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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Oviedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oviedo comes to the ring accompanied by Tiesto - Adagio for Strings. The crowd seem to be enjoying Gracie's choice of entrance music: Headlines. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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182 lbs
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196 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jorge Oviedo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joshua Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oviedo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice shot lands for Oviedo.
No joy there for Oviedo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gracie tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Oviedo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gracie to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Oviedo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Oviedo keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Oviedo manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Gracie has Oviedo in his guard.
Oviedo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
You can see the frustration on Gracie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a sweep.
Gracie is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Gracie looks to move to half guard but instead Oviedo has passed into mount! Damn!
Gracie wants to hold on but Oviedo pushes him away.
Oviedo is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Oviedo extends the arm and Gracie is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jorge Oviedo!
Jorge Oviedo decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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