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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Cote (ranked 24999 p4p, 0 weight class) and Braydon Frazier (ranked 4139 p4p, 0 weight class). Braydon Frazier has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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225 cm
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214 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodney Cote! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Braydon Frazier! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Frazier misses with a head kick.
Cote drops down looking for a counter takedown but Frazier sprawls and moves away. Frazier throws a head kick but Cote moves out of range.
Frazier should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete. Horrible takedown attempt by Cote or perhaps it was just good defense by Frazier, which made it look bad. Cote circles away from the clinch attempt.
Frazier fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cote to the ground. Frazier is now in Cote's guard. Cote pushes Frazier off and scrambles back to his feet.
Frazier misses with a series of wild punches.
Frazier throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Cote was covering up waiting for the punch and Frazier finishes the takedown easily into guard. Cote uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cote really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Cote gets the takedown into side control. Frazier managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cote.
Frazier takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Cote tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Cote tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Frazier wants to control but Cote postures up. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cote working the ground and pound. Frazier takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Frazier tries to buck Cote off but Cote is having none of it. Cote is chipping away with strikes.
Cote just content to control the position. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Frazier is trying to control Cote's posture but Cote avoids it. Cote sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Frazier is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Cote controlling from side mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cote scoring with punches from side control. Cote landing a few strikes. Cote is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Frazier is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Frazier is trying to improve his position. Cote is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Frazier has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Cote looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Frazier is avoiding damage well.
Cote is trying to get an arm triangle but Frazier is defending well. Cote throwing shots but missing, from side control. Cote working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Cote trying to control the position but Frazier is working away. Cote is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Frazier knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodney Cote dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Frazier throws a lazy right hand but Cote sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Rodney Cote is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Frazier slaps away a takedown attempt from Cote, before circling back to the center of the mat. Frazier dives in and scores a takedown into Cote's guard. Cote not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Frazier missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Cote looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it. Frazier controlling from the top position. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Cote is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Frazier is aware though and is defending well. Rodney Cote overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round. Frazier postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
It looks like Rodney Cote has been cut. Cote looking for a sweep. Not yet Cote, not yet. Cote is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Frazier can do to turn this around? Frazier postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cote is rocked! Frazier controlling from the top position. Oh Cote is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Cote thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage. Frazier seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Frazier advances to half guard. The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Frazier is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cote doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Frazier. Frazier is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Cote trying to control from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Frazier there. Frazier keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action. Frazier escapes and gets back to his feet. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Frazier gets a big slam - oh, Cote is out! Cote is out! That's a nasty KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Braydon Frazier!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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