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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xander Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xander Graves has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
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175 cm
29
170 lbs
6 - 10 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xander Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andrew Smith!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith tries to clinch
and Graves decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Smith's guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Smith manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Smith gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Smith working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Graves's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Graves working a defensive guard here.
Smith scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smith lands a couple of elbows.
Graves has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Smith should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Graves has tightened it up now! Smith should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Xander Graves!
A very excited looking Xander Graves made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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