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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Mayke Carmelo (ranked 5503 p4p, 25169 weight class) and Efim Gracie (ranked 424 p4p, 507 weight class). Carmelo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rocky - Eye of The Tiger. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Excellent boxer
Very strong
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mayke Carmelo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Efim Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie tries to bum rush Carmelo with a series of wild strikes but Carmelo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carmelo throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Gracie throws a nice looking combination but Carmelo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carmelo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie throws a combination that misses
and Carmelo counters with a three punch combo that has Gracie backing up. Gracie nods at Carmelo to acknowledge the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Gracie. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Carmelo avoids nicely.
Carmelo swinging wildly here.
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carmelo circles away quickly and effectively.
Carmelo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gracie scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gracie looks winded!
Carmelo thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Carmelo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Carmelo avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carmelo throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Carmelo avoids nicely.
Carmelo throws a one two combo.
It looks like Efim Gracie has been cut.
Carmelo clips Gracie with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Gracie a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Gracie is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carmelo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can Carmelo finish him?
Carmelo closes the distance and catches Gracie with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Gracie is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Gracie is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Gracie is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Carmelo takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mayke Carmelo!
A very excited looking Mayke Carmelo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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