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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Saint Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels blocks a head kick by Grace.
Grace scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Grace throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Michaels is working to avoid the ground and pound but Grace connects with a decent elbow.
Grace working away.
Michaels takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Grace wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Michaels, who protects the arm well.
Michaels is looking for a sweep.
Grace sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Michaels is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Grace tries to advance to mount but Michaels denies him.
Michaels holding on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace tries to stand but Michaels is controlling his head.
You can see the frustration on Michaels's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Michaels is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Grace has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Grace closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Michaels did well to prevent Grace getting side control.
Grace drops an elbow to the side of Michaels's head.
Grace is breathing heavily.
Michaels is looking to escape.
Michaels regains full guard. Nicely done.
Grace working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Michaels working a defensive guard but Grace manages to pass into side control anyway.
Grace in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels manages to get back to half guard.
Michaels is trying to maintain the position but Grace is very close to passing his half guard.
Grace thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Michaels's head.
Michaels is trying to get back to full guard.
Grace is working for a submission of some sort.
Michaels moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Grace has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grace throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels looking to control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Grace fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Grace gets caught flat footed, as Michaels shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Michaels trying to control but Grace is working from the bottom.
Michaels wants to stand and escape but instead Grace has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grace wants to control from the top but Michaels keeps moving.
Grace looking to sit in guard and control but Michaels gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Grace is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Grace is thwarting Michaels's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fedor Grace dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Grace looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Grace tries to stand but Michaels is controlling from the bottom.
Michaels working a defensive guard here.
Grace lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grace accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Grace landing some decent shots from guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Michaels is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Michaels looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Michaels jumps into side control!
Michaels is trying to ground and pound but Grace uses the momentary lack of control by Michaels to regain half guard.
Michaels is taking a breather. Grace says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Michaels tries to stand but can't do so whilst Grace controls his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Michaels is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Grace still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Grace has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Grace working the body and head with strikes.
Grace cracks Michaels with a big elbow.
Grace scores with punches from side control.
Grace wants to lay and pray for a moment but Michaels keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grace lands a decent elbow from side control.
Fedor Grace overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Michaels is working to avoid the ground and pound but Grace connects with a decent elbow.
Grace scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Michaels to see if he's OK.
Michaels tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Grace wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Grace working the body and head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Michaels's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Grace is putting a hurting on Michaels here, landing some big shots from side control.
Grace throws a strike aimed at the side of Michaels's head but Michaels avoids it well.
Grace cracks Michaels with a big right hand but Michaels just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Grace postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Grace wants to lay and pray for a moment but Michaels keeps working.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Grace fails with the takedown
and Michaels counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Michaels trying to control the action but Grace is working from the bottom.
Grace is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Grace has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Michaels is working away from the top position though.
Grace wants to improve his position but Michaels is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Fedor Grace will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Michaels moves into range and clinches up with Grace.
Grace is trying to drag Michaels to the mat but Michaels just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Grace prevents Michaels from breaking the clinch.
Grace tries to break free but Michaels pushes him back against the cage.
Grace taking a breather.
Grace is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Michaels can't fight it off and eventually Grace manages to take the fight to the floor. Michaels looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Grace trying to move into half guard but instead Michaels has managed to sweep!
Michaels trying to control but Grace is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Michaels slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels wants to control but Grace is keeping him busy.
Michaels tries to move into full mount but can't pass Grace's legs.
Grace is trying to work for a sweep but Michaels has mounted him!
Michaels working the ground and pound effectively.
Grace is wriggling around trying to escape.
Grace on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Grace tries to get out of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Michaels looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Michaels working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Michaels prevents Grace from getting the reversal.
Michaels takes Grace's back.
Michaels is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Grace taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Michaels.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Saint Michaels!
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RATING
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