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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grady Weeks (ranked 3776 p4p, 24570 weight class) and Keegan Good (ranked 418 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 cm 18 185 0 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm 21 185 0 - 21 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt Brawler Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt Brawler Knockout power |
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grady Weeks! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keegan Good! The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A combination from Good does no damage. Good misses with the combination.
Good throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Weeks feints a jab promting Good to slip. Weeks then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Good slips again and ducks right into an uppercut. Weeks connects with a high kick. Good shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Weeks as he avoids it easily. Good throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Weeks's waist but Weeks gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Good off to one side. Good shoots in but Weeks avoids the takedown attempt easily. It looked like Weeks was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Good. Grady Weeks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keegan Good. Good on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Weeks looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
No luck for Good with that takedown attempt. A counter left hand to the body from Weeks misses its target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Weeks lands with a kick to the temple. Good shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Weeks just misses with a punch to the body.
Good has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Weeks. Good shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Weeks sprawls well. Weeks wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Good gets slowly back to his feet. Good misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Grady Weeks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. No luck for Good with that takedown attempt. Weeks was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Good looks winded! Good darts in and clinches Weeks up against the cage. Weeks tries to break the clinch but Good is controlling the position. Good breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Weeks lands a head kick!
Good shoots in and drives through. Weeks sprawls well. It appears Weeks was looking to counter with a kick there. A swing and a miss from Weeks. Good misses with a leg kick and Weeks counters with a big head kick but Good shrugs it off. A head kick from Weeks lands but Good takes it in his stride. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Weeks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Weeks throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Weeks lands a nice hook to Good's body. Good takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Good takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Weeks slaps away a takedown attempt from Good, before circling back to the center of the mat. It looked like Weeks was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Good takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Weeks misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Weeks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Keegan Good seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Good throws a sloppy head kick and Weeks moves out of range easily. Good swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Weeks counters with a three punch combo that has Good backing up. Good nods at Weeks to acknowledge the strikes. Weeks with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Weeks. A head kick misses from Weeks. Good has Weeks up against the cage in a clinch.
Weeks is trying to break the clinch but Good is controlling him. Weeks can't break the clinch.
Weeks can't break the clinch.
Good lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Weeks is looking to break free of the clinch but Good has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Good jumps guard.
Weeks looking to sit in guard and control but Good gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Good gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Good fails to land the takedown. Nice takedown defense from Weeks. No joy for Good on that attempt. Weeks scores with a kick to the midsection. Good shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Weeks but Weeks pushes him off and we're back to square one. A punch combination from Good misses. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Grady Weeks dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Good looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Good moves out of range of the strikes. Good lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Weeks circles away quickly and effectively. Grady Weeks is winning the standup battle so far. Good gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Weeks can't break the clinch.
Good jumps guard.
Weeks engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. Weeks wants to control from the top but Good keeps moving. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Weeks sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's one minute gone in the round. Weeks won't allow Good to sweep him here. Good being controlled here, momentarily. Good is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up. Good keeping full guard, as Weeks tries to pass.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. Good closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Weeks wants to break free but Good has control.
Good is trying to pull guard but Weeks turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch. Weeks has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Good has Weeks pressed against the cage, preventing Weeks from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Weeks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Good keeps control of Weeks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Good jumps into guard, dragging Weeks to the mat.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Good can do anything to dispel that myth. Good keeping full guard, as Weeks tries to pass. Weeks trying to control but Good is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Weeks stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Good swivels though and keeps the full guard. Weeks controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Good trying to strike off his back.
Good looking to sweep here. No luck so far. The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace. Good is pulling down on Weeks's head to control his posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Good fails with an attempt to clinch.
Weeks throws a quick counter head kick but Good was just out of range. Good on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Weeks. Weeks obviously looking to wear him down.
Weeks connects with a crisp jab. Good shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Weeks as he avoids it easily. Weeks lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Weeks gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Good to score an easy takedown into full guard. Good is breathing heavily. Good wants to control from the top but Weeks keeps moving. Weeks not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Weeks has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Good has passed into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Weeks is trying to work for a sweep but Good has mounted him! Weeks is trying desperately to improve position. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Keegan Good showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's time! Weeks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round! Good lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Weeks circles away quickly and effectively. Good uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Weeks. Good drives through with a takedown into Weeks's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Good throwing strikes but missing. Good looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Good wants to get up but he can't break Weeks's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Weeks wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Good is now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Good controlling the action here. Weeks won't allow Good to pass to mount. Good works his foot free and advances to mount. Good can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Weeks is looking to escape. Weeks is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Good lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Good is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Weeks can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Good controlling from the full mount. Good breaks from Weeks's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Weeks tries to get back to half guard but can't. Good throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Weeks is trying to escape the mount.
Good fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Good tries to control but Weeks wriggling away. Good thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Good thowing shots but they're missing. Good controlling the position easily from mount. Good trying to control but he's not successful this time. Good is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Weeks to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Weeks shrugs it off. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Weeks is trying desperately to improve position.
And that's the end of the fight! Keegan Good comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I think Good has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29 Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29 Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keegan Good!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
37% |
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