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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gay Pride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Les Grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grossman has chosen Get Back as his entrance music. Gay Pride has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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275 lbs
12 - 0 - 0 |
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208 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gay Pride!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Les Grossman!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grossman shoots in for a double leg but Pride sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pride avoids the body shot from Grossman.
Pride tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Grossman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pride has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pride there as he acknowledges the shot.
Grossman shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Grossman was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
BOOM! Grossman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pride avoids a series of strikes thrown by Grossman.
Grossman thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Grossman sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pride is bucking up trying to escape but Grossman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pride is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Pride suckers Grossman into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Pride is now in Grossman's guard!
Grossman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Grossman seems keen to control Pride's posture.
Pride is looking to work some ground and pound but Grossman has wrist control.
Pride will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Grossman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Grossman has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Les Grossman has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Pride misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grossman throws a combination. Pride tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Grossman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Grossman!
Grossman feints and as Pride raises his hands in defense, Grossman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grossman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Grossman not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Grossman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pride utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Grossman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pride trying to keep a closed guard but Grossman is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grossman throws a big right hand that misses.
Grossman trying to control but Pride is working from the bottom.
Grossman lands a couple of digs.
Grossman wants to control from the top but Pride keeps moving.
Grossman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pride looking to control.
Grossman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Les Grossman hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Pride moves out of range of the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grossman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pride tries a low kick but Grossman avoids it.
Pride tries a head kick but it misses.
Grossman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pride looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pride is breathing heavily.
Grossman connects with the punch.
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!
A head kick by Pride misses
and Grossman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grossman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pride has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Grossman connects with a right hand. Pride shakes it off.
Pride stuffs the takedown attempt from Grossman. Grossman gets slowly back to his feet.
Gay Pride is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pride has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pride slips a jab and a cross from Grossman.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grossman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pride stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Some wild striking there from Grossman.
Jab by Grossman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Les Grossman dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Grossman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Grossman looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pride!
Grossman takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pride blocking the ground and pound.
Grossman breaks from Pride's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Grossman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grossman lands a big shot there that rocks Pride but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pride is rocked!
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!
Grossman softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Pride is out cold! Grossman jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Les Grossman!
An out of breath and clearly excited Les Grossman thanked Perkele! for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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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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