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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter La Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rullo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Symphony X - The Serpent's Kiss as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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200 cm
22
219 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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189 cm
25
205 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Powerful |
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter La Fleur! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rullo Gracie! The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! La Fleur throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gracie. Peter La Fleur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A left and a right from La Fleur both land. Nice combination. La Fleur throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it. Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as La Fleur sprawls well. La Fleur wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet. La Fleur closes the distance and lands a one-two. La Fleur does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Nice takedown defense from La Fleur. No joy for Gracie on that attempt. La Fleur tries a head kick but it misses.
La Fleur pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gracie is out of range and La Fleur settles back down. La Fleur throws a low kick but Gracie moves out of range easily. La Fleur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A kick lands to the mid section there for La Fleur. Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La Fleur. Gracie throws a nice looking combination but La Fleur bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. A punch combination from La Fleur misses. La Fleur throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. La Fleur tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag La Fleur to the ground. La Fleur escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Peter La Fleur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rullo Gracie. La Fleur moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. La Fleur scores with a leg kick.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. A nice inside leg kick there by La Fleur. That's going to slow Gracie down. La Fleur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
La Fleur will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie tries for a takedown but La Fleur sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. La Fleur tries a low kick but Gracie avoids it. La Fleur lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Danga de danga de dang - La Fleur scores with a four punch combination! La Fleur thumps Gracie with a low kick. A nice inside leg kick there by La Fleur. That's going to slow Gracie down. Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts La Fleur as he jumps to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round. La Fleur throws a quick inside leg kick. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! La Fleur avoids the head kick by Gracie.
A right-left combo lands from La Fleur. Good leg kick by La Fleur there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
La Fleur looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. La Fleur swings away with a leg kick that misses. La Fleur motions for Gracie to come forward. La Fleur throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. A clash of legs there as Gracie blocks the low kick. La Fleur tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault. A head kick misses from La Fleur. Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. La Fleur tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. La Fleur manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. La Fleur misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round. La Fleur fails to land with a series of punches.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
La Fleur throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and moves out of range. Gracie slips a jab and a cross from La Fleur.
La Fleur looks to land a combination but Gracie avoids it well. La Fleur lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively. La Fleur misses with a few strikes there.
La Fleur misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
La Fleur lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Gracie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Gracie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for La Fleur!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gracie controlling from the full mount. Gracie goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now La Fleur is on top in guard.
Gracie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. La Fleur is aware though and is defending well. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. La Fleur trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom. La Fleur has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. La Fleur wants to stand but Gracie is controlling his posture from full guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter La Fleur dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from La Fleur. Gracie slips under a jab. La Fleur scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
La Fleur misses with a head kick.
Peter La Fleur is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. La Fleur lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively. Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but La Fleur circles away quickly and effectively. A thudding body kick lands there by La Fleur!
La Fleur looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
La Fleur cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg. La Fleur throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely. Gracie changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. La Fleur looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. La Fleur on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if La Fleur tries to get out of the position. La Fleur is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round. La Fleur is working hard here to advance position. Gracie has hold of La Fleur's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! La Fleur tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Gracie cranks the arm and La Fleur screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from La Fleur, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Rullo 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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