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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bradon Graves (ranked 3575 p4p, 22538 weight class) and Felipe Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cortez has chosen Vicente Fernandez - El Palenque as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bradon Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felipe Cortez!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez misses with a head kick.
Graves paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cortez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Graves sprawls well. Graves wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cortez gets slowly back to his feet.
Cortez fails to land with a series of punches.
Graves works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've been told by Graves's head coaches at The Cave that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cortez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cortez blocks a head kick by Graves.
Graves misses with a two punch combination.
Graves throws a leg kick
and Cortez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cortez misses with a hook.
Cortez swings for the body but Graves moves out of range.
A left lands for Cortez.
Graves gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Cortez is not content to let Graves control the position.
Cortez sneaks back into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves throwing shots but Cortez is blocking nicely.
Graves throwing shots but Cortez is blocking nicely.
Graves 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.
Graves takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cortez trying to control but Graves postures up.
Graves takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cortez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Graves thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Graves wants to control but Cortez is keeping him busy.
Cortez wants to get back to full guard.
Graves wants to control but Cortez is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Graves.
Cortez makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Graves misses with a few strikes there.
Graves closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cortez did well to prevent Graves getting side control.
Cortez has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Graves is on him like a limpet, forcing Cortez back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Graves as the two fighters clinch.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Graves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Graves misses with a punch to the body.
Cortez taking a breather.
Cortez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cortez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Graves.
Cortez blocks a body shot from Graves.
Graves trying to stall but Cortez improves his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Graves.
Graves misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cortez tries to circle away but Graves has him pinned against the cage.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Cortez.
Graves scores with a nice hook to the head.
Graves tries to stall but Cortez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cortez.
Cortez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cortez tries to break free but Graves pushes him back against the cage.
Graves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graves can't find room to land a body shot as Cortez controls the action.
Cortez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Graves is keeping busy.
Cortez lands a hook that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
Cortez crunches a lovely knee into Graves's ribcage.
Cortez lands with a right to the head.
Graves tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cortez's elbow.
Cortez manages to break the clinch.
Cortez looks for the body kick but Graves saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez scores with a decent looking hook.
Cortez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Graves.
Graves throws a shot from downtown. Cortez moves away and avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graves looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Graves scores with a jab to the body.
Cortez avoids the body shot from Graves.
Graves shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cortez defends it nicely.
Graves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cortez throws a right and a left that Graves avoids nicely.
Cortez blocks a low kick nicely.
Graves misses with a two punch combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cortez! But no joy.
Cortez is looking to land body kicks.
Graves throws a lazy right hand but Cortez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cortez throws a head kick but Graves moves out of range.
Graves misses with the combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Felipe Cortez will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cortez misses with a straight left.
Graves works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Graves shoots for a double leg takedown but Cortez sprawls well. He's pushed Graves's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cortez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Graves dips to his left and cracks Cortez with an uppercut!
Graves dives in and grabs Cortez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cortez pushes down on Graves's head and hops out.
Cortez is looking to land body kicks.
Cortez lands a nice shot to the body.
Cortez throws a hook but Graves blocks it.
A right-left combo lands from Cortez.
It looks like Bradon Graves has been cut.
Graves moves out of range as Cortez strikes.
Cortez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Graves looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Graves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cortez.
Graves dodges the punch combination from Cortez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves ducks under a wild hook from Cortez.
Graves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Graves lands the left hand.
Cortez throws a nice looking combination but Graves bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Graves just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Cortez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cortez throws a sloppy body shot
and Graves counters with a slapping leg kick.
Graves moves forwards but Cortez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cortez throws a hook but Graves avoids it easily.
Cortez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice cross by Graves.
Graves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cortez.
Cortez slips a jab from Graves.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cortez.
Graves misses with a lunging right hand
and Cortez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cortez takes a swing at Graves's ribcage but misses.
Cortez scores with a punch to the head.
Felipe Cortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves throws a series of punches but Cortez moves out of range.
Cortez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Cortez misses its intended target.
Graves throws out a loose jab but Cortez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves lands a really nice looking cross but Cortez seems unphased.
Nice shot lands for Graves.
Cortez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cortez tries to clinch but Graves is having none of it.
Graves shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cortez but Cortez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bradon Graves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Graves checks the leg kick.
Cortez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Graves walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cortez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Graves feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cortezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cortez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
No joy there for Cortez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez throws a body shot but no joy.
Cortez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cortez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cortez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Graves misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cortez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cortez duly obliges.
Graves checks the leg kick nicely there.
Graves misses with a straight left.
Cortez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cortez lands with a shot to the body.
Graves is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Graves jabs Cortez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cortez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Graves.
Cortez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cortez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Graves is rocked!
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!
Cortez throws a monster overhand right that drops Graves! Cortez follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felipe Cortez!
A relieved looking Felipe Cortez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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