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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Nate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Michel Teló - Ai Se Eu Te Pego . Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Xavier Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yuri Nate!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nate rushes Gracie and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nate prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nate throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nate misses with a body punch.
Nate lands a right hand.
Nate stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nate softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gracie turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Gracie manages to end up in side control.
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 throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nate has escaped the position, nice work there.
Nate is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nate gets back to half guard.
Nate tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Gracie takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gracie is controlling the pace.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nate manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nate not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nate looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nate is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Nate lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gracie!
Nate scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gracie?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nate lands with some strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nate landing shots from mount.
Nate looking to control but Gracie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nate lands with some strikes.
Nate has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gracie is looking to improve his position but Nate isn't that keen on the idea.
Nate scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gracie?
Nate looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nate is landing with some decent strikes but Gracie is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Gracie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracie taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nate looking to finish Gracie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gracie!
Nate controlling his opponent.
Nate unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Gracie wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Nate celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuri Nate!
A victorious Yuri Nate thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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