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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heston Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Animal I Have Become as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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160 lbs
8 - 2 - 1 |
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175 cm
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164 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Heston Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Do was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Gracie throws a jab when Do was well out of range.
Do keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gracie throws a body punch but Do moves out of range.
Gracie takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Do misses with a body shot
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Daniel Do has been cut.
Good exchange - Gracie coming out on top.
Do ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Do throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Do throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Do shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Do was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Gracie is trying desperately to improve position.
Gracie has given up his back here.
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.
Do scores with punches to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do keeps control of the position easily here as Gracie tries to buck him off.
Do tries to keep control of the position but Gracie is staying busy.
Gracie breaks Do's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Do wants to stand but Gracie is controlling the position.
Gracie postures up in Do's guard and throws a big left but Do blocks it.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Do blocks nicely.
Gracie chips away with some ground and pound.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Do has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie postures up in Do's guard and throws a big left but Do blocks it.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Do has wrist control.
Do is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Do is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gracie is aware though and is defending well.
Gracie throws a strike but Do rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Do defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is looking for a triangle but Do pushes his legs off easily.
Do scoring with some ground and pound.
Do trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie trying to control the position.
Gracie looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracie, not yet.
Do is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Do missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Do has picked Gracie up and slammed him! Gracie can't keep hold of the triangle and Do manages to pass to side control!
Do landing a few strikes.
Gracie is looking to regain half guard here but Do keeps moving and retains side control.
Do tries to advance to mount but can't.
Do tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Daniel Do will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daniel Do's cut.
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.
A jab from Do misses.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Do avoids them all with ease.
Gracie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Do.
Do closes the distance and clinches.
Do is stalling here.
Do pushes Gracie back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Do's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Do with a nice cross.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Gracie connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gracie scores with a nice body kick.
Do misses with a hook.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Do as he avoids it easily.
Do misses with a body punch
and Gracie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Do misses with a low kick.
Gracie misses with an uppercut.
Gracie throws a shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gracie.
Do darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Do seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gracie does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Daniel Do overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Do looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Do seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gracie does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Do looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nice strikes from Do there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie moves into full guard.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Do gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie looking for subs off his back but Do has passed one foot through into half guard.
Gracie is refusing to be controlled, as Do sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to maintain the position but Do is very close to passing his half guard.
Do is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Gracie!
Gracie takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Gracie tries to hold on but Do pushes him away.
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.
Gracie wants to hold on but Do pushes him away.
Gracie is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do lands a heavy elbow.
Do can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gracie is looking to escape.
Gracie is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Do raining down shots from the mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Do trying to control but Gracie is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.
Do with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Do dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Do's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Do tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gracie swings for the body but Do moves out of range.
Do tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heston Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie scores with a shot to the body.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Do's head but Do sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Do, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Do against the ropes but Do circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gracie moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gracie walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Do checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Do doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Do steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Do closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Gracie's guard.
Gracie working for a triangle but Do defends it easily.
Gracie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Do is aware though and is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Do escapes and throws Gracie's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Gracie struggling a bit here.
Gracie is not content to let Do control the position.
Gracie throws a few strikes from the bottom but Do takes advantage and mounts!
Gracie is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Heston Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gracie is looking to escape.
Do avoids the attempt from Gracie to control.
Gracie takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Do trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Do wants to take his opponent's back but Gracie doesn't allow it.
Gracie is trying to reverse the position but instead Do has taken his back - oops!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie breaks Do's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Do keeps moving.
Gracie throws an elbow that misses. Do uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gracie's guard. Nice move by Do!
Do trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Do can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Do can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Do gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do looking to sit in guard and control but Gracie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Do controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.
Gracie looking to sit in guard and control but Do gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie working for submissions but it's allowed Do to get to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Heston Gracie.
I think Do has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Heston Gracie!
An out of breath and clearly excited Heston Gracie thanked Hellbent for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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