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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mateus Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chocolate Al (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al has chosen Finnish National Anthem as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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177 lbs
28 - 17 - 0 |
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188 cm
28
180 lbs
14 - 7 - 1 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mateus Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Chocolate Al!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Al feints a counter leg kick.
Gracie lands a nice looking body kick.
Gracie tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Al defends well and Gracie ends up having to push Al into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Al lands a big head kick that sends Gracie tumbling to the mat! Al takes a step backwards and waves Gracie back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Gracie is rocked!
It looks like Mateus Gracie has been cut.
Gracie drives through and clinches with Al against the cage.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie swings wildly with an uppercut but Al uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Gracie throws a head punch that misses.
Gracie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al gets through Gracie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Al misses with a punch on the inside.
Al wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gracie lands a hook that snaps the head of Al backwards.
Al pushes Gracie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Al has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is working Al over against the cage.
Al has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Gracie stalling against the cage.
Gracie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Al tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Al lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Al avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Al breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Al closes the distance and clinches.
Al tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gracie will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Al up against the cage.
Gracie working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Al is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Al blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gracie seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Al can turn it around.
Gracie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gracie has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Gracie on the inside.
Gracie tries a body shot but Al blocks it.
Al tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Al.
Gracie is looking to control Al's arms but Al gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gracie has his back to the cage.
Gracie throws a punch but it's blocked by Al.
Al blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Al breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Al throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Al buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Al will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Al as he jumps to the side.
Al misses with a low kick.
Al jabs at Gracie's body.
Al misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gracie throws a wild body kick that Al sees coming a mile off.
Al is looking for the big counter here.
Al tests Gracie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Al connects with a jab.
Al steps in with a hook that catches Gracie right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Al follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Gracie looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chocolate Al!
An intense looking Chocolate Al took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I've won both my fights at 170lbs now. This move clearly paid of. I'm aiming to get a great streak going and get closer and closer to the top. Thank you to the org owner for your believe in me!'.
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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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