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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between jack walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolls Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). walker's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Doors - Peace Frog. Gracie has chosen Wu-Tang Clan - The Mystery Of Chessboxin as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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185 cm
26
180 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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187 cm
23
183 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, jack walker! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rolls Gracie! The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gracie wants to slow walker down by chopping away at his legs. walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie avoids the body shot from walker.
walker stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet. walker avoids the head kick by Gracie.
A head kick by walker misses letting Gracie counter with a right hand. walker misses the shot to the body. walker wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance. No luck for walker with that takedown attempt. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Gracie misses with a wild body shot. walker fails with a takedown attempt from distance. walker swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown. walker fights it but they end up in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss. walker wants to get back to his feet but Gracie is in a dominant position and won't allow it. Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from walker. Gracie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and walker dives on top into guard. walker wanted to stand there but Gracie had control of the position. Gracie is pulling down on walker's head to control his posture. Gracie trying to control the position.
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. Gracie is adopting a defensive guard. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gracie is on top in guard.
Gracie scores with a decent looking elbow strike. walker is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Gracie postures up.
Gracie wants to control from the top but walker keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gracie throwing strikes but missing. Gracie working some strikes from top position. walker pulls Gracie in to control the position. Gracieis looking to pass into half guard but walker pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now walker is in guard. Gracie keeping moving, preventing walker from controlling successfully. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Gracie working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. walker trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom. walker is really struggling to control Gracie but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Gracie connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and walker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rolls Gracie dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
walker jabs at Gracie's body. walker moves out of range of the leg kick from Gracie. walker misses the body punch and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut. Gracie thows a body shot but no joy. Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt and Gracie counters with a left to the body. walker throws a combination that misses and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand! We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A combination from walker does no damage. Gracie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice uppercut there from walker. Gracie blocks a head kick by walker.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gracie throws a left and a right that both miss
and walker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top. Gracie slips under a jab. Gracie slips a jab from walker. Gracie walks into a left hand. walker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. walker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. walker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt and walker counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gracie! walker lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! walker controlling the pace for now. Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. walker tries to control but Gracie wriggling away. walker looking to control and managing it successfully. Gracie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
walker takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gracie is in a horrible position here. walker smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
walker sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. walker working the ground and pound effectively.
Gracie is rocked! walker postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Gracie in real trouble here! The ref calls for Gracie to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). jack walker!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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