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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taylor Reade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's entrance music is Here Comes Your Man. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Marko Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taylor Reade!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Reade saw that one coming.
Reade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Gracie misses with a jab to the body
and Reade counters with a thumping low kick.
Reade rushes Gracie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie takes a shot to the head.
Reade pushes off an throws an elbow but Gracie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Reade lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gracie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reade lands a damaging elbow.
Reade creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gracie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gracie stalling the fight.
Gracie changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Reade fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gracie throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie throws the left hand but Reade avoids the punch easily.
Reade throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Reade defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Reade throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Reade lands with a nice body kick.
Reade takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches up with Reade, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes Reade against the cage but Reade circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Gracie.
Reade pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Reade throws a head kick that Gracie semi-blocks.
Gracie throws a hook but Reade avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reade throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Reade's head but Reade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reade misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Reade.
Reade avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Reade.
Reade slips under a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Reade.
Reade moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gracie loads up on a big right hand but Reade slips the punch.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick from Reade.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reade avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reade throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Reade tried to score with a low kick but Gracie checks it.
Gracie throws a right hand that misses
and Reade counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Reade uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie's jab looks to have found its range, popping Reade under the eye.
Reade throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Reade throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A good leg kick by Reade.
Nice defenses there by Reade.
Nice body kick from Reade.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reade stuffs the takedown attempt from Gracie. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marko Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
Nice cross by Reade.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reade ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gracie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Reade counters with a solid body kick.
Gracie takes one on the button.
Reade thows a leg kick but Gracie checks it
and Gracie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reade pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gracie misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from Reade.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a looping right.
Reade cracks a nice hook into Gracie's ribs.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Reade wants to clinch.
A big left from Gracie misses.
Gracie feints and as Reade raises his hands in defense, Gracie changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Reade is keeping the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gracie advances position into side control!
Gracie trying to control the position but Reade is working away.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
You can see the frustration on Reade's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Reade tries to bench press Gracie off him but Gracie keeps the position.
Gracie looks up at the clock and then as Reade takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Gracie smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gracie working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Gracie creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Reade sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Reade struggling a bit here.
Gracie wants to control but Reade is keeping him busy.
Gracie taking a breather here.
Reade really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gracie working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a nice forearm strike.
Reade struggling a bit here.
Reade is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Gracie off and has taken his back!
Reade doesn't have the hooks in and Gracie manages to turn into his guard.
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!
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Reade is retaining full guard.
Gracie not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reade is keeping the position for now.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Reade keeps moving.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Reade is retaining full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Reade keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Marko Gracie wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Good standup being displayed there by Gracie as he connects with a hook.
Gracie cracks a nice hook into Reade's ribs.
Gracie drives through with a takedown into Reade's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gracie passes Reade's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Reade is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Gracie dominated that round.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Gracie lands with a straight right. Reade didn't see that one coming.
Reade dodges the punch combination from Gracie.
Reade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Gracie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reade was well out of range. Poor timing from Gracie.
Reade misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gracie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reade.
Reade misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.
Reade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reade throws a sloppy head kick and Gracie moves out of range easily.
Reade misses with a wild combination.
Reade throws a push kick but Gracie slaps the foot to one side.
Gracie thows a body shot but no joy.
Taylor Reade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Reade.
Reade lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gracie darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gracie shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Reade manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Reade is keeping the position.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Gracie trying to control but Reade is working from the bottom.
Reade is looking for a triangle here but Gracie uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie tries to move to mount but Reade blocks the move with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Gracie is trying to get an arm triangle but Reade is defending well.
Reade struggling a bit here.
Gracie throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sloppy strikes there by Gracie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Reade can't do much from the bottom here.
Reade is trying to improve his position.
Gracie tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Reade tries to buck Gracie off but Gracie is having none of it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Reade struggling a bit here.
Gracie is working Reade over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gracie takes a little break here. Reade wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reade sneaks back into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gracie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Reade looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Reade is defending well.
Gracie works his way into full mount!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Reade tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.
Marko Gracie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gracie is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Reade to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Reade shrugs it off.
Gracie working the ground and pound effectively.
Gracie with a couple of short strikes.
Reade is rocked!
Gracie connects with a bit shot that sees Reade covering up! More strikes from Gracie and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Gracie is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Gracie!
A relieved looking Marko Gracie 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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