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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ernest Graves (ranked 53 p4p, 52 weight class) and Tacitus Kilgore (ranked 6 p4p, 5 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 28 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Ernest Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tacitus Kilgore!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kilgore throws a looping overhand right but Graves ducks down to avoid it.
Graves lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Graves stuns Kilgore with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Graves throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Kilgore throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kilgore throws a looping overhand right but Graves ducks down to avoid it.
Graves swings for the body but Kilgore moves out of range.
Graves misses with a wild body shot.
Kilgore throws out a counter right but Graves avoids it with no problem.
Graves walks into a left hand.
Graves has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tōshi in the buildup to the fight.
Graves digs a good body shot into Kilgore's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilgore misses with an uppercut
and Graves counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Graves has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kilgore looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Kilgore keeping moving, preventing Graves from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves passes Kilgore's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Graves has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kilgore wants to hold on but Graves pushes him away.
Graves controlling from the full mount.
Kilgore takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Graves throws a wild left hand from mount and Kilgore manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Kilgore is refusing to be controlled, as Graves sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Graves lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Graves not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Graves misses with a head shot. Kilgore uses the momentum to regain guard.
Graves works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Graves is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Graves is pushing down on Kilgore's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kilgore is fighting to maintain full guard but Graves has managed to sneak the leg through.
Graves sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kilgore defending well though.
Graves is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Kilgore wants to get back to full guard.
Graves tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kilgore knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Graves not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Graves wants to control but Kilgore is keeping him busy.
Graves throwing shots but Kilgore is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Graves wants to free his trapped foot but Kilgore is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kilgore is defending against the submission attempts here by Graves.
Graves has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Graves sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kilgore manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Kilgore, under a barage of strikes from Graves.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernest Graves dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Kilgore gets caught flat footed, as Graves shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Graves slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Graves advances to half guard.
Graves is keen to just control but Kilgore is a slippery customer.
Graves is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kilgore is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Graves is pressing down on Kilgore's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kilgore is holding on for now.
Graves throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves wants to free his trapped foot but Kilgore is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Graves wants to control but Kilgore is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilgore won't allow Graves to pass to mount.
Graves not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Graves throws a strike but Kilgore avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Graves pushes down on Kilgore's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Graves throwing shots but Kilgore is blocking nicely.
Kilgore won't allow Graves to pass to mount.
Kilgore manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves postures up and lands a big shot to Kilgore's brow.
Graves preventing the sweep.
Graves distracts Kilgore with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Graves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kilgore swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Graves won't allow Kilgore to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves landing with the ground and pound.
Graves trying to control the position from guard on top but Kilgore is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Graves throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kilgore works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kilgore trying to keep a closed guard but Graves is proving a slippery customer.
Graves throws a big elbow that misses.
Kilgore keeping moving, preventing Graves from controlling successfully.
Graves throws a strike but Kilgore rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graves is looking to sweep but instead, Kilgore has passed into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves is looking to get back to full guard here but Kilgore has managed to pass to side control instead.
Graves sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Graves is looking to improve his position.
Kilgore is thwarting Graves's attempts to control the position.
Graves wants to get back to full guard.
Graves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kilgore can do to turn this around?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Graves moves into full guard.
Graves manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kilgore manages to get himself to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernest Graves dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Graves attempts a counter takedown but Kilgore avoids it well and moves away.
Graves tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kilgore was well out of range. Poor timing from Graves.
Kilgore takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Graves gets the takedown into side control.
Kilgore struggling a bit here.
Kilgore is not content to let Graves control the position.
Graves working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilgore takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Graves throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Graves working the ground and pound but Kilgore is defending the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Kilgore!
Graves lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Graves thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Poor strikes thrown by Graves there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Graves lands a nice shot to the head.
It looks like Tacitus Kilgore has been cut.
Graves thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kilgore avoids a series of strikes thrown by Graves.
Graves throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Graves misses with a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves thowing shots but they're missing.
Graves dominating with strikes here.
Graves lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kilgore hang on?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Graves thowing shots but they're missing.
Graves landing shots from mount.
Kilgore is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Graves throwing strikes but Kilgore uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Kilgore won't allow Graves to pass to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves passes to full mount!
Graves looking to land elbow strikes but Kilgore uses the position to regain half guard.
Graves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kilgore keeps working.
Graves not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ernest Graves overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Graves is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Graves postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kilgore looks a forlorn figure.
That has opened up Tacitus Kilgore's cut even more.
Graves throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kilgore because Graves loaded up on that one.
Tacitus Kilgore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Graves unloading with bombs!
Graves landing strikes from the mount.
Kilgore holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Graves tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Graves putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The cut above Tacitus Kilgore's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graves dominating with strikes here.
Tacitus Kilgore's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tacitus Kilgore's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ernest Graves!
An out of breath Ernest Graves thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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