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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abel Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Kickstart. Trujillo has chosen 2Pac - Hit Em Up as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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170 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
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172 cm
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162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abel Trujillo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trujillo ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gracie cracks a nice hook into Trujillo's ribs.
Trujillo tries to sprawl but Gracie drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Trujillo wants to get back to his feet.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Trujillo taking some punishment here, with Gracie in his half guard.
Trujillo looks like he's trying to stand up.
Trujillo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Gracie is looking for a kimura but Trujillo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracie to get the leverage.
Trujillo is looking to escape.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trujillo's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Trujillo pushes Gracie off looking to stand but Gracie dives back in and keeps control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gracie has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gracie raining down shots from the mount!
Trujillo is trying to stand.
Gracie has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Gracie working for a submission but Trujillo is keeping him at bay.
Gracie throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Trujillo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Trujillo is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gracie unloading with bombs!
Trujillo is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie with good strikes from the mount here!
Trujillo is still in real trouble! Can Gracie finish him?
Trujillo working to try and regain half guard.
Gracie postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Trujillo looks a forlorn figure.
Gracie thowing shots but they're missing.
Gracie cracks Trujillo with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Royce Gracie!
Our winner, Royce Gracie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
56% |
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