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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seth Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Poppy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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240 lbs
5 - 9 - 0 |
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265 lbs
27 - 7 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seth Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Poppy!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant tries to score with a low kick but Poppy moves his leg out of the way.
Poppy moves out of range of the leg kick from Grant.
Grant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Grant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Poppy moves away.
Grant is looking to clinch.
Grant fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Poppy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Grant scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd cheers as Grant lands an impressive looking overhand right. Poppy doesn't seem phased though.
Seth Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grant fails with the takedown
and Poppy counters with a good low kick that Grant was not able to check.
Grant looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Poppy is fending him off so far but Grant persists. Nope, Poppy circles away and we're back to standing.
Grant throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Poppy throws a low kick but Grant moves out of range easily.
Poppy throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Grant was covering up waiting for the punch and Poppy finishes the takedown easily into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Poppy prevents Grant from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poppy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Poppy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Poppy drops back looking for a leg! Grant is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Grant manages to kick Poppy off! Poppy jumps back into Grant's guard.
Grant trying to keep a closed guard but Poppy is proving a slippery customer.
Poppy controls from within his opponent's guard.
Poppy forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poppy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Poppy in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Grant tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Poppy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nick Poppy!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
61% |
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