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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between jack swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Iron Man kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for jack swanson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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250 lbs
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199 cm
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235 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, jack swanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Grant Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
swanson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hughes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
swanson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hughes circles away.
swanson is looking to clinch but Hughes is avoiding it.
Hughes misses with the combination.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with swanson but swanson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hughes gets a takedown into half guard.
swanson is trying to stand up here but Hughes is controlling him well.
Hughes scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
swanson is looking to escape.
Hughes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. swanson defending well though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hughes connects with a nice short shot to swanson's temple.
Hughes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hughes is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes wants to control but swanson is keeping him busy.
Hughes is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes is stalling here. swanson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hughes seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and swanson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
swanson tries to advance to mount but Hughes denies him.
swanson tries to stand but Hughes is controlling his head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes manages to get back to half guard.
swanson trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Hughes tries to roll over but swanson keeps him under control.
Hughes looks gassed!
swanson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hughes works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hughes wants to sweep but no luck.
swanson tries to stand but Hughes is controlling from the bottom.
Hughes wants to sweep here but swanson controlling him for the moment.
swanson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
swanson trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Hughes wants to sweep here but swanson controlling him for the moment.
Hughes keeping full guard, as swanson tries to pass.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hughes doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
swanson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hughes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hughes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes moves into range and clinches up with swanson.
swanson can't break the clinch.
Hughes drags the fight down to the ground.
Hughes is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hughes is pulling down on swanson's head. It's preventing any offense from swanson, at least for the moment.
Hughes lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for swanson!
Hughes working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Hughes with good strikes from the mount here!
Hughes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
swanson wants to get back to his feet.
Hughes landing strikes from the mount.
Hughes looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
swanson is squirming around, avoiding Hughes's attempts to control the action.
Hughes lands a big shot to the head and swanson winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Grant Hughes!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
47% |
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