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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elvin Potts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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215 lbs
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205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Elvin Potts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ted Grant!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Potts tries to close the distance and clinch but Grant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grant instigates a clinch.
Grant can't break the clinch.
Potts with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potts wants to break free but Grant has control.
Grant content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Grant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grant smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Potts tries to clinch but Grant moves out of range.
Potts tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Grant counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Potts shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Grant is trying to defend but Potts finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Potts sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grant defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Grant.
Potts wants to stand but Grant is controlling his posture from full guard.
Grant is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Potts working aggressively here.
Grant jumps guard but Potts stands there with Grant around his waist. Grant gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Potts just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grant's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grant is trying to break the clinch but Potts is controlling him.
Grant breaks the clinch.
Grant keeps the fight on the outside.
Potts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Potts swats away the attempt to clinch by Grant.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Potts paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Potts swats away the attempt to clinch by Grant.
Grant closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant is looking for a takedown.
Grant jumps guard but Potts stands there with Grant around his waist. Grant gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Elvin Potts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ted Grant.
Potts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grant is pushing Potts up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Potts is looking to break free of the clinch but Grant has double underhooks.
Grant breaks from the clinch.
Grant shoots for a double leg takedown but Potts sprawls well. He's pushed Grant's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Potts keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potts gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Grant misses with a hook to the ribs.
Potts looking to stall.
Potts with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grant avoids the elbow strike from Potts, against the cage.
Grant has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Potts is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Grant stalling the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ted Grant dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Grant doesn't manage to clinch there - Potts circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Grant. No joy for Potts on that attempt.
Grant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Grant stuffs the takedown attempt from Potts. Potts gets slowly back to his feet.
Grant connects with a body shot.
Potts blocks a head kick by Grant.
Potts fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Potts swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Grant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Potts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grant scores with a body shot.
Potts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice takedown defense from Potts. No joy for Grant on that attempt.
Grant keeps the fight on the outside.
Potts moves into the clinch successfully.
Grant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grant gets a clinch.
Potts prevents a takedown attempt there.
Grant has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Potts is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Elvin Potts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ted Grant.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant tries to throw a body punch but Potts avoids it by throwing Grant back against the cage.
Grant fails to pull guard.
Potts stalling.
Grant is trying to drag Potts to the mat but Potts just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Grant lands a body punch in the clinch.
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!
Grant is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Potts to keep the fight standing.
Grant fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Grant fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potts misses with an elbow strike.
Grant is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Potts is keeping busy.
Grant crunches a lovely knee into Potts's ribcage.
Potts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Potts wants to clinch.
Grant misses with a takedown
and Potts counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Grant!
Potts decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Grant is breathing heavily.
Potts is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potts tries to clinch up.
Grant shoots in but Potts avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Potts blocks a head kick by Grant.
Potts shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Elvin Potts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Potts avoids a kick to the body.
Ted Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potts moves in looking to clinch but Grant pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Potts swats away the attempt to clinch by Grant.
Potts wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ted Grant will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Grant shoots in looking for a takedown. Potts tries to sprawl out of it but Grant keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Potts manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ted Grant seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Potts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grant swats away the attempt to clinch by Potts.
Potts is trying hard to land a takedown here. Grant sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grant goes for a double leg but Potts avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Potts continues to drive forward.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potts.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grant creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potts throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Potts fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grant tries to clinch up.
Grant moves into the clinch.
Grant escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grant with a lazy takedown attempt
and Potts counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Elvin Potts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ted Grant.
Potts working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Potts is in close to Grant's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Grant bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Potts's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grant tries to stand but Potts is controlling from the bottom.
Grant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Potts trying to control the position.
Potts 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Potts has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Grant is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Grant scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grant is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Grant.
Grant is looking to break free of the clinch but Potts has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Grant.
Grant breaks the clinch.
Grant shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Potts as he jumps to the side.
Potts pushes Grant up against the cage in a clinch.
Grant pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grant doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Potts counters with a nice double leg into side control. Grant won't be happy with that.
Potts stands up and beckons Grant to his feet.
Grant dives in and grabs Potts's left leg, looking for a takedown. Potts pushes down on Grant's head and hops out.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Potts.
Potts wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Grant has him pressed against the cage.
Grant tries to break free but Potts pushes him back against the cage.
Potts has a couple of punches blocked by Grant.
Potts can't get the takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Potts with a knee to the head.
Grant is trying to pull guard but Potts has him pressed against the cage.
Elvin Potts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ted Grant is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Potts just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grant's brow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elvin Potts showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Grant 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:29
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ted Grant!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
59% |
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