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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kooistra De Ridder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Deadmau5 - Some Chords kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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184 cm
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kooistra De Ridder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julio Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie connects with a single shot there.
Gracie lands a nice shot that snaps De Ridder's head back.
Gracie closes the distance and pushes De Ridder back into the cage.
Gracie lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Kooistra De Ridder has been cut.
De Ridder jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gracie walks away with a smile on his face. De Ridder gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie gets caught napping as De Ridder dives in and scores a takedown. Gracie manages to retain guard.
Gracie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gracie unloads with some shots from mount but De Ridder bucks and avoids them well.
Gracie has control of De Ridder's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and De Ridder regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Gracie with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gracie sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie looking to secure an arm triangle but De Ridder defends it well.
Gracie goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now De Ridder is on top in guard.
De Ridder trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gracie is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Gracie thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Gracie prevents De Ridder from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for a guillotine from mount but De Ridder is having none of it.
De Ridder keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gracie with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De Ridder wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
De Ridder working to try and regain half guard.
Gracie has control of De Ridder's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and De Ridder regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Gracie goes for an armbar but he's not got it… De Ridder turns into him and now he's in Gracie's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Ridder stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
Gracie working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Ridder doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Ridder manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gracie controls De Ridder momentarily but De Ridder frees himself.
De Ridder is fighting to break Gracie's control of his arms but Gracie is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and De Ridder defends well.
De Ridder scoring with some ground and pound.
De Ridder looking to pass the guard.
Gracie working a defensive guard but De Ridder manages to pass into side control anyway.
Gracie is looking to reverse the position.
De Ridder tries to advance to mount but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie can't do much from the bottom here.
De Ridder is working Gracie over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kooistra De Ridder's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gracie swings for the body but De Ridder moves out of range.
De Ridder misses with a takedown attempt
and Gracie makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A cross from Gracie lands.
Gracie throws a nice head kick!
Gracie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
De Ridder misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
De Ridder shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gracie as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kooistra De Ridder. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Ridder takes a head kick and keeps coming.
De Ridder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gracie passes to full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Ridder is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gracie has hold of De Ridder's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and De Ridder manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie goes for an armbar but De Ridder turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from De Ridder.
Gracie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gracie is on top in guard.
De Ridder looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
De Ridder pulls Gracie in close to his closed guard and prevents Gracie from doing any damage or advancing position.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Gracie slips nicely into half guard.
Julio Gracie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but De Ridder is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gracie works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But De Ridder has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from De Ridder!
De Ridder has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
De Ridder preventing the sweep.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
De Ridder trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and De Ridder defends well.
De Ridder stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing De Ridder from controlling successfully.
Gracie managing to control the position.
Gracie is looking to sweep but instead, De Ridder has passed into half guard.
Gracie is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie is pressing down on De Ridder's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
De Ridder working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gracie is trying to hold De Ridder in close to prevent damage but De Ridder has managed to pass into half guard.
Nice strikes from De Ridder there.
De Ridder wants to pass to mount but Gracie is defending the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kooistra De Ridder'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. This is the final round!
Gracie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Ridder shoots for a double leg takedown but Gracie sprawls well. He's pushed De Ridder's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kooistra De Ridder is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
De Ridder fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Gracie avoids it really well and circles away.
De Ridder tries to keep at a distance but Gracie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gracie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gracie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie tightens his grip and picks De Ridder up, before dumping him to the ground. De Ridder manages to land in guard.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but De Ridder is retaining full guard.
Gracie postures up.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but De Ridder is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie stands and throws De Ridder's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Gracie has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Gracie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gracie thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gracie working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but De Ridder slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for De Ridder!
Gracie jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… De Ridder is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by De Ridder and Gracie has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Gracie tries to advance to mount but De Ridder denies him.
De Ridder struggling a bit here.
Gracie has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for De Ridder!
De Ridder really wants to buck Gracie off and get back to his feet.
Gracie jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… De Ridder is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by De Ridder and Gracie has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to move to mount but De Ridder blocks the move with his legs.
Gracie fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Gracie has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for De Ridder!
Gracie has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! De Ridder is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Julio Gracie!
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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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