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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mason Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Zarco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mason Graham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Zarco!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graham takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
It looks like Mason Graham has been cut.
Zarco steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Graham.
Zarco looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Graham just misses with a punch to the body.
Zarco raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zarco, right into the meat.
Graham looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zarco throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
An attempted straight right counter from Graham misses the target.
Graham slips under a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zarco.
Graham checks a low kick from Zarco.
Zarco on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zarco has managed to clinch.
Zarco tries to land knees in the clinch but Graham avoids the damage to the body.
Zarco tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Graham swings wildly with an uppercut but Zarco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graham fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zarco scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham is trying to force a seperation but Zarco has the dominant position.
Zarco tries to land knees in the clinch but Graham avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Graham fails to land.
Graham wants to break the clinch but can't.
Graham lands an uppercut.
Graham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Graham lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zarco backwards.
Graham is trying to break the clinch but Zarco has him pressed against the ropes.
Zarco scores with a hook to the body.
Zarco connects with a nasty looking knee right to Graham's face.
Graham throws a punch but it's blocked by Zarco.
Zarco blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Zarco as the two fighters clinch.
Zarco looking to throw knees to the head but Graham is blocking nicely.
Graham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Graham lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zarco backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zarco missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Zarco.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zarco blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zarco.
Graham wants to break free but Zarco has control.
Zarco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Graham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Zarco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zarco putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Graham in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zarco tries a body shot but Graham blocks it.
Zarco looking to throw knees to the head but Graham is blocking nicely.
Graham misses with a punch to the body.
Zarco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Zarco struggles to land a body shot inside as Graham controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graham struggles to land a body shot inside as Zarco controls his hands.
Graham misses with some punches.
Zarco throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zarco misses with a knee to the head.
Zarco lands a body punch.
Graham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zarco lands a hook that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Graham digs a right hand underneath Zarco's ribcage. Zarco let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Graham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Graham can't find room to land a body shot as Zarco controls the action.
Graham breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zarco throws a looping overhand right but Graham ducks down to avoid it.
Graham misses with a two punch combination.
Graham fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zarco looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zarco lands a nice leg kick that just misses Graham's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham throws a right and a left that both miss.
Zarco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Graham.
Graham takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zarco takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Graham catches Zarco with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Graham throws a right hand that Zarco ducks under and follows up with a left that Zarco also avoids with ease.
Zarco fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Graham, pushing him back against the ropes.
Graham misses with the head strike.
Graham can't find room to land a body shot as Zarco controls the action.
Zarco tries to land knees in the clinch but Graham avoids the damage to the body.
Zarco misses with a knee to the head.
Zarco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zarco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Zarco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mason Graham's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Graham just misses with a punch to the body.
Mason Graham is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice combination there by Graham.
Zarco throws a front kick that sends Graham stumbling back into the ropes.
Antonio Zarco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Graham avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zarco moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Graham slips a straight right by Zarco.
Zarco moves into range and connects with a jab.
Zarco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A left lands for Zarco.
Graham misses the body punch
and Zarco counters with a nice low kick that buckles Graham's knee momentarily.
Zarco moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graham lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zarco or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graham.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zarco blocks an uppercut.
Graham avoiding damage as Zarco throws knees to the body.
Zarco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Graham staying out of range there.
Zarco throws a looping overhand right but Graham ducks down to avoid it.
Zarco feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Graham's calf.
Graham takes a kick to the side of the head.
Zarco buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Graham scores with a jab. Zarco acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zarco is looking to land body kicks.
Zarco looks to land a left hand but Graham moved out of range nicely.
Graham swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graham swings for the body but Zarco moves out of range.
Graham takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zarco jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zarco connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jab from Zarco.
Mason Graham's cut is getting worse.
Zarco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Graham counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Graham chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zarco can pounce on him.
Graham scores with a nice right hand.
Zarco takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Graham chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zarco can pounce on him.
Zarco throws a head kick but Graham moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zarco misses with a lunging right hand
and Graham counters with a straight right hand.
Graham ducks under a wild hook from Zarco.
It looked like Graham was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Zarco.
Graham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zarco circles away quickly and effectively.
Zarco scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zarco. That's going to slow Graham down.
Zarco tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Graham manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zarco misses with a right hand
and Graham cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zarco closes the distance and clinches.
Zarco throws a knee to the head but misses.
Graham working aggressively here.
Zarco is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Graham is defending well for now.
Graham swings wildly with an uppercut but Zarco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zarco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graham tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zarco lands a body punch.
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!
Graham swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zarco lands with a left to the head.
Graham wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zarco has him pressed against the ropes.
Graham lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graham pushes Zarco back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graham lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graham tries a body shot but Zarco blocks it.
Zarco has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zarco lands a body shot.
Zarco with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zarco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zarco drops Graham with a big knee straight up the middle! Graham is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Graham is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Zarco showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mason Graham's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Graham misses with a hook to the body
and Zarco counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Graham out cold! What a finish! Zarco is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antonio Zarco!
Antonio Zarco 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
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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