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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jake Brown (ranked 6365 p4p, 5198 weight class) and Gorilla Grodd (ranked 279 p4p, 245 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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1 - 1 - 1 |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorilla Grodd!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Grodd coming out on top.
Grodd with a nice cross.
Grodd lands a jab.
Grodd darts in and clinches Brown up against the cage.
Grodd misses with a knee strike.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grodd working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brown wants to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grodd as Brown tries to tie him up.
Brown can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Grodd presses Brown against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brown tries for a takedown but Grodd manages to get underhooks.
Grodd lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
A shot in the inside from Grodd.
Grodd letting Brown take a breather here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from Grodd.
Brown trying to control the position but instead, Grodd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brown into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Grodd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Grodd being controlled against the cage.
Grodd throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Grodd lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brown wants to take the fight to the mat but Grodd manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Grodd is keeping busy.
A short uppercut from Grodd.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Grodd.
Brown stalling in the clinch but Grodd improves position.
Brown looking to stall.
A short right from Grodd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grodd scores with a shoulder strike.
Grodd lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.
Grodd lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A hook to the body from Grodd.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Grodd scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grodd lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Grodd lands a left hand.
Brown is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grodd.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grodd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grodd misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Grodd has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Brown seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Grodd can turn it around.
Brown has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Grodd avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Grodd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grodd swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grodd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown blocking some punches.
Grodd tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Grodd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grodd.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grodd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grodd throws a head punch that misses.
Grodd throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
Grodd digs a right hand underneath Brown's ribcage. Brown let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Grodd.
Grodd works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Grodd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gorilla Grodd dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Grodd punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Grodd does it's job there.
Grodd drops Brown with a straight right hand, right on the button! Grodd follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gorilla Grodd!
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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
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