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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Early Grayce (ranked 657 p4p, 96 weight class) and Jesse Kilpatrick (ranked 815 p4p, 114 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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222 lbs
13 - 2 - 0 |
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178 cm
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205 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Early Grayce !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesse Kilpatrick!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kilpatrick misses with a shot to the body
enabling Grayce to counter with a crisp jab.
Grayce has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kilpatrick finds it's way round the side to connect with Grayce 's head.
Kilpatrick gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Grayce .
Grayce uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kilpatrick.
Grayce misses with an uppercut
and Kilpatrick connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kilpatrick moves out of range of the strikes.
Grayce looks to land a right hand but Kilpatrick moved out of range.
Kilpatrick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grayce manages to avoid it.
Grayce uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick 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.
Kilpatrick just misses with a punch to the body.
Grayce shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Grayce tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kilpatrick knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kilpatrick tries to get to full guard but Grayce has control of the leg.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayce working Kilpatrick over with strikes.
Kilpatrick is looking to improve his position.
Kilpatrick slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Grayce drops back looking for a leg! Kilpatrick is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kilpatrick manages to kick Grayce off! Grayce jumps back into Kilpatrick's guard.
Grayce makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kilpatrick looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kilpatrick landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Grayce is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Grayce is working hard here to advance position.
Grayce looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kilpatrick lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kilpatrick scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kilpatrick not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kilpatrick controlling the action here.
Kilpatrick working over Grayce with some ground and pound. Grayce looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick working the head and body with strikes.
Kilpatrick seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Grayce makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Grayce .
Grayce seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Kilpatrick stays in close to Grayce 's body and controls the position.
Kilpatrick lands a couple of digs.
Grayce has momentary wrist control but Kilpatrick slips an elbow through the middle.
Grayce looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kilpatrick lands a couple of elbows.
Grayce working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kilpatrick doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kilpatrick manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Grayce looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grayce looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Grayce working a defensive guard here.
Kilpatrick chips away with some ground and pound.
Kilpatrick lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kilpatrick trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Grayce has momentary wrist control but Kilpatrick slips an elbow through the middle.
Kilpatrick wants to control from the top but Grayce keeps moving.
Grayce working for a triangle but Kilpatrick defends it easily.
Kilpatrick with a nice head shot there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Grayce has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Kilpatrick is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Grayce .
Kilpatrick connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Grayce some visible discomfort.
Kilpatrick creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kilpatrick landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Kilpatrick in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kilpatrick trying to control the action but Grayce is working from the bottom.
Grayce is looking for a sweep.
Kilpatrick lands a nice forearm strike.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Grayce on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Grayce tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kilpatrick scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Grayce to see if he's OK.
Kilpatrick trying to control the action but Grayce is working from the bottom.
Grayce regains half guard.
Kilpatrick wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grayce keeps working.
Kilpatrick working over Grayce with some ground and pound. Grayce looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kilpatrick lands a nice short elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kilpatrick scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Grayce moves into full guard.
Grayce can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kilpatrick controls the pace.
Kilpatrick postures up and lands a big shot to Grayce 's brow.
Grayce is looking to cinch up a triangle. Kilpatrick throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Grayce 's body to avoid the submission. Grayce has instead reached around Kilpatrick's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Grayce arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Early Grayce !
Early Grayce decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
36% |
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