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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Curran (ranked 1568 p4p, 432 weight class) and Frank Granger (ranked 185 p4p, 62 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Curran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Granger!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Curran clinches with his opponent.
Granger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Granger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Granger dodges the punch combination from Curran.
No joy there for Curran, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Curran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Granger moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Granger.
Granger lands a right hook to the body.
Granger throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Curran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Granger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Curran moves in looking to clinch but Granger pushes him off.
Curran tries to clinch but Granger moves out of range.
Granger takes one on the button.
Granger scores with a body shot.
Granger throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Randy Curran has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curran avoids the head kick by Granger.
Granger misses with a body kick.
Granger swats away the attempt to clinch by Curran.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Granger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Granger blocks a head kick by Curran.
The fight stays on the outside here - Curran looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Curran throws a head kick that Granger semi-blocks.
Curran is looking to clinch.
Granger now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Granger ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Curran tries to clinch but Granger is having none of it.
Granger turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Curran takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Granger throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Granger lands a nice hook to Curran's body. Curran takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A punch combination from Curran misses.
Curran swings for the body but Granger moves out of range.
Curran takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curran swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granger scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Curran tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Granger counters with a two punch combo.
Curran fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Granger throws a sloppy head kick and Curran moves out of range easily.
Granger throws a half hearted mid kick.
Curran seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Granger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Curran throws a series of strikes that have Granger backpedaling.
Granger blocks a head kick by Curran.
Curran takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Granger scores with a crisp jab that stopped Curran in his tracks.
Granger lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Curran wants to clinch.
Granger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Granger works the jab nicely.
Granger blocks a head kick by Curran.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Granger. That snapped Curran's head back.
Curran tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Curran takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Granger jabs Curran to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Curran on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Granger. Granger obviously looking to wear him down.
Granger lands a right hook to the body.
Granger lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Granger.
Granger jabs at Curran's body.
Curran is breathing heavily.
Granger fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curran moves into the clinch.
Granger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Granger is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Curran rather than just go for the knockout.
Granger throws a sloppy head kick and Curran moves out of range easily.
Curran pushes Granger up against the cage in a clinch.
Granger is trying to force a seperation but Curran has the dominant position.
Curran wants a takedown.
Granger working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Curran.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Granger breaks from the clinch.
Granger scores with a decent looking hook.
Curran takes a kick to the side of the head.
Curran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Granger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Curran tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Granger counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Granger scores with a body shot.
Granger lands a right hook to the body.
Granger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Curran. That did some damage!
Curran tries to clinch there but Granger circles away.
Curran blocks a head kick by Granger.
Granger works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Curran misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Granger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Granger fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Curran on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Granger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Curran's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Granger keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Granger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Granger swinging wildly here.
A combination from Curran does no damage.
Curran tries to close the distance and clinch up but Granger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Granger misses with an uppercut. Curran saw that one coming.
Granger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Curran's sensitive parts.
Granger throws a right hand that Curran ducks under and follows up with a left that Curran also avoids with ease.
Granger throws a head kick but Curran moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Curran.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Granger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Granger misses with a wild combination.
Curran takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Curran takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Granger dodges the punch combination from Curran.
Granger throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Curran on the side of the head.
Curran moves in looking to clinch but Granger pushes him off.
Granger connects with a body shot.
Curran stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Granger.
Granger fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Curran doesn't manage to clinch there - Granger circles away.
Curran takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Granger misses with a wild body shot.
Granger keeps the fight on the outside.
And Granger responds with a good body kick, but Curran manages to step out the way in time.
Granger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Granger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Curran tries to clinch up but Granger circles away and keeps his distance.
Randy Curran is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Granger avoids the head kick by Curran.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granger checks a low kick from Curran.
A little jabbing left from Granger on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Curran works over Granger's head and body with a nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curran is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Granger tries a head kick but it misses.
Curran fails in his attempt to clinch.
Granger scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Curran doesn't seem bothered though.
Granger lands with a thumping leg kick.
Granger connects with a body shot that sends Curran's belly button to the back.
Granger scores with a sloppy right hand. Curran should have avoided that one.
Curran fails with an attempt to clinch.
Granger swings for the body but Curran moves out of range.
It looked like Curran was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Granger thumps Curran with a low kick.
Granger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Granger lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Granger with a nice calf kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Curran rushes Granger and presses him up against the cage.
Granger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Granger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Curran takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Curran moves in looking to clinch but Granger pushes him off.
Curran misses with a low kick.
Curran's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Nice body punch from Granger.
Granger scores with a jab.
Curran takes one to the chin there.
Granger scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Curran rushes Granger and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Curran is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Granger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice body kick from Granger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curran darts in and clinches Granger up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Granger breaks the clinch.
Curran is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Curran has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Curran fails in his attempt to clinch.
Granger ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Granger catches Curran with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Granger connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Curran is rocked!
Granger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Curran.
Oh Curran is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Curran tries to clinch up but Granger circles away and keeps his distance.
Curran has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Granger lands a brutal head kick. Curran looks out on his feet and Granger throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Frank Granger!
After the fight, Frank Granger was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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