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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Grendel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rza Reckta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grendel's entrance music is Rjd2 - Ghostwriter . A fine choice. Reckta has chosen Bring The Pain as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
9 - 1 - 1 |
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195 cm
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194 lbs
14 - 7 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Grendel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rza Reckta!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grendel misses with a series of wild punches.
Grendel throws a hook to the side of Reckta's head but Reckta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grendel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Reckta throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grendel connects with a crisp jab.
Grendel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice combination there by Reckta.
Grendel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reckta has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Grendel.
Grendel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grendel lands a two punch combo.
Grendel missing with a left hand there. Reckta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reckta lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Grendel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Grendel misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reckta throws a right hand that Grendel ducks under and follows up with a left that Grendel also avoids with ease.
Reckta slips a jab from Grendel.
Grendel connects with a jab.
Reckta lands a nice looking body shot.
Grendel throws a front kick aimed at Reckta's knee but Reckta avoids it well.
Grendel throws the kick towards the body but Reckta avoids it.
Reckta misses with a straight left.
Reckta throws a looping overhand right but Grendel ducks down to avoid it.
Grendel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grendel misses with a jab to the body
and Reckta counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Reckta trying to control the position from guard on top but Grendel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reckta is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Grendel is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Grendel has escaped and now he's on top!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reckta being controlled here, momentarily.
Grendel being controlled here momentarily.
Reckta looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grendel is fighting to break Reckta's control of his arms but Reckta is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Grendel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
George Grendel has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Grendel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reckta.
Grendel misses with a looping left.
Grendel connects with a single shot there.
Reckta slips under a jab from Grendel.
Grendel misses with a hook. Reckta ducked under it nicely.
Grendel looks to score with a jab to the body but Reckta is just out of range.
Reckta misses the shot to the body.
Grendel misses with a looping right.
Grendel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reckta.
Reckta misses with a hook.
Grendel misses with a body shot.
Grendel throws a sloppy head kick and Reckta moves out of range easily.
That's four 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.
Grendel throws a shot from downtown. Reckta moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Reckta is defended easily by Grendel.
Grendel scores with a nice head shot.
Grendel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Reckta misses.
Grendel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reckta moves away.
Reckta misses with a straight right.
Grendel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reckta.
Reckta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reckta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reckta throws a hook but Grendel blocks it.
Reckta looks to throw the jab but Grendel is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Grendel dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Grendel scores with a nice strike.
Grendel wants to clinch
and Reckta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grendel tries to bum rush Reckta with a series of wild strikes but Reckta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Reckta scores with a hook.
Reckta connects with a jab.
Grendel ducks under a wild hook from Reckta.
George Grendel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reckta with a jab.
Grendel throws a sloppy head kick
and Reckta decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Grendel's guard.
Grendel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Reckta slips nicely into half guard.
Grendel on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Grendel tries to get out of the position.
Reckta trying to mount his opponent but Grendel defends it.
Grendel gets back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reckta throwing strikes from guard but Grendel blocks nicely.
Reckta thows a big elbow that misses.
Reckta lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Reckta looking to pass the guard.
Grendel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reckta on the ground.
Grendel is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Reckta advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Reckta throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Reckta looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Grendel is avoiding damage well.
Reckta sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Grendel is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Reckta in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Reckta working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
An elbow from Reckta crashes against the mat.
Grendel avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Reckta.
Grendel dodges the ground and pound from Reckta.
Reckta throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reckta in side control, throwing shots but Grendel defends.
Reckta landing strikes.
Reckta wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grendel keeps working.
Grendel tries to bench press Reckta off him but Reckta keeps the position.
Grendel is working hard here to advance position.
An elbow from Reckta crashes against the mat.
Reckta throws a strike aimed at the side of Grendel's head but Grendel avoids it well.
Grendel trying to control but Reckta flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Reckta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Reckta lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reckta missing with strikes.
Reckta throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Reckta misses with a punch to the head.
Reckta is working the ground and pound. Can Grendel escape?
Reckta lands punches and elbows.
Reckta lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Reckta throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reckta gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Grendel is covering up but some of the strikes from Reckta are getting through and doing damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reckta connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Grendel to escape the position.
Reckta scores with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rza Reckta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Reckta throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grendel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Reckta.
Grendel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Reckta.
Grendel drops his hands momentarily and Reckta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Reckta defending well as Grendel loads up on a big left hand.
Reckta scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Reckta misses with a series of wild punches.
Grendel darts in trying to clinch
and Reckta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reckta misses with an uppercut. Grendel saw that one coming.
Crunch! Grendel slams his shin into Reckta's torso.
Reckta fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Grendel.
Reckta keeps the fight on the outside.
Grendel slips a straight right by Reckta.
Grendel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grendel misses with a double jab
and Reckta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch combination from Grendel misses.
Grendel just misses with a punch to the body.
Grendel thumps Reckta with a low kick.
Grendel swings for the body but Reckta moves out of range.
Reckta fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Reckta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grendel misses with the combination.
Grendel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Reckta.
George Grendel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rza Reckta.
Reckta throws a leg kick but Grendel checks it.
Reckta scores with a decent looking hook.
George Grendel is winning the standup battle so far.
Grendel with a hook.
Reckta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reckta goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Reckta misses with a low kick as Grendel jumps back.
Reckta shoots in for a double leg but Grendel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Grendel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reckta.
Grendel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reckta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reckta moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reckta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grendel.
Left hook, right uppercut from Reckta.
Grendel throws out a leg kick but Reckta moves out of range and Grendel only half commits.
Grendel cracks Reckta with an open hand slap.
Some bone on bone action there as Reckta checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A slow jab from Grendel misses its intended target.
Grendel walks into a stiff left hand from Reckta.
Grendel walks into a left hand.
Grendel slaps away a takedown attempt from Reckta, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Reckta misses with the combination.
Good exchange - Reckta coming out on top.
Grendel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grendel jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Grendel fails to land with a series of punches.
Reckta misses with a straight right.
Grendel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grendel throws a series of punches but Reckta avoids them all with ease.
Grendel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reckta.
Grendel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reckta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grendel misses with an uppercut. Reckta saw that one coming.
Grendel swings for the body but Reckta moves out of range.
Reckta throws a lazy right hand but Grendel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Reckta misses with an uppercut.
Reckta throws out a loose jab but Grendel uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Grendel showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Grendel has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Grendel!
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