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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Carter Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustavo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Golden as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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190 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Carter Williams !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gustavo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Williams misses with a double jab.
Williams connects with a crisp jab.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Gracie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gracie's coach down at Elite Fighting Temple was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Gracie's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Gracie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Williams !
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Williams tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gracie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Williams 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Williams is trying to get back to half guard.
Williams wants to control but Gracie postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Williams tries to get out of the position.
Williams prevents Gracie from moving into mount.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Williams knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Williams is trying to improve his position.
Gracie passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Williams !
Williams is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Williams is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie controlling from mount.
Williams tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie stands up from mount. Strange move.
Gracie misses with a takedown
enabling Williams to counter with a crisp jab.
Williams uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gracie has time to react.
Gracie walks into a straight right hand from Williams .
Williams works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Williams lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Williams misses.
Michael Carter Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Michael Carter Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gustavo Gracie.
Williams lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gracie wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
Williams jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gracies jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Williams lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gracie moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Williams sprawls well.
Williams connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gracie's hands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams .
Gracie is rocked!
Williams drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Gracie right on the button. Gracie goes down! Williams follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Williams gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Carter Williams !
Michael Carter Williams decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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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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