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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Gracie (ranked 3828 p4p, 4322 weight class) and Blake Ross (ranked 490 p4p, 0 weight class). Ethan Gracie had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ethan Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blake Ross!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ross moves into the clinch.
Ross misses with a body punch.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Ross holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Ross lands a right hand.
Ross scores with a hook to the body.
Ross goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ross presses Gracie against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Ross scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Ross won't allow it.
Ross softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Ross.
Nice body punch from Ross.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Ross makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ross lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ross lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Ross - that landed with a thud.
Ross softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ross lands with a short shot to the head.
Ross scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross works on Gracie's body with a couple of short punches.
Ross working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ross throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ross presses Gracie against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
I was talking to Gracie's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A hook to the body from Ross.
Ross pushes Gracie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ross lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gracie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ross lands a hook that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Ross lands an uppercut.
Gracie is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ross.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ross lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ross scores with a hook to the body.
Ross working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Ross.
Ross lands a body shot.
Ross working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ross stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ross stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ross lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross pushes Gracie against the cage. Ross is working some dirty boxing. Ross pushes off with a quick right hook! Gracie goes down! Gracie tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ross moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blake Ross!
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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
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