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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Vasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alberto Vasquez struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.3lbs 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. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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135 lbs
6 - 6 - 1 |
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168 cm
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158 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alberto Vasquez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham shoots in looking for a takedown but Vasquez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Graham's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Vasquez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Vasquez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Graham wants to improve his position but instead Vasquez has moved into half guard.
Vasquez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Graham wants to improve his position but Vasquez is controlling well.
Graham is trying to stand.
Vasquez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Graham defending well though.
Vasquez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Graham's head.
Vasquez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Vasquez wants to pass the guard but Graham is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vasquez lands a nice short elbow.
Graham makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Graham.
Vasquez wants to pass the guard but Graham is keeping the position.
Graham avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vasquez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Vasquez stops Graham from standing up.
Vasquez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Graham swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Graham pushes Vasquez away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Vasquez gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Vasquez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Graham some visible discomfort.
Graham is working to avoid the ground and pound but Vasquez connects with a decent elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graham dodges the ground and pound from Vasquez.
Vasquez working the ground and pound.
Vasquez wants to control but Graham is keeping him busy.
Graham takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez wants to control but Graham is keeping him busy.
Vasquez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Vasquez with the ground and pound but Graham regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Graham looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Vasquez trying to mount his opponent but Graham defends it.
Vasquez is looking to take a break and control but Graham is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Graham is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Vasquez pulls his head out easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez passes to full mount!
Vasquez tries to control but Graham wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Vasquez.
Graham regains half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasquez works his way into full mount!
BOOM! Vasquez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alberto Vasquez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Graham shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Graham looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Vasquez throws a couple of heel strikes.
Graham wants to get up but he can't break Vasquez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Vasquez keeping full guard, as Graham tries to pass.
Vasquez has a closed guard, preventing Graham from standing up.
Vasquez pushes Graham off and gets back to his feet.
Vasquez fails to land the takedown.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Graham.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Vasquez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Graham keeps working.
Vasquez might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Graham kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Graham throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Vasquez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Graham as he avoids it easily.
Graham wants to clinch up but Vasquez keeps it at a distance.
Graham shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Vasquez's guard.
Graham wants to stand but Vasquez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham preventing the sweep.
Graham passes Vasquez's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vasquez tries to roll over but Graham keeps him under control.
Graham looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Graham is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Vasquez pushes Graham off but Graham dives into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Vasquez has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Graham but great work by Vasquez.
Vasquez working the head and body with strikes.
Graham stops Vasquez from passing to mount.
Graham tries to improve position but can't.
Vasquez just content to control the position.
Vasquez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Graham is not content to let Vasquez control the position.
Vasquez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez lands a nice forearm strike.
Graham is looking for a sweep.
Vasquez trying to control the position but Graham is working away.
Vasquez tries to advance to mount but Graham denies him.
Vasquez trying to control the position but Graham is working away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasquez lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alberto Vasquez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Graham's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Vasquez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vasquez shoots in and drives through. Graham sprawls well.
Vasquez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Graham misses with a double jab.
Graham shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vasquez but Vasquez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Vasquez closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Graham quickly recovers to half guard.
Vasquez wants to control but Graham is keeping him busy.
Graham is trying to get back to full guard.
Graham won't allow Vasquez to pass to mount.
Graham moves into full guard.
Alberto Vasquez has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vasquez throwing strikes from guard but Graham blocks nicely.
Vasquez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Graham looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vasquez is one step ahead there.
Vasquez looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Graham looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vasquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Graham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Alberto Vasquez wasn't active enough on the ground.
Graham closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Vasquez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Graham wants to stand but Vasquez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez has his feet on Graham's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Vasquez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Marcus Graham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alberto Vasquez.
Graham misses with a takedown attempt - Vasquez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vasquez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vasquez has a takedown stuffed.
Graham drives through and clinches with Vasquez against the cage.
Graham breaks the clinch.
Graham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vasquez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham is looking to clinch.
Graham fails to land the takedown.
Vasquez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Graham misses with a takedown attempt - Vasquez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vasquez misses with a takedown
and Graham counters with a nice body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vasquez.
Graham looks for a takedown but Vasquez sprawls well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasquez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vasquez is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Marcus Graham did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Graham's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Graham fails with the takedown.
Graham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vasquez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown by Graham or perhaps it was just good defense by Vasquez which made him look bad.
Graham tries to close the distance and clinch but Vasquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Graham tries to clinch but Vasquez moves away
and Vasquez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vasquez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Graham did well to prevent Vasquez getting side control.
Vasquez slows the pace down in half guard.
Vasquez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Graham is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vasquez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vasquez's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Vasquez has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Graham has got one arm under Vasquez's chin. This could be trouble... Vasquez trying to control the other hand but Graham gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Vasquez has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marcus Graham!
An out of breath and clearly excited Marcus Graham thanked Just Fight for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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