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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Saari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by disturbed - down with the sickness. Saari has chosen MACABRE - Serial Killer as his entrance music. Chuck Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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272 lbs
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280 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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
22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chuck Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henry Saari!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saari throws a poor cross that misses
and Gracie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Saari throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie with a nice cross.
Gracie feints a jab promting Saari to slip. Gracie then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Saari slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Henry Saari has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saari rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.
Saari throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Saari scores with a nice head shot.
Saari fails to land with a series of punches.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saari.
Gracie takes a swing at Saari's ribcage but misses.
Gracie digs a good hook to Saari's body.
Saari blocks a jab.
Saari slips a straight right by Gracie.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saari manages to avoid it.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie scores with a decent looking hook.
Sloppy strikes from Gracie. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie slips a straight right by Saari.
Saari tries to move into range but Gracie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A big left from Gracie misses.
Saari defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Saari avoids a kick to the body.
Gracie shoots in looking for a takedown. Saari tries to sprawl out of it but Gracie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Saari manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gracie throws a lazy right hand but Saari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saari lands with an uppercut that bounces Gracie off the cage and back into rage.
The fighters circling - Saari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gracie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gracie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gracie lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gracie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saari.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saari throws out the jab.
Gracie is looking to slow Saari down with leg kicks.
Saari looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Henry Saari is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Saari eats them both and turns towards Gracie to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice shot by Gracie.
Saari throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Gracie throws a jab when Saari was well out of range.
Saari avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Saari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saari might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Saari drops his hands momentarily and Gracie takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Saari misses with a few strikes there.
Saari listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Henry Saari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Saari lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saari throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.
Saari misses with a looping right.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
No luck for Gracie with that takedown attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Gracie is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A big right from Saari misses.
Saari swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gracie swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Saari.
Saari misses with a series of wild punches.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Saari.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Saari swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Saari.
Saari throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Saari's hands.
Saari ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
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 misses with a straight left.
Saari fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie lands with a right hand.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saari.
Saari throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saari lands a jab to the head.
Gracie slips under a jab from Saari.
Gracie uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Saari has time to react.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chuck Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A swing and a miss from Saari.
A telegraphed right hand from Saari misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henry Saari's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Saari on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big left from Gracie misses.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gracie misses with a wild combination.
Saari misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Gracie works over Saari's head and body with a nice combination.
Saari throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saari closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Saari sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Saari lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gracie lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Saari has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Saari and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Saari throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chuck Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Saari scores with the left hand. Gracie knows he should have avoided that one.
Saari throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saari misses with a lunging right hand
and Gracie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie connects with a looping right hand.
Jab from Gracie.
Gracie fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Saari avoids it really well and circles away.
Saari avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gracie scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Saari throws a right hand that misses
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.
Saari is rocked!
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Saari moves away and avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Saari is still on wobbly legs! Can Gracie finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left lands for Saari.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Saari seems to have recovered his senses.
Gracie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saari throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saari throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Gracie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Gracie tries to control but Saari wriggling away.
Gracie moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Saari has worked his arm free - good work by Saari!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie swings around for an armbar but Saari sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Gracie's guard.
Gracie isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Saari stacks Gracie on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Saari!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Gracie tries to roll over but Saari keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Gracie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Henry Saari's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Gracie moves away from the strike by Saari.
Gracie throws a series of strikes that have Saari backpedaling.
Saari misses with a hook.
Gracie connects with a good right hand that stumbles Saari. Saari circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Saari takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gracie looks to land a body kick but Saari moved away.
Saari scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
Gracie moves forwards but Saari connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saari throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gracie lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A swing and a miss from Gracie.
Saari misses with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Saari throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Saari misses the target.
Saari throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Saari is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saari throws a good cross that connects.
Saari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Saari's shoulder, as Saari tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Saari throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Saari takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot by Gracie.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A left and a right from Saari both land. Nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saari thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right from Saari misses.
Saari throws a hook to the side of Gracie's head but Gracie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie lands with a straight right. Saari didn't see that one coming.
Saari has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Saari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Saari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a jab to the nose.
Gracie throws the left hand but Saari avoids the punch easily.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Saari.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Saari.
Saari looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gracie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Saari doesn't seem bothered though.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saari throws an off balance right hand
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gracie has gone for a leg lock! Saari slips out almost immediately though and dives into Gracie's guard.
Gracie trying to keep a closed guard but Saari is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saari wanted to stand there but Gracie had control of the position.
Henry Saari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie has an active guard here but Saari has managed to pass into half guard.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Gracie gets back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gracie has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Gracie!
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hype
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