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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Dighead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sailor Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Disciples of Power - Lords of Creation as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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11 - 7 - 0 |
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210 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Curtis Dighead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sailor Gracie!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Dighead's half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Gracie working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gracie tries to pass to full mount but Dighead defends it.
Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie looks to land a strike but Dighead avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Dighead is keeping the position.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Dighead keeps moving.
Dighead keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Dighead is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Gracie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dighead.
It looks like Sailor Gracie has been cut.
Dighead lands a high kick!
Gracie walks into a stiff left hand from Dighead.
Curtis Dighead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dighead feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gracies jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dighead misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie darts in looking for a takedown but Dighead gets double underhooks and turns Gracie into the cage.
Dighead connects with a high kick.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Dighead counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Gracie! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Curtis Dighead!
During a confident post fight interview, Curtis Dighead thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Sailor Gracie stepped up to the mic, saying 'Dimensionless, I shall return stronger than you can imagine.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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