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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Calvagh Reed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyron Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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170 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Calvagh Reed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyron Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reed with a hook.
It looks like Kyron Gracie has been cut.
Reed misses with a straight right.
Reed misses with a hook.
Reed gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Gracie has eaten all the pies!
Reed can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gracie controls the pace.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Reed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reed is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Reed is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed wants to stand but Gracie is controlling the position.
Reed being controlled here, momentarily.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reed swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gracie seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kyron Gracie was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Reed is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Reed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reed fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reed thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Reed.
Reed tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gracie lands in his opponent's guard.
Gracie looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Reed will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Reed is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reed swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gracie stays in close to Reed's body and controls the position.
Reed looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reed gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Gracie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kyron Gracie will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kyron Gracie's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reed.
Reed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie throws a looping overhand right but Reed ducks down to avoid it.
Reed fails with a takedown attempt.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Reed moved out of range.
Reed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reed defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Reed throws a big shot that misses.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Gracie is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Reed tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Calvagh Reed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reed throws a leg kick but Gracie checks it.
Reed misses with a low kick as Gracie jumps back.
Reed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reed.
Reed shoots in for a takedown but Gracie shows good takedown defense.
Reed misses with a takedown
and Gracie counters with a single leg into guard. Reed didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Calvagh Reed. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie trying to control but Reed is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Reed trying to keep a closed guard but Gracie is proving a slippery customer.
We're going to have a standup here because Calvagh Reed wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed lands the left hand.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reed swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Gracie.
Reed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gracie misses with a hook. Reed ducked under it nicely.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Reed moved out of range.
Reed fails with the takedown
so Gracie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reed swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Reed keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reed tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Reed keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Reed working for a triangle but Gracie defends it easily.
Gracie content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyron Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kyron Gracie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Reed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reed gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gracie wants to pass to mount but Reed is defending the position.
Still in half guard, Gracie seems content to control.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Reed is defending well.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Reed is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to pass to mount but Reed is defending the position.
Reed is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Gracie seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Reed is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gracie's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gracie's back!
Gracie wants to get back to his feet.
Gracie has hold of Reed's arm. He needs to escape this position sooner or later but for now he's happy enough to control the position and prevent the submission attempts.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reed is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Reed gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Reed gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Reed apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Reed lands the left hand.
Reed scores a takedown into full mount!
Gracie can't escape the position.
Gracie defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Reed.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Reed.
Gracie can't escape the position.
Gracie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie is trying desperately to improve position.
Reed sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Calvagh Reed showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cesar scores the fight for Kyron Gracie!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Kyron Gracie!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Kyron Gracie!
Kyron Gracie wins by unanimous decision!
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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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