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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Siciliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the ring accompanied by . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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202 lbs
13 - 10 - 3 |
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177 cm
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192 lbs
14 - 13 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcelo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fred Siciliano!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Siciliano moves away and avoids it.
Siciliano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
and Siciliano counters with a takedown into side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Siciliano tries to stand but Gracie is controlling his head.
Gracie sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Siciliano wants to stand but Gracie has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Siciliano is just content to waste time from the top position. Gracie takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Siciliano from controlling successfully.
Siciliano must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siciliano wants to stand and escape but instead Gracie has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Siciliano wants to stand but Gracie is controlling the position.
Siciliano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gracie.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Siciliano keeps moving.
Gracie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Siciliano wants to stand but Gracie is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Siciliano is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gracie 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.
Gracie postures up in Siciliano's guard and throws a big left but Siciliano blocks it.
Gracie won't allow Siciliano to get back to his feet.
Gracie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Siciliano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gracie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gracie landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Siciliano keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Siciliano is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gracie stops Siciliano from standing up.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Siciliano blocks nicely.
Gracie throws a strike but Siciliano rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Siciliano wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing Siciliano from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Siciliano wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Gracie pulls Siciliano in close to prevent any damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie scores a takedown into full mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Siciliano's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Gracie dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Siciliano looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Siciliano trying to control from half guard but Gracie is working away.
Gracie regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Siciliano.
Siciliano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Siciliano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Siciliano wanted to stand there but Gracie had control of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siciliano drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Gracie manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Siciliano has Gracie in his guard.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Gracie working some strikes from top position.
Siciliano wants to stand and escape but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Siciliano blocks nicely.
Gracie landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marcelo Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gracie makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Siciliano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Siciliano has wrist control.
Siciliano is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
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 in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Siciliano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
Gracie working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Siciliano's head.
Siciliano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Siciliano keeps moving.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie cracks Siciliano with a solid left hand.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracie postures up and lands a big shot to Siciliano's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Siciliano is retaining full guard.
Gracie trying to control but Siciliano is working from the bottom.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Gracie throws a strike but Siciliano rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Siciliano looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Siciliano wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Gracie dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Siciliano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Siciliano looks to clinch
and Gracie counters with a nice uppercut.
Siciliano tries a head kick but it misses.
Siciliano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Siciliano throws a head kick that misses.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Siciliano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Siciliano.
Siciliano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Siciliano doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Siciliano tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Siciliano sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a nice right hand.
Siciliano leaves Gracie with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Siciliano.
Siciliano moves to clinch but Gracie breaks away
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.
Siciliano wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Siciliano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gracie tries to sprawl but Siciliano drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Gracie trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Siciliano uses his free foot to push down on Gracie's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Gracie.
Siciliano sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fred Siciliano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Siciliano throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Siciliano misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Siciliano wants to control the action but instead Gracie gets a body lock and reverses into Siciliano's guard! Nice work!
Gracie throws an elbow that misses. Siciliano uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gracie's guard. Nice move by Siciliano!
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siciliano wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Siciliano cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
Marcelo Gracie is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Siciliano from controlling successfully.
Gracie looking to control.
Siciliano loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
Siciliano trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Siciliano throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing Siciliano from standing up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fred Siciliano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gracie has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcelo Gracie!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Marcelo Gracie waved his t-shirt featuring Hellbent 's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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