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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Royce Grazies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Az Anubis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Az Anubis will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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186 cm
30
198 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
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181 cm
26
200 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Royce Grazies! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Az Anubis! The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Anubis stuns Grazies with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Grazies has managed to clinch.
Anubis is struggling to control the position. Grazies tries for a takedown. No joy.
Grazies is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Anubis pulls him back up using the underhooks. A short right from Grazies on the inside. Grazies takes a knee right on the jaw!
Grazies misses with a short punch on the inside. Anubis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grazies's defenses. Anubis working Grazies over with knees to the body. Grazies drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royce Grazies. That's going to take a lot out of him. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Anubis tries a knee to the head but Grazies blocks it.
Anubis is pressed up against the cage. Grazies has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Anubis down to the mat. Anubis avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Anubis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anubis lands an overhand right. Grazies shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Anubis stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Anubis wants it to stay on the feet. Grazies is breathing heavily.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Thud! ouch! good body kick from Anubis - that will leave a mark!
Grazies takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Grazies shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Anubis as he jumps to the side. Grazies stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Anubis. Anubis connects with a single shot there. Grazies takes a body punch but keeps moving. Anubis lands with an uppercut that bounces Grazies off the cage and back into range. Grazies with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Anubis to score with a decent uppercut. Anubis throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Grazies's head.
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Grazies is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Anubis walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Grazies drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Anubis swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Grazies's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Az Anubis!
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A |
G |
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B |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
93% |
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