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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Reznick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papa Granit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Granit has chosen Trumpsta (Contiez feat. Treyy G) as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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182 cm
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207 lbs
33 - 14 - 0 |
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191 cm
29
211 lbs
17 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
33 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trevor Reznick! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa Granit! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Reznick lands a leg kick that knocks Granit off balance momentarily. Reznick tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Granit is able to avoid easily. Granit has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Granit digs a good hook to Reznick's body.
Granit moves into range and clinches up with Reznick. Reznick misses with a hook from the clinch. Granit lands a body punch. Granit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reznick definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Granit tries to throw a body punch but Reznick avoids it by throwing Granit back against the cage. Reznick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Granit working aggressively here.
Reznick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Granit can't find room to land a body shot as Reznick controls the action.
Nice body punch from Reznick - that landed with a thud.
Granit can't find room to land a body shot as Reznick controls the action.
Granit misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Reznick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Granit blocks it with crossed arms. Reznick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Granit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Granit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Granit blocks an uppercut.
Reznick working aggressively here.
Granit gets through Reznick's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reznick lands a right hand that snaps the head of Granit backwards. Granit digs a right hand underneath Reznick's ribcage. Reznick let out a lung full of air as it connected. Granit lands a shoulder strike. Granit throws a punch but it's blocked by Reznick. Reznick misses with a hook from the clinch. Granit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reznicks head. Granit lands a body punch. Granit lands on the inside with an uppercut. Granit works on Reznick's body with a couple of short punches. Granit misses with a short punch on the inside. Granit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reznick tries to work over Granit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Granit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Granit lands a shoulder strike. Reznick working some nice short punches in the clinch. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Reznick misses with some punches.
Reznick scores with a shoulder strike. Reznick throws a head punch that misses. Granit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Granit cracks Reznick with a nice body shot. Granit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Granit misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reznick working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Granit.
Reznick swings wildly with an uppercut but Granit uses good head movement to avoid it. Granit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reznick struggles to land a body shot inside as Granit controls his hands.
Granit dodges an elbow strike from Reznick.
Nice body punch from Reznick - that landed with a thud.
Reznick prevents a body shot from Granit. Granit blocking some punches.
Granit lands a shoulder strike. Granit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Granit. Reznick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Granit scores with an uppercut up the middle. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reznick. Granit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reznick works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Granit misses with a short punch on the inside. Granit breaks from the clinch.
Reznick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Granit swats him away and circles back towards the center. A nice side step and Granit releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Granit lands with a hook. Reznick tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Reznick bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Granit's head. Granit throws a right hand that Reznick ducks under and follows up with a left that Reznick also avoids with ease. Granit doesn't manage to clinch there - Reznick circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Granit there. Trevor Reznick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Reznick throws a lazy uppercut
and Granit counters with a left to the body. Reznick tries to clinch up but Granit circles away and keeps his distance. Granit on the wrong end of a nice hook. Reznick takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Granit throws a hook but Reznick avoids it easily. Reznick takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Nice defenses there by Granit. Granit walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. 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! Granit slips under a jab from Reznick. Granit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reznick moves away. Reznick swings for the body but Granit moves out of range.
Granit avoids a kick to the body.
Granit throws a hook to the side of Reznick's head but Reznick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Granit throws a series of punches but Reznick avoids them all with ease. Granit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Reznick lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Reznick crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Granit - the referee stops the clock and Reznick gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Granit. Reznick manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes. A low kick from Reznick misses and Granit counters with a nice uppercut. Reznick lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Granit attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Granit misses with a straight left. Granit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reznick throws out the jab. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Papa Granit will probably get the nod. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A big left from Granit misses. The crowd cheers as Granit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reznick doesn't seem phased though. Reznick avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Reznick swings for the body but Granit moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Reznick blocks the leg kick.
Reznick misses with a looping left. Granit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reznick throws a body punch but Granit moves out of range. Granit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Granit throws a jab when Reznick was well out of range. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Granit avoids a kick to the body.
Reznick connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Reznick throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Reznick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Granit moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Granit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Reznick swings widly with a right hand
and Granit counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Granit misses with the combination.
Reznick thows a leg kick but Granit checks it and Granit counters with a lovely straight right hand! Papa Granit seems to be getting the better of the standup. A chopping leg kick lands by Granit. Granit is looking to chop away at Reznick's legs. Granit has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reznick. Reznick attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Granit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Reznick just misses with a punch to the body.
Reznick motions for Granit to come forward. Reznick throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. A little jabbing left from Granit on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Reznick misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reznick tries a low kick but Granit avoids it. Granit appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. A head kick misses from Granit. Granit throws a wild body kick that Reznick sees coming a mile off. This has been an exciting period of action! Reznick uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Granit has time to react. Reznick connects with a right hand. Granit shakes it off. Granit lands with an overhand left. Granit throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Reznick staying out of range there. Reznick lands with a thumping leg kick.
Granit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Reznick wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch. Reznick scores with a nice strike. Reznick misses with a left hand and Reznick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Granit on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Reznick moves into range and connects with a jab. Reznick is looking to slow Granit down with leg kicks. Reznick throws a body punch but Granit moves out of range. Granit connects with a body shot that sends Reznick's belly button to the back. Reznick swats away the attempt to clinch by Granit. Granit misses with an uppercut. Reznick saw that one coming. Reznick motions for Granit to come forward. Reznick throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Granit defending well as Reznick loads up on a big left hand. That kick from Reznick tenderised Granit's leg. Granit is trying to keep his angry face on. Reznick throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Granit looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Granit keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reznick. Granit sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Granit does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Granit scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Reznick doesn't seem bothered though. Reznick throws a body shot but no joy. Reznick throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Granit swings widly with a right hand
letting Reznick counter with a right hand. 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! Granit slips under a jab from Reznick. Reznick chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Granit can pounce on him.
Granit misses with a hook. Granit's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Reznick throws a half hearted mid kick. Granit ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Granit throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Reznick wants to slow Granit down by chopping away at his legs. Granit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reznick throws a nice inside leg kick. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Papa Granit will probably get the nod - 10:9. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Reznick moves away from the strike by Granit. Reznick misses with a looping right. Granit thows a left - swing and a miss! Granit looks to score with a jab to the body but Reznick is just out of range. Reznick fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Granit looks to land a left hand but Reznick moved out of range nicely. Granit throws a leg kick but Reznick sees it coming and checks it nicely. Reznick tries to counter by clinching up but Granit breaks away and moves out of range. Reznick fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Granit. Granit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reznick's sensitive parts. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Granit lands a jab to the head.
Reznick throws a leg kick and Granit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Reznick fakes the leg kick and cracks Granit in the body. Granit just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Granit misses with a lunging right hand
and Reznick counters with a low kick, right behind Granit 's knee. Reznick throws a lazy uppercut
letting Granit counter with a right hand. Reznick misses with a jab to the body
and Granit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Reznick throws a leg kick letting Granit counter with a right hand. Reznick lands a leg kick that knocks Granit off balance momentarily. Reznick looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reznick throws a low kick, looking for Granit's leg but Granit calmly moves out of range. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Reznick checks a leg kick. Reznick misses with a low kick as Granit jumps back. Reznick drops his hands momentarily and Granit takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Reznick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Granit throws out the jab. Granit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Reznick missing with a left hand there. Granit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reznick tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Granit is able to avoid easily. Reznick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Granit. Granit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Granit throws an overhand right that lands on Reznick's shoulder, as Reznick tries to avoid the shot. Reznick is looking to slow Granit down with leg kicks. 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! Granit tries to land a front kick but Reznick steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Granit checks a low kick from Reznick. Granit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reznick.
Reznick cracks Granit with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Reznick pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Granit appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. Granit gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Granit. Nice cross by Granit. Granit misses the shot to the body. Trevor Reznick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Reznick misses with a wild body shot. Granit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Reznick swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Granit misses the shot to the body. Reznick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Granit moves away. Papa Granit is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. Nice defenses there by Granit. Granit follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land. A solid leg kick lands there for Granit.
Granit moves out of range of the body kick from Reznick.
Granit pushes Reznick away with a front kick. Granit scores with a sloppy right hand. Reznick should have avoided that one. Granit takes a swing at Reznick's ribcage but misses. Reznick takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Granit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Granit digs a good hook to Reznick's body.
Granit connects with a body shot that sends Reznick's belly button to the back. A telegraphed right hand from Reznick misses the target. Reznick misses with a body shot.
Reznick throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Granit to counter with a crisp jab. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Granit looks to score with a jab to the body but Reznick is just out of range. Reznick throws a push kick but Granit slaps the foot to one side. Reznick lands a glancing blow to the side of Granit's head. Reznick misses with a hook
letting Granit counter with a right hand. Reznick just misses with a punch to the body.
Reznick misses with an uppercut
and Granit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Granit misses with a head kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reznick.
And that's the end of the fight! Papa Granit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Granit has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30 Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30 Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papa Granit! After winning the bout, Papa Granit thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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pop
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RATING
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