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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Boris Brejcha - Openminded. Smith is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by In The Morning. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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224 lbs
13 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Smith!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Gracie clinches with his opponent.
Gracie jumps guard but Smith stands there with Gracie around his waist. Gracie gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Smith is stalling here.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie jumps guard and drags Smith to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Smith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gracie working for a triangle but Smith defends it easily.
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 has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Smith doesn't defend quickly enough and Gracie has managed to lock this one up! Can Smith escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Gracie on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ricardo Gracie!
Ricardo Gracie retains his light heavyweight title!
Ricardo Gracie gave a mention to Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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