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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gracie Rabi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. El Condor Pasa by CantoAndino 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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299 lbs
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195 cm
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296 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gracie Rabi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ernesto Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rabi looks for a takedown but Alvarez sprawls well.
Alvarez misses with a series of wild punches.
Rabi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Alvarez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Alvarez leaves Rabi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Alvarez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rabi is breathing heavily.
Alvarez closes the distance and clinches.
Alvarez has Rabi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rabi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rabi stops a takedown attempt from Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to land knees in the clinch but Rabi avoids the damage to the body.
Alvarez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gracie Rabi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernesto Alvarez.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabi prevents Alvarez from breaking the clinch.
Alvarez has Rabi pressed against the cage, preventing Rabi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alvarez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rabi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Alvarez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rabi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Alvarez wants to slow Rabi down by chopping away at his legs.
Alvarez swats away the attempt to clinch by Rabi.
Alvarez scores with a nice head shot.
Alvarez gets a double leg takedown into Rabi's guard.
Rabi thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Alvarez postures up and lands a big shot to Rabi's brow.
Alvarez stands up over Rabi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rabi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Alvarez defends well.
Alvarez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rabi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alvarez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rabi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Alvarez scoring with some ground and pound.
Rabi has momentary wrist control but Alvarez slips an elbow through the middle.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rabi is on top in guard.
Alvarez wants to hit a switch here but Rabi passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Alvarez there!
Alvarez is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Alvarez keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Rabi sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rabi blocks the strikes from Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to roll over but Rabi keeps him under control.
Rabi trying to control the action but Alvarez is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabi moves nicely into side control.
Alvarez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rabi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Alvarez prevents Rabi from improving position.
Rabi landing strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alvarez is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rabi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez has a hand on Rabi's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Rabi takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Alvarez dominated that round.
That's time! Rabi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rabi is looking to land body kicks.
Rabi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rabi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alvarez circles away.
Alvarez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Alvarez landing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez scores with punches from side control.
Ernesto Alvarez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Alvarez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Alvarez lands a nice forearm strike.
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!
Alvarez slows the pace down.
Alvarez landing a few strikes.
Rabi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Alvarez is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez gets back to full guard.
Rabi would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Alvarez wants to sweep but no luck.
Rabi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alvarez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alvarez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rabi!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alvarez looking to finish Rabi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rabi!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rabi wants to hold on but Alvarez pushes him away.
Rabi working to try and regain half guard.
Alvarez breaks from Rabi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvarez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rabi wants to control but Alvarez is having none of it.
Alvarez cracks Rabi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rabi is rocked!
It looks like Gracie Rabi has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Alvarez is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Rabi goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Alvarez!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ernesto Alvarez!
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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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