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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Graves (ranked 22 p4p, 79 weight class) and Roberto Duranto (ranked 3 p4p, 12 weight class). Graves comes to the cage accompanied by Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Roberto Duranto!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A punch combination from Graves misses.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Duranto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duranto lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Duranto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Graves takes a swing at Duranto's ribcage but misses.
Duranto throws a jab but it's blocked by Graves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duranto throws a sloppy head kick and Graves moves out of range easily.
Graves connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A nice leg kick from Duranto, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Graves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Graves misses with a straight left.
We've been informed that Duranto has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Duranto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Graves.
Duranto throws a sloppy head kick
and Duranto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duranto throws a nice inside leg kick.
Graves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Duranto.
Graves definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Graves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Graves connects with a body shot that sends Duranto's belly button to the back.
Duranto swings widly with a right hand
and Graves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duranto moves into range and connects with a jab.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch but Duranto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Graves scores with a jab to the body.
Duranto fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves lands a lovely overhand right.
Graves has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Duranto.
Graves throws a body punch but Duranto moves out of range.
Graves connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Roberto Duranto has been cut.
Duranto swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Graves.
Graves clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves swings wildly with an uppercut but Duranto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves tries to work over Duranto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Graves is working Duranto over against the cage.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Graves lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Graves misses with the head strike.
Duranto throws a head punch that misses.
Duranto swings wildly with an uppercut but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Graves has Duranto pressed against the cage, preventing Duranto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Duranto lands a right hand.
Graves lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graves lands a right hand that snaps the head of Duranto backwards.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Duranto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves tries a body shot but Duranto blocks it.
Graves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Graves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duranto lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Duranto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duranto.
Graves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Graves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Graves - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Duranto fails to land.
Graves misses with a punch to the body.
Duranto working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Graves on the inside.
Duranto throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Graves on the inside.
Graves working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right handed body shot lands from Graves.
Graves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Graves trying to land knees to the body.
Duranto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duranto scores with a hook.
Graves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Duranto.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Graves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Duranto's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Duranto cracks Graves with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duranto.
Graves pushes Duranto up against the cage in a clinch.
Duranto is trying to break free.
Duranto avoiding damage as Graves throws knees to the body.
Duranto breaks the clinch.
Duranto on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Duranto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duranto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duranto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Graves moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Graves missing with a left hand there. Duranto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duranto throws a sloppy head kick and Graves moves out of range easily.
Graves is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Duranto circles away from the clinch attempt.
It seemed like Duranto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Duranto moves out of range of the strikes.
Duranto lunges at Graves with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Graves's hand.
Duranto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duranto throws a poor cross that misses
and Graves counters with a straight right hand.
Graves stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Duranto misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Graves was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Duranto.
Duranto lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duranto sizes up Graves with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Graves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duranto can do to turn this around?
Duranto swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Graves counter with a right hand.
Graves throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Duranto on the side of the head.
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!
Graves misses with a hook
and Duranto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Graves lands with a good body shot.
Graves lands with a hook. Duranto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Duranto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Graves's sensitive parts.
Graves lands a big right hand that sends Duranto crashing to the mat! Graves stays standing though and waves Duranto back to his feet!
Duranto is rocked!
Duranto misses with a right hand
and Graves counters with a huge left! Duranto is in big trouble! He's backing up but Graves isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Duranto from any more damage. A dominating finish by Graves!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Graves!
Nick Graves decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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