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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randsome Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rage Against The Machine - Wake Up. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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188 cm
26
215 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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183 cm
18
194 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randsome Gracie! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Bastos! The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A combination from Bastos does no damage. Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Bastos tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bastos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Bastos scores with a leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Bastos as Gracie shoots in. Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Bastos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randsome Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him. Bastos doesn't succeed with the takedown and Gracie counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bastos's guard now. Bastos has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Gracie has passed into side control.
Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Bastos tries to buck Gracie off but Gracie is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round. A lull in the action here as Gracie stalls from top position. Bastos tries to bench press Gracie off him but Gracie keeps the position. Bastos can't do much from the bottom here. Bastos manages to get one leg in to regain half guard. Bastos wants to stand back up but Gracie manages to pass into side control.
Gracie has hold of Bastos's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Bastos seems comfortable defending it but Gracie has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Bastos is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Bastos is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Gracie couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Randsome Gracie!
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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
51% |
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