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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 414 p4p, 61 weight class) and Kaensak Sor Ploenchit (ranked 1351 p4p, 199 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Olha a Explosão. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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210 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
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214 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kaensak Sor Ploenchit!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie throws a hook but Sor Ploenchit avoids it easily.
Sor Ploenchit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Gracie has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yaw-Yan Ardigma in the buildup to the fight.
The fighters circling - Sor Ploenchit throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gracie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sor Ploenchit was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie swings for the body but Sor Ploenchit moves out of range.
Sor Ploenchit let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sor Ploenchit tries to bum rush Gracie with a series of wild strikes but Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sor Ploenchit digs a good body shot into Gracie's ribs.
Sor Ploenchit displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Sor Ploenchit is defending well.
Sor Ploenchit is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Gracie has latched onto it... Big trouble! Gracie pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Sor Ploenchit is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Gracie!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Royce Gracie!
Royce Gracie retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Royce Gracie thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Kaensak Sor Ploenchit was interviewed post fight and said 'You are just lucky today!'.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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