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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shakib Mahmahdulla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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269 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shakib Mahmahdulla!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahmahdulla stuffs the takedown attempt from Graves. Graves gets slowly back to his feet.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mahmahdulla swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mahmahdulla.
Graves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mahmahdulla manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mahmahdulla explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mahmahdulla thows a body kick. Graves tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Graves on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Graves shoots in and drives through. Mahmahdulla sprawls well.
A nice side step and Mahmahdulla releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mahmahdulla fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Graves, pushing him back against the cage.
Mahmahdulla makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mahmahdulla manages to break the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Graves.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Graves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Graves is breathing heavily.
Mahmahdulla throws a combination. Graves tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahmahdulla connects with an inside leg kick.
Mahmahdulla cracks Graves with an open hand slap.
Graves shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mahmahdulla as he avoids it easily.
Mahmahdulla's coach down at Feed'em To The Lions was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Mahmahdulla's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Graves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mahmahdulla is fending him off so far but Graves persists. Nope, Mahmahdulla circles away and we're back to standing.
Mahmahdulla throws a combination. Graves tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mahmahdulla stalks Graves and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Graves's face. Graves staggers backwards, shaken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Mahmahdulla.
Mahmahdulla clinches up with Graves and pushes him back against the cage.
Mahmahdulla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mahmahdulla takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shakib Mahmahdulla is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mahmahdulla cracks a nice hook into Graves's ribs.
Mahmahdulla feints a jab promting Graves to slip. Mahmahdulla then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Graves slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mahmahdulla. Graves shrugs it off though.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Mahmahdulla - that will leave a mark!
Mahmahdulla has Graves up against the cage in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mahmahdulla as Graves tries to tie him up.
Mahmahdulla breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mahmahdulla paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mahmahdulla lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Graves backs up against the cage.
Mahmahdulla lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mahmahdulla lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Mahmahdulla has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmahdulla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Graves shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mahmahdulla as he avoids it easily.
Graves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mahmahdulla was well out of range. Poor timing from Graves.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mahmahdulla cracks a nice hook into Graves's ribs.
A left lands for Mahmahdulla.
Mahmahdulla throws a series of strikes that have Graves backpedaling.
Danga de danga de dang - Mahmahdulla scores with a four punch combination!
Mahmahdulla scores with a jab to the body.
Graves takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mahmahdulla lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Graves shoots in but no luck this time.
A left lands for Mahmahdulla.
Graves looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Mahmahdulla scores with a head kick. Graves tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mahmahdulla is working the combinations to good effect here.
Mahmahdulla pushes Graves away with a front kick.
Graves takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Graves has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mahmahdulla.
Graves takes a swing at Mahmahdulla's ribcage but misses.
Mahmahdulla has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mahmahdulla breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves fails with the takedown
enabling Mahmahdulla to counter with a crisp jab.
Mahmahdulla lands a nice looking body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mahmahdulla.
Graves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mahmahdulla feints a jab promting Graves to slip. Mahmahdulla then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Graves slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mahmahdulla lands with a slapping head kick.
Mahmahdulla takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mahmahdulla scores with a spinning back kick!
Graves has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graves throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Graves takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice body kick there by Mahmahdulla.
Mahmahdulla goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mahmahdulla misses with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Graves. Mahmahdulla does a little dance to reset his feet.
Graves fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mahmahdulla is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Graves had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahmahdulla scores with a nice strike.
Graves fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mahmahdulla closes the distance and clinches.
Mahmahdulla breaks from the clinch.
Mahmahdulla instigates a clinch.
Mahmahdulla pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Graves will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Graves. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Mahmahdulla has closed the distance and engaged Graves in a clinch.
Graves working aggressively here.
Graves breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters circling a little - Mahmahdulla finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Graves takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Graves shoots in but Mahmahdulla avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mahmahdulla throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shakib Mahmahdulla dominated that round.
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.
Mahmahdulla displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mahmahdulla connects with a looping right hand.
Graves is rocked!
Graves gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Mahmahdulla gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shakib Mahmahdulla!
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energy
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hype
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