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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gray Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Battle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Battle's choice of entrance music: Big L work. Christian Battle will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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169 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gray Maynard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian Battle!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Battle wants to clinch.
Maynard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Battle lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Maynard backs up against the cage.
Maynard scores a takedown into full mount!
Battle really wants to buck Maynard off and get back to his feet.
BOOM! Maynard connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Maynard content just to control the position here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Battle is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard raining down hammerfists from mount.
Battle squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Maynard controlling from mount.
Battle is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Maynard controlling the position easily from mount.
Maynard dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard controlling his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maynard scoring with strikes but Battle is staying in there.
Battle looks gassed!
A nice elbow there by Maynard.
Maynard fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Maynard really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Maynard sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard lands a big elbow.
Maynard looking to finish Battle with some ground and pound. This is bad for Battle!
Maynard landing strikes from the mount and Battle is in trouble!
Battle is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Maynard! Battle is hurt baaadly! Maynard is firing away with more strikes - Battle is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gray Maynard!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
48% |
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