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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Makoto Toda (ranked 4604 p4p, 4219 weight class) and Latka Gravas (ranked 482 p4p, 455 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Makoto Toda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Latka Gravas!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravas connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Toda momentarily.
Gravas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gravas jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gravas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gravas plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Toda swings for the body but Gravas moves out of range.
Toda on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Toda has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Toda throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gravas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Toda's knee momentarily.
Gravas throws a quick inside leg kick.
Toda misses with a two punch combination.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gravas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gravas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gravas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gravas has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Toda is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Gravas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gravas lands a nice looking kick to the body. Toda takes a step back to recover.
Toda tries to clinch there but Gravas circles away.
Toda backing away here, and Gravas unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toda looks to land a combination but Gravas avoids it well.
Toda tries to clinch up but Gravas circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice cross by Gravas.
A lazy left from Gravas finds it's target.
Gravas fakes the leg kick and cracks Toda in the body.
Latka Gravas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gravas lands a big head kick that sends Toda to the canvas! Gravas follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Latka Gravas!
A very excited looking Latka Gravas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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