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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sakuraba Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and sam micora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). micora has chosen welcome to the jungle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sakuraba Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, sam micora!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
micora looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well.
micora connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
micora tries to clinch up.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has micora pinned against the cage. micora gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
micora looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - micora sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
micora throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
micora throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
micora throws a series of strikes that have Gracie backpedaling.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with micora, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes micora against the cage but micora circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sakuraba Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by micora.
micora lands a left and a right that sends Gracie crashing to the canvas! micora dives into mount looking to finish!
Gracie is rocked!
Gracie looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
micora keeps control of the position as Gracie tries to break free.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Gracie trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Gracie tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Gracie tries to hold on but micora postures up.
micora lands a big elbow.
Gracie tries to hold on but micora postures up.
micora wants to get back to his feet but Gracie is holding on tight.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gracie is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie wants to control but micora is having none of it.
Gracie manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie gets full guard.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. micora doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. micora manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
micora is looking to stand up but Gracie won't let him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gracie kicks micora off and gets to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - micora looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
micora doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
micora shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than micora was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gracie bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Gracie passes micora's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gracie stops micora from getting back to his feet.
Gracie is thwarting micora's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gracie throws a strike but micora avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gracie pushing down on micora's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
micora avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
micora really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
micora wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie is keen to just control but micora is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
sam micora 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.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
micora swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
micora throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Gracie stumbling backwards into the cage! Gracie bounces back off the cage towards micora, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! micora lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! micora celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). sam micora!
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hype
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pop
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