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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Umar Khattab (ranked 1940 p4p, 2207 weight class) and Devon Graves (ranked 246 p4p, 267 weight class). Devon Graves has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Umar Khattab!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Devon Graves!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khattab delivers a nice body kick.
Khattab throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Khattab misses with a wild body shot.
Graves stuns Khattab with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Graves misses with a straight right.
Graves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Khattab misses with a jab, cross combination.
Graves dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khattab. That did some damage!
Khattab throws a right and a left that Graves avoids nicely.
Khattab has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Graves finds it's way round the side to connect with Khattab's head.
Khattab shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Graves makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves throws a right hand that Khattab ducks under and follows up with a left that Khattab also avoids with ease.
Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Khattab is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khattab wants to clinch.
Khattab misses with a series of wild punches.
Graves looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Khattab lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Graves circles away quickly and effectively.
Khattab swinging wildly here.
Devon Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khattab pushes Graves up against the cage in a clinch.
Graves misses with an elbow over the top.
Khattab misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Graves.
Graves prevents a body shot from Khattab.
Khattab wants to get back to striking at distance but Graves won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves digs a right hand underneath Khattab's ribcage. Khattab let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Graves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Graves cracks Khattab with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Khattab takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Graves throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Graves lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Devon Graves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khattab throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khattab tries a head kick but it misses.
Graves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Graves misses with a head kick.
Graves scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Khattab takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Khattab. Graves does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khattab tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Graves defends well and Khattab ends up having to push Graves into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Graves is looking for the big counter here.
Graves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khattab.
A right hand to the body from Graves.
Khattab is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Graves stalls.
Graves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Graves bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Khattab tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graves was well out of range. Poor timing from Khattab.
Khattab wants to clinch but Graves slips to the side
and Graves counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Umar Khattab has been cut.
Khattab pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Graves is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Graves catches Khattab with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Graves scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Khattab doesn't seem bothered though.
Khattab misses with a double jab.
Khattab is looking to land body kicks.
Khattab misses with a body shot.
Graves keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Khattab is rocked!
Khattab throws an overhand right that lands on Graves's shoulder, as Graves tries to avoid the shot.
Graves lands with an overhand left.
Oh Khattab is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graves weaves into range and cracks Khattab right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Khattab goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Graves is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Devon Graves!
Devon Graves seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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FIGHT
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