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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Grants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 cm
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300 lbs
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175 cm
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232 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Man! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Grants! The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Grants ducks right into an uppercut from Man. Grants uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Man.
Grants looks to land a right hand but Man moved out of range.
Grants moves into the clinch. Grants has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment. Grants tries to break free but Man pushes him back against the cage. Man scores with an uppercut up the middle. Grants blocks an uppercut.
Man presses Grants against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Man gets through Grants's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Man keeps control of Grants as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. A short right hand to the side of the head by Man. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grants breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Mike Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Grants swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grants on the wrong end of a nice hook. Man loads up on a big right hand but Grants slips the punch. Grants will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grants. Man does a little dance to reset his feet. Man scores with a nice right hand.
Man misses with a hook
and Grants counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Man forces Grants back against the cage and clinches. Grants is trying to force a seperation but Man has the dominant position.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grants backwards. Man working some nice short punches in the clinch. Man is pushing Grants up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
Man pushes Grants back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Grants looks gassed! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A right handed body shot lands from Man.
Man lands a body shot. A head punch on the inside from Man fails to land. Man has a couple of punches blocked by Grants.
Man lands a hook to the side of the head. A right hook to the body lands for Man.
Man is struggling to control the position. Man seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression. Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grants backwards. Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Grants's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Man has Grants pressed against the cage, preventing Grants from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Grants tries to break free but Man pushes him back against the cage. Man lands on the inside with an uppercut. Man has Grants pressed against the cage, preventing Grants from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Grants blocks an uppercut.
Grants blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grants. Grants blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Man. Man scores with a nice hook to the head. Man throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grantss head. Man gets through Grants's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Grants blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Man doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grants breaks from the clinch.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Grants throws a body punch but Man moves out of range. Man avoids the body shot from Grants.
Grants misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Man.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grants. Grants takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses. Man lands with a hook. Grants tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Man is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Man getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Man thows a body shot but no joy.
Man gets tackled into the cage by Grants. Grants maintains the clinch. Grants looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Man lands a hook that snaps the head of Grants backwards. Man misses with a punch on the inside.
Man lands with a left to the head. Man is working Grants over against the cage. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A short uppercut from Man. Man struggles to land a body shot inside as Grants controls his hands.
Man makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Grants's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Man throws a head punch that misses.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/4.gif) That's four minutes gone in the round. Man lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grants backwards. Man tries a body shot but Grants blocks it.
Man lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grants or not. Man lands a right hand. Man lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Man working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Man stalling against the cage.
Man lands a hook that snaps the head of Grants backwards. A short uppercut from Man. Man is leaning against Grants and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Man misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Man. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Nice body punch from Man - that landed with a thud.
Man lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Man lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grants backwards. Man pushes Grants back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Man dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Man thows a body shot but no joy. Grants takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Grants takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Man misses with an uppercut. Grants saw that one coming. Man is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range. Man lands a nice shot that snaps Grants's head back.
Some wild striking there from Grants.
Man tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grants was well out of range. Poor timing from Man. Man slips a jab and a cross from Grants.
Grants swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Man lands with a right hand. Man will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Man is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grants can do to turn this around? Man scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Grants misses with a two punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Grants misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Mike Man is winning the standup battle so far. Man throws a lazy right hand but Grants sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Man gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Man. Grants is breathing heavily. Grants is looking to break free of the clinch but Man has double underhooks. Man lands a hook that snaps the head of Grants backwards.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Man keeps control of Grants as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Grants uses good head movement to avoid it. Man lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Man scores with a shot to the side of Grants's head. Grants can't break the clinch.
Grants tries to circle away but Man has him pinned against the cage. Grants blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grants can't break the clinch.
Grants is trying to push Man away but Man has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Still in the clinch, Man scores with a nice short uppercut. Man scores with a shot to the side of Grants's head. Man throws a head punch that misses. Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grants backwards. Man goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Man lands with a short head shot on the inside. Man tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Grants has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. A short right from Man on the inside.
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Grants is rocked! Mike Man has scored more points in the clinch so far. Man lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Grants is still on wobbly legs! Can Man finish him? Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Man scores with a nice hook to the head. Man throws a head punch that misses. Man creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Grants with a big uppercut! Grants tries to clinch up but Man pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Grants to the mat! Grants covers up and Man unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mike Man!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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