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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 172 p4p, 22 weight class) and Anthony Romeo (ranked 515 p4p, 66 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Olha a Explosão. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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184 cm
26
214 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anthony Romeo!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Romeo.
Romeo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gracie's head backwards.
It looks like Royce Gracie has been cut.
Romeo slips a straight right by Gracie.
Romeo sends Gracie crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Romeo is motioning to the referee to let Gracie up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Gracie is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romeo misses with a double jab
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Oh Gracie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Romeo has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Romeo is kicking away at Gracie from the bottom - trying to push off and stand up. Gracie grabs hold of a leg and drops back for a heel hook! The two fighters roll across the mat, with Romeo trying to push Gracie off... Romeo taps! He's tapped! This one is all over! A throwback to the old Pancrase there with an infrequently seen submission hold! Nice work.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Royce Gracie!
Royce Gracie retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Royce Gracie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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