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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eun Kyun Kim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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180 cm
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162 lbs
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178 cm
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164 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyron Gracie! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eun Kyun Kim! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gracie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Gracie is looking to clinch but Kim is avoiding it.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie fails in his attempt to clinch. Kim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gracie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Kim which made him look bad. Gracie doesn't manage to clinch there - Kim circles away.
Kim keeps the fight on the outside. Kim misses with a few strikes there.
The fight moves into the clinch position. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Gracie has Kim pressed against the cage, preventing Kim from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Kim tries to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling the position. Kim wants to break free but Gracie has control.
Kim has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Kim manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. A kick lands to the mid section there for Kim. Gracie avoids the head kick by Kim.
Gracie tries to clinch up and Kim counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gracie is lucky that one didn't land flush. Gracie wants to clinch and Kim counters with a good low kick that Gracie was not able to check. Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and Kim counters with a big head kick but Gracie shrugs it off. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyron Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him. Kim clinches up against the cage. Gracie tries to pull guard but Kim won't allow it.
Kim has had enough of the clinch but Gracie keeps him there for the moment. Kim tries to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling the position. Gracie prevents the takedown attempt.
Kim drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gracie gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kim is looking to break free of the clinch but Gracie has double underhooks. Kim looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gracie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
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 Kim walks away with a smile on his face. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. Kim shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gracie is trying to defend but Kim finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further. Gracie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Kim is thwarting Gracie's attempts to control the position. Gracie scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Kim manages to mount him!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gracie tries to hold on but Kim pushes him away. Gracie tries to reverse the position but Kim maintains control. Kim avoids the attempt from Gracie to control. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Gracie gets back to half guard. Gracie actively working from the bottom here. Kim prevents Gracie from improving his position. Gracie works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Kim stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie. Gracie has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Kim should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Gracie has tightened it up now! Kim should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kyron 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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