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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrance Graves (ranked 1888 p4p, 1930 weight class) and Ralph Hall (ranked 249 p4p, 256 weight class). Hall comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pinball Wizard kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ralph Hall is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrance Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ralph Hall!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Graves manages to avoid it.
Hall throws a poor cross that misses
and Graves counters with a straight right hand.
Graves lands a front kick.
Hall connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Graves's hands.
Hall moves out of range as Graves strikes.
Hall darts in looking for a takedown but Graves gets double underhooks and turns Hall into the cage.
A lazy left from Hall finds it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hall crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Graves - the referee stops the clock and Hall gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Graves. Hall manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Graves misses with a kick to the body
and Hall counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves trying to control here.
Hall is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Graves doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hall.
Graves is defending against the submission attempts here by Hall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Graves doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hall.
Hall is looking for a kimura but Graves is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hall to get the leverage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hall looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hall is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hall is looking for a kimura but Graves is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hall to get the leverage.
Hall is looking for a kimura but Graves is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hall to get the leverage.
Hall is trying to work for a kimura but Graves is defending well.
Hall is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Graves defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall is working for a kimura but Graves is defending it quite comfortably.
Hall seems to be working for a kimura but Graves defends the submission attempt.
Hall is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Graves is just riding it out for now. Hall eventually gives up the hold.
Hall is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Graves defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hall is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hall is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Graves is just riding it out for now. Hall eventually gives up the hold.
Hall looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ralph Hall dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hall lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hall fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hall tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Graves manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Graves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hall. Graves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hall checks a leg kick.
Hall will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Graves seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A bone on bone clash there as Hall blocks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Hall. Those never looked like landing.
Hall shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Graves counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Ralph Hall has been cut.
Graves lands with a nice body punch.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Graves thuds his right hand into Hall's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hall throws a lazy right hand but Graves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hall shoots in for a takedown but Graves shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Terrance Graves has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ralph Hall.
Graves connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hall's hands.
Hall misses the jab.
Hall throws a lazy right hand but Graves sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graves was well out of range. Poor timing from Hall.
Hall throws a body shot but no joy.
Graves swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves just misses with a punch to the body.
Graves throws a chopping leg kick but Hall manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Graves misses with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Graves looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Hall darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Graves bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Graves throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hall changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Graves gets caught napping as Hall dives in and scores a takedown. Graves manages to retain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hall stopping the sweep attempt from Graves.
Graves is pulling down on Hall's head. It's preventing any offense from Hall, at least for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall drops back, looking for a kneebar! Graves looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Graves looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Graves!
Graves lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hall is not content to let Graves control the position.
Hall is looking to regain half guard here but Graves keeps moving and retains side control.
Graves tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Hall gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Graves.
Hall actively working from the bottom here.
Hall looking for submissions off his back.
Graves wants to control but Hall is keeping him busy.
Hall looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Graves is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hall is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Graves pulls his head out easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Terrance Graves will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ralph Hall's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Graves lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hall avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Graves paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Graves circles away from the clinch attempt
and Graves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hall throws a lazy uppercut
and Graves counters with a slapping leg kick.
Graves scores with a jab. Hall acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hall is rocked!
Graves misses with a low kick.
Hall is still on wobbly legs! Can Graves finish him?
Hall moves out of range of the body kick.
Hall lands a body shot.
Hall shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Graves as he avoids it easily.
Hall seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Graves has time to react.
Graves lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Graves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Graves! Hall is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terrance Graves!
An out of breath Terrance Graves thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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