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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yorgi Apollonik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greyson Rain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greyson Rain acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Yorgi Apollonik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Greyson Rain!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rain connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Apollonik clinches up with Rain and pushes him back against the cage.
Rain is looking for a takedown.
Apollonik has had enough of the clinch but Rain keeps him there for the moment.
Apollonik is trying to break the clinch but Rain has him pressed against the cage.
Apollonik lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Apollonik is trying to break the clinch but Rain has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Apollonik.
Apollonik managing to block the knees to the body from Rain.
Rain tries to pull guard but Apollonik won't allow it.
Rain is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Apollonik is keeping busy.
Apollonik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Apollonik has closed the distance and engaged Rain in a clinch.
A short right from Apollonik on the inside.
Apollonik escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Apollonik, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Apollonik closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Apollonik struggles to land a body shot inside as Rain controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Apollonik working hard to break the clinch.
Rain is trying to drag Apollonik to the mat but Apollonik just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Yorgi Apollonik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greyson Rain.
Rain manages to pull guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Apollonik gets to his feet. Rain looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Apollonik has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Apollonik tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rain was well out of range. Poor timing from Apollonik.
Rain has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Rain throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Apollonik.
Apollonik blocks a head kick by Rain.
Apollonik waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rain.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Apollonik lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rain has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rain and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Apollonik misses with a combination
and Rain counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Apollonik missing with a left hand there. Rain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Greyson Rain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rain misses with a few strikes there.
A leg kick checked by Rain.
Apollonik has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rain.
Rain misses with the combination.
Rain misses with the combination.
Rain closes this distance looking for a takedown but Apollonik circles away.
Rain uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Apollonik.
Apollonik misses with a two punch combination.
Apollonik is breathing heavily.
Apollonik connects with a looping right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollonik tries to keep at a distance but Rain has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Apollonik.
Apollonik lands a left hand.
Rain manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Rain pushes Apollonik off and scrambles back to his feet.
A punch combination from Apollonik misses.
Rain throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Apollonik swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Apollonik lands a nice hook to Rain's body. Rain takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Horrible takedown by Rain or perhaps it was just good defense by Apollonik which made him look bad.
Rain misses with a double jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain tries to close the distance and clinch but Apollonik swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rain shoots in and drives through. Apollonik sprawls well.
Apollonik leaves Rain with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Apollonik throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice jab there from Apollonik.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Apollonik throws a combination that misses
and Rain makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A big right from Apollonik misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rain looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Apollonik!
Rain advances to full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Greyson Rain will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Apollonik slaps away a takedown attempt from Rain, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Apollonik circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rain ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Apollonik scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Apollonik throws a series of strikes that have Rain backpedaling.
It looks like Greyson Rain has been cut.
Rain blocks a leg kick.
Rain wants to clinch up but Apollonik keeps it at a distance.
Apollonik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Apollonik gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Apollonik is leaning against Rain and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Apollonik has had enough of the clinch but Rain keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Apollonik lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Apollonik has him pressed against the cage.
Rain tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Apollonik smiles and moves away.
Apollonik tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Apollonik swats away the attempt to clinch by Rain.
Yorgi Apollonik is winning the standup battle so far.
Rain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Apollonik paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Rain misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Apollonik. Rain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Apollonik.
Apollonik throws a right and a left that Rain avoids nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Apollonik pinned against the cage. Apollonik gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Yorgi Apollonik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greyson Rain.
Rain lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rain shoots in for a takedown but Apollonik shows good takedown defense.
Rain misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Apollonik will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Apollonik swings widly with a right hand
and Rain makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick from Apollonik misses.
Rain has a takedown stuffed.
Yorgi Apollonik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain tries to clinch but Apollonik moves away
and Apollonik counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Apollonik.
Apollonik can't break the clinch.
Rain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rain fails to land the takedown.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rain darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rain tries to keep at a distance but Apollonik has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rain blocks a body shot from Apollonik.
Rain wants to take the fight to the mat but Apollonik manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Apollonik is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Rain lands an elbow that stopped Apollonik in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apollonik lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rain.
Apollonik scores with a shoulder strike.
Apollonik lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rain backwards.
Apollonik lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rain changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Apollonik fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rain shoots for a takedown but Apollonik saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rain moves to clinch but Apollonik breaks away
and Apollonik moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Apollonik wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Apollonik is trying to break the clinch but Rain is controlling him.
Rain goes for a takedown attempt but Apollonik pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yorgi Apollonik dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Greyson Rain's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Apollonik throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Apollonik throws a jab when Rain was well out of range.
Apollonik throws the left hand but Rain avoids the punch easily.
Rain blocks a jab.
Apollonik tries to bum rush Rain with a series of wild strikes but Rain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Apollonik misses with an uppercut. Rain saw that one coming.
Apollonik throws out a loose jab but Rain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Apollonik.
Apollonik ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rain looks for the body kick but Apollonik saw that one coming.
Rain fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Apollonik.
Rain tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Apollonik manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Apollonik misses with a looping right.
Apollonik pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A head kick from Rain lands but Apollonik takes it in his stride.
Apollonik gets tackled into the cage by Rain. Rain maintains the clinch.
Yorgi Apollonik has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Apollonik working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Apollonik lands a nice shot to the body.
Apollonik keeps control of Rain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rain is trying to force a seperation but Apollonik has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Rain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick from Apollonik misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Apollonik gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice jab there from Apollonik.
Rain throws a sloppy head kick and Apollonik moves out of range easily.
Rain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Apollonik with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No luck for Rain with that takedown attempt.
Rain tries to clinch there but Apollonik circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain slips under a jab.
Apollonik throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rain.
Rain avoids the body shot from Apollonik.
Rain manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Apollonik on his heels. He'll look to pass Apollonik's guard now, I'm sure.
Rain seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Rain pushing down on Apollonik's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Apollonik trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rain looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Apollonik is trying to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Greyson Rain.
I think Rain has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Greyson Rain!
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