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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rock Strongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rolando Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rock Strongo has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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296 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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28
298 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rock Strongo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rolando Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strongo pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Gracie sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Strongo's guard.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Strongo is defending well.
Gracie works his foot free and advances to mount.
Strongo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie looking to ground and pound but Strongo is blocking nicely.
Strongo can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strongo defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Gracie.
Strongo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gracie.
Gracie landing punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Strongo is surviving well by controlling Gracie's body position as best he can.
Strongo really wants to buck Gracie off and get back to his feet.
Gracie is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Strongo can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for a guillotine from mount but Strongo is having none of it.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Strongo is squirming around nicely.
Gracie is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Strongo is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Strongo flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Gracie anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Strongo and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Gracie slips an arm under Strongo chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Gracie has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Gracie is squeezing on Strongo like an anaconda would it's prey. Strongo fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rolando Gracie!
During a confident post fight interview, Rolando Gracie thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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