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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kronos Gracie (ranked 4207 p4p, 164 weight class) and Wayne Brady (ranked 3928 p4p, 104 weight class). Gracie's entrance music is https://youtu.be/X3-H5jGoags. A fine choice. Brady has chosen Whose Line - Best of Wayne Brady as his entrance music. Kronos Gracie has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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275 lbs
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190 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kronos Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wayne Brady!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brady throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Brady throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
Brady lands a nice hook to Gracie's body. Gracie takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Brady.
Brady misses with a hook
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Brady looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Brady keeps moving.
Brady is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Brady is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brady managing to control the position.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Brady is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gracie trying to control but Brady is working from the bottom.
Gracie postures up.
Gracie 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.
Brady wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Brady working a defensive guard here.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brady tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gracie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brady struggling a bit here.
Gracie trying to control the position but Brady is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brady tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brady struggling a bit here.
Brady tries to buck Gracie off but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Brady is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gracie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Brady is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brady is trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Brady trying to remain calm as Gracie controls from the top position.
Brady tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Brady is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie working the ground and pound from side control.
Brady is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brady, who protects the arm well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Brady, who protects the arm well.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brady keeps working.
Brady can't do much from the bottom here.
Brady felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Brady manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Gracie wants to pass to mount but Brady is defending the position.
Gracie prevents Brady from improving his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Brady is working away.
Brady wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kronos Gracie dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Brady looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Wayne Brady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brady scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brady throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Brady throws a combination that misses
and Gracie counters with a single leg into guard. Brady didn't expect that.
Gracie preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Brady keeps moving.
Brady is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brady swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brady controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brady is keeping the position for now.
Brady not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gracie controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Brady not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gracie controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Brady looking for a sweep. Not yet Brady, not yet.
Brady is trying to keep Gracie in close.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Brady jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gracie looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gracie blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Brady throws an off balance right hand
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Brady controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.
Gracie content to stall in guard here.
Brady looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Brady is retaining full guard.
Brady is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gracie looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Brady is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brady had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.
Brady can't keep his opponent in guard - Gracie advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gracie content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Brady has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gracie is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brady is looking to improve his position.
Brady is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Gracie is thwarting Brady's attempts to control the position.
Brady blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gracie.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gracie in particular looking to stall.
Brady is trying to control but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gracie wants to take a breather but Brady is having none of it.
Gracie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brady can do to turn this around?
Gracie seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Brady is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Kronos Gracie!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Kronos Gracie made sure he mentioned HELLBENT, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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