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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katla Vanagandr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant comes to the cage accompanied by Alice in Chains - Rooster. 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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251 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
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230 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cody Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Katla Vanagandr!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vanagandr connects with a body shot.
Grant closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grant connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Katla Vanagandr has been cut.
Vanagandr tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vanagandr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vanagandr throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grant blocks it with crossed arms.
Grant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Vanagandr blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vanagandr.
Grant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grant throws an elbow but misses.
Grant with a knee to the head.
Grant lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vanagandr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grant lands a damaging elbow.
Grant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanagandr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grant creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vanagandr's defenses.
That has opened up Katla Vanagandr's cut even more.
Grant lands a hook to the side of the head.
The cut above Katla Vanagandr's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Grant misses with a knee to the head.
Grant putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vanagandr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vanagandr looks winded!
A nice left hand lands by Grant.
Vanagandr missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Grant.
Grant is looking to land a big knee to finish this one. He's got control of the head and as Vanagandr tries to break Grant's hands from around his neck, Grant unloads with that fight ending knee, right up the middle! Oh man, that was nasty! Vanagandr will need to get back to the training room and learn how to defend against the thai clinch! Oooh, his nose is a mess. Hopefully it's not broken.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Cody Grant!
Cody Grant decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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