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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ihsan Shagrath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coalman Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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284 lbs
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269 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ihsan Shagrath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Coalman Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie tries to clinch but Shagrath moves out of range.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Shagrath.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Shagrath moved out of range.
Gracie slips under a jab from Shagrath.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Gracie takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Coalman Gracie has been cut.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shagrath blocks an uppercut.
Shagrath lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Shagrath breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shagrath doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Ihsan Shagrath seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shagrath buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shagrath connects with an inside leg kick.
Gracie looks gassed!
Shagrath throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Shagrath lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shagrath throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Shagrath lands an overhand right.
Shagrath thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Gracie slips a straight right by Shagrath.
Ihsan Shagrath is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shagrath throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Gracie misses with a hook. Shagrath ducked under it nicely.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shagrath lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shagrath feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Shagrath connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shagrath. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Shagrath shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shagrath fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
A jab from Shagrath misses.
Shagrath connects with an inside leg kick.
Shagrath moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shagrath feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That has opened up Coalman Gracie's cut even more.
Shagrath lands a jab to Gracie's midsection.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shagrath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shagrath connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gracie momentarily.
Shagrath fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Shagrath.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shagrath.
Shagrath lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shagrath throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shagrath can pounce on him.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shagrath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ihsan Shagrath dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Coalman Gracie's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Shagrath swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shagrath throws a nice inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Shagrath.
Ihsan Shagrath is winning the standup battle so far.
Shagrath waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Shagrath connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shagrath is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Shagrath shows good takedown defense.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gracie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shagrath.
Shagrath tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Shagrath is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gracie can do to turn this around?
Gracie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shagrath throws a leg kick but Gracie checks it.
Gracie tries to clinch there but Shagrath circles away.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Shagrath.
Shagrath fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gracie is out of range.
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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shagrath throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Shagrath pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shagrath attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shagrath fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gracie checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shagrath swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shagrath throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shagrath stuffs the takedown.
Shagrath with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gracie moves out of range as Shagrath strikes.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Shagrath fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gracie.
Shagrath is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Gracie's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Gracie checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shagrath wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Shagrath lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Shagrath.
Shagrath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie checks a leg kick nicely.
Gracie tries to clinch but Shagrath moves out of range.
Shagrath avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ihsan Shagrath dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Coalman Gracie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Shagrath thumps Gracie with a low kick.
Shagrath forces Gracie back against the cage and clinches.
Gracie tries a body shot but Shagrath blocks it.
Shagrath lands a nice uppercut.
Shagrath prevents a body shot from Gracie.
Shagrath softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Shagrath leaning against his opponent.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shagrath avoids it.
The referee calls for Shagrath to work.
Gracie manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Shagrath pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shagrath scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie walks into a stiff left hand from Shagrath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shagrath misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Shagrath loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Shagrath just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shagrath cracks the inside of Gracie's front leg.
Shagrath throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shagrath throws a chopping leg kick but Gracie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Shagrath connects with a solid leg kick.
Shagrath throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Gracie blocks the leg kick.
Gracie blocks a low kick nicely.
An inside leg kick from Shagrath misses.
Shagrath displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gracie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shagrath darts in trying to clinch
and Gracie counters by clinching up.
Shagrath trying to control the position but instead, Gracie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shagrath into the cage.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shagrath's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Shagrath.
Shagrath throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gracie.
Gracie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ihsan Shagrath is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gracie moves in looking to clinch but Shagrath pushes him off.
Shagrath lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shagrath slips a straight right by Gracie.
Shagrath tries to clinch
and Gracie counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Shagrath breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shagrath buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Shagrath misses.
Shagrath throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coalman Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie tries to clinch there but Shagrath circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ihsan Shagrath showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shagrath has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:25
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ihsan Shagrath!
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hype
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