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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Galaxy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galaxy has chosen Come With Me as his entrance music. Patrick Galaxy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 cm
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235 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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176 cm
25
240 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George Gracie! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Patrick Galaxy! The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A momentary lapse in concentration from Galaxy enables Gracie to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Galaxy manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon. Galaxy working a defensive guard here.
Gracie sitting in guard here, content to control. Gracie wants to control from the top but Galaxy keeps moving. Galaxy trying to control the position here. Galaxy's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Patrick Galaxy. Gracie shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Galaxy defends it nicely. Galaxy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gracie tries for a takedown but Galaxy circles away easily and Galaxy counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Galaxy throws an elbow that misses. Gracie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Galaxy's guard. Nice move by Gracie! Galaxy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there. Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Galaxy works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Galaxy is trying to control the position but Gracie postures up. Gracie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Galaxy works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Galaxy has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon. Galaxy is trying to keep Gracie in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Patrick Galaxy. Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Galaxy. Galaxy should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete. Gracie misses with a takedown and Galaxy counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Gracie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Gracie keeping moving, preventing Galaxy from controlling successfully. Galaxy with a flurry of punches that miss. Gracie is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Galaxy frees his head nicely. Oh but Gracie has switched to an armbar! Galaxy is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). George Gracie! Our winner, George Gracie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
46% |
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