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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Heston Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bruens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Animal I Have Become. Bruens has chosen River Below as his entrance music. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Heston Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Bruens!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Bruens saw that one coming.
Bruens doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gracie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bruens at a distance.
Gracie throws the left hand but Bruens avoids the punch easily.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie checks a leg kick.
Gracie lands a nice hook to Bruens's body. Bruens takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bruens tries to sprawl but Gracie drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bruens blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Gracie lands strikes from half guard.
Bruens is trying to get back to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruens is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Bruens is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bruens has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gracie is working away from the top position though.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Bruens to regain full guard.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruens looking for a sweep. Not yet Bruens, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Bruens is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bruens is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Heston Gracie just wasn't active enough.
Bruens feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bruens throwing strikes from guard but Gracie blocks nicely.
Bruens pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracie is keeping the position for now.
Gracie is trying to control the position but Bruens postures up.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bruens missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracie had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bruens defends it easily.
Gracie looking to control.
Bruens missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bruens accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bruens working some strikes from top position.
Gracie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bruens tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.
Bruens loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Bruens from controlling successfully.
Gracie controls Bruens momentarily but Bruens frees himself.
Bruens missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracie wants to sweep here but Bruens controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to keep a closed guard but Bruens is proving a slippery customer.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Heston Gracie wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Bruens gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Bruens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
Gracie takes a swing at Bruens's ribcage but misses.
Bruens misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bruens shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruens landing some decent shots from guard.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Bruens from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Heston Gracie will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bruens drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bruens throwing strikes from guard but Gracie blocks nicely.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
Bruens got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracie has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bruens has managed to get both his arms back between Gracie's legs - danger averted.
Gracie has control of Bruens's left arm, preventing Bruens from doing any damage.
Bruens tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.
Gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bruens can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bruens landing some decent shots from guard.
Gracie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruens trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Paul Bruens has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bruens looking to sit in guard and control but Gracie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bruens has his foot on Gracie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gracie works his way back into a safe position though.
Gracie won't allow Bruens to sweep him here.
Bruens is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bruens wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Gracie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bruens keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruens has momentary wrist control but Gracie slips an elbow through the middle.
Bruens 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.
Bruens utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bruens looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie trying to control but Bruens is working from the bottom.
Gracie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gracie postures up.
Bruens looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bruens lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gracie!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie can't escape the position.
Gracie slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Gracie slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bruens controlling from the top position.
Bruens trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Bruens avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bruens preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bruens scoring with some ground and pound.
Bruens postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bruens must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bruens passes Gracie's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gracie tries to roll over but Bruens keeps him under control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Paul Bruens will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Bruens.
Bruens throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Bruens defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Bruens gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gracie bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Bruens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruens misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Bruens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Bruens.
Gracie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gracie clobbers Bruens with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A low kick from Bruens misses
and Gracie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gracie is looking to wear down Bruens with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gracie attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Bruens.
Bruens throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
A lazy left from Gracie finds it's target.
Gracie feints and as Bruens raises his hands in defense, Gracie changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gracie passes Bruens's left leg - he's now in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruens tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
Gracie content to control rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Bruens is defending well.
Gracie drops an elbow to the side of Bruens's head.
Bruens is refusing to be controlled, as Gracie sits in half guard.
Bruens has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gracie is working away from the top position though.
Bruens wants to sweep but Gracie has passed to side control!
Bruens sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bruens has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gracie is working away from the top position though.
Gracie moves into full mount! Bruens won't be happy about that!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bruens is looking to get to half guard.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bruens is looking to escape.
Bruens is trying to escape the mount.
Gracie working Bruens over with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gracie with shots to the head and body - Bruens looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bruens tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.
Gracie with shots to the head and body - Bruens looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heston Gracie clearly takes 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.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bruens manages to avoid it.
Gracie misses with a body punch
and Bruens counters with a nice uppercut.
Gracie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bruens counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gracie misses with a lunging right hand
and Bruens counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gracie thinking.
Heston Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Bruens uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Bruens moved out of range nicely.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Bruens shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruens winds up and cracks Gracie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bruens is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie has his hands clasped together around Bruens's back. He's all about the action.
Bruens winds up and cracks Gracie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Gracie regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gracie pulls Bruens in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruens trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bruens is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gracie wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gracie has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Paul Bruens has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Gracie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruens postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gracie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bruens throws a big elbow that misses.
Bruens postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gracie pulls Bruens in close to prevent any damage.
Bruens scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bruens throws an elbow that misses. Gracie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bruens's guard. Nice move by Gracie!
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Bruens.
Gracie stands and throws Bruens's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Bruens is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie scores with a couple of short elbows.
Gracie scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Bruens to see if he's OK.
Gracie looks up at the clock and then as Bruens takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gracie smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bruens manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Well, if Gracie is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bruens manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bruens looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Gracie puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Paul Bruens will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Gracie throws a jab when Bruens was well out of range.
A nice combination there by Gracie.
Gracie takes a swing at Bruens's ribcage but misses.
Jab from Gracie.
Bruens punishes Gracie's body with a nice straight punch.
Bruens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Bruens throws a leg kick but Gracie sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Bruens walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Gracie throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bruens counters with a takedown into side control.
Bruens throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Bruens cracks Gracie with a big elbow.
Bruens sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gracie is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ground and pound from Bruens seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Bruens in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Gracie avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bruens.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gracie is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bruens connects with a decent elbow.
Gracie is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruens throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bruens scores with a couple of short elbows.
Gracie can't do much from the bottom here.
Bruens connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gracie some visible discomfort.
Bruens misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Gracie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bruens tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruens working the strikes but Gracie uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Bruens prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Gracie is positioning himself well to prevent Bruens advancing to mount.
Still in half guard, Bruens seems content to control.
Gracie is trying to maintain the position but Bruens is very close to passing his half guard.
Bruens throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gracie taking some punishment here, with Bruens in his half guard.
Bruens is trying to control. Gracie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bruens prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Bruens is pressing down on Gracie's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gracie is holding on for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bruens.
Bruens trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bruens is working away from the top position though.
Bruens trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie is looking to control Bruens's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Bruens comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bruens has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 47:48
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 47:48
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Bruens!
Paul Bruens is the new lightweight champion!
Paul Bruens thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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