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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Gomes Da Rocha (ranked 114 p4p, 13 weight class) and Nick Graves (ranked 52 p4p, 7 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
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190 lbs
23 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tiago Gomes Da Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Graves!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Graves.
Graves throws a good cross that connects.
Da Rocha throws a right hand that Graves ducks under and follows up with a left that Graves also avoids with ease.
Da Rocha tries to clinch up but Graves circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Rocha looks to clinch
and Da Rocha takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Da Rocha closes this distance looking for a takedown but Graves circles away.
Graves has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Da Rocha ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Horrible takedown attempt by Da Rocha or perhaps it was just good defense by Graves, which made it look bad.
Da Rocha bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graves struggling a bit here.
Graves is trying to improve his position.
Graves wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves can't do much from the bottom here.
Graves is looking for a sweep.
Graves wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Da Rocha decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Da Rocha has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Da Rocha has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiago Gomes Da Rocha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Da Rocha shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Da Rocha takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Da Rocha will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Da Rocha shoots in looking for a takedown but Graves manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Da Rocha's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Graves avoids the head kick by Da Rocha.
Graves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Graves tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves scores with a jab to the body.
Da Rocha shoots in but Graves avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Graves appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Da Rocha dives in and grabs Graves's left leg, looking for a takedown. Graves pushes down on Da Rocha's head and hops out.
Graves looks to throw the jab but Da Rocha is out of range.
Graves feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Da Rocha sprawling to the canvas! Da Rocha rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Graves finish him?!
It looks like Tiago Gomes Da Rocha has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Rocha shoots in for a takedown but Graves shows good takedown defense.
Da Rocha gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Graves counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Da Rocha is rocked!
Da Rocha is breathing heavily.
Graves lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Da Rocha head around and knocks him out cold! Graves hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nick Graves!
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RATING
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