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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Almero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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153 lbs
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164 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Francis Almero!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almero shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gracie manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Almero throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Almero throws a strike but Gracie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Almero has Gracie pulled in close to control his posture.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Almero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie trying to stand up but can't free himself from Almero's guard.
Almero keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Matt Gracie has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
No joy there for Almero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Almero lands a nice shot that snaps Gracie's head back.
Gracie fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Almero avoids it really well and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Almero scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Almero keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Almero connects with a looping right hand.
Almero ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gracie gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Almero counters with a left and a right that stings Gracie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Almero manages to avoid it.
Gracie drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Almero lands a nice looking body shot.
Gracie misses with a takedown
and Almero cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almero with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almero scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Almero goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Almero scores with a hook.
A right-left combo lands from Almero.
Gracie is rocked!
Gracie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almero throws an uppercut from hell that sends Gracie clean off his feet! He's out cold! Almero stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Francis Almero!
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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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