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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Coalman Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Gutierrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gutierrez has chosen The Final Countdown, really. as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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269 lbs
19 - 17 - 0 |
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180 cm
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260 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Coalman Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aaron Gutierrez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie cracks Gutierrez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gutierrez throws an off balance right hand
and Gracie counters with a big uppercut that knocks Gutierrez off his feet! Gracie dives into side control looking to finish!
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!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Gracie trying to control the action but Gutierrez is working from the bottom.
Gracie advances to full mount.
Gutierrez is working to get back to half guard.
Gracie is trying to control here but Gutierrez has managed to regain half guard.
Gracie prevents Gutierrez from standing back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Gutierrez dodges it nicely.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gutierrez is not content to let Gracie control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutierrez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Gracie controlling the action here.
Gutierrez trying to control here.
Gutierrez is trying to stand up here but Gracie is controlling him well.
Gracie is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gutierrez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gracie.
Gracie lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gutierrez gets back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie prevents Gutierrez from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gracie's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Gutierrez is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
Gutierrez has momentary wrist control but Gracie slips an elbow through the middle.
Gutierrez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gutierrez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gracie manages to get himself to full guard.
Gutierrez is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracie has wrist control.
Gutierrez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gutierrez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gracie's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gutierrez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gutierrez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie is controlling Gutierrez's posture.
Gutierrez throws an elbow that misses. Gracie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gutierrez's guard. Nice move by Gracie!
Gracie won't allow Gutierrez to get back to his feet.
Gutierrez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
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.
Gracie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gracie is pushing down on Gutierrez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gutierrez is fighting to maintain full guard but Gracie has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gracie wants to control but Gutierrez is keeping him busy.
Gracie stops Gutierrez from getting back to his feet.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Gutierrez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gutierrez wants to get back to his feet.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gutierrez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie works his way into side control.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gutierrez keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Coalman Gracie dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gutierrez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gracie pushes Gutierrez up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gutierrez.
Gutierrez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gracie gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gutierrez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Coalman Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aaron Gutierrez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutierrez is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Gracie has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Gutierrez clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Gracie looking for the choke from the back.
Gracie lands a shot to the body.
Gracie biding his time, looking for the opening.
Gutierrez covering up well under a series of strikes from Gracie.
Gracie lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Gracie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gutierrez turns into Gracie and is now in his guard.
Gutierrez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gutierrez prevents Gracie from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez throws a big elbow that misses.
Gracie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gracie trying to control the position.
Gracie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gutierrez throwing strikes from guard but Gracie blocks nicely.
Gutierrez stopping the sweep attempt from Gracie.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Gutierrez tries to pass.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gutierrez tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.
Gutierrez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gutierrez throws a big elbow that misses.
Gutierrez is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracie has wrist control.
Gutierrez postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.
Gutierrez wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gutierrez throws a strike but Gracie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gracie scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Coalman Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gutierrez wants to stand up but Gracie is controlling him.
Gutierrez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gutierrez lands with some strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie wants to control but Gutierrez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gracie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gutierrez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Coalman Gracie will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Gracie slips a jab from Gutierrez.
Gracie drives through and clinches with Gutierrez against the cage.
Gracie is working for takedown but Gutierrez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Gutierrez manages to get underhooks.
Gutierrez has Gracie pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gracie manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gracie is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Gutierrez can't fight it off and eventually Gracie manages to take the fight to the floor. Gutierrez looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gutierrez wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Gracie scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gutierrez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gracie throws a strike but Gutierrez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gutierrez throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gutierrez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gutierrez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gutierrez.
Gracie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gracie is pulling down on Gutierrez's head to control his posture.
Gracie trying to keep a closed guard but Gutierrez is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We're going to have a standup here because Coalman Gracie wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Gutierrez misses with a body kick.
Gracie has Gutierrez up against the cage in a clinch.
Gutierrez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gracie has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Gutierrez after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coalman Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gutierrez tries to score a body lock takedown but Gracie shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gutierrez is looking for a takedown.
Gutierrez is pressed up against the cage. Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gutierrez down to the mat. Gutierrez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches.
Gracie pulls guard successfully.
Gracie controls Gutierrez momentarily but Gutierrez frees himself.
Gracie 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.
Gracie trying to control the position.
Gutierrez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gutierrez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gutierrez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has his hands on Gutierrez's head, controlling the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gutierrez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gutierrez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gutierrez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Aaron Gutierrez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gracie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gutierrez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie wants to stand up but Gutierrez is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gutierrez manages to get himself to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Coalman Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gracie 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Coalman Gracie!
Coalman Gracie made sure to mention his sponsor, Brute in his post fight interview.
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