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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Isiah Acer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doug Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Acer's entrance music is Mad at Gravity- Burn. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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36
214 lbs
27 - 24 - 1 |
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190 cm
33
205 lbs
26 - 18 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 24 - 1, fighting out of New York, Isiah Acer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Doug Graves!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Acer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Graves on the side of the head.
Graves misses with a kick to the body.
Acer darts in looking for a takedown but Graves gets double underhooks and turns Acer into the cage.
Graves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Acer moves out of range as Graves throws a body kick.
Graves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Acer is just out of range.
Graves swings widly with a right hand
and Acer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Graves thinking.
Acer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Acer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graves moves away.
Graves appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Graves scores with a spinning back kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves is looking to clinch.
Graves thows a body kick. Acer tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Acer.
Acer moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves checks the leg kick.
Acer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Graves.
Acer looks to throw the jab but Graves is out of range.
Acer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Acer shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Graves sprawls well. Graves wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Acer gets slowly back to his feet.
Graves crunches a lovely knee into Acer's ribcage.
Acer wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isiah Acer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Acer has Graves pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Graves manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Acer is looking to take this one to the mat.
I was talking to Acer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Graves digs a right hand into Acer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Acer's gas tank.
Graves lands a knee to the body.
Graves lands a hook that snaps the head of Acer backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Graves.
Graves scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Isiah Acer has been cut.
Acer is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Graves pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Graves scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Acer wants a takedown but no success here.
Graves prevents a takedown attempt there.
Acer is breathing heavily.
Graves working Acer over with knees to the body.
Acer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Graves lands a good knee to the midsection. Acer won't want to take too many of those.
Acer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Graves throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Acers head.
Graves pushes Acer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Acer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Graves with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Graves.
Graves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Graves landing knees to the head.
Graves lands with a short shot to the head.
Graves scores with a nice hook to the head.
Graves has Acer pushed against the cage.
Graves lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acer changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Graves fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Graves misses with a low kick.
Graves throws a body shot but no joy.
Acer throws a leg kick
and Graves counters with an inside leg kick.
Acer shoots for a double leg takedown but Graves sprawls well. He's pushed Acer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Acer misses with a takedown attempt
and Graves counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Acer gets tackled into the cage by Graves. Graves maintains the clinch.
Acer fails to pull guard.
Graves misses with a knee to the head.
Graves is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Graves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Acer can't get the takedown.
A right handed body shot lands from Graves.
Graves throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Acers head.
Graves scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acer is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Graves pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Graves pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graves lands a body punch.
Graves leaning his opponent against the cage.
Graves lands with a right to the head.
Graves connects with a knee to the head.
Acer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Acer tries for a takedown but Graves manages to get underhooks.
Acer changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Graves fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Acer slips a straight right by Graves.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Graves takes a swing at Acer's ribcage but misses.
Graves with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A looping hook to the body misses from Graves. Acer does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doug Graves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Isiah Acer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Acer swings for the body but Graves moves out of range.
Acer backing away here, and Graves unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Graves scores with a jab to the body.
Graves throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Acer is rocked!
Graves lands a nice looking body shot.
and Graves counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Acer! He's just covering up as Graves starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doug Graves!
A very excited looking Doug Graves 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
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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