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Event:
TR43: Knock Em Off; Polamalu
Date: Apr 06, 2022 |
#R1#
Wilder scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.#CUT2#It looks like Brandon Grace has been cut.
Wilder lands the left hand.
Grace moves to clinch but Wilder breaks away #KD2#
and Wilder counters with a crisp one two that drops Grace! Wilder thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Grace to his feet! Grace is in big trouble!#ROC2#Grace is rocked!
Grace misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oh Grace is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grace tries to clinch
and Wilder counters with a big right hand! Oh Grace is in trouble here! Wilder follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Deontay Wilder!
A relieved looking Deontay Wilder thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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Event:
TR32: They Wanna Be Us So Bad
Date: Mar 12, 2022 |
#R1##CL#
Grace has Gambini up against the cage in a clinch.
Gambini scores with a shot to the side of Grace's head.
Gambini tries to land knees in the clinch but Grace avoids the damage to the body.
Gambini is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gambini lands a body shot.
Grace prevents Gambini from breaking the clinch.
Gambini lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Gambini's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Grace jumps guard but Gambini turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Grace jumps guard but Gambini turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Gambini throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grace blocks it with crossed arms.
Gambini should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grace wants to take the fight to the mat but Gambini manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Grace. That's going to take a lot out of him.#BC#
Grace's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gambini scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Grace shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gambini pinned against the cage. Gambini gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. #T1##KD2#
Gambini drops Grace with a beautiful combination! Grace stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gambini is looking for the KO!#CUT2#It looks like Brandon Grace has been cut.#CL#
Grace moves into the clinch successfully.
Grace tries for a takedown but Gambini manages to get underhooks.
Grace tries for a takedown. No joy.
Grace is trying to pull guard but Gambini has him pressed against the cage.
Gambini lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grace or not.
Grace is trying to pull guard but Gambini has him pressed against the cage.
Gambini tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Grace changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gambini fights it off and pushes away nicely.
#CL#
Grace gets a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grace tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gambini smiles and moves away.
#T2#
Gambini scores with a head kick. Grace tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.#CL#
Grace gets a clinch.
Gambini misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grace.
Gambini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grace is defending well for now.
Gambini unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grace lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gambini unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grace is breathing heavily.
Grace jumps guard but Gambini turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. #BC2#
Gambini breaks the clinch.
Vito Gambini is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A left lands for Gambini.#CL#
Grace darts in and clinches Gambini up against the cage.
Gambini makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gambini is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gambini is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.#T3#
A body shot lands from Gambini.
Gambini landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gambini using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gambini scores a nice knee to the body.
Gambini lands with a short shot to the head.
Gambini lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gambini has Grace pushed against the cage.
Gambini crunches a lovely knee into Grace's ribcage.
Gambini landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gambini lands a left hand.
Gambini tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
#BC2#
Gambini breaks the clinch.
#CL#
Grace gets in close and instigates a clinch. #T4#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gambini stalls.
Grace tries to score a body lock takedown but Gambini shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gambini utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Grace takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gambini gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Grace.
Grace is trying to maintain a safe position but Gambini gets an underhook and turns Grace into the cage.
Gambini wants to get back to striking at distance but Grace won't allow it.
#BC#
Grace breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gambini scores with a decent looking hook.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gambini.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vito Gambini dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Grace's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Gambini connects with a right that clearly hurt Grace. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Gambini proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Grace collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vito Gambini! |
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Event:
TR23: Catch The Big Fisk
Date: Feb 23, 2022 |
#R1#
Grace tries for a takedown but Veainu sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Grace tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Veainu scores with a jab to the jaw.#CUT2#It looks like Brandon Grace has been cut.
Veainu misses with a looping right.
Grace walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Veainu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Veainu changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Grace is breathing heavily.
Grace gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Veainu points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Grace wakes up just in time to hear Veainu thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Fotu Veainu! |
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Event:
TR12.5: Spill Some More
Date: Jan 28, 2022 |
#R1##KD2#
Oooooh!!! Nasty has knocked Grace down with a huge combo! Nasty steps away and waves a wobbly Grace back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!#ROC2#Grace is rocked!#CUT2#It looks like Brandon Grace has been cut.
Nasty is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Nasty shuts the power down on Grace. Lights out, game over! Nasty is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Big Nasty!
An out of breath Big Nasty 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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Event:
TR09: Failed My Resolution
Date: Jan 19, 2022 |
#R1#
Blackwell works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Grace doesn't manage to clinch there - Blackwell circles away.
Blackwell throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grace on the side of the head.
Grace looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Donk. Blackwell catches Grace right on the button with a cross.#CUT2#It looks like Brandon Grace has been cut.
Blackwell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.#KD2#
Blackwell cracks Grace with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Grace looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Blackwell finish him?
#ROC2#Grace is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grace walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Blackwell! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rick Blackwell!
A very excited looking Rick Blackwell made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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Event:
TR03: New Year, New Thief
Date: Dec 29, 2021 |
#R1#
Grace has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Barkley finds it's way round the side to connect with Grace's head.
Barkley throws a head kick that misses.
Grace is looking to clinch but Barkley is avoiding it.
Barkley cracks Grace with a right hand to the side of the head.#CUT2#It looks like Brandon Grace has been cut.
Grace on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Grace shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Barkley as he jumps to the side.
Dustin Barkley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barkley tries a head kick but it misses.
Barkley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barkley throws a head kick that Grace semi-blocks.
Barkley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Grace tries for a takedown but Barkley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Barkley lands a nice hook to Grace's body. Grace takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
Grace shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Barkley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
#ROC2#Grace is rocked!
Barkley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Barkley! Grace is backing up but he can't get away as Barkley lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Grace and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dustin Barkley!
After winning the bout, Dustin Barkley thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 17, 2021 |
#R1##CL#
Green closes the distance and clinches.
Green lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Green lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grace is trying to pull guard but Green has him pressed against the cage.
Green lands a hook to the side of the head.
Green makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Grace jumps guard but Green stands there with Grace around his waist. Grace gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Green throws a head punch that misses.
Grace goes for a takedown attempt but Green pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Greg Green has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Grace.
Grace tries to clinch up but Green circles away and keeps his distance.#TD2#
Grace closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Green's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grace looking to pass the guard.
Grace prevents Green from getting back to his feet.
Grace scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grace pushing down on Green's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Grace thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. #T1#
Grace controlling the action here.
Grace is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Green!
Green is trying desperately to improve position.
Green wants to hold on but Grace pushes him away.
Grace controlling the pace for now.
Grace raining down shots from the mount!#CUT2#It looks like Greg Green has been cut.
Grace trying to control but he's not successful this time. #T2##SUB2#
Grace has isolated one of Green's arms. Green looking to fight him off but Grace twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brandon Grace!
Brandon Grace 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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