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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Corey Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Michaels (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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278 lbs
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273 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Corey Gray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels gets a double leg takedown into Gray's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michaels looking to pass the guard.
Michaels won't allow Gray to get back to his feet.
Michaels stopping the sweep attempt from Gray.
Michaels in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gray being controlled here, momentarily.
Michaels is working Gray over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Corey Gray's cut is getting worse.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michaels postures up in Gray's guard and throws a big left but Gray blocks it.
Michaels wants to stand but Gray is controlling his posture from full guard.
Michaels wants to pass the guard but Gray is keeping the position.
Michaels must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gray looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gray prevents Michaels from improving his position.
Michaels is still trying to improve position.
Michaels lands with a few short shots to the body.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Michaels can do anything to dispel that myth.
Michaels has a hand on Gray's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Gray takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Michaels flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Michaels really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Michaels wants to control but Gray is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels is trying to escape the mount.
Gray pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gray cracks Michaels with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Michaels tries to lock up and control but Gray gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Michaels throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Gray prevents Michaels from getting the reversal.
Michaels tries to hold on but Gray postures up.
Gray sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michaels avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gray.
Michaels is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Michaels avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gray.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Michaels can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Michaels is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gray lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Michaels is desperately trying to improve his position but Gray has a good base and remains in mount.
Gray in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Michaels tries to hold on but Gray postures up.
Michaels swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Michaels flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Michaels wants to hold on but Gray pushes him away.
Michaels is looking to improve his position but Gray isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray 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.
Michaels is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Michaels working to try and regain half guard.
Gray misses with a head shot.
Michaels tries to hold on but Gray postures up.
Michaels tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice elbow there by Gray.
Michaels tries to hold on but Gray postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Corey Gray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Corey Gray's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Michaels drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Gray manages to get back to half guard.
Gray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Michaels can do to turn this around?
Gray is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Michaels scores with a couple of nice shots.
Michaels not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Michaels takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Michaels drops an elbow to the side of Gray's head.
Gray is rocked!
Corey Gray's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Michaels takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Oh Gray is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Michaels is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Gray is hurt! He's hurt bad - Michaels fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Gray from any more punishment! Congratulations to Michaels! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Michaels!
A very excited looking George Michaels rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
42% |
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