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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trinidad Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forrest Gryphen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gryphen's choice of entrance music: Tubthumping. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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216 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trinidad Suarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Forrest Gryphen!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Topper Green and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gryphen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Suarez punishes Gryphen's body with a nice straight punch.
Suarez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Suarez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gryphen has time to react.
Suarez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Gryphen to the ground. Suarez is now in Gryphen's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Suarez distracts Gryphen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gryphen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Suarez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Suarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Suarez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gryphen keeping moving, preventing Suarez from controlling successfully.
Suarez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Our spies down at at LOD-Guts & Glory Gym inform us that Gryphen has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gryphen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Suarez.
Suarez lands a couple of digs.
Suarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Gryphen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Suarez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Suarez 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.
Gryphen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Suarez works over Gryphen with some ground and pound from guard.
Gryphen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Suarez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Suarez wants to pass the guard but Gryphen is keeping the position.
We've been hearing that Suarez has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Suarez scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is pushing down on Gryphen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gryphen is fighting to maintain full guard but Suarez has managed to sneak the leg through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gryphen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Suarez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gryphen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Suarez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
It looks like Forrest Gryphen has been cut.
Suarez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Suarez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gryphen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Suarez.
Gryphen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Suarez.
Suarez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Suarez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gryphen keeps working.
Suarez looks to land a strike but Gryphen avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Gryphen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Suarez connects with a couple of short punches.
Suarez wants to pass the guard but Gryphen is keeping the position.
Suarez throws a big elbow that misses.
Suarez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gryphen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Suarez.
Suarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Gryphen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Suarez distracts Gryphen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez with a nice head shot there.
Gryphen controls Suarez momentarily but Suarez frees himself.
Gryphen managing to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suarez postures up in Gryphen's guard and throws a big left but Gryphen blocks it.
Gryphen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Suarez is one step ahead there.
Gryphen keeping full guard, as Suarez tries to pass.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gryphen looking for a sweep. Not yet Gryphen, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trinidad Suarez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Forrest Gryphen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Suarez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gryphen counters with a leg kick.
Gryphen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Suarez moves away.
Gryphen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Suarez lands a slapping body shot.
Suarez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gryphen is fending him off so far but Suarez persists. Nope, Gryphen circles away and we're back to standing.
Suarez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Suarez fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trinidad Suarez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Suarez 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.
Suarez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gryphen pulls Suarez in close to prevent any damage.
Suarez throwing strikes from guard but Gryphen blocks nicely.
Gryphen working a defensive guard here.
Suarez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Suarez wants to control from the top but Gryphen keeps moving.
Suarez's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Trinidad Suarez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Trinidad Suarez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A bone on bone clash there as Suarez blocks the leg kick.
Suarez shoots for a double leg takedown but Gryphen sprawls well. He's pushed Suarez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Suarez throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Gryphen to counter with a crisp jab.
Gryphen motions for Suarez to come forward. Gryphen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Horrible takedown by Suarez or perhaps it was just good defense by Gryphen which made him look bad.
Suarez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suarez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gryphen's half guard.
Suarez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suarez wants to pass the guard but Gryphen is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gryphen regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Suarez.
Gryphen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Suarez is looking to work some ground and pound but Gryphen has wrist control.
Gryphen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Suarez.
Suarez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Suarez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Suarez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Suarez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gryphen dodges the ground and pound from Suarez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is chipping away with strikes.
Gryphen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gryphen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Suarez works to advance to full mount. Gryphen defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Gryphen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Gryphen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Suarez postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Gryphen bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Suarez and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trinidad Suarez!
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