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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Bakreek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grande comes to the cage accompanied by I Drove All Night. Jacques Grande has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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181 cm
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198 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
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212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Heavy handed |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Grande! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeff Bakreek! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Grande drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Grande postures up in Bakreek's guard and throws a big left but Bakreek blocks it. Grande trying to control but Bakreek is working from the bottom. Grande advances to half guard. Grande has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Grande thows a huge punch but Bakreek dodges it nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bakreek can do anything to dispel that myth. Grande stalling. Bakreek tries to get to full guard but Grande has control of the leg. Grande is looking to advance position but Bakreek won't allow it. Bakreek is trying to stand up here but Grande is controlling him well. Grande seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bakreek does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon. Grande prevents Bakreek from improving his position. Grande is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Bakreek is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Bakreek manages to get to full guard.
Bakreek working a defensive guard but Grande passes into half guard.
Grande passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Bakreek! Grande controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bakreek takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Grande trying to control but he's not successful this time. Grande scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Grande controlling the pace for now. Grande working for a guillotine from mount but Bakreek is in no mood to give up. A nice elbow there by Grande. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. A nice elbow there by Grande. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Grande is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bakreek can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Grande with good strikes from the mount here! BOOM! Grande connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grande controlling from the full mount. Bakreek tries to hold on but Grande pushes him away. Bakreek looks gassed! Grande can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bakreek is looking to escape. Grande looking to secure an arm triangle but Bakreek defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Grande controlling from mount. Grande trying to control but he's not successful this time. Bakreek is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Grande locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Bakreek is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jacques Grande!
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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
43% |
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