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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between ponury grabaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, ponury grabaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
grabaz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hernandez!
Hernandez swats away the attempt to clinch by grabaz.
grabaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Hernandez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
grabaz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hernandez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming grabaz to the mat! grabaz manages to get full guard.
grabaz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hernandez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
grabaz working for a triangle but Hernandez defends it easily.
grabaz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hernandez!
grabaz moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Hernandez has worked his arm free - good work by Hernandez!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
grabaz tries for a kimura but Hernandez is defending well.
grabaz working away.
grabaz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hernandez has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hernandez wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Hernandez looks gassed!
Hernandez manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
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.
grabaz wants to control but Hernandez passes into side.
grabaz tries to control but Hernandez manages to take his back.
grabaz is trying to get back to his feet but Hernandez has full control of the position and if anything, grabaz has just worked his way into a worse spot.
grabaz tries to break free.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Can grabaz hold on?! Hernandez is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
grabaz prevents Hernandez from getting a body triangle.
grabaz is trying to get back to his feet but Hernandez has full control of the position and if anything, grabaz has just worked his way into a worse spot.
grabaz tries to roll but Hernandez sticks to his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez wants to control but grabaz is keeping busy.
grabaz is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
grabaz tries to break free.
grabaz is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Hernandez.
grabaz is trying to get back to his feet but Hernandez has full control of the position and if anything, grabaz has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Hernandez lands punches and elbows.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Hernandez is looking to control grabaz but grabaz is wriggling around and keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
grabaz rolls, trying to escape but Hernandez keeps control of the position.
Hernandez has good solid back control here.
Hernandez struggling to keep hold of the position.
Hernandez is looking for the choke from the back position but grabaz is controlling his hands well.
Hernandez trying to control momentarily.
grabaz manages to escape to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Hernandez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
grabaz closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hernandez is looking to improve his position.
grabaz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hernandez sees it coming and defends easily.
grabaz is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hernandez defends it well.
Hernandez is trying to maintain the position but grabaz is very close to passing his half guard.
grabaz stands up out of the half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight stays on the outside here - grabaz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hernandez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hernandez stands and steps away. grabaz gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Hernandez fails to land the takedown.
ponury grabaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
grabaz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
grabaz tries to clinch but Hernandez is having none of it.
grabaz is looking to clinch.
Hernandez has grabaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Hernandez tries for a takedown. No joy.
grabaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hernandez tries to break the clinch but grabaz is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
grabaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hernandez misses with some punches.
grabaz breaks the clinch.
grabaz jabs Hernandez right on the nose. Hernandez blinks but takes it well.
Hernandez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. grabaz sprawls well initially but Hernandez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Carlos Hernandez has got the better of the ground game so far.
grabaz wants to get back to his feet.
grabaz trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Hernandez is trying to control the action in half guard but grabaz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
grabaz regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hernandez is in close to grabaz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hernandez preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
grabaz has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Hernandez is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for grabaz.
Hernandez wants to control but grabaz is keeping him busy.
grabaz pushes Hernandez away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hernandez gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
grabaz wants to get back to his feet but Hernandez is dominant here and he's now got grabaz's back!
Hernandez tries to keep control of the position but grabaz is staying busy.
grabaz is trying to break free.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Hernandez controlling the positon.
grabaz is in bad spot here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
grabaz trying to control the hands but Hernandez won't let him.
Hernandez tries to get the hooks in deep but grabaz pushed the leg off.
grabaz tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
grabaz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
grabaz squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hernandez trying to control but grabaz is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Carlos Hernandez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hernandez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
ponury grabaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hernandez.
grabaz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
grabaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
grabaz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
grabaz gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
grabaz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
grabaz is working for a kimura but Hernandez is defending it quite comfortably.
Hernandez manages to get to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
grabaz is looking to stand up but Hernandez won't let him.
Hernandez has his feet on grabaz's thighs here. He's pushed grabaz 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! grabaz screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Carlos Hernandez!
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FIGHT
RATING
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