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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jeffson Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Le Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Tank has chosen The Trooper as his entrance music. The key to victory for Jeffson Gracie has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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140 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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141 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeffson Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hank Le Tank!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie digs a good hook to Le Tank's body.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Le Tank.
Gracie lands a two punch combo.
Gracie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gracie wants to control but Le Tank is keeping him busy.
Le Tank is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gracie is keen to just control but Le Tank is a slippery customer.
Le Tank tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Le Tank trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Gracie wants to free his trapped foot but Le Tank is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Le Tank wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Gracie is thwarting Le Tank's attempts to control the position.
Gracie trying to control the action but Le Tank is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Le Tank is looking to control Gracie's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Le Tank avoid being mounted?
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Le Tank leaves Gracie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gracie checks a leg kick nicely.
Le Tank scores a takedown into full mount!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gracie is in a horrible position here. Le Tank smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Le Tank looking to finish Gracie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gracie!
Le Tank prevents Gracie from getting the reversal.
Le Tank working Gracie over with strikes here.
Gracie tries to hold on but Le Tank pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank lands a nice shot to the head.
Le Tank with a couple of short strikes.
Gracie is trying to escape the mount.
Le Tank lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Le Tank lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Le Tank raining down shots from the mount!
Gracie wants to hold on but Le Tank pushes him away.
Le Tank lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gracie hang on?
Le Tank scoring with strikes but Gracie is staying in there.
Le Tank avoids the attempt from Gracie to control.
Le Tank lands with some strikes.
Gracie is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank working the ground and pound effectively.
Le Tank landing strikes from the mount and Gracie is in trouble!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le Tank is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Le Tank in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Le Tank scoring with strikes but Gracie is staying in there.
Le Tank is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Gracie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Le Tank lands a big shot there that rocks Gracie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Le Tank cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Le Tank working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Le Tank cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le Tank looking to finish Gracie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gracie!
Le Tank working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gracie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Le Tank dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gracie moves into the clinch.
Gracie tries to work over Le Tank's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Le Tank.
Le Tank is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Le Tank misses with a combination
and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown. Le Tank fights it but they end up in guard.
Le Tank is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Le Tank is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gracie preventing the sweep.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Le Tank keeps moving.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Le Tank swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gracie trying to control but Le Tank is working from the bottom.
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. "Ole!" shouts Le Tank as he jumps to the side.
Le Tank scores a takedown into full mount!
Le Tank scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gracie?
Hank Le Tank has got the better of the ground game so far.
Le Tank tries to control but Gracie wriggling away.
Le Tank looking to finish Gracie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gracie!
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Le Tank maintains control.
Le Tank working Gracie over with strikes here.
Le Tank lands with some strikes.
Le Tank sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Le Tank throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Le Tank pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gracie is trying desperately to improve position.
Le Tank avoids the attempt from Gracie to control.
Gracie holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Le Tank tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Le Tank lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gracie sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie manages to get to full guard.
Gracie trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank throwing strikes from guard but Gracie blocks nicely.
Gracie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Le Tank not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Le Tank wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Le Tank content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Le Tank cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
Le Tank stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Le Tank preventing the sweep.
Gracie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Le Tank trying to control but Gracie postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to advance to full mount but Le Tank doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Gracie slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gracie in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le Tank is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hank Le Tank will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Le Tank fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Le Tank drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Le Tank scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gracie to see if he's OK.
Gracie is looking to regain half guard here but Le Tank keeps moving and retains side control.
Le Tank trying to control the position but Gracie is working away.
Le Tank misses with the ground and pound.
Gracie is trying to control Le Tank's posture but Le Tank avoids it.
Gracie is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Le Tank's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Gracie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Le Tank.
Le Tank is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gracie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Tank lands with a punch from half guard.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Le Tank.
Le Tank is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Le Tank prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Gracie has hold of Le Tank's hands but Le Tank slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Le Tank trying to control from half guard but Gracie is working away.
Le Tank trying to pass the guard but Gracie defending well.
Gracie trying to control here.
Gracie is not content to let Le Tank control the position.
Gracie keeping control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gracie gets full guard.
Le Tank stands up over Gracie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Le Tank lands a couple of elbows.
Le Tank throwing strikes from guard but Gracie blocks nicely.
Le Tank wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Le Tank keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gracie's head.
Le Tank scoring with some ground and pound.
Gracie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Le Tank drops back looking for a leg! Gracie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gracie manages to kick Le Tank off! Le Tank jumps back into Gracie's guard.
Gracie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Le Tank thows a big elbow that misses.
Le Tank trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Le Tank lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Le Tank trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Hank Le Tank.
Le Tank throws a solid leg kick but Gracie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Le Tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gracie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gracie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Le Tank can't escape the position.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gracie is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Le Tank has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Le Tank!
Le Tank passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Le Tank really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gracie tries to clinch but Le Tank is having none of it.
Le Tank closes the distance and clinches up with Gracie, looking for a takedown. Le Tank pushes Gracie against the ropes but Gracie circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Le Tank counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Le Tank misses with a telegraphed body shot
so Gracie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Le Tank lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gracie!
Gracie wants to hold on but Le Tank pushes him away.
Le Tank pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gracie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Le Tank lands a heavy elbow.
Le Tank scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gracie?
Le Tank postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gracie looks a forlorn figure.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Le Tank working the ground and pound effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Tank scoring with strikes but Gracie is staying in there.
Le Tank working the ground and pound effectively.
Le Tank landing punches.
Le Tank lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Gracie manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Le Tank not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Le Tank moves nicely into side control.
Gracie prevents Le Tank from improving position.
Le Tank is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie struggling a bit here.
Gracie is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Le Tank off and has taken his back!
Gracie is trying to stick to Le Tank's back but Le Tank is turning into Gracie. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Gracie's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Le Tank.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Le Tank from controlling successfully.
Le Tank distracts Gracie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Le Tank working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Le Tank gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Le Tank stands and throws Gracie's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to buck Le Tank off but Le Tank is having none of it.
Le Tank trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie gets back to half guard.
Gracie manages to get to full guard.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Le Tank gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gracie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gracie is looking for a triangle but Le Tank pushes his legs off easily.
Le Tank postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.
Le Tank trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Le Tank.
Le Tank wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Le Tank wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Le Tank with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hank Le Tank dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Le Tank closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gracie circles away.
Le Tank shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gracie napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Le Tank throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Le Tank wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Gracie avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Le Tank.
Gracie is trying to improve his position.
Le Tank scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gracie to see if he's OK.
Le Tank scores with punches from side control.
Gracie is looking for a sweep.
Le Tank throws an elbow but Gracie slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gracie is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Le Tank off and has taken his back!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Le Tank tries to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Tank really must keep his cool here. He's controlling one of Gracie's hands and whilst he does that, he's got a chance of escaping the position.
Gracie trying to control.
Gracie is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Le Tank is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gracie is not going to allow Le Tank to sit and survive in this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gracie controlling the position well here. Le Tank rolled but Gracie kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Le Tank defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Gracie's arms.
Le Tank tries to roll but Gracie sticks to his back.
Le Tank is keeping busy.
Gracie has the hooks in. Le Tank is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for the choke from the back position but Le Tank is controlling his hands well.
Le Tank tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Gracie is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Le Tank has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Le Tank!
Le Tank is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracie has wrist control.
Le Tank cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
Le Tank tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.
Le Tank is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Le Tank wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie wants to sweep here but Le Tank controlling him for the moment.
Le Tank postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Tank trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
Le Tank looking to pass the guard.
Gracie bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Le Tank's guard.
Le Tank keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie won't allow Le Tank to sweep him here.
Hank Le Tank is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Jeffson Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Le Tank is working an open guard so Gracie takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hank Le Tank.
I've got Le Tank winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 45:50
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Le Tank!
Hank Le Tank is the new bantamweight champion!
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