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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yongrui Jin (ranked 5436 p4p, 2852 weight class) and Tony Grendell (ranked 493 p4p, 337 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yongrui Jin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Grendell!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jin ducks under a wild hook from Grendell.
Grendell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jin.
Grendell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jin darts in and clinches Grendell up against the cage.
Grendell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jin misses with a wild body shot.
Grendell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jin.
Jin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grendell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grendell. Jin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jin scores with a nice head shot.
Jin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Grendell scores with a nice strike.
Jin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grendell circles away quickly and effectively.
Grendell ducks under a wild hook from Jin.
Grendell lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Jin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grendell throws a body shot but no joy.
Jin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As Jin backs off Grendell throws a huge counter combo but Jin manages to avoid it all.
Grendell looks to land a left hand but Jin moved out of range nicely.
Some wild striking there from Grendell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jin throws a shot to the body.
Jin misses with a series of wild punches.
Jin lands with an overhand left.
Jin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Grendell can pounce on him.
Jin misses with the combination.
A nice leg kick from Grendell, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grendell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Grendell looks to move away, Jin throws a big counter combo but Grendell just gets out of the way.
Tony Grendell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jin misses with a wild combination.
Good leg kick by Grendell.
Jin misses with a double jab.
Jin misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jin is looking to wear down Grendell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jin clinches up against the cage.
Grendell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jin circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Jin misses.
Jin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Grendell's hands.
Jin drops his hands momentarily and Grendell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A punch combination from Jin misses.
A jab from Grendell misses.
A nice leg kick from Grendell, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grendell smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Grendell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jin.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Grendell throws a jab when Jin was well out of range.
Grendell throws a nice inside leg kick.
Grendell misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grendell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grendell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Jin does no damage.
Grendell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Grendell throws a series of strikes that have Jin backpedaling.
Jin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Grendell connects with a solid leg kick.
Jin misses with a series of wild punches.
Grendell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Grendell wants to clinch up but Jin keeps it at a distance.
Jin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jin throws a body punch but Grendell moves out of range.
Jin moves forwards but Grendell connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Grendell thuds a left hand into Jin's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jin misses with an uppercut.
Grendell looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A right-left combo lands from Jin.
Jin scores with a takedown into Grendell's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grendell has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Grendell throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Grendell is working an open guard so Jin takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grendell moves away.
Grendell was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Jin throws a big shot that misses.
Grendell throws a counter combo.
Jin moves into the clinch successfully.
Jin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grendell lands with a kick to the temple. Jin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Grendell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jin moves into range and clinches up with Grendell.
Grendell throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yongrui Jin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Grendell connects with a jab.
Grendell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grendell throws a combination that misses
and Jin counters with a nice body shot.
Jin avoids the head kick by Grendell.
Jin lands a head shot.
Grendell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jin throws a one two combo.
A left lands for Jin.
Jin has closed the distance and engaged Grendell in a clinch.
Jin has had enough of the clinch but Grendell keeps him there for the moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grendell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jin's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grendell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jin breaks from the clinch.
Grendell wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grendell dodges the punch combination from Jin.
Jin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Grendell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grendell moves away.
Jin takes a swing at Grendell's ribcage but misses.
Jin throws a body punch but Grendell moves out of range.
Grendell throws an overhand right that lands on Jin's shoulder, as Jin tries to avoid the shot.
Grendell lands a nice shot that snaps Jin's head back.
Jin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jin throws a series of punches but Grendell avoids them all with ease.
Jin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grendell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grendell throws a jab when Jin was well out of range.
Jin appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jin throws a series of punches but Grendell avoids them all with ease.
Jin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
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!
Grendell is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jin's back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grendell looking for the choke but no joy.
Grendell tries to keep control of the position but Jin is staying busy.
Grendell has managed to slip his arm under Jin's chin. This could be all over... yep, Jin is tapping out! Submission win for Grendell.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tony Grendell!
Tony Grendell bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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