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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Gracie (ranked 279 p4p, 305 weight class) and Macka Briggs (ranked 44 p4p, 47 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Limp Bizkit - Rollin'. Briggs is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Stepping Razor by Peter Tosh. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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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 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bryan Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Macka Briggs!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Skip Squint and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Briggs thuds his right hand into Gracie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Bryan Gracie has been cut.
Gracie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A punch combination from Briggs misses.
Gracie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like Macka Briggs has been cut.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Briggs moved out of range nicely.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Briggs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Briggs looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Briggs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gracie moves into range and clinches up with Briggs.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Briggs blocks an elbow strike from Gracie.
Gracie takes a shot to the head.
We've been hearing reports that Gracie has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Briggs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Gracie misses with an uppercut
and Briggs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Briggs.
Gracie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Briggs counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Briggs throws out the jab.
Gracie gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Briggs gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Macka Briggs!
After winning the bout, Macka Briggs 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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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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