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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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183 lbs
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200 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lyoto Machida Alves!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Machida Alves.
Machida Alves shoots and misses
so Gracie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Machida Alves is looking for a triangle but Gracie pushes his legs off easily.
Gracie landing with the ground and pound.
Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Machida Alves works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie stands up and waves to Machida Alves to follow him.
Royce Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machida Alves misses with a takedown attempt
and Gracie decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Machida Alves's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Machida Alves, up you get!
Machida Alves misses with a takedown attempt
and Gracie counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Machida Alves!
Royce Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyoto Machida Alves.
Gracie punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gracie controlling the position easily from mount.
Gracie dominating with strikes here.
Gracie working Machida Alves over with strikes here.
Gracie lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands a big elbow.
Machida Alves is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gracie landing strikes from the mount and Machida Alves is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie controlling the position easily from mount.
Gracie looking to finish Machida Alves with some ground and pound. This is bad for Machida Alves!
Machida Alves sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Machida Alves is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Gracie is trying to control. Machida Alves wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gracie controlling the pace.
Gracie tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Machida Alves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Royce Gracie.
A swing and a miss from Machida Alves.
Gracie decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Machida Alves wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Machida Alves is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Machida Alves is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gracie working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gracie lands strikes from half guard.
Gracie stands up out of the half guard.
Machida Alves staying out of range there.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Machida Alves throws out the jab.
Machida Alves tries for a takedown but Gracie circles away easily
and Gracie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Machida Alves.
Sloppy strikes from Gracie. Those never looked like landing.
Gracie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Machida Alves is trying to improve his position.
Machida Alves taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gracie decides to stand up, so the ref orders Machida Alves to his feet.
No luck for Gracie with that takedown attempt.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machida Alves has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Machida Alves avoids nicely.
Gracie shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Machida Alves's guard.
Gracie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gracie controlling from the top position.
Gracie gets to his feet - Machida Alves follows without any prompting.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Machida Alves lands with a shot to the body.
Machida Alves has his takedown stuffed
and Gracie decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Machida Alves's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royce Gracie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Machida Alves scores with the left hand. Gracie knows he should have avoided that one.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Machida Alves is defended easily by Gracie.
Machida Alves tries for a takedown but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Machida Alves throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
enabling Machida Alves to counter with a crisp jab.
Gracie tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Machida Alves moves out of range of the strikes.
Machida Alves fails with the takedown
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Royce Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyoto Machida Alves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is working for a kimura but Machida Alves is defending it quite comfortably.
Gracie moves into full mount! Machida Alves won't be happy about that!
Gracie controlling from the full mount.
Gracie working Machida Alves over with strikes here.
Gracie landing punches.
Machida Alves is trying desperately to improve position.
Machida Alves gets back to half guard.
Gracie winds up and cracks Machida Alves with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stands up from half guard.
A cross from Machida Alves lands.
Gracie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Machida Alves manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Machida Alves keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie gets to his feet. Machida Alves looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Machida Alves doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gracie counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Gracie.
Machida Alves is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie stands up from Machida Alves's guard - Gracie perhaps looking for a knockout.
Gracie drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Machida Alves keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Machida Alves tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie works over Machida Alves with some ground and pound from guard.
Gracie gets to his feet - Machida Alves follows without any prompting.
Machida Alves gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
so Gracie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gracie stands up and waves to Machida Alves to follow him.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Machida Alves moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Machida Alves napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Machida Alves is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Gracie decides to stand back up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Gracie.
Machida Alves is looking for a sweep.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Machida Alves can do to turn this around?
Machida Alves is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
Gracie taking a breather here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Machida Alves is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Machida Alves is working to avoid the ground and pound but Gracie connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royce Gracie dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Machida Alves with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gracie counters with a single leg into guard. Machida Alves didn't expect that.
Gracie decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Machida Alves looks for the body kick but Gracie saw that one coming.
Machida Alves blocks a head kick by Gracie.
Machida Alves has a takedown stuffed.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Machida Alves makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Machida Alves shoots and misses
and Gracie counters with a nice body shot.
Royce Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyoto Machida Alves.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Machida Alves enables Gracie to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Machida Alves manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Machida Alves trying to control the position.
Machida Alves working for submissions but it's allowed Gracie to get to half guard.
Machida Alves takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Machida Alves defend it? Gracie steps over the head and cranks it - Machida Alves is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Gracie!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Royce Gracie!
Royce Gracie is the new middleweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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