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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Balfour Darrow (ranked 3683 p4p, 190 weight class) and Jesus Chico Grande (ranked 2493 p4p, 134 weight class). Grande is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dead By Dawn by Deicide . Balfour Darrow had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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138 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
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165 cm
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145 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Balfour Darrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesus Chico Grande!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darrow needs to keep his hands up - Grande had a free shot at his head there.
Darrow misses with a wild body shot.
Grande tries to clinch but Darrow is having none of it.
Grande looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Darrow looks to land a right hand but Grande moved out of range.
Darrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grande swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darrow throws the left hand but Grande avoids the punch easily.
Grande lands a glancing blow to the side of Darrow's head.
Darrow works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Grande feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Darrows jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Grande clinches.
Darrow is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Grande is defending well.
Grande goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grande swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darrow is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Grande pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Grande lands with a light punch inside.
Grande is pressed up against the cage. Darrow has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Grande down to the mat. Grande avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Balfour Darrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grande lands a lovely overhand right.
Grande throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grande wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Darrow swats away the attempt to clinch by Grande.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande scores with a shot to the body.
Grande misses with a wild combination.
Grande 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.
Grande fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Darrow looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Grande connects with a jab.
Grande throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A swing and a miss from Grande.
Grande keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Darrow.
Grande throws a right and a left that Darrow avoids nicely.
Grande scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darrow doesn't seem bothered though.
Grande punishes Darrow's body with a nice straight punch.
Jesus Chico Grande seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grande paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Darrow is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grande.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Grande.
Grande lands with a nice combination. Darrow backs away looking to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grande misses with a hook.
Grande ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice cross by Grande.
Grande scores with a punch to the head.
Darrow throws a body punch but Grande moves out of range.
Grande swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Grande there.
Darrow takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Darrow comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Darrow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grande throws out the jab.
Grande slips under a jab from Darrow.
A countering left hand to the body from Grande misses.
Darrow connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Jesus Chico Grande has been cut.
Grande works over Darrow's head and body with a nice combination.
A shot to the liver by Grande. Beautiful body shot.
Grande staying out of range there.
Grande throws a right and a left that Darrow avoids nicely.
Darrow swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Jesus Chico Grande is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Grande throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grande slips a jab from Darrow.
Good exchange - Darrow coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow walks into a straight right hand from Grande.
Grande missing with a left hand there. Darrow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grande rushes Darrow and presses him up against the cage.
Darrow has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Grande is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Grande misses with a body punch.
Grande doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darrow.
Darrow drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Grande gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short right from Grande.
Grande lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grande lands a right hand that snaps the head of Darrow backwards.
Grande is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A body shot lands from Grande.
Darrow has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Grande after a bit of a struggle.
Grande lands a shot to the body.
Darrow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Grande lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Darrow backwards.
Darrow is rocked!
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!
Darrow is working for takedown but Grande is calmly controlling the position for now.
Oh Darrow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Darrow takes a shot to the head.
Grande prevents a takedown attempt there.
Darrow is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Darrow's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Darrow drops to his knees and Grande pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesus Chico Grande!
Post fight, Jesus Chico Grande stared into the camera and said 'Stop saying that I look like Goofy! In Colombia, I am known as La Bestia! Stop saying that I look like the Disney character! '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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