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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Martin Zinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franz Grave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zinn kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is All Day. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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194 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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195 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martin Zinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franz Grave!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grave fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zinn.
Zinn lands an overhand right.
Zinn misses with an uppercut. Grave saw that one coming.
Zinn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grave moves away.
Zinn has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Grave.
Grave ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Grave tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zinn was well out of range. Poor timing from Grave.
Zinn throws a body shot but no joy.
Zinn lands with a cross.
Zinn throws out a leg kick but Grave moves out of range and Zinn only half commits.
Grave pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zinn jabs Grave right on the nose. Grave blinks but takes it well.
Zinn throws a lazy right hand but Grave sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grave chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zinn can pounce on him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grave tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zinn was well out of range. Poor timing from Grave.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zinn drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Grave takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Zinn crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Grave - the referee stops the clock and Zinn gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Grave. Zinn manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Grave slips a jab and a cross from Zinn.
Good leg kick by Grave there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zinn misses with the body kick
and Grave counters with a nice body kick.
Franz Grave is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zinn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grave.
Grave misses with a body kick.
Zinn throws a leg kick
and Grave holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grave.
Zinn is trying to break the clinch but Grave is controlling him.
Grave lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Grave prevents Zinn from breaking the clinch.
Grave lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zinn is trying to push Grave away but Grave has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zinn's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Zinn breaks the clinch.
Grave throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Grave sizes up Zinn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zinn lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zinn.
Grave looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Grave.
Zinn walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grave checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grave tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grave tries a head kick but it misses.
Zinn looks to throw the jab but Grave is out of range.
Zinn throws out a leg kick but Grave moves out of range and Zinn only half commits.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Grave.
Zinn misses with a leg kick.
Grave connects with an inside leg kick.
Zinn fails to land with a series of punches.
Grave gets caught flat footed, as Zinn shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Grave looking for a sweep. Not yet Grave, not yet.
Zinn throws a big elbow that misses.
Grave is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Grave utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zinn 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.
Zinn throwing strikes from guard but Grave blocks nicely.
Grave preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grave preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zinn trying to control the position from guard on top but Grave is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Grave has a closed guard, preventing Zinn from standing up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Zinn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zinn fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zinn throws a shot from downtown. Grave moves away and avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grave takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Grave lands a nice looking kick to the body. Zinn takes a step back to recover.
Zinn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Martin Zinn will probably get the nod.
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.
Grave takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grave.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grave!
Zinn swings away with a body shot that misses
and Grave makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zinn lands with a right hand.
A jab lands there for Zinn.
Grave slips a jab and a cross from Zinn.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grave.
A low kick from Zinn is predictable there
and Grave counters with a good, hard body kick but Zinn shrugs it off.
Grave stuffs the takedown attempt from Zinn. Zinn gets slowly back to his feet.
Zinn will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Grave uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zinn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grave leaves Zinn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grave moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Martin Zinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Zinn misses.
Grave lands a head kick!
Grave blocks a low kick nicely.
Grave ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zinn swinging wildly here.
Grave slips a straight right by Zinn.
Zinn shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Grave but Grave pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martin Zinn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grave slips a jab and a cross from Zinn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Grave.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grave blocks a low kick nicely.
Zinn swings for the body but Grave moves out of range.
Grave throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zinn needs to keep his hands up - Grave had a free shot at his head there.
Grave lands a nice hook to Zinn's body. Zinn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grave looks for the body kick but Zinn saw that one coming.
Zinn throws a solid leg kick but Grave takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zinn.
Zinn walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Grave throws a low kick but Zinn avoids it.
Grave connects with a good right hand that stumbles Zinn. Zinn circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Zinn throws a body punch but Grave moves out of range.
Grave scores with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grave scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zinn feints and then cracks Grave's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grave down.
Grave closes the distance and clinches.
Grave tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zinn's elbow.
Zinn tries to circle away but Grave has him pinned against the cage.
Grave can't find room to land a body shot as Zinn controls the action.
Grave keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zinn's efforts to push away.
Grave misses with a punch on the inside.
Grave doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grave throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zinns head.
Zinn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grave keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zinn.
Grave avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zinn does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grave slips a jab and a cross from Zinn.
Zinn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zinn shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Grave sprawls well. Grave wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zinn gets slowly back to his feet.
Zinn moves out of range as Grave throws a body kick.
Zinn throws a lazy uppercut
and Grave makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Franz Grave seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zinn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grave connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grave looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Grave moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zinn swinging wildly here.
Zinn tries to work over Grave's front leg with a kick but Grave checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franz Grave showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grave checks a leg kick.
Zinn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grave counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Zinn is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A head kick misses from Zinn.
Zinn walks into a straight right hand from Grave.
Zinn is rocked!
Grave keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oh Zinn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zinn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Grave counters with a nice uppercut.
Zinn dodges the punch combination from Grave.
Grave throws a monster overhand right that drops Zinn! Grave follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Franz Grave!
Franz Grave seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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