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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Grappler Striking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horatio Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacobs comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Green River - CCR kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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163 lbs
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163 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grappler Striking!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Horatio Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Striking.
Striking throws a big shot that misses.
Nice cross by Jacobs.
Striking decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Striking drops an elbow to the side of Jacobs's head.
Jacobs is looking for a sweep. Striking is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Striking sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jacobs defending well though.
Jacobs gets full guard.
Jacobs wants to sweep but no luck.
Jacobs wants to get back to his feet but Striking is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Striking trying to control but Jacobs is working from the bottom.
Jacobs is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jacobs wants to hit a switch here but Striking passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Jacobs there!
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!
Jacobs tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Striking is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jacobs can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Striking lands with some strikes.
Jacobs is wriggling around trying to escape.
Striking postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jacobs looks a forlorn figure.
Striking sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Striking looking to finish Jacobs with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jacobs!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jacobs is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Striking connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Striking lands with some strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Striking scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jacobs?
Striking postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jacobs looks a forlorn figure.
Jacobs is trying desperately to improve position.
Striking unloading with bombs!
Jacobs in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Striking lands with some strikes.
Jacobs squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Striking working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jacobs tries to reverse the position but Striking maintains control.
Striking raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striking working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jacobs can't escape the position.
Jacobs is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Jacobs taking shots to the head.
Jacobs throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Striking punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jacobs somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Jacobs gets tackled into the cage by Striking. Striking maintains the clinch.
Striking lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jacobs backwards.
Jacobs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Striking's elbow.
Jacobs tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jacobs tries a body shot but Striking blocks it.
Nice body punch from Jacobs - that landed with a thud.
Jacobs works on Striking's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs struggles to land a body shot inside as Striking controls his hands.
Jacobs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jacobs misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Striking - that landed with a thud.
Striking gets control of Jacobs's arms and successfully pulls guard. Striking will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jacobs looking to sit in guard and control but Striking gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Striking chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Striking with a flurry of punches that miss.
Striking postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Striking preventing the sweep.
Striking has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Striking slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jacobs wants to stand up but Striking is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grappler Striking dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Striking throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jacobs stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Striking explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Striking dodges the punch combination from Jacobs.
Striking slips a straight right by Jacobs.
Striking looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Striking with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jacobs slips under a jab from Striking.
Striking lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jacobs circles away quickly and effectively.
Jacobs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jacobs throws a leg kick but Striking checks it.
Jacobs takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Striking dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jacobs. That did some damage!
Jacobs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Striking moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Striking fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jacobs misses with a wild combination.
Striking is looking to slow Jacobs down with leg kicks.
Striking steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jacobs.
Striking closes the distance and clinches.
Striking changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jacobs fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Striking lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jacobs's sensitive parts.
Striking takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jacobs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jacobs takes the fight into the clinch.
Striking lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Striking misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jacobs gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Striking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grappler Striking. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jacobs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jacobs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jacobs is trying to push Striking away but Striking has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jacobs tries to land knees in the clinch but Striking avoids the damage to the body.
Striking tries to score a body lock takedown but Jacobs shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jacobs misses with a body punch.
Jacobs can't break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Striking blocking some punches.
Striking misses with some punches.
Striking has a couple of punches blocked by Jacobs.
Jacobs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Striking has him pressed against the cage.
Jacobs gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Striking.
Jacobs breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jacobs. That's going to slow Striking down.
Jacobs slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jacobs misses the jab.
Jacobs cracks a nice hook into Striking's ribs.
Grappler Striking seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Striking fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Striking darts in and clinches Jacobs up against the cage.
Jacobs has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jacobs blocks an uppercut.
Jacobs stops a takedown attempt from Striking.
Jacobs with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Striking.
Jacobs lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Striking misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Striking misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jacobs misses with a punch on the inside.
Striking blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jacobs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jacobs misses with a left hand
letting Striking counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jacobs moves into range and clinches up with Striking.
Striking lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jacobs tries to circle away but Striking has him pinned against the cage.
Jacobs misses with some punches.
Striking throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jacobss head.
Striking tries for a takedown. No joy.
Striking fails to pull guard.
Striking lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jacobs breaks from the clinch.
Jacobs misses with a hook.
Striking throws a front kick aimed at Jacobs's knee but Jacobs avoids it well.
Striking throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Grappler Striking will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Striking shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jacobs as he jumps to the side.
Striking looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jacobs ducks under a wild hook from Striking.
Striking will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jacobs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jacobs missing with a left hand there. Striking was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jacobs lands a nice shot to the body.
Striking lands with a hook. Jacobs tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jacobs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jacobs keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jacobs throws a series of punches but Striking avoids them all with ease.
Jacobs gets caught napping as Striking dives in and scores a takedown. Jacobs manages to retain guard.
Striking prevents Jacobs from getting back to his feet.
Grappler Striking overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Striking makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Striking lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jacobs not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jacobs is striking from the bottom but Striking uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Jacobs tries to kick Striking off but Striking keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jacobs takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Striking is trying to control the action in half guard but Jacobs is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Striking is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Striking works his way into full mount!
Striking trying to control but Jacobs is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Striking with a couple of short strikes.
Jacobs tries to reverse the position but Striking maintains control.
BOOM! Striking connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacobs wants to control but Striking is having none of it.
Striking dominating with strikes here.
Jacobs working to try and regain half guard.
Striking pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striking fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jacobs is working to get back to half guard.
Striking raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jacobs is squirming around, avoiding Striking's attempts to control the action.
Striking landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jacobs is rocked!
Jacobs is looking to improve his position but Striking isn't that keen on the idea.
Striking with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Striking lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jacobs hang on?
Striking fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Horatio Jacobs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Striking lands a heavy elbow.
Jacobs is still in real trouble! Can Striking finish him?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Striking cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Jacobs that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jacobs takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Striking's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grappler Striking!
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