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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rayce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm
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180 lbs
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179 cm
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167 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rayce Gracie! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Hansen! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hansen as he jumps to the side. Hansen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gracie, pushing him back against the cage. Gracie jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hansen walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. A nice combination there by Hansen.
Hansen is looking to clinch. Hansen wants to clinch. Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away. Hansen doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Hansen scores with a three punch combo!
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hansen tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hansen to the ground. Hansen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rayce Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him. Nice sprawl there from Hansen as Gracie shoots in. Hansen takes the fight into the clinch. Gracie tries to pull guard but Hansen won't allow it.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Hansen scores with a shot to the side of Gracie's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gracie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hansen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Hansen pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch. Gracie tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hansen just stands there and leans against the cage. Hansen lands a damaging elbow. Hansen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving. Hansen doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Hansen moves into the clinch. Hansen lands a nice uppercut. Hansen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hansen clinches but Gracie breaks the clinch so Gracie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. Gracie content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gracie won't allow Hansen to get back to his feet. Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hansen swivels though and keeps the full guard. Hansen wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment. Hansen wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him. Gracie trying to control but Hansen is working from the bottom. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Hansen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hansen tries to clinch but Gracie moves away and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Gracie trying to control from half guard but Hansen is working away. Hansen is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Hansen is trying to stand.
Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. Hansen is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rayce Gracie will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hansen can pounce on him.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Hansen. Hansen tries to clinch but fails miserably and Gracie counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hansen! Gracie with good strikes from the mount here! Gracie cracks Hansen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gracie working for a submission but Hansen is keeping him at bay. Hansen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Gracie has control of Hansen's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hansen regains control of the situation pretty easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Hansen tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gracie is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Hansen is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rayce Gracie!
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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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