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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Grimes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Rodriguez (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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279 lbs
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275 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Harvey Grimes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jorge Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grimes clinches up with Rodriguez and pushes him back against the cage.
Grimes stalls.
Grimes has Rodriguez pressed against the cage.
Grimes prevents the takedown attempt.
Grimes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rodriguez avoids it.
Rodriguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rodriguez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Grimes fires out a quick counter leg kick but Rodriguez just manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses
and Grimes counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rodriguez is trying to control but can't.
Grimes is controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimes seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Grimes trying to control the action but Rodriguez is working from the bottom.
Grimes prevents Rodriguez from improving his position.
Grimes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rodriguez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Grimes.
Grimes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Grimes 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.
Grimes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rodriguez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rodriguez trying to control from the bottom.
Grimes really is a fat lump.
Grimes content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Grimes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Grimes perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nice strikes from Grimes there.
Grimes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Grimes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rodriguez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rodriguez trying to control from the bottom.
Rodriguez wants to get back to full guard.
Grimes takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Grimes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Grimes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Grimes wants to control but Rodriguez is keeping him busy.
Nice strikes from Grimes there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grimes controlling the action here.
Grimes has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimes is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rodriguez manages to get to full guard.
Grimes stays in close to Rodriguez's body and controls the position.
Rodriguez controls Grimes momentarily but Grimes frees himself.
Rodriguez being controlled here, momentarily.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Grimes.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Grimes landing with the ground and pound.
Grimes engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Grimes has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rodriguez is proving hard to escape from.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grimes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rodriguez throws out a counter right but Grimes avoids it with no problem.
Harvey Grimes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rodriguez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rodriguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Grimes pushes him off.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grimes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Grimes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rodriguez shoots for a takedown but Grimes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Grimes as Rodriguez shoots in.
Grimes tries to counter with a takedown but Rodriguez is quick to defend against it.
Grimes keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Harvey Grimes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorge Rodriguez.
Rodriguez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Grimes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez wants a takedown.
Grimes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Grimes tries to throw a body punch but Rodriguez avoids it by throwing Grimes back against the cage.
Rodriguez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grimes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to pull guard but Grimes won't allow it.
Rodriguez is breathing heavily.
Grimes misses with a body punch.
Grimes tries to work over Rodriguez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grimes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rodriguez can do to turn this around?
Grimes stalling.
Rodriguez can't get the takedown.
Nice body punch from Grimes - that landed with a thud.
Rodriguez tries to pull guard but Grimes forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Grimes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rodriguez avoids it.
Rodriguez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grimes slows down the pace here.
Rodriguez breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Grimes's half guard.
Grimes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Grimes holds on and takes a little breather.
Grimes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Grimes sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Grimes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimes wants to stand up but Rodriguez has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Harvey Grimes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Grimes takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Grimes stalling.
Grimes's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Grimes working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Grimes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Grimes trying to control the action but Rodriguez is working from the bottom.
Grimes with the ground and pound but Rodriguez uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Grimes wanted to stand there but Rodriguez had control of the position.
Grimes postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Grimes trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodriguez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grimes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Grimes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rodriguez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Grimes seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Grimes decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Rodriguez shoots for a takedown but Grimes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rodriguez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grimes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Grimes dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Grimes throws a leg kick but Rodriguez moved away.
Grimes moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRodriguez.
Rodriguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grimes was well out of range. Poor timing from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Grimes circles away.
Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rodriguez fails with the takedown.
Some bone on bone action there as Rodriguez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grimes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Grimes half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Grimes keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Grimes throws a big counter combination but Rodriguez scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Harvey Grimes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorge Rodriguez.
Rodriguez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grimes throws a chopping leg kick but Rodriguez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimes is looking to clinch.
Rodriguez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Grimes with a body shot.
Rodriguez misses the jab.
As Rodriguez looks to move away, Grimes throws a big counter combo but Rodriguez just gets out of the way.
A head kick by Rodriguez misses
and Grimes counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Grimes.
Grimes trying to control but Rodriguez is working from the bottom.
Grimes is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Grimes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Grimes trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodriguez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grimes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rodriguez is trying to keep Grimes in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez being controlled here, momentarily.
Grimes working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rodriguez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Grimes landing some decent shots from guard.
Grimes wants to control from the top but Rodriguez keeps moving.
Grimes is really struggling to control Rodriguez but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Grimes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Harvey Grimes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rodriguez doesn't manage to clinch there - Grimes circles away.
Grimes throws a big counter combination but Rodriguez scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice takedown defense from Grimes. No joy for Rodriguez on that attempt.
Rodriguez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jorge Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez misses the jab.
Grimes attempts a counter takedown but Rodriguez avoids it well and moves away.
Grimes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rodriguez wants to take the fight to the mat but Grimes manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Grimes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grimes jumps into guard, dragging Rodriguez to the mat.
Rodriguez wants to control from the top but Grimes keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez stops Grimes from standing up.
Grimes working a defensive guard here.
Rodriguez being controlled here momentarily.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Jorge Rodriguez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harvey Grimes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rodriguez wants to stand and escape but instead Grimes has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harvey Grimes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grimes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harvey Grimes!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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