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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pawel Grucha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pawel Grucha has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Danny Knuckles's chin.
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200 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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197 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Knuckles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pawel Grucha!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grucha fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Grucha feints and as Knuckles raises his hands in defense, Grucha changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Grucha with a flurry of punches that miss.
Grucha slips nicely into half guard.
Knuckles knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grucha on the ground.
Grucha not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Grucha looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Grucha moves into full mount! Knuckles won't be happy about that!
Grucha is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Grucha throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knuckles is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Knuckles has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Grucha lands a big elbow.
Grucha unloads with some shots from mount but Knuckles bucks and avoids them well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grucha lands a big shot there that rocks Knuckles but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
It looks like Danny Knuckles has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grucha looking to finish with strikes here!
Grucha is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Knuckles has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Grucha throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Grucha has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Grucha throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Knuckles because Grucha loaded up on that one.
Grucha punching from mount but Knuckles doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Grucha moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Knuckles has worked his arm free - good work by Knuckles!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grucha working the ground and pound but Knuckles is defending the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Grucha has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Grucha advances nicely into full mount.
Grucha looking to finish with strikes here!
Grucha unloads with some shots from mount but Knuckles bucks and avoids them well.
Knuckles is breathing heavily.
Knuckles wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Grucha.
Grucha throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Knuckles because Grucha loaded up on that one.
Knuckles trying desperately to get to his feet.
Grucha working the ground and pound effectively.
Grucha with shots to the head and body - Knuckles looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grucha working for a submission but Knuckles is keeping him at bay.
Knuckles is in a horrible position here. Grucha smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Grucha throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Knuckles has his hands clasped together but Grucha breaks the hold and Knuckles is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Grucha!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pawel Grucha!
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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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