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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Deon Graves (ranked 1782 p4p, 1633 weight class) and Dharya Bhate (ranked 219 p4p, 208 weight class). Graves's entrance music is THE ZOO. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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4 - 1 - 0 |
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145
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Deon Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dharya Bhate!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bhate looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Graves misses with a looping left.
Bhate changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Bhate takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Graves fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bhate looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Graves throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bhate counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Bhate.
Bhate sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Graves's guard.
Bhate is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Graves is looking to improve his position.
Bhate is working for an americana but Graves has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Bhate was thinking about the submission.
Bhate looking to pass the guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves wants to sweep here but Bhate controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bhate is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Graves is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Graves has escaped and now he's on top!
Bhate is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bhate is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bhate looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bhate is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bhate is trying to work for a kimura but Graves is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bhate is working for a submission of some sort.
Graves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Graves knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bhate on the ground.
Bhate is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Bhate is looking for a kimura but Graves is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bhate to get the leverage.
Bhate 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.
Bhate is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bhate seems to be looking for submissions.
Graves trying to control from the bottom.
Bhate 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.
Bhate wants to work for an arm triangle but Graves is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bhate 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 Bhate.
Bhate in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Graves tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Bhate!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dharya Bhate!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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