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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Gracia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wagani Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracia comes to the cage accompanied by Hero. Silvia comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Roll With It kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Bruno Gracia has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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185 cm
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185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
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195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Gracia! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wagani Silvia! The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvia scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Gracia tries to improve position but can't. Silvia misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Silvia controlling the position.
Silvia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silvia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Silvia working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. A lull in the action here.
Silvia tries for a kimura but Gracia is defending well.
Silvia wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gracia, who protects the arm well.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Silvia trying to control the position but Gracia is working away. Gracia struggling a bit here. Silvia working the body and head with strikes. Gracia is not content to let Silvia control the position. Gracia defending against the ground and pound. Silvia looks gassed! Silvia is looking to take a break and control but Gracia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Gracia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silvia on the ground.
 The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. A shot to de liver by Gracia. Beautiful body shot.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it. Silvia fails with the takedown.
Gracia changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Silvia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Silvia takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Silvia tries to buck Gracia off but Gracia is having none of it. Silvia is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gracia's leg. He's managed it. Nice work. Gracia wants to stand up but Silvia is controlling the position.
Silvia wants to control but Gracia is keeping busy.
Silvia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Gracia stalling. Silvia trying to hold on to Gracia's head to control him but Gracia postures up.
Silvia punching from the bottom.
Silvia is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gracia's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gracia's back!
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Gracia is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Gracia manages to reverse the position and now he's in Silvia's guard. Nice work there by Gracia.
Gracia trying to control the position from guard on top but Silvia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silvia throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silvia seems keen to control Gracia's posture. Gracia throws a big right hand that misses.
Silvia has his feet on Gracia's thighs here. He's pushed Gracia off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Gracia screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wagani Silvia!
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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
50% |
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