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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Gracie (ranked 5087 p4p, 4645 weight class) and Nico Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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5 - 2 - 0 |
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145
6 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nico Lin!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Lin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lin wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gracie, who protects the arm well.
Lin is trying to get an arm triangle but Gracie is defending well.
We've been hearing good reports from Gracie's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Lin tries for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.
Gracie gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lin is pressing down on Gracie's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gracie is holding on for now.
Gracie might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gracie is looking to control Lin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?
Lin wants to work for an arm triangle but Gracie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lin has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Gracie defend it? Lin steps over the head and cranks it - Gracie is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Lin!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nico Lin!
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energy
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FIGHT
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