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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Grove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muay Tibs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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205 lbs
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213 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alan Grove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Muay Tibs!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grove uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tibs.
Some wild striking there from Grove.
Tibs throws the left hand but Grove avoids the punch easily.
Tibs misses with a head kick.
Tibs checks a leg kick nicely.
Grove closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Grove working Tibs over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grove seems to be working for a kimura but Tibs defends the submission attempt.
Grove throwing shots but Tibs is blocking nicely.
Tibs avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Grove.
Grove is working for a kimura but Tibs is defending it quite comfortably.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grove throwing shots but Tibs is blocking nicely.
Grove sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tibs defending well though.
Grove is trying to control the action in half guard but Tibs is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Grove not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tibs really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Grove. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Grove throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tibs is looking to escape.
Grove is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tibs is refusing to be controlled, as Grove sits in half guard.
Tibs trying to control from the bottom.
Grove seems to be working for a kimura but Tibs defends the submission attempt.
Grove is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tibs doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Grove.
Tibs is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tibs is looking to control Grove's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tibs avoid being mounted?
Grove trying to control the action but Tibs is working from the bottom.
Grove is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grove seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tibs does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Grove thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tibs's head.
Ground and pound from Grove.
Grove has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Grove is looking for a kimura but Tibs is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Grove to get the leverage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grove seems to be working for a kimura but Tibs defends the submission attempt.
Tibs is defending against the submission attempts here by Grove.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alan Grove dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tibs lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tibs is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alan Grove is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tibs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grove moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tibs tries to close the distance and clinch but Grove swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tibs gets caught flat footed, as Grove shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Grove looking to pass the guard.
Grove wants to control from the top but Tibs keeps moving.
Grove drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Grove jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grove trying to control but Tibs is working from the bottom.
Tibs is trying to keep Grove in close.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Grove stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Tibs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tibs!
Tibs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grove was well out of range. Poor timing from Tibs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Grove with that takedown attempt.
Grove slips a jab from Tibs.
Tibs scores with a crisp jab that stopped Grove in his tracks.
Grove swats away the attempt to clinch by Tibs.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Grove.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tibs swinging wildly here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A clash of legs there as Grove blocks the low kick.
Grove staying out of range there.
Tibs lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tibs.
Grove fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alan Grove. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tibs closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grove tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tibs just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tibs putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grove in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tibs with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tibs.
Tibs lands a shot to the body.
Tibs lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Tibs.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tibs.
Tibs stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice elbow from Tibs.
Tibs with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grove takes an elbow to the temple.
Tibs landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tibs lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tibs comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tibs lands a knee to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tibs lands a knee to the head.
Grove is trying to pull guard but Tibs has him pressed against the cage.
Tibs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tibs cracks a nice hook into Grove's ribs.
Tibs lands a jab-cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tibs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tibs with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tibs's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tibs duly obliges.
Alan Grove seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grove blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muay Tibs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Tibs connects with a body shot.
Tibs fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grove, pushing him back against the cage.
Tibs lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Alan Grove has been cut.
Tibs taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tibs comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Tibs.
Grove is trying to pull guard but Tibs turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Tibs lands a knee to the head.
Tibs jerks Grove's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Grove drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Tibs goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Tibs because Grove was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Muay Tibs!
Muay Tibs spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a big arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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