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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Momo La Brute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miguel Grace has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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216 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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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
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Momo La Brute!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Brute closes the distance and pushes Grace back into the ropes.
La Brute stalling in the clinch but Grace improves position.
La Brute softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
La Brute swings wildly with an uppercut but Grace uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grace is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
La Brute misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by La Brute.
Grace has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by La Brute after a bit of a struggle.
La Brute misses with the head strike.
Grace has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. La Brute avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miguel Grace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Brute misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Brute goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grace is working for takedown but La Brute is calmly controlling the position for now.
Grace drops down looking for an ankle pick but La Brute pulls his leg out and moves away.
La Brute misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A quick step to the side and Grace tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
La Brute fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grace takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
La Brute forces Grace back against the ropes and clinches.
La Brute misses with a short punch on the inside.
Our sources have told us that Grace has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
La Brute gets underhooks to prevent Grace's takedown attempt.
Grace blocking some punches.
La Brute working aggressively here.
Grace blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Brute throws a head punch that misses.
Grace wants a takedown.
La Brute throws a head punch that misses.
Grace is working for takedown but La Brute is calmly controlling the position for now.
Grace tightens his grip and picks La Brute up, before dumping him to the ground. La Brute manages to land in guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Grace is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if La Brute can do anything to dispel that myth.
Grace being controlled here momentarily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grace is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Grace drops back looking for a leg! La Brute is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and La Brute manages to kick Grace off! Grace jumps back into La Brute's guard.
Grace drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Grace seems to have locked his on tight now - La Brute screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Grace, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Miguel Grace!
A relieved looking Miguel Grace thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant 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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FIGHT
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