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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brad Grownstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Bates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
5 - 3 - 1 |
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174 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Basic striking
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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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Brad Grownstone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Micheal Bates!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bates takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bates closes this distance looking for a takedown but Grownstone circles away.
Grownstone has managed to clinch.
Grownstone has a couple of punches blocked by Bates.
Grownstone misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grownstone.
Bates has had enough of the clinch but Grownstone keeps him there for the moment.
I was talking to Grownstone's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bates wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Grownstone has him pressed against the cage.
Grownstone throws a head punch that misses.
Bates trying to stall but Grownstone improves his position.
A nice left hand lands by Grownstone.
Grownstone throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Batess head.
Bates takes a shot to the head.
Grownstone lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bates backwards.
Bates manages to break the clinch.
Grownstone misses with a body kick.
Bates has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bates.
Bates can't break the clinch.
Bates blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bates swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bates blocks an uppercut.
Grownstone lands a left hand.
Bates is trying to break the clinch but Grownstone is controlling him.
Grownstone lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Grownstone has a couple of punches blocked by Bates.
Bates breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Micheal Bates seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bates tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Grownstone swivels and escapes.
It looked like Grownstone wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Grownstone scores with a jab to the body.
Bates shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Grownstone defends it nicely.
Brad Grownstone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micheal Bates.
Bates wants to clinch but Grownstone slips to the side
and Grownstone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grownstone closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grownstone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grownstone.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bates manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grownstone throws a hook but Bates avoids it easily.
Bates closes the distance and pushes Grownstone back into the cage.
Grownstone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grownstone lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grownstone blocks a body shot from Bates.
Bates is working for takedown but Grownstone is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bates tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grownstone avoids it.
Bates escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bates tries to clinch but Grownstone moves away
and Grownstone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bates is looking to clinch but Grownstone is avoiding it.
Grownstone looks to land a left hand but Bates moved out of range nicely.
Grownstone connects with a nice looking jab.
Bates slips under a jab from Grownstone.
Bates tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bates closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bates changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Grownstone fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Grownstone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bates fails with a takedown attempt.
Bates tries to clinch but Grownstone is having none of it.
Bates closes the distance and pushes Grownstone back into the cage.
Grownstone throws a punch but it's blocked by Bates.
Bates misses with a punch to the body.
Grownstone throws a head punch that misses.
Bates pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bates tries for a takedown but Grownstone circles away easily
and Bates takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grownstone leaves Bates with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bates ducks under a wild hook from Grownstone.
Grownstone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bates pushes Grownstone up against the cage in a clinch.
Bates blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grownstone lands with a light punch inside.
Bates breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bates takes the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bates doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grownstone misses with a punch on the inside.
Grownstone misses with a punch on the inside.
Bates blocking some punches.
Grownstone gets through Bates's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grownstone.
Grownstone misses with the head strike.
Bates throws a punch but it's blocked by Grownstone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Grownstone dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bates staying out of range there.
Bates clinches up with Grownstone and pushes him back against the cage.
Bates misses with a body punch.
Grownstone misses with the head strike.
Bates misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grownstone.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bates.
Grownstone lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grownstone.
Grownstone lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bates backwards.
Still in the clinch, Grownstone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Grownstone has Bates pressed against the cage, preventing Bates from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice left hand lands by Grownstone.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grownstone misses with a punch on the inside.
Grownstone misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bates.
Bates blocking some punches.
Grownstone misses with a punch on the inside.
Grownstone working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bates manages to break the clinch.
Bates closes the distance and pushes Grownstone back into the cage.
Bates breaks from the clinch.
Bates tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Grownstone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bates shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Grownstone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brad Grownstone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grownstone connects with a right hand. Bates shakes it off.
Bates wants to clinch.
Bates has closed the distance and engaged Grownstone in a clinch.
Grownstone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bates can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bates blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grownstone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grownstone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grownstone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grownstone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grownstone throws a punch but it's blocked by Bates.
Grownstone has Bates pressed against the cage, preventing Bates from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bates can't break the clinch.
Grownstone lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grownstone misses with the head strike.
Bates breaks from the clinch.
Grownstone throws the kick towards the body but Bates avoids it.
Bates changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Bates looks to clinch
and Grownstone counters with a straight right hand.
Brad Grownstone is winning the standup battle so far.
Grownstone keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Grownstone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bates tries to throw a body punch but Grownstone avoids it by throwing Bates back against the cage.
Bates blocks an uppercut.
Bates doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bates wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bates blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grownstone working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Grownstone.
Grownstone prevents Bates from breaking the clinch.
Bates tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grownstone.
Still in the clinch, Grownstone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Grownstone misses with some punches.
Grownstone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grownstone misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bates.
Nice body punch from Bates - that landed with a thud.
Grownstone has a couple of punches blocked by Bates.
Bates is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Grownstone is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grownstone creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Grownstone swings wildly with an uppercut but Bates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grownstone misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grownstone lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Grownstone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bates's efforts to push away.
Grownstone misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grownstone misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bates changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Grownstone fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Brad Grownstone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micheal Bates.
Bates tries to clinch there but Grownstone circles away.
Grownstone misses the jab.
Despite the aggression on Bates's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Bates tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bates is looking to clinch but Grownstone is avoiding it.
Bates closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Grownstone dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bates fails with a takedown attempt.
Grownstone swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bates closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Grownstone to counter with a crisp jab.
Bates fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grownstone, pushing him back against the cage.
Grownstone scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grownstone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bates misses with a punch on the inside.
Grownstone misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grownstone prevents Bates from breaking the clinch.
Grownstone lands a nice uppercut.
Bates misses with some punches.
Grownstone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grownstone lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grownstone working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Grownstone.
Grownstone throws a punch but it's blocked by Bates.
Grownstone misses with a punch on the inside.
Bates misses with a knee strike.
Grownstone is pressed up against the cage. Bates has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Grownstone down to the mat. Grownstone avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Grownstone misses with a straight right.
Bates feints the counter takedown.
Bates wants to clinch.
Bates doesn't manage to clinch there - Grownstone circles away.
Bates walks into a left hand.
Bates tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grownstone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grownstone stuffs the takedown.
Grownstone throwing a counter right hand but Bates manages to avoid it.
Brad Grownstone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Micheal Bates.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grownstone pushes Bates up against the cage in a clinch.
Grownstone has a couple of punches blocked by Bates.
Grownstone scores with a shoulder strike.
Bates goes for a takedown attempt but Grownstone pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Grownstone tries to clinch up but Bates circles away and keeps his distance.
Grownstone is looking to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Grownstone.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bates tries to clinch but Grownstone is having none of it.
Bates fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Grownstone avoids it really well and circles away.
Grownstone was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grownstone keeps the fight on the outside.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Grownstone, as that shot connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bates with a lazy takedown attempt
and Grownstone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bates moves in looking to clinch but Grownstone pushes him off.
An attempted straight right counter from Grownstone misses the target.
Bates tries to clinch there but Grownstone circles away.
Bates closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Grownstone did well to prevent Bates getting side control.
Bates not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grownstone blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bates.
Bates is controlling the pace.
Bates thows a huge punch but Grownstone dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bates wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grownstone keeps working.
Bates missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bates landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bates missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Grownstone knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bates on the ground.
Bates trying to control the pace.
Grownstone is staying active underneath Bates, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Micheal Bates has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grownstone wants to get back to his feet.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Grownstone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Grownstone, 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Brad Grownstone!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Brad Grownstone!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Brad Grownstone!
Brad Grownstone wins by unanimous decision!
Brad Grownstone spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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