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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob McGrady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ovid Julios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGrady comes to the cage accompanied by Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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279 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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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
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob McGrady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ovid Julios!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Julios slams his shin into McGrady's torso.
Julios plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Bob McGrady has been cut.
A head kick misses from Julios.
McGrady is trying hard to land a takedown here. Julios sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Julios fakes the leg kick and cracks McGrady in the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Julios clinches up against the cage.
Julios unloads a knee to the mid-section. McGrady lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McGrady is breathing heavily.
McGrady takes a knee right on the jaw!
Julios crunches a lovely knee into McGrady's ribcage.
Julios throws a knee to the head but misses.
Julios crunches a lovely knee into McGrady's ribcage.
Julios with a knee to the head.
Julios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Julios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McGrady.
Julios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McGrady has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Julios.
Knees in the clinch landing for Julios.
Julios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Julios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Julios landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrady blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Julios.
Julios lands a knee to the body.
Julios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Julios landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Julios lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Julios with a knee to the head.
Julios missing with knees to the body.
Julios lands a good knee to the midsection. McGrady won't want to take too many of those.
Julios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Julios missing with knees to the body.
Julios throws a knee to the head but misses.
Julios misses with a knee strike.
Julios landing knees to the head.
Julios landing knees to the body.
Julios lands a knee to the body.
Julios is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McGrady is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGrady takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Julios.
A knee to the head by Julios.
Julios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Julios missing with knees to the body.
Julios landing knees to the head.
Julios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McGrady in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Julios misses with a knee to the head.
Julios tries to land knees in the clinch but McGrady avoids the damage to the body.
Julios missing with knees to the body.
McGrady avoiding damage as Julios throws knees to the body.
Julios missing with knees to the body.
Julios tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Julios scores a nice knee to the body.
Julios tries a knee to the head but McGrady blocks it.
McGrady is trying to push Julios away but Julios has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julios stops a takedown attempt from McGrady.
Julios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McGrady misses with a hook to the ribs.
Julios scores a nice knee to the body.
Julios tries to land a knee to the head but McGrady blocks with his arms.
Julios connects with a knee to the head.
Julios tries to land a knee to the head but McGrady blocks with his arms.
Julios lands a good knee to the midsection. McGrady won't want to take too many of those.
Julios throws a knee to the head but misses.
Julios throws a knee to the head but misses.
Julios tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Julios trying to land knees to the body.
McGrady misses with a hook to the ribs.
Julios tries to land a knee to the head but McGrady blocks with his arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Julios.
Julios landing knees to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julios is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McGrady is defending well for now.
McGrady avoiding damage as Julios throws knees to the body.
McGrady is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McGrady has Julios pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. McGrady pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Julios tumbling to the mat - McGrady dives into Julios's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Julios looking for a sweep. Not yet Julios, not yet.
Julios is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
McGrady avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGrady pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Julios is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ovid Julios dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob McGrady's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Julios is looking to clinch.
McGrady swats away the attempt to clinch by Julios.
Julios uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McGrady.
Julios closes the distance looking to clinch
and McGrady counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Julios's guard now.
Julios has his foot on McGrady's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. McGrady works his way back into a safe position though.
McGrady in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McGrady throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Julios works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Julios is looking for a triangle but McGrady pushes his legs off easily.
McGrady is in close to Julios's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Julios had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. McGrady defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGrady looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Julios has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but McGrady can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
McGrady connects with a couple of short punches.
McGrady missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Julios looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Julios is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and McGrady defends well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Julios looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Julios is breathing heavily.
Julios looking for submissions from the bottom but instead McGrady passes into half guard.
Julios is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but McGrady pulls his head out easily.
Julios looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Julios manages to get to full guard.
McGrady not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGrady preventing the sweep.
Julios is looking for a triangle but McGrady pushes his legs off easily.
McGrady stands up over Julios, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Julios looking for submissions from the bottom but instead McGrady passes into half guard.
Bob McGrady overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McGrady is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McGrady is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Julios is looking for a sweep. McGrady is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGrady lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGrady works his way into side control.
Julios struggling a bit here.
Julios tries to improve position but can't.
McGrady cracks Julios with a big right hand but Julios just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
It looks like Ovid Julios has been cut.
McGrady working the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Julios taking a bit of punishment here - McGrady scoring with strikes.
Julios is looking to regain half guard here but McGrady keeps moving and retains side control.
McGrady lands a nice forearm strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob McGrady dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Julios has McGrady up against the cage in a clinch.
McGrady lands a nice shot to the body.
McGrady throws a head punch that misses.
McGrady pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McGrady misses with the combination.
McGrady shoots in but no luck this time.
The fight stays on the outside here - Julios looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McGrady lands with a straight right. Julios didn't see that one coming.
Julios is rocked!
McGrady gets a big slam - oh, Julios is out! Julios is out! That's a nasty KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Bob McGrady!
Bob McGrady made sure to mention his sponsor, Syndicate Nutrition in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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