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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Quebra Cranio (ranked 425 p4p, 585 weight class) and Holden Gracie (ranked 53 p4p, 77 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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23 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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 17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Quebra Cranio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Holden Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cranio throws a jab when Gracie was well out of range.
Cranio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A big left from Cranio misses.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cranio.
Gracie scores with a jab. Cranio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gracie throws a lazy head kick
and Cranio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab from Gracie.
Gracie wants to clinch
and Cranio counters with a left to the body.
Cranio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gracie moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gracie has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gracie lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gracie moves into range and clinches up with Cranio.
Gracie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gracie misses with the head strike.
Gracie breaks the clinch.
Cranio throws out a loose jab but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big right from Cranio misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranio swats away the attempt to clinch by Gracie.
Cranio swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Cranio scores with a body shot.
Gracie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from Cranio on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cranio on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cranio throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Holden Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cranio stuns Gracie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cranio has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Master Chai's Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Cranio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cranio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cranio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cranio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gracie throws out the jab.
Cranio throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Cranio throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie lands a jab to the head.
It looks like Quebra Cranio has been cut.
Gracie slips a straight right by Cranio.
Gracie doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice jab there from Gracie.
Gracie lands a jab-cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cranio throws a body shot but no joy.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Cranio misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Gracie is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cranio had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Gracie moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cranio taking a breather.
Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Gracie clinches with his opponent.
Gracie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gracie lands a nice shot to the body.
Cranio with a nice cross.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Cranio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cranio with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gracie to score with a decent uppercut.
Cranio throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Gracie scores with a jab. Cranio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cranio ducks under a wild hook from Gracie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cranio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cranio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Cranio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A left and a right from Gracie both land. Nice combination.
Gracie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gracie looks to land a right hand but Cranio moved out of range.
Gracie lands a lovely overhand right.
Gracie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gracie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cranio walks into a stiff left hand from Gracie.
Cranio slips a jab and a cross from Gracie.
Gracie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cranio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cranio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gracie.
Gracie misses with a straight left.
Cranio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cranio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cranio throws a poor cross that misses
and Gracie counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gracie misses with a hook.
Gracie slips a straight right by Cranio.
Gracie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cranio lands a jab to the head.
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 closes the distance but Cranio moves to the side
and Cranio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cranio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracie blocks a jab.
Cranio throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cranio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cranio.
Cranio with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gracie to score with a decent uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cranio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gracie misses with a head kick.
Cranio looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Cranio misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Holden Gracie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Quebra Cranio's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gracie moves out of range of the strikes.
Cranio has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Cranio works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Gracie jabs at Cranio's body.
Gracie looks to land a left hand but Cranio moved out of range nicely.
Gracie takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gracie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gracie scores with the left hand. Cranio knows he should have avoided that one.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
Gracie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cranio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Holden Gracie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cranio looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Holden Gracie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Gracie ducks under a wild hook from Cranio.
Gracie lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cranio avoids the head kick by Gracie.
Gracie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cranio at a distance.
Cranio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gracie!
Cranio takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Cranio closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Cranio's shoulder, as Cranio tries to avoid the shot.
Cranio looks to land a right hand but Gracie moved out of range.
Gracie throws a head kick that half lands.
Cranio throws a body shot but no joy.
Gracie tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cranio. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gracie throws a big shot that misses.
Cranio appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Gracie throws a head kick but Cranio moves out of range.
Cranio looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gracie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cranio wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Cranio.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cranio lands with a good body shot.
Cranio walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a right and a left that Cranio avoids nicely.
Good shot there by Gracie.
Cranio throws a right hand that misses
and Gracie counters with a stiff right hand.
Gracie throws an overhand right that lands on Cranio's shoulder, as Cranio tries to avoid the shot.
Gracie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cranio moves away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cranio.
Gracie tries to clinch but Cranio is having none of it.
Gracie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie throws a head kick but Cranio moves out of range.
Gracie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cranio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cranio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gracie is rocked!
A slow jab from Cranio misses its intended target.
Cranio drops Gracie with a big left hand! Gracie is injured, injured bad! Cranio jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quebra Cranio!
A very excited looking Quebra Cranio made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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