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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Liquer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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180 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Liquer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryan Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liquer keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Liquer seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Liquer lands a nice looking body shot.
Gracie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Liquer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Liquer lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Liquer throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
John Liquer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liquer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie doesn't manage to clinch there - Liquer circles away.
Liquer swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Liquer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Liquer ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Liquer appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Liquer slips the punch.
Liquer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Liquer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Liquer jabs at Gracie's body.
Gracie misses with a shot to the body
and Liquer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Gracie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gracie throws a jab when Liquer was well out of range.
Liquer is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Liquer lands a jab to the nose.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Liquer.
Gracie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Liquer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liquer lands with a nice combination. Gracie backs away looking to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liquer jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gracie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Liquer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie misses with a hook
and Liquer counters with a nice body shot.
Liquer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gracie counters with a takedown into side control.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Liquer is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Gracie has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Liquer sneaks out the side door and pushes Gracie away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Gracie throws a sloppy body shot
and Liquer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Liquer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liquer appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gracie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Liquer defends it nicely.
Liquer throws a big counter combination but Gracie scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
John Liquer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Liquer throws a one two combo.
A combination from Liquer does no damage.
Gracie with the counter takedown but Liquer avoids it easily.
Liquer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch but Liquer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liquer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracie looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Liquer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liquer is looking for a counter combo.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Liquer counters with a one-two to the body.
Gracie moves into the clinch.
Liquer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gracie keeps control of Liquer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
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!
Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Liquer wants to stand but Gracie is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gracie is adopting a defensive guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Liquer dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Liquer throws a combination that misses
and Gracie counters with a single leg into guard. Liquer didn't expect that.
Liquer keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Gracie prevents Liquer from getting back to his feet.
Liquer 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.
Liquer keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Gracie's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Liquer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Liquer tries to get out of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Liquer is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie won't allow Liquer to get back to his feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Liquer throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liquer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Liquer scores with a shot to the body.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Liquer is just out of range.
Gracie slips a jab from Liquer.
And Gracie tries to counter it with a takedown but Liquer pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Liquer throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Liquer cracks Gracie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Liquer just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Liquer.
And Gracie tries to counter it with a takedown but Liquer pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Liquer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Liquer moved out of range.
It looked like Liquer was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liquer was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie takes the fight into the clinch.
Liquer can't break the clinch.
Liquer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Liquer moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liquer.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Liquer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and Liquer counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Liquer.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie takes a swing at Liquer's ribcage but misses.
Liquer seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
John Liquer is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Liquer's shoulder, as Liquer tries to avoid the shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Liquer misses its target.
Liquer looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Liquer manages to avoid it.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Liquer tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Liquer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Liquer seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liquer moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Gracie lands with a cross.
Liquer cracks Gracie with an open hand slap.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gracie is looking to clinch.
A shot to the body from Gracie misses
enabling Liquer to counter with a crisp jab.
A cross from Gracie lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good exchange - Liquer coming out on top.
Liquer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Liquer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gracie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Liquer dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Gracie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Liquer misses with the combination.
Gracie drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Liquer defends it well.
Liquer scores with a jab to the body.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Liquer throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Liquer rather than just go for the knockout.
Liquer misses with a hook
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gracie pushes down on Liquer's leg and manages to get into half guard.
My spies in Team Alpha Male inform me that Gracie has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liquer is trying to stand back up but Gracie is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is keen to just control but Liquer is a slippery customer.
Gracie tries to pass to full mount but Liquer defends it.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Liquer is working away.
Gracie is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Liquer is looking to escape.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Liquer is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gracie wants to free his trapped foot but Liquer is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Liquer is trying to stand.
Gracie controlling the action here.
Liquer pushes Gracie off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Liquer looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gracie swings for the body but Liquer moves out of range.
John Liquer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liquer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gracie at a distance.
Liquer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gracie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Liquer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gracie scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Liquer misses with a hook.
Gracie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Liquer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Liquer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Liquer thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Liquer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Liquer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Liquer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gracie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie is trying hard to land a takedown here. Liquer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liquer goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A telegraphed right hand from Liquer misses the target.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Liquer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie takes a swing at Liquer's ribcage but misses.
Liquer is looking to counter punch.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liquer was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Liquer tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Liquer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
John Liquer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Gracie.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Liquer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Liquer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Liquer!
John Liquer took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'elekid battery i wanna fight next'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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