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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between En Sabah Nur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sabah Nur comes to the cage accompanied by Apocalipse Now. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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181 lbs
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178 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, En Sabah Nur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sabah Nur's half guard.
Gracie seems to be working for a kimura but Sabah Nur defends the submission attempt.
Gracie is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sabah Nur trying to control but Gracie postures up.
Sabah Nur is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gracie is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gracie thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Sabah Nur to regain full guard.
Gracie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sabah Nur trying to control the position.
Gracie drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Sabah Nur manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Gracie has Sabah Nur in his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Sabah Nur from controlling successfully.
Gracie wants to sweep but no luck.
Sabah Nur landing some decent shots from guard.
Sabah Nur has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gracie working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sabah Nur.
Sabah Nur preventing the sweep.
Gracie isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Sabah Nur stacks Gracie on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Sabah Nur!
Gracie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sabah Nur working away.
Gracie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gracie is not content to let Sabah Nur control the position.
Gracie is looking to regain half guard here but Sabah Nur keeps moving and retains side control.
Gracie manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sabah Nur's best efforts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sabah Nur scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sabah Nur lands a nice short elbow.
Gracie manages to get to full guard.
Gracie looking to control.
Gracie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sabah Nur!
Gracie looking to secure an arm triangle but Sabah Nur defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabah Nur tries to reverse the position but Gracie maintains control.
Gracie jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Sabah Nur manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Sabah Nur is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gracie is controlling him well.
Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sabah Nur is trying to control Gracie's posture but Gracie avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Sabah Nur is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sabah Nur has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gracie wants to control but Sabah Nur is keeping him busy.
Gracie misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sloppy strikes there by Gracie.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sabah Nur. Gracie does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Royce Gracie will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
Sabah Nur loads up on a big right hand but Gracie slips the punch.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
En Sabah Nur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sabah Nur looks to score with a jab to the body but Gracie is just out of range.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sabah Nur.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Sabah Nur was covering up waiting for the punch and Gracie finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabah Nur has his foot on Gracie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gracie works his way back into a safe position though.
Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sabah Nur looking for a sweep. Not yet Sabah Nur, not yet.
Sabah Nur is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Sabah Nur keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gracie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Sabah Nur sprawls well.
Sabah Nur stuffs the takedown.
En Sabah Nur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Gracie.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Sabah Nur throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
A punch combination from Sabah Nur misses.
Sabah Nur scores with a hook to the body. Gracie takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sabah Nur sprawls well. Sabah Nur wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gracie gets slowly back to his feet.
Sabah Nur scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Sabah Nur passes into side control.
Gracie tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sabah Nur wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gracie is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Sabah Nur working the head and body with strikes.
Sabah Nur takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gracie wants to improve his position but Sabah Nur is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabah Nur is nestled in close to Gracie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gracie wants to improve his position but Sabah Nur is controlling well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sabah Nur lands a nice short elbow.
Gracie regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gracie looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sabah Nur works over Gracie with some ground and pound from guard.
Sabah Nur wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Sabah Nur tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard.
Gracie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
En Sabah Nur dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sabah Nur doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gracie counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Sabah Nur dodges it nicely.
Gracie has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Sabah Nur defend it? Gracie steps over the head and cranks it - Sabah Nur is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Gracie!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Royce Gracie!
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hype
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