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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Armando Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Leben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You blaring out of the sound system. Armando Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm
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186 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Armando Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Leben!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leben throws a combination. Gracie tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Leben takes the fight into the clinch.
Leben avoiding damage.
Gracie tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gracie turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Leben struggling a bit here.
Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Leben seems a little lost for a moment, as Gracie dominates the positioning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie wants to control but Leben is keeping him busy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Leben can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gracie moves into full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gracie is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Leben to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Leben shrugs it off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gracie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Leben is looking to escape.
Gracie working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Leben turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Gracie off and cradles Leben's limp body as Gracie celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Armando Gracie!
A very excited looking Armando Gracie 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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FIGHT
RATING
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