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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pete Granger (ranked 642 p4p, 102 weight class) and Kevin Siembieda (ranked 2608 p4p, 363 weight class). Granger comes to the cage accompanied by Get Ya Strut On - Lord Have Mercy. Pete Granger had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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178 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pete Granger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Siembieda!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Granger closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A shot to the liver by Granger. Beautiful body shot.
Granger lands a nice looking body kick.
Granger scores with a sloppy right hand. Siembieda should have avoided that one.
Granger just misses with a punch to the body.
Siembieda misses with a hook. Granger ducked under it nicely.
Siembieda scores with a nice strike.
Granger lands with a straight right. Siembieda didn't see that one coming.
Siembieda takes a swing at Granger's ribcage but misses.
Granger throws a leg kick
and Siembieda counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Siembieda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Siembieda bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Siembieda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Granger moves away.
Siembieda looks to score with a jab to the body but Granger is just out of range.
Granger misses with a straight right.
Siembieda tries to counter by closing the distance.
Nice shot by Granger.
Granger cracks Siembieda with a right hand to the side of the head.
Granger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Granger as he checks the leg kick.
Siembieda cracks the inside of Granger's front leg.
Siembieda moves out of range of the body kick from Granger.
Siembieda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Granger.
Siembieda takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Granger missing with a left hand there. Siembieda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Siembieda is looking to clinch.
Siembieda blocks a jab.
Granger misses with a body kick.
A big right from Siembieda misses.
Granger connects with a single shot there.
Granger finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Siembieda follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Siembieda tries to bum rush Granger with a series of wild strikes but Granger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Granger moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Granger looks to land a left hand but Siembieda moved out of range nicely.
Granger moves out of range of the body kick from Siembieda.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granger catches Siembieda with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siembieda lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Granger at a distance.
Granger walks forward, straight into a front kick from Siembieda.
Siembieda throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Siembieda slips a jab and a cross from Granger.
Siembieda is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Siembieda slips under a jab from Granger.
Granger looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Siembieda is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Granger rather than just go for the knockout.
Siembieda misses with a straight left.
Granger swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Siembieda takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Granger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Siembieda throws out the jab.
Granger moves out of range of the leg kick from Siembieda.
Siembieda ducks under a wild hook from Granger.
Granger throws a lazy right hand but Siembieda sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Granger throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Siembieda counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Siembieda. That's going to slow Granger down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siembieda throws a shot to the body.
Siembieda throws a chopping leg kick but Granger manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Granger misses the target.
Siembieda fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Granger.
Nice defenses there by Granger.
A thudding body kick lands there by Granger!
Siembieda ducks under a wild hook from Granger.
Siembieda wants to counter the offense by Granger and move into the clinch position.
Granger darts in and clinches Siembieda up against the cage.
Granger misses with the head strike.
Granger scores with a nice hook to the head.
I was talking to Granger's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Granger.
Granger misses with a punch on the inside.
Siembieda lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Siembieda.
Siembieda lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Granger prevents a body shot from Siembieda.
Siembieda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Granger is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Siembieda on the inside.
A body shot lands from Granger.
Siembieda has a couple of punches blocked by Granger.
Siembieda throws a punch but it's blocked by Granger.
Siembieda throws a head punch that misses.
Siembieda tries a knee to the head but Granger blocks it.
Siembieda prevents a body shot from Granger.
Granger throws a punch but it's blocked by Siembieda.
A short uppercut from Granger.
Siembieda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Granger.
Siembieda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Granger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Granger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Siembieda has a couple of punches blocked by Granger.
Siembieda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Granger is defending well for now.
Granger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Granger scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pete Granger dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Granger sizes up Siembieda with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Granger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Siembieda can do to turn this around?
Granger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Siembieda dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Granger. That did some damage!
Donk. Granger catches Siembieda right on the button with a cross.
Granger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Granger digs a good hook to Siembieda's body.
Siembieda misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Granger wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Granger lands with an overhand left.
Siembieda moves away from the strike by Granger.
A head kick misses from Granger.
Pete Granger is winning the standup battle so far.
Granger takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Granger has closed the distance and engaged Siembieda in a clinch.
Siembieda has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Granger seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Siembieda can turn it around.
Siembieda trying to land knees to the body.
Siembieda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Siembieda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Granger lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Granger lands a left hand that snaps the head of Siembieda backwards.
Granger prevents a body shot from Siembieda.
Siembieda blocks an uppercut.
Granger blocks an elbow strike.
Siembieda's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pete Granger has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Granger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Granger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Siembieda's elbow.
Granger lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Granger.
Granger swings wildly with an uppercut but Siembieda uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Granger.
Siembieda is rocked!
Granger lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Siembieda to his knees! Granger keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pete Granger!
A very excited looking Pete Granger rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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hype
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RATING
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