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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Justin Cider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cider comes to the cage accompanied by Trailerhood. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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155 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Cider !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cider with a nice cross.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Cider , looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Cider against the cage but Cider circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gracie throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Cider tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Gracie is in Cider 's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gracie controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cider utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Gracie makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cider is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Gracie looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cider knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cider controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.
Gracie content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cider looking to control.
Cider wants to sweep but no luck.
Justin Cider has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Justin Cider seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cider scores with a shot to the body.
Cider shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gracie eats them both and turns towards Cider to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cider landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cider lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Gracie goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cider prevents it.
Gracie looks winded!
Cider putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cider taking a breather.
Cider is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cider - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cider lands a knee to the body.
Cider with a knee to the head.
It looks like Antonio Gracie has been cut.
Cider working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Cider lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cider is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gracie is trying to stall.
Cider lands a knee to the body.
Cider just leaning against Gracie, taking a breather.
Gracie has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Cider uses from the top position.
Gracie wants to stand but Cider is controlling the position.
Cider would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie pushes Cider off and scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Cider dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Gracie's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cider lands a right hook to the body.
Cider shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gracie eats them both and turns towards Cider to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Cider tries to clinch up.
Nice uppercut lands for Cider . That snapped Gracie's head back.
Cider gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cider is leaning against Gracie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cider connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Cider landing knees to the head.
Cider lands a knee to the head.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cider .
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!
Cider scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cider obliges.
Justin Cider has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Cider crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cider putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cider utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gracie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cider .
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cider scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gracie's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Gracie's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cider .
Gracie letting Cider take a breather here.
Cider lands a knee to the head.
Cider landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cider utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cider 's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Cider stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Cider .
Cider jerks Gracie's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Gracie drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Cider goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Cider because Gracie was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Justin Cider !
A very excited looking Justin Cider made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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