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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mr White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffson Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by yes. Gracie has chosen Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday as his entrance music. Jeffson Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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158 lbs
20 - 12 - 0 |
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160 cm
28
140 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeffson Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie tries to land a front kick but White steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gracie tries to bum rush White with a series of wild strikes but White uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No luck for Gracie with that takedown attempt.
White cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
White lands a jab to the head.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gracie showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from White.
White cracks Gracie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gracie misses with a leg kick.
Gracie moves to clinch but White breaks away
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White lands with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as White checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
White has closed the distance and engaged Gracie in a clinch.
Gracie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but White has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
White pushes Gracie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
White lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
White makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by White.
White lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gracie misses with a knee strike.
White lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from White on the inside.
White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White ducks right into an uppercut from Gracie.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from White.
Gracie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White scores with a jab. Gracie acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from White. Those never looked like landing.
Gracie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
White scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gracie tries to clinch but White moves away
and White counters with a nice double leg into guard.
White will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
White connects with a couple of short punches.
White 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 not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
White advances position into side control!
White scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Gracie to see if he's OK.
Gracie takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gracie is not content to let White control the position.
White is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White tries to score with some ground and pound. Gracie controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
White grinds an elbow into Gracie's temple.
White in side control lands a decent elbow.
White landing strikes.
Gracie tries to bench press White off him but White keeps the position.
Gracie takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
White scores with punches from side control.
White scoring with punches and elbows.
Gracie manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White works his foot free and advances to mount.
Gracie looks gassed!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
White landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by White.
Gracie is rocked!
White unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Gracie wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! White celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mr White!
Mr White took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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