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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eliz Gracie (ranked 1000 p4p, 2657 weight class) and Hinski Grang (ranked 147 p4p, 364 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Cant be touched. Grang has chosen JID - Ed, Edd & Eddy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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13 - 2 - 0 |
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eliz Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hinski Grang!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Grang counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Grang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Grang counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eliz Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Grang counters with a right hand to the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Grang circles away easily
and Grang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie shoots in and gets a takedown into Grang's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gracie stops Grang from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Grang is retaining full guard.
Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Grang manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Grang manages to break the clinch.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Grang counters with a right hand to the body.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Grang as he jumps to the side.
Grang let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Grang tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Grang to the ground. Grang escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Grang sprawls well.
Grang doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Grang counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gracie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Grang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Grang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gracie is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Grang counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Gracie to take - he tumbles to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Grang!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Hinski Grang!
Hinski Grang is the new light heavyweight champion!
Hinski Grang decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
Eliz Gracie was interviewed post fight and said 'I mean good job to Hinski, theres nothing I can change about how I performed tonight, I know we had beef but shit happens, maybe we can run it back in the future, enjoy that belt but I aint done with you. See you soon boy.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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