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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Con Fidence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Grayson (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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179 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
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175 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Con Fidence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Richard Grayson!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grayson misses with a wild body shot.
Fidence slips a jab and a cross from Grayson.
Grayson throws a body shot but no joy.
Fidence scores with a decent looking hook.
It looks like Richard Grayson has been cut.
Fidence scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Grayson connects with a body shot.
Fidence lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Grayson takes a swing at Fidence's ribcage but misses.
Fidence throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grayson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grayson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fidence misses with a wild body shot.
Grayson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fidence swings for the body but Grayson moves out of range.
Grayson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Grayson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Grayson throws a body punch but Fidence moves out of range.
Grayson throws a series of punches but Fidence moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grayson. Fidence does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grayson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grayson connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fidence blocks a jab.
Fidence scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grayson. Fidence does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Grayson tries to get set, Fidence tries to push him back and clinch up but Grayson manages to avoid the attempt.
Fidence swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grayson blocks a low kick nicely.
Fidence has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Fidence keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grayson throws a body punch but Fidence moves out of range.
Fidence connects with a nice looking jab.
Grayson takes a swing at Fidence's ribcage but misses.
Fidence connects with a body shot that sends Grayson's belly button to the back.
Jab from Fidence.
Grayson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fidence.
Grayson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fidence rather than just go for the knockout.
Fidence avoids the body shot from Grayson.
Grayson misses with a few strikes there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grayson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fidence.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fidence uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grayson.
Grayson looks to score with a jab to the body but Fidence is just out of range.
Fidence smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Grayson looks to land a combination but Fidence avoids it well.
Grayson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fidence dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grayson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fidence.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fidence.
Grayson just misses with a punch to the body.
Fidence scores with the left hand. Grayson knows he should have avoided that one.
That has opened up Richard Grayson's cut even more.
Fidence sizes up Grayson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Grayson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fidence.
Fidence slips under a jab.
Fidence looks for the body kick but Grayson saw that one coming.
Grayson lands with a shot to the body.
Fidence is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Grayson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grayson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fidence.
Grayson misses with a body shot.
Grayson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fidence.
Fidence throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fidence connects with a leg kick. Grayson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fidence bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Grayson misses with a wild body shot.
Fidence wants to clinch.
Grayson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fidence.
Grayson just misses with a punch to the body.
Grayson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A punch combination from Fidence misses.
Grayson misses with a wild body shot.
Grayson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fidence uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grayson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grayson. Fidence does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grayson takes a swing at Fidence's ribcage but misses.
Fidence misses with a body shot.
Grayson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Grayson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fidence avoids the body shot from Grayson.
Fidence uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grayson.
Fidence slips a jab and a cross from Grayson.
Fidence closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fidence lands a right hand.
Fidence lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fidence misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fidence tries to work over Grayson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grayson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fidence getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Grayson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Con Fidence dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Grayson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Oh, that's a big right hand from Fidence and Grayson goes tumbling to the canvas! Fidence follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Grayson is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Grayson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fidence working Grayson over with strikes.
Grayson is still in real trouble! Can Fidence finish him?
Fidence thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fidence is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Grayson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fidence throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Grayson seems to have recovered his senses.
Fidence throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fidence is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grayson can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fidence not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fidence thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fidence trying to pass the guard but Grayson defending well.
Fidence throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Fidence.
Fidence not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fidence 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.
Fidence thows a huge punch but Grayson dodges it nicely.
Fidence scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Grayson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fidence scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fidence missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fidence seems to be working for a kimura but Grayson defends the submission attempt.
Grayson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fidence.
Fidence not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fidence 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.
The cut above Richard Grayson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Richard Grayson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Con Fidence!
Con Fidence was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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