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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liam Oliver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bear Grylls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grylls is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Man vs Wild Soundtrack Full Theme Song . Bear Grylls will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Liam Oliver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bear Grylls!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grylls shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Oliver manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Grylls preventing the sweep.
Grylls working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Oliver's head.
Grylls stops Oliver from standing up.
Grylls wants to control from the top but Oliver keeps moving.
Oliver wants to stand and escape but Grylls is having none of it.
Oliver trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Grylls keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Oliver's head.
Oliver wants to get back to his feet but Grylls is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oliver wants to hit a switch here but Grylls passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Oliver there!
Grylls lands a big shot there that rocks Oliver but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grylls lands a heavy elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver is in all sorts of trouble here.
Oliver really wants to buck Grylls off and get back to his feet.
Oliver is breathing heavily.
Grylls lands a nice shot to the head.
Oliver is in a horrible position here. Grylls smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oliver in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Grylls lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Oliver hang on?
Grylls scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grylls connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Grylls controlling the pace for now.
Oliver's coaches at Foot Loves have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Grylls lands a couple of good shots and Oliver has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Grylls has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliver staying busy and making it hard for Grylls to control.
Oliver takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Grylls. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Oliver can't escape the position.
Oliver covers up after that shot from Grylls.
Grylls looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Grylls scores with strikes from the back.
Grylls lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Can Oliver hold on?! Grylls is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Grylls lands a shot to the head.
Oliver might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Grylls is punishing Oliver with strikes - can he finish him?!
Oliver is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliver staying busy and making it hard for Grylls to control.
Grylls lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Grylls lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Oliver.
Oh Oliver is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grylls scores with punches from the back.
What can Oliver do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Oliver seems to have got his legs back now.
Grylls is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Grylls gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Grylls gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Grylls apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Oliver keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Oliver is defended easily by Grylls.
Oliver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grylls lands with a right hand.
Grylls fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliver gets caught flat footed, as Grylls shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
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!
Oliver wants to sweep here but Grylls controlling him for the moment.
Grylls trying to control but Oliver is working from the bottom.
Grylls distracts Oliver with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Grylls postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Grylls is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Oliver wants to stand and escape but Grylls is having none of it.
Grylls lands a couple of digs.
Grylls is working Oliver over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Grylls lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grylls wants to control from the top but Oliver keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bear Grylls dominated that round.
That's time! Oliver's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Grylls looking to score a takedown here. Oliver is defending well but Grylls drives through and ends up in Oliver's guard.
Grylls is in close to Oliver's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Grylls engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Grylls is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Oliver is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Grylls regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bear Grylls has got the better of the ground game so far.
Grylls manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Oliver manages to get himself to full guard.
Grylls lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grylls scoring with some ground and pound.
Grylls landing some decent shots from guard.
Grylls slips nicely into half guard.
Grylls scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Grylls not doing much here.
Oliver tries to roll over but Grylls keeps him under control.
Oliver missing with punches from the bottom.
Grylls is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Oliver!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grylls trying to control but Oliver is having none of it.
Oliver is working to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oliver wants to hold on but Grylls pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Grylls.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grylls dominating with strikes here.
Grylls trying to control but Oliver is having none of it.
Grylls in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oliver is looking to improve his position but Grylls isn't that keen on the idea.
Grylls in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grylls landing shots from mount.
Grylls lands a big shot to the head and Oliver winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Bear Grylls!
Bear Grylls decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
In defeat, Liam Oliver stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you all... I'll be back, and come back better and show you all what I have!!'.
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