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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mickey ONeil (ranked 7500 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 117 p4p, 13 weight class). Gracie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Olha a Explosão kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Royce Gracie is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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179 cm
26
210 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mickey ONeil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. ONeil does a little dance to reset his feet.
ONeil fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gracie tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
ONeil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
ONeil shoots in looking for a takedown. Gracie tries to sprawl out of it but ONeil keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gracie manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
ONeil is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. ONeil is trying to defend but Gracie finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
ONeil is trying to escape back to his feet but Gracie uses the scramble to pass into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie swings around for an armbar but ONeil sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Gracie's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and ONeil defends well.
Gracie looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but ONeil is defending well. Gracie quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! ONeil has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Gracie celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Royce Gracie!
An out of breath Royce Gracie thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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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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