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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between fred bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). bob kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sublime - Santeria. Carlos Gracie will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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165 lbs
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166 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, fred bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed bob's head.
bob is trying to stand back up but Gracie is controlling him
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gracie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gracie prevents bob from improving his position.
bob wants to get back to his feet.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
bob is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gracie is working for a kimura but bob is defending it quite comfortably.
That's one minute gone in the round.
bob is trying to stand back up but Gracie is controlling him
Gracie looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but bob is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gracie slows the pace down in half guard.
Gracie stops bob from getting back to his feet.
Gracie takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Gracie tries to pass to full mount but bob defends it.
bob might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches bob napping and manages to drive through into side control!
bob pushes Gracie away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gracie gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but bob is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gracie looks gassed!
bob is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
bob knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
bob is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
bob takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
bob pushes Gracie away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gracie gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
bob could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gracie trying to control the position but bob is working away.
Gracie takes a little break here. bob wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but bob keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. bob defends it nicely.
bob lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but bob sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but bob saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
fred bob has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Gracie.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts bob as he jumps to the side.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but bob sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
bob shoots in for a double leg but Gracie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around bob's waist but bob gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
bob is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but bob is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
bob can't keep his opponent in guard - Gracie advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
bob is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gracie keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
bob is doing well to control the position and prevent Gracie from advancing to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed bob's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Gracie dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
bob will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
bob stuffs the takedown.
Gracie shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. bob manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gracie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of bob's head.
bob wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Gracie trying to control but bob is working from the bottom.
Gracie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
bob keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
bob looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.
Gracie passes bob's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gracie sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. bob defending well though.
bob won't allow Gracie to pass to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
bob has his hands clasped together around Gracie's back. He's all about the action.
Gracie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, bob has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
bob wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gracie looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
bob missing with punches from the bottom.
Gracie tries to pass the half guard into mount. bob knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
bob is looking to control Gracie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can bob avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but bob is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
bob blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
bob wants to get back to his feet.
bob is not content to let Gracie control the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
bob tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
bob trying to control from the bottom.
bob on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
bob is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and bob defends it well.
bob wants to get back to his feet.
Gracie landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gracie is thwarting bob's attempts to control the position.
Gracie working bob over with strikes.
bob is refusing to be controlled, as Gracie sits in half guard.
Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Carlos Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
bob is not content to let Gracie control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
bob fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
bob is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
bob pushes Gracie away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gracie gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Gracie trying to control the action but bob is working from the bottom.
bob takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
bob throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gracie wants to control but bob is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie working away.
Gracie lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear bob down.
Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gracie slows the pace down.
bob tries to buck Gracie off but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by bob, who protects the arm well.
bob is pushing Gracie's head away, looking to escape. Gracie manages to hold on to the position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has worked his way into a potential kimura here. bob is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Gracie yanks on the arm and bob is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Gracie.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Carlos Gracie!
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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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