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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stu Grimson (ranked 175 p4p, 17 weight class) and Nakki Fakiiri (ranked 252 p4p, 28 weight class). Grimson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Omerta - Lamb of God. Fakiiri comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Limp Bizkit- BREAK STUFF kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
31 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stu Grimson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nakki Fakiiri!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fakiiri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grimson throws a chopping leg kick but Fakiiri manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Grimson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fakiiri misses with a series of wild punches.
Grimson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Grimson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grimson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Grimson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fakiiri pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Grimson back to the cage. Fakiiri follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Grimson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fakiiri tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Grimson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fakiiri thinking.
Fakiiri looks winded!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Grimson.
Grimson staying out of range there.
It appears Grimson was looking to counter with a kick there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grimson with a jab.
Fakiiri takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fakiiri tries to clinch but Grimson moves out of range.
Fakiiri has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fakiiri there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fakiiri fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Grimson, pushing him back against the cage.
Grimson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fakiiri misses with a punch on the inside.
Fakiiri tries a body shot but Grimson blocks it.
Fakiiri misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fakiiri.
Grimson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Grimson.
Fakiiri has a couple of punches blocked by Grimson.
Nice elbow from Fakiiri.
It looks like Stu Grimson has been cut.
Grimson takes an elbow to the temple.
Grimson misses with the head strike.
Fakiiri tries to work over Grimson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grimson lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grimson gets through Fakiiri's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fakiiri.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Grimson as the two fighters clinch.
Grimson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fakiiri has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grimson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fakiiri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grimson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Grimson lands a nice uppercut.
Fakiiri misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grimson pushes Fakiiri back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fakiiri is rocked!
Nice body punch from Grimson - that landed with a thud.
Grimson unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Fakiiri! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Grimson is unloading with more strikes now! Fakiiri drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stu Grimson!
During a confident post fight interview, Stu Grimson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Nakki Fakiiri had this to say: 'My hats off to my opponent, he's a great fight great skill and tonight he was the better man. I'll be back knocking on the door of title fight.'.
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hype
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pop
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