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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brotha Gracie (ranked 3394 p4p, 390 weight class) and John Puller (ranked 1967 p4p, 252 weight class). Gracie's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tupac - Last Muthafucka Breathin'. John Puller has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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201 lbs
9 - 8 - 1 |
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Brotha Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Puller!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puller misses with a lunging right hand
and Gracie counters with a left to the body.
A swing and a miss from Puller.
Brotha Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Puller.
Puller is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gracie with a body shot.
Puller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Puller throws a body shot but no joy.
Gracie was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gracie misses with a body shot
and Puller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Gracie misses.
Puller uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gracie has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie throws a body shot but no joy.
Puller swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gracie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Puller.
Puller was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Puller instigates a clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Gracie has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Gracie lands with a left to the head.
Puller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puller blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Puller misses with a body punch.
Puller misses with a body punch.
Puller blocking some punches.
Gracie misses with some punches.
Puller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puller tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Puller managing to block the knees to the body from Gracie.
A right hook to the body lands for Puller.
Puller letting Gracie take a breather here.
Puller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puller struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
A short right from Gracie.
Gracie lands a right hand.
Gracie slowing the pace effectively.
Puller lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gracie or not.
Puller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Puller misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Puller.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Puller.
Gracie tries to land knees in the clinch but Puller avoids the damage to the body.
Puller digs a right hand underneath Gracie's ribcage. Gracie let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right handed body shot lands from Puller.
Puller prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Puller tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Puller back against the cage.
Puller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Puller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puller misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puller misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Puller - that landed with a thud.
Puller tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Puller escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gracie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puller.
Gracie misses with a left hand
and Puller counters with a left to the body.
Puller throws a leg kick
letting Gracie counter with a right hand.
Gracie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Decent striking displayed by Puller there.
Gracie scores with a hook to the body. Puller takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gracie throws a body punch but Puller moves out of range.
John Puller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Puller looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gracie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gracie tries to clinch but Puller is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Puller throws a shot from downtown. Gracie moves away and avoids it.
A combination from Gracie does no damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puller misses the shot to the body.
Gracie lands a jab to Puller's midsection.
Puller tries a head kick but it misses.
Gracie closes the distance looking to clinch
and Puller counters with a nice body shot.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.
Gracie walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Puller dominated that round.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Puller tried to score with a low kick but Gracie checks it.
Puller attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Gracie misses the target.
Puller connects with a solid leg kick.
Gracie goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gracie throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Brotha Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Puller is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Puller circles away and we're back to standing.
Puller moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puller misses with a punch to the body.
Puller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gracie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pullers head.
Puller struggles to land a body shot inside as Gracie controls his hands.
Gracie gets control of Puller's arms and successfully pulls guard. Gracie will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracie working for submissions but it's allowed Puller to get to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puller is controlling the pace.
Puller tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gracie knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Puller with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Gracie is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie is working hard here to advance position.
Puller controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Puller has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Gracie looking for submissions off his back.
Puller controlling the pace.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Puller throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Puller tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Puller to the ground. Puller escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gracie comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Puller avoids a punch combination nicely.
Puller let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Puller cracks Gracie with a good jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Puller.
Gracie moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Puller lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Puller looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gracie was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Puller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gracie was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gracie missing with a left hand there. Puller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gracie drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brotha Gracie will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gracie is looking to clinch.
Puller clobbers Gracie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Puller lands with a shot to the body.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Puller scores with a punch to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Puller misses the target.
A punch combination from Gracie misses.
Puller now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Puller misses with a wild body shot.
John Puller seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puller throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
A combination from Gracie does no damage.
Puller looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Puller lands with a nice body punch.
Gracie tries to close the distance and clinch up but Puller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Puller wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gracie wants to clinch.
Puller let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Puller throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puller lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gracie will feel that in the morning.
Gracie lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gracie is looking to wear down Puller with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Puller lands with a straight right. Gracie didn't see that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Puller throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Puller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gracie lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Puller is predictable there
and Gracie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gracie throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Puller counter with a right hand.
Puller throws a head kick but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie drops his hands momentarily and Puller takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gracie scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Puller throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puller throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Puller misses with a straight right.
Gracie swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Puller scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gracie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Puller throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gracie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Puller wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Puller scores with a punch to the head.
Gracie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Puller scores with a spinning back kick!
Puller punishes Gracie's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puller jabs Gracie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good shot there by Puller.
Gracie is rocked!
Puller misses with a looping right.
Oh Gracie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puller.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Puller slips under a jab from Gracie.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Puller avoids them all with ease.
Puller swings widly with a right hand
and Gracie counters with a three punch combo that has Puller backing up. Puller nods at Gracie to acknowledge the strikes.
Puller throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Puller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gracie lands a jab.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Puller sprawls well.
It seemed like Puller was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Puller comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Puller has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Puller!
John Puller was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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