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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heather Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Houston Sickaruba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heather Graham looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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270 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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265 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Heather Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Houston Sickaruba!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sickaruba shoots in and drives through. Graham sprawls well.
Sickaruba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Graham swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sickaruba stuffs the takedown.
Graham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Graham is breathing heavily.
Sickaruba tries to clinch up but Graham circles away and keeps his distance.
Sickaruba wants to clinch up but Graham keeps it at a distance.
Sickaruba shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Graham but Graham pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Graham fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sickaruba will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Heather Graham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Houston Sickaruba.
Sickaruba shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Graham as he jumps to the side.
Graham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sickaruba moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sickaruba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sickaruba blocks a head kick by Graham.
Sickaruba should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Graham takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Graham swinging wilding here.
Sickaruba tries to clinch up but Graham circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sickaruba tries to clinch up but Graham circles away and keeps his distance.
Sickaruba will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Graham fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sickaruba closes the distance and clinches.
Sickaruba throws a head punch that misses.
Graham prevents a body shot from Sickaruba.
Sickaruba misses with an elbow strike.
Sickaruba is trying to drag Graham to the mat but Graham just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Graham has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sickaruba is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Sickaruba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sickaruba has picked Graham up - he's going for a ride! Sickaruba dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Sickaruba is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Graham doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sickaruba.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sickaruba is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Graham is just riding it out for now. Sickaruba eventually gives up the hold.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sickaruba is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Graham is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Houston Sickaruba!
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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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