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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelvin Spong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grace comes to the cage accompanied by Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kelvin Spong!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grace takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Grace throws the kick towards the body but Spong avoids it.
Spong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Spong misses.
Spong throws a shot to the body.
Grace doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grace looks to score with a jab to the body but Spong is just out of range.
Grace is looking to land body kicks.
Spong scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grace looks for the body kick but Spong saw that one coming.
Spong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Spong swings for the body but Grace moves out of range.
Grace is looking to counter punch.
Spong connects with a leg kick. Grace looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Grace scores with a jab. Spong acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Grace ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
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!
Spong wants to slow Grace down by chopping away at his legs.
Spong 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.
Grace lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Grace is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Grace's hands.
Spong ducks under a wild hook from Grace.
Spong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grace is looking to land body kicks.
Spong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grace throws out the jab.
Spong throws a body punch but Grace moves out of range.
Grace connects with a crisp jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Spong, right into the meat.
Grace ducks under a wild hook from Spong.
Charles Grace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spong misses with an uppercut
and Grace counters with a good, hard body kick but Spong shrugs it off.
Spong avoids the head kick by Grace.
Spong bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Grace's head backwards.
Grace takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Spong is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Grace rather than just go for the knockout.
Grace looks to land a body kick but Spong moved away.
A countering left hand to the body from Spong misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spong slips a jab from Grace.
Grace steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spong.
Grace swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong takes a jab right on the kisser.
Grace throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A nice side step and Spong releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Grace scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Grace walks into a left hand.
Grace looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice body kick from Grace.
Grace leaves Spong with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Spong.
A cross from Grace lands.
Spong moves out of range as Grace throws a body kick.
Spong throws a big counter head kick but Grace avoids it with no problem.
Grace scores with a nice head shot.
Spong cracks Grace with a good jab.
Grace throws a leg kick
and Spong counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Grace.
Grace darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Grace gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Spong to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Spong is pushing down on Grace's leg trying to pass to half guard. Grace is fighting to maintain full guard but Spong has managed to sneak the leg through.
Spong wants to pass the guard but Grace is defending well.
Grace is trying is best to control the position here.
Spong trying to control from half guard but Grace is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spong is figuring out what he wants to do next.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Spong frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Spong wants to control the pace but Grace is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelvin Spong dominated that round.
That's time! Grace's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Grace.
Nice uppercut there from Grace.
Spong blocks a jab.
Spong tries to land a front kick but Grace steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Grace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spong has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Grace stalks Spong and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Spong's face. Spong staggers backwards, shaken.
Spong is rocked!
Grace lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Spong head around and knocks him out cold! Grace hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charles Grace!
Charles Grace took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I'm gonna debate the f@ck outta myself as soon as I hit the shower!'.
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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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