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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Barcos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by London Calling. Alex Graves will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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196 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
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198 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Brawler
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicolas Barcos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Graves!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Barcos to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Graves has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barcos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Barcos stands up over Graves, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Graves escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Barcos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Graves is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Barcos defends well.
Graves escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Barcos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barcos chips away with some ground and pound.
Barcos landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Barcos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barcos with a nice head shot there.
Barcos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Barcos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Barcos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Barcos connects with a couple of short punches.
Barcos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Graves working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Barcos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Barcos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Barcos might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Barcos is in close to Graves's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Barcos distracts Graves with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Barcos lands a couple of elbows.
Barcos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Barcos lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barcos lands a couple of digs.
Graves is rocked!
Barcos postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Graves covers up, he's hurt! Barcos keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Barcos and the ref steps in to end the fight! Barcos can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicolas Barcos!
During a confident post fight interview, Nicolas Barcos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Alex Graves had this to say: 'No way, no way. That crap was stopped too soon!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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