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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mateus Gracie (ranked 2149 p4p, 6572 weight class) and Tautai Kaituu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mateus Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tautai Kaituu!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kaituu drops his hands momentarily and Gracie takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kaituu misses with a takedown attempt
and Gracie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A left and a right from Gracie both land. Nice combination.
Gracie fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Kaituu to the ground. Gracie is now in Kaituu's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kaituu's head.
Kaituu wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Kaituu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie lands a couple of digs.
Gracie content to stall in guard here.
Gracie scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gracie got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kaituu has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gracie has managed to get both his arms back between Kaituu's legs - danger averted.
Gracie 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaituu is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gracie defends well.
Gracie is working Kaituu over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Gracie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kaituu looking to control.
Gracie controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kaituu had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gracie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gracie slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kaituu looking for submissions off his back.
Kaituu works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gracie looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Kaituu looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Gracie passes into side control.
Gracie is putting a hurting on Kaituu here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kaituu is trying to get back to half guard.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kaituu has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gracie cracks Kaituu with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gracie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kaituu is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kaituu is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Gracie controlling the position.
Kaituu gets back to half guard.
Kaituu tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Kaituu is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Gracie has latched onto it... Big trouble! Gracie pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Kaituu is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Gracie!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mateus Gracie!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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