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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by The Bravery - time won't let me go. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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205 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kron Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taylor Davis!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Gracie misses its intended target.
Davis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gracie. Gracie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A solid body kick from Davis.
Davis punishes Gracie's body with a nice straight punch.
Gracie connects with the punch.
Gracie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
Davis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Davis cracks Gracie with a good jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Davis lands with a right hand.
Gracie cracks Davis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Davis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gracie back to the cage. Davis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Davis moved out of range nicely.
Davis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Davis looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davis.
Gracie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis feints and then cracks Gracie's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracie down.
Nice jab there from Davis.
Davis motions for Gracie to come forward. Davis throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gracie circles away quickly and effectively.
Davis throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and moves out of range.
Davis thows a body shot but no joy.
Davis is looking to chop away at Gracie's legs.
Davis looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie throws a wild body kick that Davis sees coming a mile off.
Davis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Davis throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Davis. Beautiful body shot.
Gracie avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gracie avoids a kick to the body.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Davis saw that one coming.
Gracie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Davis stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Davis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Davis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Davis slips under a jab from Gracie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good exchange - Davis coming out on top.
Taylor Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Davis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gracie.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Davis pinned against the cage. Davis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Davis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Davis misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Davis circles away quickly and effectively.
Davis stalks Gracie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gracie's face. Gracie staggers backwards, shaken.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis thows a body shot but no joy.
Davis looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Gracie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gracie tries a low kick but Davis avoids it.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Gracie throws out a powerful jab.
Davis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gracie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Davis swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kron Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis misses with a leg kick.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davis scores with a shot to the body.
Gracie throws the left hand but Davis avoids the punch easily.
Davis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gracie's calf.
Davis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Davis sprawls well.
Davis throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Davis lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.
Davis lands a jab.
Davis is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gracie had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Davis scores with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Davis.
Davis throws the kick towards the body but Gracie avoids it.
That kick from Gracie tenderised Davis's leg. Davis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Davis wants to slow Gracie down by chopping away at his legs.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Davis's shoulder, as Davis tries to avoid the shot.
Davis misses with the combination.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Davis.
Gracie cracks Davis with an open hand slap.
Davis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Davis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taylor Davis dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gracie steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Davis. That one must have hurt.
Gracie checks a low kick from Davis.
Gracie misses with a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Davis. Those never looked like landing.
Davis thuds a left hand into Gracie's body.
Davis catches Gracie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Davis scores with a spinning back kick!
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Davis's waist but Davis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Davis, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Davis against the cage but Davis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.
Davis takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kron Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis throws a front kick that sends Gracie stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Davis's shoulder, as Davis tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Davis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Davis, as that shot connected.
Davis throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Davis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Davis, right into the meat.
Taylor Davis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Davis digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Davis misses with an uppercut.
Gracie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Davis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
Both fighters circling a little - Davis finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Davis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davis's corner calls for a 1-2. Davis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Davis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gracie.
Davis scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Davis misses with a leg kick.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Davis misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Davis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gracie at a distance.
Davis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Gracie.
Davis connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
Davis avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Davis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Davis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Davis to score with a decent uppercut.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
Taylor Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie throws a hook but Davis blocks it.
An inside leg kick from Davis misses.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
Gracie moves forwards but Davis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Davis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Gracie blocks the leg kick.
Davis misses with a two punch combination.
Gracie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davis lands with a good body shot.
Gracie is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Davis blocks a jab.
Gracie takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Davis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Davis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gracie. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A leg kick checked by Gracie.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Gracie throws a half hearted mid kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Gracie might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Gracie wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Good leg kick by Davis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Davis misses with a looping right.
Davis defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Gracie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gracie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Davis throws a front kick that sends Gracie stumbling back into the cage.
Davis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gracie doesn't seem bothered though.
Gracie will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gracie on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Davis. Davis obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Davis tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Davis to the ground. Davis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gracie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Davis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Davis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Davis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taylor Davis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Davis scores with a nice right hand.
Davis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gracie.
Gracie throws a hook but Davis avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Davis. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
Davis connects with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Davis.
Davis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Davis delivers a nice body kick.
Davis throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gracie.
Davis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie.
A slapping body kick lands there for Davis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good leg kick by Davis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Davis lands a really nice looking cross but Gracie seems unphased.
Davis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davis. That's going to slow Gracie down.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Davis moves out of range as Gracie strikes.
Gracie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Davis jabs at Gracie's body.
Davis's corner calls for a 1-2. Davis obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Davis!
Davis throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
Davis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Davis counters with a leg kick.
Davis is looking to score with low kicks.
Davis lands a two punch combo.
Davis scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gracie is defended easily by Davis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kron Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Davis.
Kron Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Davis moves away and avoids it.
Gracie takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Davis is out of range.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie cracks Davis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gracie swinging wildly here.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Davis's head but Davis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A combination from Davis does no damage.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie has a takedown stuffed.
Davis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gracie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis connects with a right hand. Gracie shakes it off.
Davis slips a straight right by Gracie.
Davis digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
Gracie throws a jab but it's blocked by Davis.
Gracie drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Davis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davis lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gracie takes a step back to recover.
Davis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gracie throws the kick towards the body but Davis avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Davis.
Gracie takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A cross from Davis lands.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis connects with an inside leg kick.
Davis looks to land a combination. Gracie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a nice head kick!
Davis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Davis avoids nicely.
Gracie connects with a solid leg kick.
Gracie misses with a kick to the body.
Davis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Davis lands a jab to Gracie's midsection.
Davis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Gracie is defended easily by Davis.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davis manages to avoid it.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Gracie. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Taylor Davis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Davis has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taylor Davis!
During a confident post fight interview, Taylor Davis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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