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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rail Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jabari Jelani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jabari Jelani will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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233 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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275 lbs
32 - 38 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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, Rail Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 38 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jabari Jelani!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gracie has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gracie stalling the fight.
Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses.
Jelani avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Jelani shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gracie but Gracie pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jabari Jelani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Jelani misses.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gracie looks to land a body kick but Jelani moved away.
Jelani misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie takes the fight into the clinch.
Gracie dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Jelani avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jelani blocking some punches.
Gracie tries to land a knee to the head but Jelani blocks with his arms.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Jelani avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie scores with a head kick.
It looks like Jabari Jelani has been cut.
Jelani misses with a wild combination.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jelani checks a leg kick.
Gracie moves out of range as Jelani throws a body kick.
Gracie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jelani.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie pushes Jelani up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jelani goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jelani throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gracie was covering up waiting for the punch and Jelani finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Gracie is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Jelani presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jelani shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gracie throws a head kick that half lands.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jelani misses with a head kick.
Jelani blocks a head kick by Gracie.
Gracie takes a swing at Jelani's ribcage but misses.
Jelani shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gracie napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gracie is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Gracie is looking to reverse the position.
Jelani throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Gracie works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Jelani is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gracie holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to stand back up but Jelani is controlling him
Gracie keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Gracie is looking to control Jelani's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?
Gracie keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Jelani throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rail Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jabari Jelani's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gracie connects with the punch.
Gracie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jelani fails with the takedown.
Jelani listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gracie connects with an inside leg kick.
Jelani shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jelani takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Jelani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Jelani.
Gracie clinches up against the cage.
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Jelani uses good head movement to avoid it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gracie - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gracie moves out of range of the leg kick from Jelani.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jelani manages to avoid it.
Jelani gets tackled into the cage by Gracie. Gracie maintains the clinch.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gracie working aggressively here.
Gracie scores with a shoulder strike.
Gracie scores with a knee to the head.
Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Gracie finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jelani feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jelani won't allow Gracie to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jelani accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jelani can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jelani tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie is pulling down on Jelani's head to control his posture.
Gracie has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jelani goes for a double leg but Gracie avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gracie continues to drive forward.
Rail Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jabari Jelani.
Gracie takes a swing at Jelani's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Gracie.
Gracie throws a sloppy head kick and Jelani moves out of range easily.
Gracie is looking to wear down Jelani with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gracie wants to slow Jelani down by chopping away at his legs.
Jelani looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Gracie pushes Jelani off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jelani uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Jelani looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rail Gracie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jelani closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gracie circles away.
Gracie attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie motions for Jelani to come forward. Gracie throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Jelani throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gracie counters by moving into the clinch.
Jelani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jelani changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gracie tries to avoid it but Jelani manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gracie to the ground. Gracie escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jelani blocks a head kick by Gracie.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jelani fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jelani scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Gracie wants to control but Jelani postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rail Gracie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jabari Jelani's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Gracie clinches up with Jelani and pushes him back against the cage.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Jelani.
Gracie pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gracie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good body shot from Gracie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by Gracie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gracie lands a hook that snaps the head of Jelani backwards.
Gracie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gracie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jelani fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jabari Jelani is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
An inside leg kick lands from Gracie.
A combination from Jelani does no damage.
Gracie is looking to counter with a body kick.
Gracie moves into the clinch.
Gracie will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jelani up against the cage.
Gracie lands with a right to the head.
Jabari Jelani has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rail Gracie has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie gets through Jelani's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jelani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jelani is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jelani blocks an uppercut.
Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Gracie misses the jab.
Jelani will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jelani throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Gracie rushes Jelani and presses him up against the cage.
Gracie is stalling here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gracie breaks from the clinch.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jelani moves away.
Jelani misses with a takedown attempt - Gracie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rail Gracie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jabari Jelani.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jelani is out of range and Gracie settles back down.
Jelani misses with a takedown attempt - Gracie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gracie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Gracie here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Jelani does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Gracie misses with a leg kick.
Rail Gracie is winning the standup battle so far.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jelani manages to avoid it.
Jelani lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gracie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jelani.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jelani.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jelani just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromGracie.
Jelani throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gracie.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Jelani counters with a left and a right that stings Gracie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jelani misses with a takedown attempt - Gracie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gracie throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jelani.
Gracie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie misses the shot to the body.
Gracie tries to clinch up.
As Gracie backs off Jelani throws a huge counter combo but Gracie manages to avoid it all.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gracie checks a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rail Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gracie, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rail Gracie!
In his post fight interview, Rail Gracie started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Jabari Jelani stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'll be back !'.
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