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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Graves (ranked 6641 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Little (ranked 3109 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves comes to the cage accompanied by London Calling. Little comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Welcome to the Jungle kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alex Graves has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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198 lbs
19 - 24 - 0 |
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189 cm
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198 lbs
21 - 21 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger Little!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves shoots for a double leg takedown but Little sprawls well. He's pushed Graves's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Little gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Graves drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Graves is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Graves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Little content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Graves has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Little after a bit of a struggle.
I was talking to Graves's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Graves drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Little stops a takedown attempt from Graves.
Little breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Little.
Little jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Little as Graves shoots in.
Little 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.
Nice shot lands for Little.
Little stuffs the takedown.
Graves shoots in for a takedown but Little shows good takedown defense.
Graves looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Little is fending him off so far but Graves persists. Nope, Little circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Little throws a head kick but Graves moves out of range.
Little throws a combination. Graves tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Alex Graves has been cut.
Little lands a body shot.
Graves takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Little stuns Graves with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Little throws a head kick that Graves semi-blocks.
Graves is rocked!
Graves gets tackled into the cage by Little. Little maintains the clinch.
Oh Graves is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short body shot lands from Little as the two fighters clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Little.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Still in the clinch, Little scores with a nice short uppercut.
Little creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Graves with a big uppercut! Graves tries to clinch up but Little pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Graves to the mat! Graves covers up and Little unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Roger Little!
An out of breath and clearly excited Roger Little thanked Freebok (85% Laundry) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Alex Graves was interviewed post fight and said 'This isn't over. That was luck and we will be back to breaking arms and spirits very soon!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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