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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Grove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lil Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wayne has chosen Every Girl as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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133 lbs
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141 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thiago Grove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lil Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wayne shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Grove's guard.
Wayne wants to stand but Grove has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Grove tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wayne looking to pass the guard.
Grove is looking to stand up but Wayne isn't so interested in that idea.
Grove looking to control.
Grove throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Grove looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Grove looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Wayne must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Grove is breathing heavily.
Wayne decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Grove, up you get!
Wayne tries to clinch but Grove moves out of range.
Wayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Grove circles away.
Lil Wayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wayne clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grove pulls guard effortlessly.
Grove looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grove keeping moving, preventing Wayne from controlling successfully.
Grove wants to sweep but no luck.
Grove is striking from the bottom but Wayne uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Wayne in particular looking to stall.
Wayne is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Wayne takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Wayne tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Wayne wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grove keeps working.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Well, if Wayne is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grove trying to control but Wayne postures up.
Wayne has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grove is trying to escape the mount.
Wayne trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wayne controlling the position easily from mount.
Despite being in the dominant position, Lil Wayne just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grove is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Grove shoots and misses
and Wayne counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grove takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Wayne.
Wayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wayne landing knees to the body.
Wayne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wayne trying to land knees to the body.
Grove is trying to break free.
Wayne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grove lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grove tries to pull guard but Wayne holds him up against the cage and eventually Grove drops back down to his feet.
Grove tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Grove. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grove fails to pull guard.
Grove tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wayne just stands there and leans against the cage.
Grove fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wayne tries to land knees in the clinch but Grove avoids the damage to the body.
Grove tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wayne smiles and moves away.
Grove misses with a takedown attempt
and Wayne moves into the clinch.
Wayne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grove lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grove wants to get back to striking at distance but Wayne won't allow it.
Grove fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grove's face.
Wayne lands a nice elbow.
Grove goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wayne prevents it.
Grove wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grove lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grove dodges an elbow strike from Wayne.
Wayne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wayne lands a knee to the body.
Grove fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wayne landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wayne scores with a knee to the head.
Wayne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Grove takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Wayne.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wayne lands a nice elbow.
Wayne lands a damaging elbow.
Wayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wayne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wayne unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grove lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wayne breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wayne stuffs the takedown attempt from Grove. Grove gets slowly back to his feet.
Grove shoots in but Wayne avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Grove keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lil Wayne dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch but Grove swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grove jabs at Wayne's body.
Grove throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thiago Grove is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wayne scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grove struggling a bit here.
Wayne decides to stand back up.
Wayne scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Grove wants to improve his position but Wayne is controlling well.
Wayne decides to return to a standing position.
Grove really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Grove with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wayne counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wayne wants to take a breather but Grove is having none of it.
Grove regains full guard. Nicely done.
Grove working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wayne doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wayne manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wayne is breathing heavily.
Grove is looking for a triangle but Wayne pushes his legs off easily.
Grove will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Grove looking for a guillotine here but Wayne defends easily.
Grove looking for a guillotine here but Wayne defends easily.
Wayne gets to his feet - Grove follows without any prompting.
Wayne tries a head kick but it misses.
Grove circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wayne decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Wayne seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Grove does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Grove trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne trying to control from half guard but Grove is working away.
Grove looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Grove looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Grove is refusing to be controlled, as Wayne sits in half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Wayne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grove swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grove throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wayne's waist but Wayne gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Grove off to one side.
Grove shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Grove. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grove circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wayne is looking to clinch.
Grove throws a nice looking combination but Wayne bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grove paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grove misses with a wild combination.
Wayne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grove misses with a wild combination.
Wayne tries to clinch there but Grove circles away.
Wayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Grove circles away.
Grove avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wayne fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Grove sprawls well initially but Wayne persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wayne stalling.
Wayne is looking to advance position but Grove won't allow it.
Wayne really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Grove. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wayne working over Grove with some ground and pound. Grove looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wayne prevents Grove from improving his position.
Wayne is taking a breather. Grove says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wayne not doing much here.
Grove is refusing to be controlled, as Wayne sits in half guard.
Wayne looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wayne tries to clinch but Grove moves out of range.
Wayne tries to clinch but Grove is having none of it.
Grove with a poor takedown
and Wayne counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wayne performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Grove is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Wayne is tapping! Great win for Grove!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Thiago Grove!
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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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