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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bas Gracie (ranked 6369 p4p, 611 weight class) and Ahmed Zaitoun (ranked 5666 p4p, 575 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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192 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Intelligent |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bas Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ahmed Zaitoun!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch but Zaitoun swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zaitoun tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gracie doesn't manage to clinch there - Zaitoun circles away.
Zaitoun gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zaitoun lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gracie lands an uppercut.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Still in the clinch, Zaitoun scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gracie throws an elbow that misses.
A body shot lands from Gracie.
Zaitoun blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zaitoun.
Zaitoun digs a right hand underneath Gracie's ribcage. Gracie let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zaitoun makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Zaitoun avoids it.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zaitoun creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gracie can't find room to land a body shot as Zaitoun controls the action.
Zaitoun softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
It looks like Bas Gracie has been cut.
Zaitoun blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zaitoun works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
I was talking to Gracie's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Zaitoun working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to work over Zaitoun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zaitoun working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zaitoun lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the head but Zaitoun blocks with his arms.
Zaitoun cracks Gracie with a nice body shot.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zaitoun blocks the elbow strike.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Zaitoun uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zaitoun lands a body punch.
Zaitoun working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zaitoun throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zaitoun throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gracies head.
Zaitoun throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zaitoun scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zaitoun.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Zaitoun on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Zaitoun as the two fighters clinch.
Zaitoun lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaitoun lands a body shot.
Zaitoun lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zaitoun lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Zaitoun.
Zaitoun lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gracie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zaitoun is defending well for now.
Zaitoun scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Zaitoun.
Gracie is rocked!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zaitoun creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zaitoun lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Zaitoun lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zaitoun creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Zaitoun.
Zaitoun lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Gracie to his knees! Zaitoun keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ahmed Zaitoun!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
69% |
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