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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Grant (ranked 1872 p4p, 2621 weight class) and George West (ranked 234 p4p, 303 weight class). Grant comes to the cage accompanied by Ain't It Funny. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jackson Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George West!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West throws a hook but Grant avoids it easily.
West looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
West throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
West throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grant has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gold Samurai's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
West throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Grant connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
West throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grant moves away from the strike by West.
Grant is looking for a counter combo.
West throws a lazy right hand but Grant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
West takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
West has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grant works the jab nicely.
West misses with a left hand
and Grant counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
West fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Grant on the side of the head.
West tries for a takedown but Grant sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West throws a predictable looking body shot
and Grant counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with a right hand
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
West misses with a jab, cross combination.
West takes a swing at Grant's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from West.
West throws a poor cross that misses
and Grant counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
West throws a series of punches but Grant avoids them all with ease.
Grant checks a leg kick.
West misses the shot to the body.
West misses with a wild combination.
West thuds his right hand into Grant's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
West walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grant checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A shot to the body from West misses
and Grant counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps West thinking.
Grant plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West connects with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has West pinned against the cage. West gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
West misses with an attempted mid kick.
West throws an off balance right hand
and Grant counters with a stiff right hand.
Grant slips under a jab from West.
West misses with a straight left.
West throws a predictable looking body shot
and Grant counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
West looks to throw the jab but Grant is out of range.
Grant throwing a counter right hand but West manages to avoid it.
Grant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from West.
Grant slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice jab there from West.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West misses the jab.
Grant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
West misses with a right hand
and Grant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grant is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
West throws a shot from downtown. Grant moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - West throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grant swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
West loads up on a big right hand but Grant slips the punch.
It looked like Grant wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
West misses with a straight left.
No joy there for West, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
West throws a poor cross that misses
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Grant connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
West misses with a right hand
and Grant counters with an inside leg kick.
West loads up on a big right hand but Grant slips the punch.
West missing with a left hand there. Grant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
West rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grant counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
West pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grant is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West takes a swing at Grant's ribcage but misses.
West throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from West misses.
West throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Grant on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
West throws a lazy right hand but Grant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
West jabbing away but nothing is landing.
West misses with the combination.
Grant was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
West is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grant.
Grant staying out of range there.
West misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Grant checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
It looked like Grant wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
West throws a wild body kick that Grant sees coming a mile off.
Grant was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
West throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jackson Grant will probably get the nod.
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.
West misses with a hook to the body
and Grant counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grant ducks under a wild hook from West.
Grant was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Grant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from West.
An attempted straight right counter from Grant misses the target.
West misses with a hook
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
Grant avoids the body shot from West.
Grant throwing a counter right hand but West manages to avoid it.
West throws the kick towards the body but Grant avoids it.
Grant throwing a counter right hand but West manages to avoid it.
Grant slips under a jab.
George West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by West!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grant uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from West.
An attempted straight right counter from Grant misses the target.
West throws an overhand right that lands on Grant's shoulder, as Grant tries to avoid the shot.
Grant throwing a counter right hand but West manages to avoid it.
West keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grant.
West swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Grant connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grant moves out of range as West strikes.
Grant is looking to counter with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses with a hook
enabling Grant to counter with a crisp jab.
West lands a nice hook to Grant's body. Grant takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grant staying out of range there.
It looked like Grant was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from West.
West throws a big shot that misses.
West misses with a hook. Grant ducked under it nicely.
George West seems to be getting the better of the standup.
West throws a leg kick but Grant sees it coming and checks it nicely.
West misses with a looping left.
Grant ducks under a wild hook from West.
West tries a head kick but it misses.
West connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Grant momentarily.
West throws an off balance right hand
and Grant counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
West does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Grant looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
West misses with a left hand
and Grant counters with a stiff right hand.
West lands with a right hand.
West misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West throws a low kick, looking for Grant's leg but Grant calmly moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as West throws out the jab.
West lands with a nice body punch.
West throws a hook to the side of Grant's head but Grant sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grant ducks under a wild hook from West.
West throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
Grant thows a left - swing and a miss!
West looks to land a left hand but Grant moved out of range nicely.
Grant doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
West lunges at Grant with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grant's hand.
West looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
West attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Grant drops his hands momentarily and West takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from West.
West throws a lazy uppercut
and Grant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
West moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
West fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grant manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from West misses its intended target.
Grant is looking to counter punch.
Grant ducks right into an uppercut from West.
West wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grant misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from West! But no joy.
West throws a sloppy body shot
and Grant counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grant moves away from the strike by West.
West throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
West is looking to slow Grant down with leg kicks.
West throws a jab but it's blocked by Grant.
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!
West scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West throws a body shot but no joy.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grant.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Grant counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
West throws a big shot that misses.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Grant counters with a straight right hand.
West misses the body punch
and Grant counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
West is rocked!
West looks to throw a body kick
and Grant counters with a big right hand! Oh West is in trouble here! Grant follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jackson Grant!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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