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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randy Graham (ranked 2812 p4p, 3053 weight class) and Sauske Uchiha (ranked 327 p4p, 349 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good low kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randy Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sauske Uchiha!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uchiha throws a shot to the body.
Graham takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Graham feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Uchihas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Good standup being displayed there by Uchiha as he connects with a hook.
Uchiha scores with a jab to the body.
Uchiha closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Graham did well to prevent Uchiha getting side control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Uchiha lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graham is trying to maintain the position but Uchiha is very close to passing his half guard.
Graham looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Graham tries to get to full guard but Uchiha has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Graham actively working from the bottom here.
Graham moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uchiha throwing strikes but missing.
Uchiha postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Uchiha makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graham has his foot on Uchiha's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Uchiha works his way back into a safe position though.
Uchiha missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Graham not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Uchiha with a nice head shot there.
Graham is looking for a triangle but Uchiha pushes his legs off easily.
Graham is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Uchiha is aware though and is defending well.
Uchiha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Uchiha working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Graham is trying to control the position but Uchiha postures up.
Graham isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Uchiha stacks Graham on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Uchiha!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uchiha working the ground and pound.
Uchiha lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Uchiha in side control lands a decent elbow.
Graham tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Uchiha wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lull in the action here.
Let's hope that Uchiha has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Graham tries to buck Uchiha off but Uchiha is having none of it.
Uchiha in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Graham is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Uchiha off and has taken his back!
Uchiha wants to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
I really don't envy Uchiha right now.
Graham trying to control.
Uchiha rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Graham is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Uchiha wants to improve his position but Graham is controlling well.
Graham has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uchiha working to try and regain half guard.
Graham manages to capitalize on a mistake by Uchiha to take his back!
Graham is persistently looking for the submission but Uchiha is defending it well.
I really don't envy Uchiha right now.
Graham is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Uchiha has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Uchiha tries to escape the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sauske Uchiha dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Uchiha misses with a looping right.
Uchiha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A leg kick checked by Graham.
Uchiha is looking to chop away at Graham's legs.
Graham is looking to counter punch.
Uchiha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graham moves away.
Sauske Uchiha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graham lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like Sauske Uchiha has been cut.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Uchiha crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Graham - the referee stops the clock and Uchiha gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Graham. Uchiha manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Graham throws a jab when Uchiha was well out of range.
Uchiha on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Graham.
Uchiha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graham was well out of range. Poor timing from Uchiha.
Uchiha shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Graham defends it nicely.
Graham is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uchiha thows a left - swing and a miss!
Uchiha dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Uchiha shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Uchiha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graham was well out of range. Poor timing from Uchiha.
Uchiha swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Uchiha throws a lazy right hand but Graham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uchiha. Graham does a little dance to reset his feet.
Graham feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Graham closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Uchiha is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Graham rather than just go for the knockout.
Uchiha misses with a double jab.
Uchiha looks to score with a jab to the body but Graham is just out of range.
A quick step to the side and Graham tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Graham walks into a stiff left hand from Uchiha.
Uchiha's coach down at Rage Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Uchiha's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Uchiha takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham avoids the body shot from Uchiha.
Uchiha shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Graham manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Uchiha engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Graham is controlling Uchiha's posture.
Uchiha works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Uchiha wants to pass to mount but Graham is defending the position.
Graham is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Uchiha's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Uchiha's back!
Uchiha is in bad spot here.
Graham is cranking Uchiha's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Uchiha! He's tightened the choke and Uchiha is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Randy Graham!
During a confident post fight interview, Randy Graham thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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FIGHT
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