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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Riley Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taco Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Riley Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taco Grande!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grande scores with a sloppy right hand. Lewis should have avoided that one.
Lewis throws a sloppy head kick and Grande moves out of range easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lewis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Grande wants to clinch.
Grande looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Grande blocks a head kick by Lewis.
Lewis throws a looping overhand right but Grande ducks down to avoid it.
Lewis misses with a head kick.
Lewis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lewis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lewis throws a head kick that misses
and Grande counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grande blocks a head kick by Lewis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis throws a jab when Grande was well out of range.
Grande darts in trying to clinch
and Lewis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lewis fails to land with a series of punches.
Lewis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grande moves out of range of the body kick from Lewis.
Lewis looks to land a body kick but Grande moved away.
We've been informed that Grande has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Grande has managed to clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Grande.
Grande unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grande misses with a body punch.
Grande lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grande lands a good knee to the midsection. Lewis won't want to take too many of those.
Lewis is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis is trying to break the clinch but Grande has him pressed against the cage.
Lewis throws a head punch that misses.
Grande is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lewis is defending well for now.
Grande lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grande landing knees to the head.
Lewis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Grande.
Grande lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grande.
Grande breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lewis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Grande connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lewis scrambles back to his feet.
A head kick by Lewis misses
and Grande counters with a left to the body.
The fighters circling - Lewis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lewis throws a one two combo.
Grande throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws a sloppy head kick
and Grande counters with a nice uppercut.
Grande moves to clinch but Lewis breaks away
and Lewis counters with a good, hard body kick but Grande shrugs it off.
Grande doesn't manage to clinch there - Lewis circles away.
Lewis throws a lazy head kick
and Grande makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grande slips a jab and a cross from Lewis.
Grande gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Grande stalls.
Grande trying to land knees to the body.
Grande tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grande is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Grande lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande misses with a knee to the head.
Grande comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grande.
Lewis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grande turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lewis misses with a hook. Grande ducked under it nicely.
Grande tries to close the distance and clinch but Lewis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grande tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lewis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lewis misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lewis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lewis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Grande throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taco Grande dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sloppy strikes from Lewis. Those never looked like landing.
Lewis throws a sloppy head kick
and Grande counters with a thumping low kick.
Lewis throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick misses from Lewis.
Riley Lewis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grande avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lewis cracks the inside of Grande's front leg.
Lewis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grande lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lewis throws a sloppy head kick and Grande moves out of range easily.
Lewis throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick by Lewis misses
and Grande counters with a stiff right hand.
Lewis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grande connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis throws a right hand that Grande ducks under and follows up with a left that Grande also avoids with ease.
Grande blocks a jab.
Grande jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lewis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grande throws a monster overhand right that drops Lewis! Grande follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taco Grande!
A very excited looking Taco Grande made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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