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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcel Gruber (ranked 2843 p4p, 25088 weight class) and Xi Daerji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gruber comes to the cage accompanied by Side to Side. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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22 - 15 - 0 |
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9 - 23 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcel Gruber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Xi Daerji!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruber throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Daerji fails with an attempt to clinch.
Daerji shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Gruber counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Daerji is defended easily by Gruber.
Daerji tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gruber connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daerji bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Daerji looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gruber lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gruber.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daerji looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Daerji!
Daerji throws a lazy body kick
and Gruber counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Daerji has closed the distance and engaged Gruber in a clinch.
Gruber effectively controlling the action here.
Gruber misses with a knee strike.
Gruber lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Daerji backwards.
Gruber lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gruber leaning against his opponent.
Gruber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gruber closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Daerji! Gruber dives in looking to finish! Daerji is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcel Gruber!
A very excited looking Marcel Gruber 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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