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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nate Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caeas Liege (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liege has chosen Ecstasy of Gold as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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183 cm
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183 lbs
13 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nate Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caeas Liege!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liege shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gracie wants to stand up but Liege is controlling him.
Gracie trying to keep a closed guard but Liege is proving a slippery customer.
Liege loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracie is looking to stand back up but Liege counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Gracie.
Gracie trying to hold on to Liege's head to control him but Liege postures up.
Gracie is defending against the submission attempts here by Liege.
Gracie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Liege stops Gracie from getting back to his feet.
Gracie gets back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liege showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Liege landing with the ground and pound.
Liege is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Liege stands and throws Gracie's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Gracie tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Liege presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Liege stands up from mount. Strange move.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Liege counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Liege is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Liege decides to return to a standing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liege clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liege successfully pulls guard.
Gracie trying to control but Liege is working from the bottom.
Liege has control of Gracie's left arm, preventing Gracie from doing any damage.
Gracie trying to control but Liege is working from the bottom.
Liege pushes Gracie off and gets back to his feet.
Liege closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Liege is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Liege working over Gracie with some ground and pound. Gracie looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Liege is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Liege looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Liege pulls his head out easily.
Gracie is defending against the submission attempts here by Liege.
Gracie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Liege is working away from the top position though.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Liege takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gracie is trying to control but can't.
Liege is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liege looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Liege is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Liege has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Liege slows down the pace here.
Liege escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Liege connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Liege!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Liege wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caeas Liege dominated that round.
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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Liege.
Liege moves into the clinch.
Liege lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Liege breaks from the clinch.
Gracie closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Liege quickly recovers to half guard.
Liege manages to get to full guard.
Gracie trying to control but Liege is working from the bottom.
Liege has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Liege has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gracie looking to sit in guard and control but Liege gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie looking to control.
Liege is in close to Gracie's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Liege gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gracie is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Liege's half guard.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Liege gets back to full guard.
Liege seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liege has his feet on Gracie's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Liege throws a series of strikes that have Gracie backpedaling.
Liege lands a two punch combo.
Liege shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Liege was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liege with good strikes from the mount here!
Liege raining down shots from the mount!
Gracie is desperately trying to improve his position but Liege has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Liege connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Liege looking to control but Gracie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Liege in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liege is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Gracie has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Gracie slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Liege wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Gracie scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Liege manages to mount him!
Liege unloading with bombs!
Liege looking to isolate an arm here. Gracie doesn't see it coming and as Liege extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Liege!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Caeas Liege!
Caeas Liege is the new welterweight 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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FIGHT
RATING
70% |
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