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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Hargrave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Growth Hormone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hormone has chosen I wanna be sedated as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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274 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Hargrave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Growth Hormone!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hormone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
No joy there for Hargrave, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hormone should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Hormone tries to clinch but Hargrave is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Hormone.
Hormone moves into the clinch successfully.
Hargrave is trying to break the clinch but Hormone has him pressed against the cage.
Hormone tries to land a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks with his arms.
Hormone misses with a knee strike.
Hormone landing knees to the body.
Hargrave tries to break the clinch but Hormone is controlling the position.
Hormone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hargrave tries to stall but Hormone uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hargrave wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hormone misses with a knee strike.
Hormone misses with a knee strike.
Hormone keeps control of Hargrave as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hormone tries to land a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks with his arms.
Hargrave has had enough of the clinch but Hormone keeps him there for the moment.
Hormone landing knees to the body.
Hargrave is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hargrave tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A knee to the head by Hormone.
Hormone with a knee to the head.
Hormone looks gassed!
Hargrave looking to slow down the pace here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hormone tries to land knees in the clinch but Hargrave avoids the damage to the body.
Hargrave is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hormone is keeping busy.
Hormone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hormone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hargrave is looking to break free of the clinch but Hormone has double underhooks.
Hargrave breaks the clinch.
Hargrave throws a series of punches but Hormone avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hormone closes the distance but Hargrave moves to the side
and Hargrave counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hargrave paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Growth Hormone has been cut.
Hargrave is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hormone rushes Hargrave and presses him up against the cage.
Hormone crunches a lovely knee into Hargrave's ribcage.
Hormone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hormone connects with a knee to the head.
Hormone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hormone landing knees to the head.
Hargrave trying to stall but Hormone improves his position.
Hargrave manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Hargrave is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hormone would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hargrave is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hargrave holds on and takes a little breather.
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!
Hargrave has a closed guard, preventing Hormone from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hargrave has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hormone can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hormone wants to get up but he can't break Hargrave's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Hargrave throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hargrave is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hargrave tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hargrave controls Hormone momentarily but Hormone frees himself.
Hargrave manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hormone manages to get himself to full guard.
Hargrave slips nicely into half guard.
Hargrave seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Hargrave passes to full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hormone has given up his back.
Hormone wants to get back to his feet.
Hargrave wants to control but Hormone is keeping busy.
Hormone is trying to get back to his feet. He's worked up on to his knees and now he's on his feet with his head on the canvas, trying to shake Hargrave off. It looks like it's working - Hargrave slides off, much to his dismay, and we're back to standing! Hormone displaying calm under pressure there.
Hormone moves into the clinch successfully.
Hormone is trying to maintain a safe position but Hargrave gets an underhook and turns Hormone into the cage.
Hargrave doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hormone.
Hormone misses with a knee to the head.
Hormone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hormone is stalling here.
Hormone is looking to control Hargrave's arms but Hargrave gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hormone has his back to the cage.
Hormone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hargrave has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hargrave is trying to break the clinch but Hormone has him pressed against the cage.
Hargrave looking to stall.
Hormone connects with a knee to the head.
Hormone wants to stall.
Hormone lands a knee to the head.
Hormone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hargrave misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hormone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hormone misses with a knee to the head.
Hormone landing knees to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hargrave pulls guard.
Hormone gets to his feet - Hargrave follows without any prompting.
Hormone clinches but Hargrave breaks the clinch
and Hargrave counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hormone tries to clinch but Hargrave moves out of range.
Hormone clinches.
Hormone tries to land a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks with his arms.
Hormone lands a nice knee to the body.
Hargrave stalling in the clinch but Hormone improves position.
Hormone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hargrave is keeping busy.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hargrave fails to pull guard.
Hormone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hormone.
Hargrave wants to get back to striking at distance but Hormone won't allow it.
Hargrave tries to pull guard but Hormone won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Hargrave. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hargrave looking to stall.
Hormone tries to land a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks with his arms.
Hormone tries a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Hargrave fails to land.
Hormone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hargrave's face.
Hormone's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hormone connects with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hargrave takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hargrave is trying to break free.
Hormone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hargrave's face.
Hormone with a knee to the head.
Hormone breaks from the clinch.
Hormone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hormone wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Hargrave dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Growth Hormone's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hargrave misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hormone tries to close the distance and clinch but Hargrave swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hormone has Hargrave up against the cage in a clinch.
Hormone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hormone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hormone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hargrave's face.
Hormone is trying to stall.
Hormone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hormone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hormone tries to land a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks with his arms.
Hormone is trying to break the clinch but Hargrave has him pressed against the cage.
Hargrave manages to break the clinch.
Hargrave is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hargrave shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hormone as he jumps to the side.
Hormone tries to clinch but Hargrave moves away
and Hargrave counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hargrave.
Hormone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hargrave is trying to stall.
Hormone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hormone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hargrave swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hargrave circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hargrave tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hormone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hargrave shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hargrave keeps the fight on the outside.
Hormone has managed to clinch.
Hormone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hormone looking to stall.
Hormone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hargrave looking to slow down the pace here.
Hormone looking to throw knees to the head but Hargrave is blocking nicely.
Hargrave is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hormone has had enough of the clinch but Hargrave keeps him there for the moment.
Come on Hormone - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hormone tries a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks it.
Hormone stalls.
Hormone crunches a lovely knee into Hargrave's ribcage.
Hargrave is trying to stall.
Hormone with a knee to the head.
Hargrave is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hargrave takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hormone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hormone holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hormone connects with a knee to the head.
Hormone connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hargrave fails to land.
Hormone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hargrave's face.
Hormone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hormone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hargrave lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hormone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hargrave blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Hargrave.
Hormone with a knee to the head.
Hormone with a knee to the head.
Hormone scores a nice knee to the body.
Hormone looking to throw knees to the head but Hargrave is blocking nicely.
Hormone lands a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hormone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hormone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hargrave blocks it with crossed arms.
Hormone tries to land a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks with his arms.
Hargrave content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hargrave tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hormone smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Hargrave. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hormone wants to clinch but Hargrave slips to the side
and Hargrave counters with a series of strikes. Hormone will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nice sprawl there from Hormone as Hargrave shoots in.
Hormone clinches up with Hargrave and pushes him back against the cage.
Hormone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hargrave wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hormone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hormone tries a knee to the head but Hargrave blocks it.
Growth Hormone seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hormone breaks the clinch.
Hargrave tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hormone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hargrave shoots in for a takedown but Hormone shows good takedown defense.
Hormone tries to clinch there but Hargrave circles away.
Hargrave tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hormone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hargrave circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hargrave tries to clinch but Hormone is having none of it.
Hargrave swats away the attempt to clinch by Hormone.
Hormone has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hormone landing knees to the head.
Hormone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hargrave's face.
Hormone stalls.
Hargrave breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hormone tries to clinch
and Hargrave counters with a stiff right hand.
Hormone looks to clinch
and Hargrave counters with a left and a right that stings Hormone.
Hormone clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hormone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hargrave wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hormone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hargrave has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hormone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hargrave tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hormone smiles and moves away.
Hormone tries to clinch up but Hargrave circles away and keeps his distance.
Hormone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hormone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hormone is looking to break free of the clinch but Hargrave has double underhooks.
Hargrave breaks the clinch.
Hargrave avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hargrave rushes Hormone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hargrave tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hormone prevents Hargrave from breaking the clinch.
Hormone breaks from the clinch.
Hargrave misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hormone closes the distance and clinches.
Hormone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hormone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hormone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hargrave stalling in the clinch but Hormone improves position.
Hormone looking to throw knees to the head but Hargrave is blocking nicely.
Hargrave has had enough of the clinch but Hormone keeps him there for the moment.
Hormone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hormone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hargrave tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hormone misses with a knee to the head.
Hormone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hormone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hargrave has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hargrave pulls guard effortlessly.
Hargrave manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hormone is trying to stand up.
Hargrave lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hormone hang on?
Kevin Hargrave overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
You get the feeling that Hormone really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hargrave is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Hormone is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Hormone flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Hargrave anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Hormone and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Hargrave slips an arm under Hormone chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Hargrave has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Hargrave is squeezing on Hormone like an anaconda would it's prey. Hormone fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kevin Hargrave!
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hype
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