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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brotha Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Mac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tupac - Last Muthafucka Breathin'. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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197 lbs
8 - 7 - 1 |
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193 cm
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194 lbs
6 - 5 - 1 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Brotha Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Big Mac!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mac connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mac tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mac displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gracie.
Mac misses with a body shot
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mac throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gracie has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Touch Of Death Combat Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gracie connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mac swings widly with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mac's half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mac tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gracie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mac avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
Gracie looks to land a strike but Mac avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Mac keeps moving.
Mac looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mac preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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 wants to control from the top but Mac keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mac can do anything to dispel that myth.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gracie postures up in Mac's guard and throws a big left but Mac blocks it.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mac.
Mac throws out a counter right but Gracie avoids it with no problem.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mac throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gracie seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
Gracie lands a head shot.
Brotha Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mac throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Gracie wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mac fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gracie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Mac scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mac feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Gracie scores with a hook to the body. Mac takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A big right from Mac misses.
Gracie lunges at Mac with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mac's hand.
Mac showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gracie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie scores with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Mac manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gracie passes Mac's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gracie throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gracie performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mac wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brotha Gracie dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mac ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie throws a right hand that Mac ducks under and follows up with a left that Mac also avoids with ease.
Mac misses the shot to the body.
Gracie moves into the clinch.
Mac throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Mac lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gracie drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mac gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mac gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gracie lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Mac lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mac can do to turn this around?
A short right from Mac.
Mac misses with the head strike.
Gracie pulls guard successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mac preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Mac has his hands clasped together but Gracie extends and breaks Mac's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Gracie.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brotha Gracie!
Brotha Gracie seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
49% |
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