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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tata Khajo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khajo comes to the cage accompanied by Power by Kanye West. Tata Khajo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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177 lbs
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175 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tata Khajo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khajo throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Gracie steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Khajo.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Khajo misses with a looping left.
Khajo misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Khajo's head but Khajo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khajo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Khajo misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gracie looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie is struggling to control the position.
Gracie tries to land knees in the clinch but Khajo avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Khajo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Khajo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khajo.
Gracie has Khajo pushed against the cage.
Khajo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Khajo fails to land.
Gracie jumps guard but Khajo stands there with Gracie around his waist. Gracie gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Khajo lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Khajo.
Khajo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Khajo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khajo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gracie tries to land knees in the clinch but Khajo avoids the damage to the body.
Khajo breaks the clinch.
A big left from Khajo misses.
Gracie is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Gracie throws a lazy uppercut
and Khajo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Khajo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Khajo misses with a straight right.
Khajo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gracie tries to counter by closing the distance.
Khajo moves out of range as Gracie throws a body kick.
Khajo is looking to counter punch.
We've been told by Khajo's head coaches at Devolved that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gracie moves into range and clinches up with Khajo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khajo throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
Khajo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Khajo lands a body punch.
Gracie fails to pull guard.
Tata Khajo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Gracie.
A short uppercut from Khajo.
Gracie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khajo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gracies head.
A short left from Khajo.
Gracie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khajo.
Gracie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Khajo misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Khajo won't allow it.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Khajo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gracie taking a breather.
Khajo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khajo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khajo working aggressively here.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gracie pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paulo Gracie.
Gracie misses with a hook
and Khajo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gracie is rocked!
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Khajo moves away and avoids it.
Khajo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khajo misses with a wild body shot.
Khajo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Khajo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gracie in his tracks.
Gracie is still on wobbly legs! Can Khajo finish him?
Gracie throws a shot from downtown. Khajo moves away and avoids it.
Khajo measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Gracie! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Tata Khajo!
Tata Khajo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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