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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Grimes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willie Manahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick Grimes has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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221 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rick Grimes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Willie Manahan!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grimes keeps the fight on the outside.
A swing and a miss from Grimes.
Manahan tries to clinch there but Grimes circles away.
Manahan closes the distance and clinches.
Grimes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Grimes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Manahan fails to land.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Manahan has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Grimes blocks an uppercut.
Manahan has Grimes pushed against the cage.
Manahan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manahan wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimes being controlled against the cage.
Grimes prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Manahan fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manahan is working for takedown but Grimes is calmly controlling the position for now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Manahan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grimes tries to break the clinch but Manahan is controlling the position.
Manahan swings wildly with an uppercut but Grimes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manahan throws a punch but it's blocked by Grimes.
Grimes is looking to break free of the clinch but Manahan has double underhooks.
Grimes blocking some punches.
Grimes stalls.
Manahan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Manahan turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Manahan manages to end up in side control.
Grimes throws Manahan to one side and escapes!
Grimes stuns Manahan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grimes with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Manahan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Grimes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Manahan.
Manahan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Grimes throws a good cross that connects.
Manahan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Manahan has closed the distance and engaged Grimes in a clinch.
Manahan throws a head punch that misses.
Grimes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Manahan throws a lazy right hand but Grimes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Manahan takes the fight into the clinch.
Grimes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rick Grimes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grimes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Manahan doesn't seem bothered though.
Manahan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Manahan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Manahan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Manahan misses with an uppercut. Grimes saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And Manahan tries to counter it with a takedown but Grimes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Manahan walks into a straight right hand from Grimes.
Manahan is rocked!
Rick Grimes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Manahan ducks into an uppercut from Grimes and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rick Grimes!
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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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