie scores with a couple of nice shots.
Allen is trying to stand up here but Gracie is controlling him well.
Allen has hold of Gracie's hands but Gracie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Allen tries to kick Gracie off but Gracie keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Allen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Allen moves into full guard.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Gracie postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gracie makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control but Allen is working from the bottom.
Allen controlling Gracie's posture.
We've been hearing that Gracie has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Allen keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Allen controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.
Gracie trying to control but Allen is working from the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Adam Gracie has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gracie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Allen takes one to the chin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Nice sprawl there from Allen as Gracie shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie is looking to chop away at Allen's legs.
Allen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Allen doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Mateus Allen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.
Nice jab there from Allen.
The fighters circling - Allen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Allen throws an off balance right hand
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into side control. Allen won't be happy with that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen taking punishment in the form of punches.
Allen is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie working the ground and pound.
Allen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gracie scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Allen to see if he's OK.
Allen sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Allen regains full guard. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allen trying to keep a closed guard but Gracie is proving a slippery customer.
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 wants to pass the guard but Allen is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Gracie dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gracie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Allen at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allen. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Allen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gracie punishes Allen's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allen. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Gracie. That snapped Allen's head back.
Allen misses with a straight left.
Allen misses with an uppercut.
Allen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Allen scores with a sloppy right hand. Gracie should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Allen clinches up against the cage.
Allen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Allen smiles and moves away.
Allen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Allen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Allen misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
A combination from Allen does no damage.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Allen.
Gracie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Allen's hands.
Allen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Allen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Allen throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Allen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Allen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen wants to clinch.
Allen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gracie is rocked!
Allen feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Gracie crashing to the mat! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mateus Allen!
Mateus Allen is the new featherweight champion!
Mateus Allen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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