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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee comes to the cage accompanied by Dragonfly by Shaman's Harvest. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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178 lbs
36 - 11 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
46 - 26 - 4, fighting out of New York, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Ricardo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Lee misses.
Lee looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gracie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gracie punishes Lee's body with a nice straight punch.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gracie, as that shot connected.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gracie has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Gracie punishes Lee's body with a nice straight punch.
Gracie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lee. That did some damage!
Lee is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gracie staying out of range there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee looks to throw a body kick
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lee keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Lee is defending well.
Lee tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
Lee is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Lee is defending well.
Lee preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lee gets full guard.
Lee is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gracie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gracie lands a nice hook to Lee's body. Lee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice straight punches there by Lee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lee.
Gracie shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie is nestled in close to Lee, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lee wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gracie prevents Lee from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Gracie wants to free his trapped foot but Lee is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Lee tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Lee trying to control here.
Lee is trying to stand.
Lee is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Gracie dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gracie looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Gracie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Gracie.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short left from Lee.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Lee works on Gracie's body with a couple of short punches.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stalling in the clinch from Gracie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
Lee stalling.
Lee has Gracie pressed against the cage, preventing Gracie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gracie has Lee pushed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie digs a good hook to Lee's body.
Lee misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Lee walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lee walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gracie checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie slips a jab from Lee.
Gracie throws a body kick that misses
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lee lands a head shot.
Gracie 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.
Gracie lands with a nice body kick.
Lee takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lee falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gracie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lee looks for the body kick but Gracie saw that one coming.
Gracie is looking to slow Lee down with leg kicks.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Lee on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lee goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A little jabbing left from Gracie on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Gracie flicks out a counter leg kick but Lee steps away.
Bruce Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie scores with a punch to the head.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gracie lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick from Lee misses.
Gracie wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Lee moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie connects with a right hand. Lee shakes it off.
Lee cracks Gracie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gracie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lee checks a low kick from Gracie.
Lee takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lee tries to work over Gracie's front leg with a kick but Gracie checks it.
Gracie connects with a looping right hand.
Gracie misses with a low kick.
Lee pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gracie is out of range and Lee settles back down.
Gracie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lee's head.
It looks like Bruce Lee has been cut.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Lee.
And Gracie tries to counter it with a takedown but Lee pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lee digs a good hook to Gracie's body.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Gracie feints the counter takedown.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Gracie ducks down to avoid it.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Lee backing away here, and Gracie unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Lee seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Gracie throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lee on the side of the head.
Lee swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gracie blocks a head kick by Lee.
Lee connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gracie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lee momentarily.
Gracie lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lee's sensitive parts.
Lee walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gracie.
Gracie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Gracie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gracie scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gracie cracks a nice hook into Lee's ribs.
Gracie looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gracie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gracie catches Lee with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gracie takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gracie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gracie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lee manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lee throwing a counter right hand but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lee throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
A nice side step and Gracie releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gracie throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Gracie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lee momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie lands with a cross.
Lee pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie throws a wild body kick that Lee sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Gracie.
Lee is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gracie misses with a shot to the body
letting Lee counter with a right hand.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Lee misses with the combination.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Lee swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gracie.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Gracie lands a right hook to the body.
Gracie stuns Lee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ricardo Gracie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lee misses with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Gracie.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Gracie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee throws a lazy uppercut
and Gracie decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lee's guard.
Gracie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracie is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Gracie postures up.
Lee working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gracie.
Gracie with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
A big left from Lee misses.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Gracie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Lee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gracie.
Nice jab there from Gracie.
Gracie just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Gracie flicks out a counter leg kick but Lee steps away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good work by Gracie as he checks the leg kick.
Gracie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lee blocks a jab.
Gracie scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Lee swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown. Lee fights it but they end up in guard.
Gracie working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Lee is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Gracie dives into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Gracie really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
That's time! Lee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lee moves out of range as Gracie throws a body kick.
Gracie throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Lee throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Gracie forces Lee back against the cage and clinches.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Lee trying to stall but Gracie improves his position.
Gracie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
Gracie lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee manages to break the clinch.
Gracie connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lee misses the jab.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Gracie drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lee defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Lee blocks it well.
Gracie lands a jab.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick from Gracie.
Gracie checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gracie lands a head shot.
Gracie avoids the body shot from Lee.
Gracie cracks the inside of Lee's front leg.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Gracie feints the counter takedown.
Gracie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gracie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lee takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lee takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lee throws a series of punches but Gracie moves out of range.
Lee avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gracie scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gracie dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lee. That did some damage!
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
and Gracie counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lee pushes Gracie off looking to stand but Gracie dives back in and keeps control.
Gracie is thwarting Lee's attempts to control the position.
Gracie is keen to just control but Lee is a slippery customer.
Lee looks like he's trying to stand up.
Still in half guard, Gracie seems content to control.
Lee is trying to stand back up but Gracie is controlling him
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lee's head.
Gracie not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Gracie lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lee tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Lee is concentrating on defense, preventing Gracie from advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lee knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lee makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lee.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Lee.
Gracie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Lee is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Gracie dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Lee takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lee throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Lee looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lee slips under a jab from Gracie.
Lee waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gracie.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Lee.
Gracie is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lee sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gracie lands an overhand right.
Gracie swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Lee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lee.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
Lee throws a low kick, looking for Gracie's leg but Gracie calmly moves out of range.
Gracie takes one on the button.
Gracie gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie thumps Lee with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Gracie blocks the leg kick.
Gracie feints the counter takedown.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gracie shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Lee is trying to defend but Gracie finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Gracie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gracie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lee's head.
Gracie seems to be working for a kimura but Lee defends the submission attempt.
Lee is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing shots but Lee is blocking nicely.
Lee wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
Lee tries to kick Gracie off but Gracie keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lee wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Lee doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Lee throws the left hand but Gracie avoids the punch easily.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Gracie scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lee takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lee fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gracie checks it well.
Gracie scores with a jab.
Bruce Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee throws a body kick that misses.
Gracie throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lee.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Gracie is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Gracie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lee swivels and escapes.
Gracie misses with a low kick as Lee jumps back.
Lee misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Gracie finds it's target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gracie throws a head kick that Lee semi-blocks.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lee.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Gracie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Gracie misses with a kick to the body.
Gracie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
A jab from Lee misses.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Gracie lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Gracie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gracie has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 45:50
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 45:50
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Gracie! Ricardo Gracie retains his welterweight title!
Post fight, Ricardo Gracie stared into the camera and said 'My body may be failing but my heart is still willing!'.
Bruce Lee spoke after the fight, saying 'Well... Aint that a bitch..'.
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