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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maciej Niemierski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maciej Niemierski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kevin Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niemierski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Niemierski sprawls well. Niemierski wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Niemierski.
Niemierski closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gracie holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Gracie throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Niemierski is working for a kimura but Gracie is defending it quite comfortably.
Niemierski is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Niemierski trying to mount his opponent but Gracie defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a sweep. Niemierski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Niemierski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gracie wants to improve his position but Niemierski is controlling well.
Niemierski wants to free his trapped foot but Gracie is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gracie trying to control from the bottom.
Gracie is pressing down on Niemierski's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gracie looks gassed!
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Niemierski from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niemierski showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We're going to have a standup here because Maciej Niemierski wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Niemierski looking to score a takedown here. Gracie is defending well but Niemierski drives through and ends up in Gracie's guard.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Niemierski from controlling successfully.
Niemierski wants to pass the guard but Gracie is keeping the position.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Niemierski from controlling successfully.
Gracie striking off his back but it's not causing Niemierski any problems.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niemierski works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gracie wants to control but Niemierski is keeping busy.
Niemierski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Niemierski could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gracie punching from the bottom.
Niemierski wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niemierski is working for a kimura but Gracie is defending it quite comfortably.
Niemierski is thwarting Gracie's attempts to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niemierski wants to take a breather but Gracie is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maciej Niemierski dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nice sprawl there from Niemierski as Gracie shoots in.
Niemierski gets a clinch.
Niemierski avoiding damage.
Niemierski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Niemierski stalling in the clinch but Gracie improves position.
Niemierski has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Gracie regains guard immediately.
Niemierski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Niemierski sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Niemierski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niemierski passes Gracie's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gracie regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Niemierski tries to pass.
Niemierski drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Gracie manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Niemierski has Gracie in his guard.
Niemierski is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Maciej Niemierski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Niemierski is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Niemierski keeps moving.
Niemierski trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Gracie trying to control but Niemierski is working from the bottom.
Niemierski had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Niemierski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Niemierski working a defensive guard here.
Gracie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niemierski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Niemierski is looking for a triangle but Gracie pushes his legs off easily.
Niemierski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Niemierski is trying to control the position but Gracie postures up.
Gracie drops back looking for a leg! Niemierski is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Niemierski manages to kick Gracie off! Gracie jumps back into Niemierski's guard.
Gracie works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niemierski actively working from the bottom here.
Niemierski actively working from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Niemierski trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Gracie manages to pass to mount!
Gracie punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gracie lands a heavy elbow.
Niemierski is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niemierski is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gracie tries to control but Niemierski wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maciej Niemierski dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Niemierski.
Nice sprawl there from Niemierski as Gracie shoots in.
Niemierski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gracie did well to prevent Niemierski getting side control.
Gracie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Niemierski is trying to control. Gracie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gracie manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Niemierski preventing the sweep.
Niemierski sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to control the position but Niemierski postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Niemierski wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
We're going to have a standup here because Maciej Niemierski wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Niemierski fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gracie sprawls well initially but Niemierski persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Niemierski scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Niemierski is trying to work for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.
Gracie won't allow Niemierski to pass to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Niemierski is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gracie is just riding it out for now. Niemierski eventually gives up the hold.
Gracie misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Gracie is looking to control Niemierski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has hold of Niemierski's hands but Niemierski slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gracie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Niemierski is working away from the top position though.
Niemierski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Niemierski seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Niemierski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Niemierski is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Gracie to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niemierski trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie trying to keep a closed guard but Niemierski is proving a slippery customer.
Gracie bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Niemierski's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niemierski has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gracie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Niemierski is trying to keep Gracie in close.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maciej Niemierski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Niemierski has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maciej Niemierski!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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