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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunther Reza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Leo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gunther Reza!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt
and Reza counters with a takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Reza tries for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.
Gracie throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Reza working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gracie is looking to reverse the position.
Reza tries to advance to mount but Gracie denies him.
Reza taking a breather here.
Gracie throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reza remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Reza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gracie tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Gracie is trying to improve his position.
Reza looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Reza working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gracie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Reza tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gracie is trying to get back to half guard.
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 striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Reza works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie is trying to work for a sweep but Reza has mounted him!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie throws a strike from the bottom but Reza uses the opportunity to take his back.
Gracie breaks Reza's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Reza keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
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!
Reza has his foot on Gracie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gracie works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reza keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Reza looking for a sweep. Not yet Reza, not yet.
Gracie trying to control but Reza is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Leo Gracie.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Reza counters with a takedown into side control.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Reza is staying tight to Gracie's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Gracie sneaks back into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reza seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Reza works his way into full mount!
Reza controlling from mount.
Gracie is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Reza looking to control and managing it successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie manages to regain half guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunther Reza dominated that 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.
Gracie shoots and misses
and Reza counters with a single leg into guard. Gracie didn't expect that.
Reza wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Reza chips away with some ground and pound.
Reza passes into half guard.
Reza blocks the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reza working Gracie over with strikes.
Gracie strikes from the bottom but Reza passes into mount!
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!
Reza controlling his opponent.
Reza cracks Gracie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gracie is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is bucking up trying to escape but Reza cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Reza lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gracie hang on?
Reza looking to secure an arm triangle but Gracie defends it well.
Reza controlling from the full mount.
Gracie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Reza blocks Gracie's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Reza looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gracie is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gracie swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reza is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gracie can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Gracie is trying to escape the mount.
Reza lands with some strikes.
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 tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Gracie has given up his back.
Reza is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Reza is looking for the choke from the back position but Gracie is controlling his hands well.
Gracie covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Gracie wants to escape the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie showing good submission defense here.
Gracie manages to reverse the position and now he's in Reza's guard. Nice work there by Gracie.
Reza wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Reza is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gracie is controlling him.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Reza keeps moving.
Gracie is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Reza is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Reza holds on and takes a little breather.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Leo Gracie wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Reza counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Gracie misses with some strikes from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reza is looking to advance position but Gracie won't allow it.
Gracie misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Reza blocks the strikes from Gracie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie won't allow Reza to pass to mount.
Gracie throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Reza manages to pass to side control.
Gracie is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunther Reza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Gracie gets tackled into the cage by Reza. Reza maintains the clinch.
Reza tries to break the clinch but Gracie is controlling the position.
Gracie avoiding damage as Reza throws knees to the body.
Reza avoids the elbow strike from Gracie, against the cage.
Reza blocks the elbow strike.
Gracie pushes off an throws an elbow but Reza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reza jumps guard but Gracie stands there with Reza around his waist. Reza gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gracie throws an elbow but it misses.
Reza avoids a wild elbow strike from Gracie.
Gracie misses with an elbow strike.
Reza has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Gracie uses from the top position.
Reza keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie prevents Reza from getting back to his feet.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Reza looking for a sweep. Not yet Reza, not yet.
Gracie is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gunther Reza has got the better of the ground game so far.
We're going to have a standup here because Leo Gracie wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Reza counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gracie throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Reza in side control lands a decent elbow.
Reza content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Reza landing strikes.
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 sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reza performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Reza blocks the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Reza is working for a submission of some sort.
Reza tries to stand and escape but Gracie is controlling the position.
Reza with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Reza blocks the strikes from Gracie.
Reza is looking to advance position but Gracie won't allow it.
Gracie strikes from the bottom but Reza uses the opportunity to move to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reza cracks Gracie with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gracie gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Reza trying to control the pace.
Reza's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Gracie throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Reza blocks the strikes from Gracie.
Reza takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Gracie misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Gracie tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Gracie flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gracie is in trouble now - Reza has advanced to mount!
Reza controlling from the full mount.
Gracie is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Gracie swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Reza maintains control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie throws a strike from the bottom but Reza uses the opportunity to take his back.
Reza controlling well, preventing Gracie from escaping the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gunther Reza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Reza winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gunther Reza!
Gunther Reza seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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