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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grant Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robb Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norris's entrance music is The Night by Kromestatik. A fine choice. Robb Stark acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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195 cm
33
220 lbs
19 - 9 - 0 |
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195 cm
26
215 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good gas tank |
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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
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Grant Norris! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robb Stark! The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Norris turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Norris scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Stark blocks a head kick by Norris.
Stark moves to clinch but Norris breaks away and Norris counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Robb Stark has been cut. Norris misses with a head kick.
Stark is looking to clinch. Stark tries to clinch up. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Norris slaps away a takedown attempt from Stark, before circling back to the center of the mat. Norris scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. An inside leg kick lands from Norris. Norris misses with an uppercut. Stark saw that one coming. No luck with that takedown attempt from Stark. Stark with a poor takedown and Norris counters with a thumping low kick. Grant Norris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robb Stark. Stark checks a low kick from Norris. Norris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stark. That did some damage! Norris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Grant Norris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Norris looks to land a right hand but Stark moved out of range. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Stark is defended easily by Norris.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Norris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norris fakes the leg kick and cracks Stark in the body. Stark tries to clinch there but Norris circles away.
Norris fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stark looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Norris lands a jab to the head.
Norris throws a body punch but Stark moves out of range. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Stark.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Stark with a poor takedown and Norris counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Stark fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Stark looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Norris is fending him off so far but Stark persists. Nope, Norris circles away and we're back to standing. Stark shoots in for a double leg but Norris sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Stark tries to clinch but Norris moves out of range. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Norris. Sloppy strikes from Norris. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Stark looks to clinch and Norris counters with a one-two to the body. Stark with a poor takedown and Norris counters with a nice uppercut. Norris lands a left and a right that send Stark crashing to the mat, dazed. Norris thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Nice takedown defense from Norris. No joy for Stark on that attempt. Stark misses with a takedown attempt and Norris counters with a stiff right hand. Norris lunges at Stark with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Stark's hand. Norris leaves Stark with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. A lazy left from Norris finds it's target. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Norris dominated that round. The cut man is working on Robb Stark's cut. 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.
Norris connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Stark shoots in for a takedown but Norris shows good takedown defense. Norris cracks Stark with a good jab. Stark closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Norris to the mat! Norris manages to get full guard. Stark passes Norris's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Stark is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Norris has managed to free his arm - good work. Norris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stark can do to turn this around? We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Stark is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Norris is just riding it out for now. Stark eventually gives up the hold. Stark is stalling here. Norris is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Stark seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Norris has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Stark sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard. Stark is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Norris is tapping! Great win for Stark!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Robb Stark! Robb Stark thanked the fans post fight for their support. Grant Norris was interviewed post fight and said 'I made a lot of mental mistakes and it cost me. Lapses of concentration can break ya. I'll be back, bank on it. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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