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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ted Granger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerald Lynch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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182 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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182 cm
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180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ted Granger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gerald Lynch!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lynch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Granger shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Granger showed some decent athleticism there.
Granger not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lynch avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Granger.
Lynch tries to roll over but Granger keeps him under control.
Granger trying to control the action but Lynch is working from the bottom.
Lynch is looking to escape.
Granger looks to land a strike but Lynch avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Lynch manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Granger manages to get himself to full guard.
Granger wants to sweep here but Lynch controlling him for the moment.
Granger is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lynch has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Granger is proving hard to escape from.
Granger tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Granger has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Granger is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lynch must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Granger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lynch lands a right hook to the body.
Granger misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice body punch from Granger.
Granger is breathing heavily.
Granger throws a body punch but Lynch moves out of range.
Lynch instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lynch lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lynch scores with a hook to the body.
Lynch is working Granger over against the cage.
Lynch lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Granger or not.
Lynch lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Lynch - that landed with a thud.
Lynch scores with a hook to the body.
Lynch lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lynch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lynch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Granger backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good body shot from Lynch.
Lynch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Granger backwards.
Lynch lands a nice shot to the body.
Lynch works on Granger's body with a couple of short punches.
Lynch scores with a shoulder strike.
Granger takes a shot to the head.
Lynch is working Granger over against the cage.
Lynch lands a left hand that snaps the head of Granger backwards.
Good body shot from Lynch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lynch scores with a hook to the body.
Lynch is working Granger over against the cage.
A short left from Lynch.
A body shot lands from Lynch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A nice left hand lands by Lynch.
Nice body punch from Lynch.
Lynch working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Granger is rocked!
Lynch is leaning against Granger and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Oh Granger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A hook to the body from Lynch.
Lynch digs a right hand underneath Granger's ribcage. Granger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Granger seems to have got his legs back now.
Lynch throws a big uppercut that drops Granger! More strikes from Lynch and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Granger lies dazed against the cage as Lynch celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gerald Lynch!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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