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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between TJ Hearts (ranked 1780 p4p, 264 weight class) and Gary Gravity (ranked 1884 p4p, 280 weight class). Gary Gravity acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, TJ Hearts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gary Gravity!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hearts lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hearts misses with a body kick.
Gravity now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hearts misses with a right hand
and Gravity counters with a nice uppercut.
Hearts throws a jab but it's blocked by Gravity.
Gravity scores with a jab. Hearts acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hearts blocks a jab.
Gravity takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've been hearing reports that Hearts has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Gravity moves into the clinch.
Gravity lands a hook that snaps the head of Hearts backwards.
Gravity lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hearts backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gravity misses with a body punch.
Gravity fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hearts misses with a body punch.
Hearts struggles to land a body shot inside as Gravity controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gravity.
Gravity misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hearts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gravity misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gravity.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity prevents a body shot from Hearts.
Gravity scores with a hook to the body.
A short left from Hearts.
Hearts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Hearts.
Hearts cracks Gravity with a nice body shot.
Gravity tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hearts's elbow.
Hearts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gravity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gravity misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gravity.
Hearts goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gravity prevents it.
Gravity lands a right hand.
Gravity pulls guard effortlessly.
Gravity thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hearts controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hearts preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearts wants to pass the guard but Gravity is keeping the position.
Hearts is working hard here to advance position.
Gravity is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hearts controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Hearts. Those never looked like landing.
Gravity misses with a wild body shot.
TJ Hearts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hearts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hearts drops down looking for a counter takedown but Gravity sprawls and moves away.
Gravity takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gravity misses with a body shot.
Hearts misses with an uppercut.
Gravity avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hearts stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gravity slips under a jab.
Hearts throws a body punch but Gravity moves out of range.
Hearts keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gravity takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hearts checks a low kick from Gravity.
Gravity wants to slow Hearts down by chopping away at his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity scores with the left hand. Hearts knows he should have avoided that one.
Hearts throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gravity counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Hearts misses the target.
A jab from Gravity finds it's way through Hearts's defenses.
Hearts throws the left hand but Gravity avoids the punch easily.
Gravity looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gravity lands a jab to the head.
Gravity lands with a nice body punch.
Hearts looks to throw the jab but Gravity is out of range.
Hearts jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hearts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gravity closes the distance and clinches.
Gravity stops a takedown attempt from Hearts.
Hearts prevents a body shot from Gravity.
Gravity drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hearts pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hearts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gravity moves away.
Gravity looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gary Gravity will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hearts's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Gravity goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gravity checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gravity shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hearts's guard.
Gravity makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gravity throwing strikes but missing.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Gravity working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gravity's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gravity trying to control the position from guard on top but Hearts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hearts is pulling down on Gravity's head. It's preventing any offense from Gravity, at least for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hearts throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity throwing strikes but missing.
Hearts has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hearts working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gravity with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hearts keeping full guard, as Gravity tries to pass.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Gravity's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Gravity trying to control the position from guard on top but Hearts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hearts is pulling down on Gravity's head to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hearts wants to sweep here but Gravity controlling him for the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Gravity walks into a jab.
Hearts misses with an uppercut. Gravity saw that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by Gravity there.
Hearts shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gravity has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gravity slips a straight right by Hearts.
Hearts connects with a body shot that sends Gravity's belly button to the back.
Hearts lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hearts throws a jab when Gravity was well out of range.
Gravity lunges at Hearts with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hearts's hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Hearts misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearts slips a jab from Gravity.
Gravity throws a lazy right hand but Hearts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gravity throws a big shot that misses.
Gravity throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gravity steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hearts.
Gravity takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hearts throws a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Gravity on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hearts throws out a leg kick but Gravity moves out of range and Hearts only half commits.
Gravity lands a head shot.
Gravity tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gravity slips under a jab from Hearts.
A big left from Gravity misses.
Hearts tries a low kick but Gravity avoids it.
Gravity misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hearts.
Hearts fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hearts slips a jab from Gravity.
Gravity gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hearts.
Gravity misses with a looping left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gravity closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gravity tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hearts paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hearts connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gravity. Gravity circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gravity scores with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Gravity misses its intended target.
Hearts feinted with a counter takedown.
Hearts throws an overhand right that lands on Gravity's shoulder, as Gravity tries to avoid the shot.
Hearts lands a body shot.
Gravity cracks Hearts with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gravity uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hearts.
Hearts throws a jab but it's blocked by Gravity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gary Gravity will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hearts misses with a straight right.
Gravity waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hearts.
Gravity steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hearts.
Hearts changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gravity looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gravity tries to buck Hearts off but Hearts is having none of it.
Hearts tries for a kimura but Gravity is defending well.
Gravity takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gravity is looking for a sweep.
Gravity keeps trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearts scoring with punches and elbows.
Gravity is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hearts connects with a decent elbow.
Gravity struggling a bit here.
Hearts scoring with punches and elbows.
Gravity tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hearts working away.
Gravity tries to bench press Hearts off him but Hearts keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on Gravity's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
TJ Hearts overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
TJ Hearts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearts throws an elbow but Gravity slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gravity tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hearts wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Check out the look on Hearts's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hearts working the ground and pound from side control.
Hearts landing a few strikes.
Hearts taking a breather here.
Hearts postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Gravity tries to improve position but can't.
Hearts controlling from side mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hearts is looking to take a break and control but Gravity is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gravity tries to improve position but can't.
Hearts connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gravity some visible discomfort.
Gravity is not content to let Hearts control the position.
Hearts is really struggling to control Gravity but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Gary Gravity is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hearts throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hearts lands some shots froms side control.
Hearts wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gravity keeps working.
Hearts looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hearts tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hearts has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gravity is looking for a sweep.
And that's the end of the fight!
TJ Hearts showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gravity has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Gravity!
Gary Gravity managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Urban Fighter, into his post fight interview.
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