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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 3825 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Pettis (ranked 7102 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeremy Pettis is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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25
130 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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176 cm
45
144 lbs
24 - 25 - 1 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Jeremy Pettis!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie moves to clinch but Pettis breaks away
and Pettis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Pettis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gracie tries to clinch
and Pettis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt.
Pettis tries to counter with a clinch but Gracie shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pettis counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pettis wants to get back to his feet.
Gracie is looking to advance position but Pettis won't allow it.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Pettis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pettis wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettis pushes Gracie off and gets back to his feet.
Royce Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie fails with the takedown
and Pettis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royce Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Pettis counter with a right hand.
Gracie closes the distance but Pettis moves to the side
and Pettis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie tries to clinch but Pettis moves out of range.
Pettis tries to counter with a clinch but Gracie shakes him off and moves away.
Gracie shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pettis counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie swings widly with a right hand
letting Pettis counter with a right hand.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Pettis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Pettis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pettis manages to break the clinch.
Pettis stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Pettis wants to counter with a clinch but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Pettis counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gracie tries to clinch but Pettis is having none of it.
Pettis wants to counter with a clinch but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie tries for a takedown but Pettis circles away easily
and Pettis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gracie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pettis gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pettis manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Pettis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gracie shoots and misses
and Pettis counters with a straight right hand.
Gracie throws an off balance right hand
and Pettis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie tries to clinch there but Pettis circles away.
Pettis has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A head kick by Gracie misses
and Pettis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pettis keeps the fight on the outside.
Royce Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Pettis counters with a three punch combo that has Gracie backing up. Gracie nods at Pettis to acknowledge the strikes.
Pettis is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Pettis counters with a nice right hand that sends Gracie toppling to the canvas! Gracie scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Pettis finish him?!
Gracie is rocked!
It looks like Royce Gracie has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick by Gracie misses
letting Pettis counter with a right hand.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pettis circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt
and Pettis counters with a crisp right hand that drops Gracie! Pettis lets Gracie back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royce Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie with a poor takedown
and Pettis counters by moving into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pettis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Pettis counters with a stiff right hand.
Gracie closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pettis counters with a huge right that knocks Gracie out cold! Pettis is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jeremy Pettis!
Jeremy Pettis seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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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