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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Hide (ranked 7999 p4p, 609 weight class) and Tom Grady (ranked 8228 p4p, 616 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hide might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nightwish. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raphael Hide!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Grady!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grady misses the shot to the body.
Hide with a jab.
Grady misses the shot to the body.
Grady pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hide scores with a hook to the body. Grady takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Grady is looking to chop away at Hide's legs.
Grady misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hide.
Hide is looking to counter punch.
Grady fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hide lands a nice hook to Grady's body. Grady takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grady is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hide feints a jab promting Grady to slip. Hide then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Grady slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Grady uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hide.
Hide instigates a clinch.
Grady misses with a knee strike.
Hide connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Tom Grady has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hide unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grady misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knees to the body from Hide.
Hide works on Grady's body with a couple of short punches.
Hide stalls.
Hide utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Grady looks winded!
Knees to the body from Hide.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hide.
Knees to the body from Hide.
A right hand to the body from Hide.
Hide digs a right hand into Grady's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Grady's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Hide.
Hide lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grady or not.
Hide lands a nice knee to the body.
Hide lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hide lands a shot to the body.
Hide scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Hide.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Hide.
Hide lands a shot to the body.
Hide leaning against his opponent.
Hide avoiding damage.
Grady tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hide's elbow.
Hide using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Hide.
Hide scores a nice knee to the body.
Hide lands a good knee to the midsection. Grady won't want to take too many of those.
Hide using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hide takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hide landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Grady looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hide is working Grady over against the cage.
Grady wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hide.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grady takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice left hand lands by Hide.
Hide leaning against his opponent.
Hide with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hide digs a right hand underneath Grady's ribcage. Grady let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Grady's coach down at Fallen Angels was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Grady's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hide stalls.
Grady misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Hide scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hide lands a shoulder strike.
Hide digs a right hand underneath Grady's ribcage. Grady let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hide lands a nice knee to the body.
Hide has Grady pushed against the cage.
Hide throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hide pushes Grady back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hide putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grady in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hide connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grady's face.
Hide effectively controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hide stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hide landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Hide.
Hide landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Grady's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Grady is rocked!
Hide gets through Grady's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Grady is still on wobbly legs! Can Hide finish him?
Knees to the body from Hide.
Hide lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Grady to his knees! Hide keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raphael Hide!
Raphael Hide bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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