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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renzo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Payton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renzo Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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200 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Renzo Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gary Payton!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Payton pinned against the cage. Payton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Payton doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Payton defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie darts in looking for a takedown but Payton gets double underhooks and turns Gracie into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renzo Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Payton lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Renzo Gracie has been cut.
Payton lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Payton lands an elbow inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Payton landing knees to the head.
Payton gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Payton is pressed up against the cage. Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Payton down to the mat. Payton avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is trying hard to land a takedown here. Payton sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gary Payton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Payton.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Payton stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gracie is trying hard to land a takedown here. Payton sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Payton wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Payton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Payton.
Payton connects with a knee to the head.
Payton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees to the body from Payton.
Payton stalling the fight.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Payton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Payton.
Nice elbow from Payton.
Gracie goes for a takedown in the clinch but Payton prevents it.
Payton lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Payton lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Payton connects with a knee to the head.
Payton scores a nice knee to the body.
Payton connects with a knee to the head.
Payton lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Payton putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Payton lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Payton lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
The referee calls for Payton to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Payton.
Payton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Payton obliges.
Payton will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gracie up against the cage.
Payton lands a knee to the body.
Payton working Gracie over with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gary Payton.
Payton fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Payton tries to sprawl but Gracie drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gracie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Payton throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Payton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie drops an elbow to the side of Payton's head.
Nice strikes from Gracie there.
Gracie thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Payton works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gracie scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Payton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renzo Gracie's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Payton tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Payton to the ground. Payton escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Payton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Payton lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Payton slowing the pace effectively.
Gracie looking for a takedown.
A knee to the head by Payton.
Payton stalls.
Payton gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renzo Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Payton takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Payton lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Payton obliges.
The referee is keeping an eye on Payton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gary Payton seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gary Payton.
Payton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie fails with the takedown.
Payton has managed to clinch.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Payton connects with a knee to the head.
Payton landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Payton connects with a knee to the head.
Payton lands an elbow inside.
Payton comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Payton lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Payton prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payton slowing the pace effectively.
Payton putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Payton utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Payton lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Payton lands an elbow inside.
Payton taking a breather.
Payton prevents a takedown attempt there.
Payton prevents a takedown attempt there.
Payton lands a nice elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Payton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Payton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gracie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Payton clinches.
Payton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Payton lands an elbow inside.
Payton lands an elbow inside.
Payton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Payton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Payton unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Payton landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Payton stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Payton crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Payton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gracie drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Payton avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Payton lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Payton holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gracie drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Payton gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie wants a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Payton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Renzo Gracie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Payton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Payton wants to clinch.
Gracie shoots in but no luck this time.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Payton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gracie darts in looking for a takedown but Payton gets double underhooks and turns Gracie into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renzo Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Payton landing knees to the head.
Payton with a knee to the head.
Payton lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Payton.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Payton lands a damaging elbow.
Payton with a knee to the head.
Payton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Payton lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Payton lands a knee to the body.
Payton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Payton is pressed up against the cage. Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Payton down to the mat. Payton avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Payton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The referee calls for Payton to work.
Payton receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A knee to the head by Payton.
Payton lands a nice elbow.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Payton gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gracie letting Payton take a breather here.
Gracie is looking for a takedown.
Gracie looking for a takedown.
Payton is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payton just leaning against Gracie, taking a breather.
Gracie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Payton is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Payton lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Payton crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Payton lands a knee to the head.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Payton manages to get underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Gracie is working for takedown but Payton is calmly controlling the position for now.
Payton dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gracie tries to score a body lock takedown but Payton shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Payton working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Gracie being controlled against the cage.
Payton unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gracie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payton creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Payton gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Payton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Payton lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Payton is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gracie has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Payton after a bit of a struggle.
Gracie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Payton is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gracie wants a takedown.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Payton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Payton tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Payton tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Renzo Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Renzo Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie darts in looking for a takedown but Payton gets double underhooks and turns Gracie into the cage.
Payton crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Payton lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Payton lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Gracie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payton.
Gracie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Payton pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Payton is pushing Gracie up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Payton lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Payton stops a takedown attempt from Gracie.
Come on Payton - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gracie wants to take the fight to the mat but Payton manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Payton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Payton winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Payton!
Gary Payton 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
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