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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bat Slade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slade comes to the cage accompanied by Max and Sam - Rumble Young Man Rumble. Bat Slade could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Roman Grant's chin.
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195 lbs
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bat Slade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roman Grant!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slade fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grant scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A decent looking cross lands there for Grant.
Slade throws a hook but Grant blocks it.
Slade throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Slade.
Grant throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Slade sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Slade fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Slade takes one to the side of the head.
Grant moves in looking to clinch but Slade pushes him off.
Slade moves out of range of the strikes.
Grant tries to clinch up but Slade circles away and keeps his distance.
Grant blocks a jab.
Slade tries to clinch up but Grant circles away and keeps his distance.
Grant walks into a left hand.
Slade moves out of range of the leg kick from Grant.
Grant thows a body shot but no joy.
Grant slips a straight right by Slade.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Grant.
Roman Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Slade.
The crowd cheers as Grant lands an impressive looking overhand right. Slade doesn't seem phased though.
Slade closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Grant tests Slade's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Slade tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grant was well out of range. Poor timing from Slade.
Grant throws a hook to the side of Slade's head but Slade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Slade checks a leg kick nicely.
Grant blocks a jab.
Slade misses with a straight left.
Grant tries to clinch but Slade moves out of range.
Grant lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Slade lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Slade, as that shot connected.
Grant moves out of range as Slade strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slade swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Slade swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Slade throws an overhand right that lands on Grant's shoulder, as Grant tries to avoid the shot.
Slade throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slade looks to land a right hand but Grant moved out of range.
Slade lands with a straight right. Grant didn't see that one coming.
Slade has managed to clinch.
Grant lands a left hand that snaps the head of Slade backwards.
It looks like Bat Slade has been cut.
Slade scores with a hook to the body.
Grant tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grant is working Slade over against the cage.
Grant goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Grant.
Grant misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Slade breaks the clinch.
Slade misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slade keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Grant lands with a hook. Slade tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Grant scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grant misses with a shot to the body
and Slade counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Slade throws out the jab.
Grant throws a hook but Slade blocks it.
Grant throws a hook but Slade blocks it.
Slade checks the leg kick nicely there.
Grant looks to throw the jab but Slade is out of range.
Slade looks to land a right hand but Grant moved out of range.
Grant fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Slade has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Grant tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Slade manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Slade staying out of range there.
Slade connects with a single shot there.
A shot to the body from Grant misses
letting Slade counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant just misses with a punch to the body.
Slade throws a shot to the body.
Slade tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grant was well out of range. Poor timing from Slade.
Grant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Slade cracks a nice hook into Grant's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slade tries to clinch but Grant is having none of it.
Grant throws out a loose jab but Slade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Slade ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Slade misses with a hook. Grant ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Slade.
Slade misses with a straight left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grant gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Slade.
Slade slips a straight right by Grant.
Slade punishes Grant's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bat Slade dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bat Slade's cut.
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.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Slade.
A left lands for Slade.
Grant tries to keep at a distance but Slade has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grant doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grant lands a body punch in the clinch.
Grant can't break the clinch.
Grant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Slade manages to break the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grant.
Grant dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Slade. That did some damage!
Slade blocks a leg kick.
Slade checks a low kick from Grant.
Grant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slade.
Grant misses the shot to the body.
Slade has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Slade blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slade uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grant.
Grant gets a clinch.
Slade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Slade throws a head punch that misses.
Grant misses with a punch to the body.
Grant works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Slade breaks the clinch.
Grant uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Slade.
Slade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big left from Slade misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Slade misses the target.
Grant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Slade scores with a jab to the jaw.
Slade takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Slade throws a hook to the side of Grant's head but Grant sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grant misses with a hook to the body
and Slade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grant.
Grant misses the jab.
Grant looks to throw the jab but Slade is out of range.
Slade lunges at Grant with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grant's hand.
The crowd cheers as Grant lands an impressive looking overhand right. Slade doesn't seem phased though.
Slade lands a two punch combo.
Grant is rocked!
Slade drops Grant with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Grant! Slade dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Bat Slade!
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