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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between The Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Gragula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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203 lbs
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202 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, The Beast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Viktor Gragula!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beast closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Beast lands in his opponent's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Beast trying to control but Gragula is working from the bottom.
Beast avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gragula working a defensive guard but Beast passes into half guard.
Beast looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gragula with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Beast trying to control the pace.
Beast scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Beast 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.
Beast 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.
Gragula has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Beast is working away from the top position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gragula looks like he's trying to stand up.
Beast is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gragula with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gragula wants to get back to full guard.
Beast lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beast scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Beast controlling the action here.
Beast lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Beast is looking for a kimura here.
Beast stops Gragula from getting back to his feet.
Gragula looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast winds up and cracks Gragula with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gragula is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Beast pulls his head out easily.
Beast content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We've been hearing good reports from Beast's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Beast's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Gragula looking for submissions off his back.
Gragula tries to kick Beast off but Beast keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Beast there.
Beast lands strikes from half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Beast in particular looking to stall.
Beast 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.
Beast controlling the action here.
Beast lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Beast is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in half guard, Beast seems content to control.
Beast looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gragula with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Beast is thwarting Gragula's attempts to control the position.
Beast working Gragula over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gragula is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Beast is tapping! Great win for Gragula!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Viktor Gragula!
Our winner, Viktor Gragula, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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