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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manus Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bod Zio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Grant might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Thunderstruck - AC/DC. Zio has chosen Old Mcdonald had a farm as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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140 lbs
10 - 11 - 0 |
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137 lbs
28 - 17 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manus Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 17 - 2, fighting out of London, Bod Zio!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zio throws a body kick that misses.
Zio blocks a head kick by Grant.
Zio swinging wildly here.
Grant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zio is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Zio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grant scores with a head kick. Zio tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Grant throws a head kick that misses.
Zio closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Zio lands in his opponent's guard.
Grant is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Zio postures up in Grant's guard and throws a big left but Grant blocks it.
Zio throws a big right hand that misses.
Zio wants to pass the guard but Grant is keeping the position.
Grant looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zio wants to control from the top but Grant keeps moving.
Grant is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Zio lands a couple of elbows.
Zio scoring with some ground and pound.
Zio lands a couple of elbows.
Zio is looking to work some ground and pound but Grant has wrist control.
Grant keeping moving, preventing Zio from controlling successfully.
Zio won't allow Grant to get back to his feet.
Grant keeping moving, preventing Zio from controlling successfully.
Zio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grant is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Zio trying to control but Grant is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Zio throws a big right hand that misses.
Grant keeping moving, preventing Zio from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Zio takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grant connects with an inside leg kick.
Zio throws a sloppy head kick
and Grant counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Grant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zio.
Zio throws a leg kick
and Grant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zio throws a hook but Grant blocks it.
Zio gets the takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grant wants to get back to his feet but Zio drags him back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant is trying to get back to half guard.
Zio sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Grant is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Grant tries to bench press Zio off him but Zio keeps the position.
Zio tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Zio has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
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.
Zio working the ground and pound but Grant is defending the strikes.
Zio connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Grant some visible discomfort.
Zio working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The strikes coming from Zio are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Zio works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Grant is trying to improve his position.
Zio in side control lands a decent elbow.
Zio grinds an elbow into Grant's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grant keeps working.
Zio thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Grant is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Zio's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Zio working Grant over with strikes.
Zio controlling the action here.
Zio slips a nice elbow through Grant's hands, connecting with Grant's forehead.
Zio working over Grant with some ground and pound. Grant looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Zio stops Grant from getting back to his feet.
Grant is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Zio's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Zio's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bod Zio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Zio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zio takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bod Zio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zio tries a head kick but it misses.
Zio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Grant moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Grant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grant sets himself, and Zio steps forward looking for the clinch! Grant avoids it this time.
Zio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grant blocks a head kick by Zio.
A punch combination from Zio misses.
Zio takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Grant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grant misses with a body shot.
Zio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Good shot there by Grant.
Zio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Grant.
Zio looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Grant!
Bod Zio has got the better of the ground game so far.
Grant regains half guard.
Grant trying to hold on to Zio's head to control him but Zio postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant wants to improve his position but Zio is controlling well.
Grant is holding on to half guard well.
Grant has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Zio is on him like a limpet, forcing Grant back against the ropes.
Grant wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zio.
Grant blocks an elbow strike from Zio.
Grant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grant is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Grant tries to land knees in the clinch but Zio avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant stalling against the ropes.
Grant slows down the pace here.
Zio tries to break free but Grant pushes him back against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Zio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zio tries to circle away but Grant has him pinned against the ropes.
Grant tries to break the clinch but Zio is controlling the position.
Zio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zio fails with a takedown attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Grant.
Zio displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Manus Grant has been cut.
Zio darts in looking for a takedown but Grant gets double underhooks and turns Zio into the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant lands a nice hook to Zio's body. Zio takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zio is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zio avoids the body shot from Grant.
Good leg kick by Grant there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zio tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Grant swivels and escapes.
Manus Grant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bod Zio.
Zio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice straight punches there by Grant. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Grant.
Grant slips under a jab.
Grant throws a sloppy head kick and Zio moves out of range easily.
Grant misses with a head kick.
As Grant backs off Zio throws a huge counter combo but Grant manages to avoid it all.
Grant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zio loads up on a big right hand but Grant slips the punch.
Grant is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Grant misses with a body kick.
Grant throws a head kick that misses.
Grant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grant is looking to wear down Zio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Zio plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant fakes the leg kick and cracks Zio in the body.
Zio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Grant as he jumps to the side.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Grant.
Zio shoots in and bounces Grant off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Zio is breathing heavily.
Grant seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Zio won't allow Grant to get back to his feet.
Zio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zio stopping the sweep attempt from Grant.
Grant is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Grant working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Zio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bod Zio will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Manus Grant's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A combination from Zio does no damage.
Grant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zio throws a sloppy head kick and Grant moves out of range easily.
Zio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zio was well out of range. Poor timing from Grant.
Zio throws a right hand that Grant ducks under and follows up with a left that Grant also avoids with ease.
Zio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Zio does no damage.
Grant looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Grant looks to score with a jab to the body but Zio is just out of range.
Zio scores with the left hand. Grant knows he should have avoided that one.
Grant thows a body kick. Zio tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Grant fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Grant just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice side step and Zio releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Grant throws a wild body kick that Zio sees coming a mile off.
Grant lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zio lands a two punch combo.
Zio blocks a head kick by Grant.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grant lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Grant scores with a body shot.
Grant throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zio blocks a head kick by Grant.
Grant lands a head kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zio.
Grant throws a head kick but Zio moves out of range.
Zio is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Zio lands a head kick. Grant smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Zio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice straight punches there by Zio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zio.
Zio gets a double leg takedown into Grant's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zio tries to free his leg and advance position but Grant is retaining full guard.
Grant is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Grant is looking to stand up but Zio isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant is trying to control the position but Zio postures up.
Zio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Grant swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Zio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Zio throwing strikes from guard but Grant blocks nicely.
Zio throwing strikes from guard but Grant blocks nicely.
Grant is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zio is controlling him.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Grant takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Zio misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Grant misses its target.
Grant lands a nice shot to the body.
Zio moves out of range of the strikes.
Despite the aggression on Zio's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Zio fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Zio misses with a wild combination.
Zio slips a jab from Grant.
Grant lands with a slapping head kick.
Grant misses with a wild combination.
Zio shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Grant working a defensive guard here.
Zio wants to control from the top but Grant keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grant looking for a sweep. Not yet Grant, not yet.
Grant wants to stand and escape but Zio is having none of it.
Zio chips away with some ground and pound.
Zio slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Grant has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Manus Grant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Grant keeping moving, preventing Zio from controlling successfully.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grant. Zio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zio.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bod Zio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Zio winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bod Zio!
A relieved looking Bod Zio 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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