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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephan Roller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is eye of the tiger. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andy Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stephan Roller!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roller looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Roller fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roller lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gracie at a distance.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Roller.
Roller misses the jab.
Roller misses with an uppercut.
Stephan Roller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nice sprawl there from Roller as Gracie shoots in.
Roller misses with a lunging right hand
and Gracie counters with a takedown into side control.
Gracie tries for a kimura but Roller is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Roller knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie tries for a kimura but Roller is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Roller is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Gracie yanks on the arm and Roller is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Gracie.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andy Gracie!
Andy Gracie decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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