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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeMarco Vendetta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Mojo - Peeping Tom. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DeMarco Vendetta!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vendetta throws a quick inside leg kick.
DeMarco Vendetta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie moves out of range as Vendetta throws a body kick.
Vendetta tries to score with a low kick but Gracie moves his leg out of the way.
Gracie gets the takedown into side control.
Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gracie staying calm.
Vendetta tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Vendetta is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Vendetta wants to get back to his feet.
Vendetta is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Vendetta has escaped the position, nice work there.
Vendetta taking a bit of punishment here - Gracie scoring with strikes.
Vendetta tries to improve position but can't.
Vendetta gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Gracie misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gracie with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Vendetta is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Vendetta is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie avoids the attempt from Vendetta to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vendetta is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Vendetta wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Vendetta is squirming around nicely.
Vendetta wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
You get the feeling that Vendetta really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Gracie punching from mount but Vendetta doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gracie has hold of Vendetta's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Vendetta manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Vendetta wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vendetta is trying to stand up.
Vendetta working to try and regain half guard.
Vendetta is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Vendetta is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie has control of Vendetta's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Vendetta regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Vendetta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Vendetta is trying to stand up.
Vendetta is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
Vendetta wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie is trying to take his opponent's back.
Gracie prevents Vendetta from getting the reversal.
Vendetta wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Gracie is working for a guillotine from mount but Vendetta frees his head quite easily.
Vendetta is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gracie working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Vendetta is looking to escape.
Vendetta trying desperately to get to his feet.
Gracie with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Poor strikes thrown by Gracie there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Vendetta really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gracie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Vendetta is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie unloading with bombs!
Gracie wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Gracie is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Gracie!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Aaron Gracie!
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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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