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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Paul Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Viktor Gragula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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186 cm
28
185 lbs
25 - 17 - 2 |
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188 cm
31
218 lbs
16 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
25 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Jon Paul Fish! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Viktor Gragula! The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gragula moves out of range and avoids them all easily. An inside leg kick lands from Fish. Fish lands the left hand. Gragula throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fish's waist but Fish gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gragula off to one side. Fish misses with the combination.
Fish moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Fish throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Gragula shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Fish is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gragula's half guard. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fish lands a nice short elbow. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Gragula is trying to get back to full guard. Gragula moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Gragula keeping moving, preventing Fish from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fish drops back, looking for a kneebar! Gragula looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Gragula looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Gragula!
Gragula has hold of Fish's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Fish tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Gragula cranks the arm and Fish screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Fish, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Viktor Gragula! Viktor Gragula really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Sin City Allstars logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty. In defeat, Jon Paul Fish stepped up to the mic, saying 'Clearly, I've got some things to work on. Thanks to everyone who's supported me thus far.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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