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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zevran Arishok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miguel Grace has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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183 cm
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176 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zevran Arishok!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grace with a poor takedown
and Grace takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grace ducks right into an uppercut from Arishok.
Arishok connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Arishok gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Arishok stalling in the clinch.
Arishok lands with a light punch inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Grace can't get the takedown.
Arishok lands with a left to the head.
Arishok lands a shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Arishok scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Arishok lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arishok gets underhooks to prevent Grace's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miguel Grace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arishok pushes Grace back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've been hearing reports that Grace has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Arishok lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Arishok - that landed with a thud.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Arishok has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Grace is working for takedown but Arishok is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nice body punch from Arishok - that landed with a thud.
Grace is breathing heavily.
A shot in the inside from Arishok.
Arishok manages to pull guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Grace preventing the sweep.
Arishok is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Grace tries to get to full guard but Arishok has control of the leg.
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!
Arishok stands up from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Arishok does it's job there.
Arishok lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Arishok closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Arishok stalling in the clinch.
Arishok gets through Grace's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Arishok as the two fighters clinch.
Arishok lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Arishok scores with a hook to the body.
Grace can't get the takedown.
Arishok working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Arishok is struggling to control the position.
Arishok presses Grace against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Arishok breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arishok works the jab nicely.
Grace on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Arishok.
Arishok scores with a hook to the body. Grace takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Arishok catches Grace with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Arishok feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Graces jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Arishok cracks Grace with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Grace looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Arishok finish him?
Grace is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arishok walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Grace drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Arishok swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Grace's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zevran Arishok!
Zevran Arishok seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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