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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacque Joteel (ranked 26 p4p, 72 weight class) and Ernest Graves (ranked 3 p4p, 10 weight class). Joteel kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Moogwalze. Jacque Joteel could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ernest Graves's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacque Joteel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Ernest Graves!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Joteel tries to avoid it but Graves manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Joteel to the ground. Joteel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Joteel feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Graves misses with a looping right.
Joteel throws a low kick but Graves avoids it.
A shot to the liver by Graves. Beautiful body shot.
Joteel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Graves.
Graves connects with a looping right hand.
Joteel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ernest Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graves slips a straight right by Joteel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves throws a hook but Joteel avoids it easily.
Joteel fires out a quick counter leg kick but Graves just manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Joteel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Graves doesn't seem phased though.
Joteel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Graves lands a jab to the nose.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Graves lands with an uppercut that bounces Joteel off the cage and back into range.
Joteel misses with a low kick.
Graves scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Graves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Graves throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Joteel's waist but Joteel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Graves off to one side.
It looked like Joteel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Graves connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Graves with a jab.
Graves avoids the body shot from Joteel.
Joteel has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Chakuriki LA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Graves lands.
Graves misses the shot to the body.
Joteel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Joteel misses with the body kick
enabling Graves to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Graves throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Graves has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Graves just misses with a punch to the body.
Graves fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Graves clobbers Joteel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Graves scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Graves's corner calls for a 1-2. Graves obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Graves clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel tries a body shot but Graves blocks it.
Joteel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Joteel tries to throw a body punch but Graves avoids it by throwing Joteel back against the cage.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Joteel lands a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Joteel as the two fighters clinch.
Graves jumps guard but Joteel stands there with Graves around his waist. Graves gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jacque Joteel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernest Graves.
A right hook to the body lands for Joteel.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Joteel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joteel.
A nice left hand lands by Joteel.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Joteel.
Joteel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joteel tries a body shot but Graves blocks it.
Joteel cracks Graves with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Joteel.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Joteel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joteel blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graves.
Joteel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Graves or not.
Joteel struggles to land a body shot inside as Graves controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Joteel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joteel.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joteel lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Ernest Graves has been cut.
Graves has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Joteel uses from the top position.
Joteel sitting in guard here, content to control.
Joteel has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Joteel's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Graves wants to hit a sweep here but Joteel passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Graves there!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernest Graves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ernest Graves's cut.
That's time! Joteel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Joteel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Graves darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Graves rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Joteel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Joteel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Graves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joteel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Graves.
Joteel tried to counter with a leg kick but Graves avoided it.
Graves closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Joteel's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves connects with a couple of short punches.
Joteel keeping moving, preventing Graves from controlling successfully.
Joteel looking for a sweep. Not yet Joteel, not yet.
Graves prevents Joteel from getting back to his feet.
Graves preventing the sweep.
Graves looking to sit in guard and control but Joteel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Graves is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Joteel content to stall in guard here.
Joteel stopping the sweep attempt from Graves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joteel stays in close to Graves's body and controls the position.
Joteel gets to his feet - Graves follows without any prompting.
Graves scores with a sloppy right hand. Joteel should have avoided that one.
Graves dives in and grabs Joteel's left leg, looking for a takedown. Joteel pushes down on Graves's head and hops out.
Ernest Graves seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Joteel misses with a hook. Graves ducked under it nicely.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Joteel misses the target.
Graves thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joteel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joteel.
Joteel swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Joteel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A low kick from Joteel misses
and Graves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joteel tests Graves's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Graves shoots in but no luck this time.
A little feinted left hand from Joteel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jacque Joteel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernest Graves.
Graves throws a jab when Joteel was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Joteel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Graves connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Joteel's hands.
Graves misses with a jab, cross combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Joteel misses its target.
Jacque Joteel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Graves shoots for a takedown but Joteel saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Joteel half committed to a counter leg kick.
Graves closes the distance and clinches up with Joteel, looking for a takedown. Graves pushes Joteel against the cage but Joteel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Joteel is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Graves throws a body punch but Joteel moves out of range.
Joteel appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Graves blocks the leg kick.
Graves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Graves is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Joteel misses
enabling Graves to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Graves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A shot to the body from Graves misses
and Joteel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Graves is still on wobbly legs! Can Joteel finish him?
Joteel misses with the combination.
Nice straight punches there by Graves. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Graves.
Joteel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ernest Graves will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ernest Graves's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Graves paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Graves seems to have recovered his senses.
Graves looking to score a takedown here. Joteel is defending well but Graves drives through and ends up in Joteel's guard.
Joteel pulls Graves in close to prevent any damage.
Graves trying to control the position from guard on top but Joteel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Graves tries to free his leg and advance position but Joteel is retaining full guard.
Graves is still trying to improve position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joteel keeping moving, preventing Graves from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Joteel looking for a sweep. Not yet Joteel, not yet.
Joteel keeping moving, preventing Graves from controlling successfully.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Graves doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Joteel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Graves fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Joteel avoids it really well and circles away.
Graves checks a leg kick nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Graves.
Jacque Joteel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernest Graves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves throws a sloppy body shot
and Joteel moves into the clinch.
Joteel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Graves's elbow.
Joteel tries to throw a body punch but Graves avoids it by throwing Joteel back against the cage.
Joteel tries a body shot but Graves blocks it.
Joteel struggles to land a body shot inside as Graves controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Joteel.
Graves throws a punch but it's blocked by Joteel.
Graves tries to stall but Joteel uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Joteel tries to throw a body punch but Graves avoids it by throwing Joteel back against the cage.
Joteel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Graves blocks a body shot from Joteel.
Joteel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joteel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joteel misses with the head strike.
Joteel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Joteel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Graves scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Joteel.
Graves working aggressively here.
Graves misses with the head strike.
Joteel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Graves misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Joteel.
Joteel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
Graves wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Graves.
Joteel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joteel lands a big right hand that drops Graves! The killer instinct kicks in and Joteel finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Joteel!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacque Joteel!
Jacque Joteel retains his lightweight title!
Our winner, Jacque Joteel, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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