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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pyay Thuta (ranked 195 p4p, 79 weight class) and Tyrone Graves (ranked 5 p4p, 8 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Pyay Thuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tyrone Graves!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves ducks under a wild hook from Thuta.
Thuta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thuta lands a nice hook to Graves's body. Graves takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thuta slips under a jab from Graves.
A big right from Graves misses.
Graves throws a head kick that misses.
Graves on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good standup being displayed there by Graves as he connects with a hook.
Thuta's corner calls for a 1-2. Thuta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thuta keeps the fight on the outside.
Thuta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Thuta lands an overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little jabbing left from Graves on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Graves ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thuta moves away.
Thuta scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thuta throws out a loose jab but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves tries to counter with a clinch but Thuta shakes him off and moves away.
Graves throws an overhand right that lands on Thuta's shoulder, as Thuta tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Thuta.
Thuta throws a body kick that misses.
A jab from Thuta misses.
Graves throws the left hand but Thuta avoids the punch easily.
Graves slips a jab from Thuta.
Graves swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graves throws a hook but Thuta avoids it easily.
Graves doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Thuta lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thuta bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Graves's head.
Thuta loads up on a big right hand but Graves slips the punch.
Graves is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thuta takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've been told by Thuta's head coaches at Mentor Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A thudding body kick lands there by Thuta!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thuta misses with a series of wild punches.
Graves is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Thuta moves away from the strike by Graves.
It looked like Thuta was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Graves.
Graves uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thuta.
Graves lands a glancing blow to the side of Thuta's head.
The fighters circling - Graves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little feinted left hand from Thuta on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Thuta goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good shot there by Thuta.
Thuta avoids a kick to the body.
Jab by Thuta.
It looks like Tyrone Graves has been cut.
Graves takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Graves doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Thuta listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thuta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pyay Thuta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Graves.
A slow jab from Thuta misses its intended target.
Graves loads up on a big right hand but Thuta slips the punch.
Thuta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thuta is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Thuta misses with an uppercut.
Thuta swings widly with a right hand
and Graves counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thuta thinking.
Thuta explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Thuta pushes Graves away with a front kick.
Thuta throws a series of punches but Graves avoids them all with ease.
Graves steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Thuta.
Thuta throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thuta connects with a single shot there.
Graves closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Graves throws a jab but it's blocked by Thuta.
Thuta misses with a body shot.
Graves lands a right hook to the body.
Thuta takes a swing at Graves's ribcage but misses.
Thuta throws a looping overhand right but Graves ducks down to avoid it.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thuta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thuta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Graves.
Graves tries a head kick but it misses.
Graves misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Graves.
Thuta lands the left hand.
Graves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thuta.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pyay Thuta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Graves's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Thuta lands a front kick.
Graves takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Thuta lands with a good body shot.
Graves pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Thuta looks to land a right hand but Graves moved out of range.
Thuta misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thuta throws a wild body kick that Graves sees coming a mile off.
Graves wants to counter with a clinch but Thuta pushes him away.
Thuta throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thuta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Graves walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thuta throws a jab when Graves was well out of range.
Graves cracks Thuta with a right hand to the side of the head.
Thuta throws a looping overhand right but Graves ducks down to avoid it.
Graves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Thuta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thuta looks to land a body kick but Graves moved away.
Thuta misses with a looping left.
Graves steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Thuta.
Thuta throws the left hand but Graves avoids the punch easily.
Thuta looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Graves staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Graves on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thuta walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Graves loads up on a big right hand but Thuta slips the punch.
Thuta misses the shot to the body.
Graves tries to counter by closing the distance.
Thuta throws a lazy body kick
and Graves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Graves drops his hands momentarily and Thuta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thuta misses with a body kick.
Thuta throws a lazy uppercut
and Graves counters with a solid body kick.
Thuta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Graves.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Graves might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Thuta has got the better of the exchanges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thuta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thuta throws a shot from downtown. Graves moves away and avoids it.
Pyay Thuta is winning the standup battle so far.
Thuta scores with a jab. Graves acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Graves ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thuta misses with a kick to the body
letting Graves counter with a right hand.
Thuta throws the left hand but Graves avoids the punch easily.
Graves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thuta.
It seemed like Graves was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Graves lands with a straight right. Thuta didn't see that one coming.
Thuta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thuta throws out a loose jab but Graves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Graves gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thuta takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Thuta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graves moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves tries to close the distance and clinch but Thuta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Graves throws a good cross that connects.
Thuta throws a body shot but no joy.
Graves blocks a jab.
Thuta looks to land a body kick but Graves moved away.
A shot to the body from Thuta misses
and Graves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Graves throws a body punch but Thuta moves out of range.
Thuta swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Thuta moves out of range of the body kick.
Graves throws a leg kick that misses.
Thuta throws a jab when Graves was well out of range.
Thuta throws a half hearted mid kick.
Graves on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Graves takes one to the chin there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thuta loads up on a big right hand but Graves slips the punch.
Graves slips a straight right by Thuta.
Graves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thuta throws out the jab.
Graves throws the kick towards the body but Thuta avoids it.
Graves throws a jab but it's blocked by Thuta.
Thuta is looking to counter with a body kick.
Thuta looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thuta delivers a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thuta connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Graves's hands.
Thuta fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thuta connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Graves misses with a body shot.
Graves has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Thuta.
Graves steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thuta.
It seemed like Graves was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Graves walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pyay Thuta dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Graves's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Thuta loads up on a big right hand but Graves slips the punch.
Thuta bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Graves darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thuta jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thuta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graves moves away.
Thuta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It seemed like Graves was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Thuta walks into a stiff left hand from Graves.
Thuta throws a hook to the side of Graves's head but Graves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Graves lands a big right hand that sends Thuta crashing to the mat! Graves stays standing though and waves Thuta back to his feet!
Thuta is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graves gets a clinch.
Graves taking a breather.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thuta.
Thuta misses with some punches.
Graves scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Graves has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The referee calls for Graves to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves pushes Thuta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Graves misses with an elbow strike.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Thuta.
Thuta manages to break the clinch.
Graves ducks under a wild hook from Thuta.
Graves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thuta misses with an uppercut
and Graves counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thuta keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Graves pounces like a tiger and cracks Thuta with a vicious hook! Thuta is down but not out! Graves follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tyrone Graves!
Our winner, Tyrone Graves, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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