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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Maadhav Narasimhan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kickstart. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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162 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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170 lbs
13 - 11 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maadhav Narasimhan !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narasimhan throws out a powerful jab.
Nice shot lands for Gracie.
Gracie swings for the body but Narasimhan moves out of range.
A combination from Gracie does no damage.
Gracie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Narasimhan just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Gracie.
Gracie working the ground and pound but Narasimhan is defending the strikes.
Gracie in side control, throwing shots but Narasimhan defends.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
You can see the frustration on Narasimhan 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Narasimhan keeps working.
Gracie throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gracie tries to move into full mount but can't pass Narasimhan 's legs.
Narasimhan is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Maadhav Narasimhan just wasn't active enough.
Jab, jab by Gracie - just one landing.
Gracie misses with a straight right.
Narasimhan lands a right hook to the body.
Gracie moves out of range of the leg kick from Narasimhan .
Narasimhan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Narasimhan .
Gracie scores with a punch to the head.
Narasimhan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gracie is out of range and Narasimhan settles back down.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Narasimhan was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie moves out of range of the leg kick from Narasimhan .
Gracie moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gracie goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Narasimhan slips a jab from Gracie.
Narasimhan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracie moves away.
Gracie connects with the punch.
Narasimhan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gracie tries to clinch up but Narasimhan circles away and keeps his distance.
Narasimhan throws an off balance right hand
and Gracie counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Narasimhan 's guard now.
Narasimhan looking to control but Gracie passes into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Narasimhan has hold of Gracie's hands but Gracie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Narasimhan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Narasimhan tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing shots but Narasimhan is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Narasimhan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gracie is pressing down on Narasimhan 's thigh, looking to free his foot. Narasimhan is holding on for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royce Gracie dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Narasimhan slaps away a takedown attempt from Gracie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gracie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Narasimhan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gracie scrambles back to his feet.
Gracie scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Narasimhan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gracie has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gracie lands an overhand right.
Narasimhan tries to score with a low kick but Gracie moves his leg out of the way.
Narasimhan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Narasimhan .
Gracie dips to his left and cracks Narasimhan with an uppercut!
Gracie misses with a leg kick.
A lazy left from Gracie finds it's target.
Narasimhan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Narasimhan defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Narasimhan avoids the body shot from Gracie.
Narasimhan throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Gracie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Narasimhan cracks Gracie with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Narasimhan 's shoulder, as Narasimhan tries to avoid the shot.
Nice cross by Gracie.
Narasimhan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Narasimhan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Maadhav Narasimhan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Narasimhan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gracie misses with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Narasimhan .
Narasimhan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Narasimhan checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Gracie. That snapped Narasimhan 's head back.
Gracie tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gracie throws a leg kick which misses Narasimhan 's front leg but catches the back leg as Narasimhan tries to avoid it.
Narasimhan throws a leg kick that misses.
Narasimhan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gracie takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie walks into a straight right hand from Narasimhan .
Gracie scores with the left hand. Narasimhan knows he should have avoided that one.
Royce Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Narasimhan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Narasimhan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gracie throws a leg kick but Narasimhan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Narasimhan walks into a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Narasimhan .
Gracie lands a jab to the nose.
Narasimhan connects with a body shot that sends Gracie's belly button to the back.
Narasimhan throws a low kick, looking for Gracie's leg but Gracie calmly moves out of range.
Narasimhan looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Gracie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Narasimhan .
Narasimhan misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gracie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Narasimhan is looking to slow Gracie down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Narasimhan moves away and avoids it.
Gracie throws a body punch but Narasimhan moves out of range.
Gracie clinches.
Narasimhan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gracie pulls guard successfully.
Gracie has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Narasimhan should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Gracie has tightened it up now! Narasimhan should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Royce Gracie!
Our winner, Royce Gracie, 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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