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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Corrales (ranked 5932 p4p, 667 weight class) and Umberto Grena (ranked 4215 p4p, 516 weight class). Corrales comes to the cage accompanied by Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can't Stop. Umberto Grena has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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169 lbs
8 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nelson Corrales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Umberto Grena!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grena on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Grena goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Corrales catches Grena with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Umberto Grena has been cut.
Corrales scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Corrales lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice body punch from Corrales.
Corrales throws a looping overhand right but Grena ducks down to avoid it.
Nelson Corrales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corrales moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Grena goes down! Can Corrales finish him!?
Grena is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grena pulls Corrales in close to prevent any damage.
Grena told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Corrales is looking to stand up but Grena won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Corrales won't allow Grena to sweep him here.
Corrales tries to stand but Grena is controlling from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corrales stops Grena from standing up.
Corrales wants to stand but Grena has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Grena closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Corrales quickly recovers to half guard.
Nice strikes from Grena there.
Corrales is looking to escape.
Corrales trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Corrales pushes Grena off but Grena dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grena landing strikes.
Corrales is trying to get back to his feet.
Grena landing strikes.
Grena scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Corrales to see if he's OK.
Grena working the head with strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Grena in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Grena has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Corrales takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Corrales is rocked!
Corrales wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Oh Corrales is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grena cracks Corrales with a big right hand but Corrales just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Corrales looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
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!
Grena scoring with punches and elbows.
Grena is trying to get an arm triangle but Corrales is defending well.
Grena works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
A big shot lands for Grena! That's hurt Corrales! Will he recover? Grena fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Umberto Grena!
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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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