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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Savio Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaff Terra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Terra is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Imagine Dragons - Radioactive. 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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194 lbs
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201 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Savio Preuss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gaff Terra!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Preuss shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Terra as he jumps to the side.
Terra misses with a hook. Preuss ducked under it nicely.
Terra closes the distance and pushes Preuss back into the cage.
Terra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Preuss has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Terra is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Preuss has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Terra after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Savio Preuss. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Preuss has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Terra avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Terra.
Terra softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Terra is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Terra lands with a left to the head.
We've been hearing reports that Preuss has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terra is pressed up against the cage. Preuss has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Terra down to the mat. Terra avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Preuss misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Terra to counter with a crisp jab.
Terra has taken the fight to the clinch.
Terra throws an elbow that misses.
Terra is pressed up against the cage. Preuss has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Terra down to the mat. Terra avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terra tries to keep at a distance but Preuss has taken the fight into the clinch.
Terra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Savio Preuss has been cut.
Terra is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Preuss has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Terra after a bit of a struggle.
Terra content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Terra.
A short body shot lands from Terra as the two fighters clinch.
Terra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Preuss managing to block the knees to the body from Terra.
Terra has Preuss pushed against the cage.
Preuss blocks the elbow strike.
Terra digs a right hand underneath Preuss's ribcage. Preuss let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terra manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A bit of stalling here from Terra.
Terra trying to land knees to the body.
Preuss is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Terra pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Preuss has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Terra avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Terra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Preuss is looking to take this one to the mat.
Terra lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Preuss.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Terra.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Terra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Preuss's brow.
Terra controlling the action here for a moment.
The referee is keeping an eye on Terra - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preuss drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Terra gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Preuss has Terra pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Terra manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Preuss wants a takedown but no success here.
Terra pushes off an throws an elbow but Preuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Terra lands an elbow inside that Preuss shrugs off.
Terra stalling against the cage.
Preuss blocks an elbow strike from Terra.
Preuss has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Terra is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Terra is leaning against Preuss and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Preuss is breathing heavily.
Terra scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terra stalling against the cage.
Preuss drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Terra gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Terra stalling against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Terra.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are getting on Terra's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Preuss is looking for a takedown.
Preuss wants to take the fight to the mat but Terra manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Preuss is trying to drag Terra to the mat but Terra just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Terra takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gaff Terra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Savio Preuss's cut.
That's time! Preuss's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Preuss fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Terra avoids it really well and circles away.
Terra throws a shot from downtown. Preuss moves away and avoids it.
Terra has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Terra displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Preuss.
Terra looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice uppercut lands for Terra. That snapped Preuss's head back.
Preuss takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Preuss throws a right and a left that Terra avoids nicely.
Preuss fails to land with a series of punches.
Preuss shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Terra as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Savio Preuss. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Terra slaps away a takedown attempt from Preuss, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Preuss misses with a combination
and Terra counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Preuss letting Terra take a breather here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Preuss is looking to take this one to the mat.
Terra content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Preuss has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Terra is trying to keep an underhook but Preuss manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Terra kicks off Preuss and gets to his feet.
Preuss doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Terra cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Terra avoids a punch combination nicely.
Preuss takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Preuss gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Preuss is rocked!
Preuss misses with a double jab
and Terra counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Preuss shoots in for a takedown but Terra shows good takedown defense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terra takes the fight into the clinch.
Terra stalls.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Terra.
Terra is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Preuss has Terra pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Preuss pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Terra tumbling to the mat - Preuss dives into Terra's guard.
Terra uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Preuss moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Savio Preuss's cut is getting worse.
Terra scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Oh Preuss is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Terra cracks Preuss with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Preuss falls to his knees and Terra doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gaff Terra!
Gaff Terra seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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