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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Jose De Sucre (ranked 1784 p4p, 245 weight class) and Gary Gravity (ranked 1865 p4p, 255 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 cm
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214 lbs
23 - 17 - 1 |
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187 cm
37
212 lbs
26 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful |
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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
23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Antonio Jose De Sucre! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
26 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gary Gravity! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice straight punches there by Gravity. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gravity. De Sucre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Gravity lands with a nice body punch. Gravity moves out of range as De Sucre throws a body kick.
Gravity will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from De Sucre.
De Sucre dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Gravity throws a hook but De Sucre avoids it easily. Gravity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Sucre was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravity. De Sucre went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. De Sucre stalks Gravity and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gravity's face. Gravity staggers backwards, shaken. Gravity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Sucre was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravity. Gravity misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Sucre.
De Sucre throws a head kick that misses. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. De Sucre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Sucre fakes the leg kick and cracks Gravity in the body. Gravity scores with a body shot.
Gravity feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Sucre's calf. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! De Sucre moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. Gravity connects with a nice looking jab.
Gravity looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. De Sucre looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. 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. Gravity prevents De Sucre from improving his position. Ground and pound from Gravity. De Sucre is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gravity pulls his head out easily. Gravity drops an elbow to the side of De Sucre's head. De Sucre moves into full guard.
De Sucre had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gravity defends it easily. Gravity tries to free his leg and advance position but De Sucre is retaining full guard. Gravity scoring with some ground and pound. Gravity working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. De Sucre is looking for a triangle but Gravity pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. De Sucre has momentary wrist control but Gravity slips an elbow through the middle. De Sucre is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Gravity advances position into side control! Gravity cracks De Sucre with a big elbow. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Gravity in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Gravity cracks De Sucre with a big right hand but De Sucre just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! De Sucre tries to improve position but can't. De Sucre gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard. De Sucre is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gravity pulls his head out easily. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. De Sucre looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gravity working the head and body with strikes. Gravity seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. De Sucre looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Gravity lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
De Sucre is rocked! De Sucre has hold of Gravity's hands but Gravity slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Oh De Sucre is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Gravity lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked De Sucre! More strikes land and this one is all over! Gravity jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gary Gravity! A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Gary Gravity made sure he mentioned Urban Fighter, along with how happy he was to win his fight. The defeated Antonio Jose De Sucre had this to say: 'My Father is yelling from the Heavens! I will not disappoint him again!'.
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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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