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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ralek Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnathon stuart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnathon stuart struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. On his way into the cage it seems that Ralek Gracie has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ralek Gracie seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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198 lbs
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186 cm
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201 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ralek Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnathon stuart!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
stuart closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
stuart sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracie defending well though.
Gracie punching from the bottom.
stuart tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
stuart is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie is pressing down on stuart's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
stuart wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from stuart.
stuart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a takedown into stuart's guard.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. stuart is keeping the position for now.
stuart preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
stuart is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
stuart looks gassed!
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. stuart is keeping the position for now.
Gracie with a nice head shot there.
stuart looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
stuart has Gracie pulled in close to control his posture.
stuart is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but stuart is retaining full guard.
stuart wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Gracie connects with a couple of short punches.
Gracie thows a big elbow that misses.
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 passes stuart's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
stuart won't allow Gracie to pass to mount.
Gracie is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
stuart is just holding on here. Gracie manages to take his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on stuart's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
stuart defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Gracie is punishing stuart with strikes - can he finish him?!
stuart is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Gracie off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Gracie throwing damaging strikes from the back! stuart could be in trouble here!
Gracie doesn't have the hooks in and stuart manages to turn into his guard.
stuart must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gracie is on top in guard.
stuart 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.
Gracie passes stuart's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
stuart is controlling Gracie's position as best he can from this difficult position.
stuart misses with some strikes from the bottom.
stuart looking for submissions off his back.
stuart actively working from the bottom here.
stuart wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy.
Gracie winds up and cracks stuart with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gracie throwing shots but stuart is blocking nicely.
stuart is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ralek Gracie dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
stuart tries for a takedown but Gracie circles away easily
and Gracie counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
stuart drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gracie is looking for a triangle but stuart pushes his legs off easily.
stuart would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. stuart gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
stuart drops back looking for a leg! Gracie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gracie manages to kick stuart off! stuart jumps back into Gracie's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie has his foot on stuart's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. stuart works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control the position.
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
stuart gets to his feet. Gracie looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
stuart drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
stuart decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Gracie, up you get!
Ralek Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
stuart gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gracie punishes stuart's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. stuart sprawls well initially but Gracie persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gracie lands a nice short elbow.
Gracie stops stuart from getting back to his feet.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
stuart tries to kick Gracie off but Gracie keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ralek Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gracie slips a nice elbow through stuart's hands, connecting with stuart's forehead.
Gracie tries to pass the half guard into mount. stuart knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gracie working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie scoring with strikes to the body and head.
stuart is refusing to be controlled, as Gracie sits in half guard.
Gracie is pressing down on stuart's thigh, looking to free his foot. stuart is holding on for now.
Gracie throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
stuart is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gracie is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so stuart is just riding it out for now. Gracie eventually gives up the hold.
stuart looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nice strikes from Gracie there.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
stuart tries for a takedown but Gracie circles away easily
and Gracie counters with a head kick.
Gracie stuffs the takedown attempt from stuart. stuart gets slowly back to his feet.
Ralek Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnathon stuart.
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on stuart's shoulder, as stuart tries to avoid the shot.
stuart looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gracie is fending him off so far but stuart persists. Nope, Gracie circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ralek Gracie will probably get the nod.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Nice takedown defense from Gracie. No joy for stuart on that attempt.
stuart shoots in and drives through. Gracie sprawls well.
Gracie shoots and misses
and stuart counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gracie won't be happy with that.
stuart working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gracie is looking to regain half guard here but stuart keeps moving and retains side control.
stuart works to advance to full mount. Gracie defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
stuart lands a heavy elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
stuart looking to control but Gracie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gracie tries to improve his position but instead stuart has taken his back!
stuart has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Gracie is in real trouble here. stuart gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Gracie is tapping out! stuart wins by rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Johnathon stuart!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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