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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio De Souza (ranked 8122 p4p, 157 weight class) and Early Grayce (ranked 6157 p4p, 132 weight class). Early Grayce is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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196 lbs
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222 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio De Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Early Grayce !
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Russell Pearce and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Souza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Grayce .
De Souza feinted with a counter takedown.
Grayce tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza throws a right hand that Grayce ducks under and follows up with a left that Grayce also avoids with ease.
Grayce fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Souza shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Grayce eats them both and turns towards De Souza to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
De Souza slips under a jab from Grayce .
Grayce keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grayce shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches De Souza napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Souza is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on De Souza's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Grayce scores with a couple of short elbows.
De Souza manages to work his way to half guard, despite Grayce 's best efforts.
De Souza has hold of Grayce 's hands but Grayce slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Grayce really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De Souza. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nice strikes from Grayce there.
De Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayce working the head and body with strikes.
Grayce working the head and body with strikes.
De Souza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Grayce scores with a couple of nice shots.
De Souza is rocked!
Grayce unloads with some huge strikes here! De Souza is out! Grayce wins by brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Early Grayce !
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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