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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrance Graves (ranked 5668 p4p, 2883 weight class) and Rebel Jones (ranked 555 p4p, 358 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrance Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rebel Jones!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves avoids a punch combination nicely.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Graves seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Graves throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jones on the side of the head.
Graves loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Jones looks to land a body kick but Graves moved away.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graves moves away.
Graves swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Graves looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jones throws a series of punches but Graves avoids them all with ease.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Graves counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Graves is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jones falls off balance throwing a combination
and Graves counters with a big uppercut that knocks Jones off his feet! Graves dives into side control looking to finish!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to escape but Graves is in control.
Check out the look on Graves's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jones managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Graves.
Graves working the ground and pound but Jones is defending the strikes.
Graves in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Graves in side control, throwing shots but Jones defends.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Graves. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Graves working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Jones looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Graves taking a breather here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Graves creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Graves scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jones to see if he's OK.
Graves is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Jones will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Graves cracks Jones with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jones takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Graves fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Graves working the ground and pound but Jones is defending the strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
Graves tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves with the ground and pound but Jones regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Graves missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from Graves.
Graves sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jones defending well though.
Graves looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Graves in particular looking to stall.
Graves seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves not doing much here.
Graves thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.
Graves throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
Graves tries to pass to full mount but Jones defends it.
Graves trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.
Graves scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Terrance Graves dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Graves throws a head kick that half lands.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Graves counters with a straight right hand.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Terrance Graves is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Jones misses.
Graves scores with a leg kick.
Graves dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
Graves lands a jab.
Rebel Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Graves counters with a solid body kick.
Jones throws a lazy uppercut
and Graves counters with a big right hand! Oh Jones is in trouble here! Graves follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terrance Graves!
A victorious Terrance Graves 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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FIGHT
RATING
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