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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Amaury Grizz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Tennant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Tennant has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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181 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Amaury Grizz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Tennant!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tennant is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tennant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grizz takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tennant misses with a head kick.
Tennant slips a straight right by Grizz.
A big left from Grizz misses.
Grizz wants to clinch up but Tennant keeps it at a distance.
Grizz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tennant throws a head kick but Grizz moves out of range.
Grizz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tennant manages to avoid it.
Grizz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tennant was well out of range. Poor timing from Grizz.
Grizz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grizz.
A short uppercut from Grizz.
A knee to the head by Tennant.
It looks like Amaury Grizz has been cut.
Grizz cracks Tennant with a nice body shot.
Grizz controlling the action here for a moment.
Tennant blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tennant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but Grizz blocks with his arms.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but Grizz blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grizz.
Tennant lands a good knee to the midsection. Grizz won't want to take too many of those.
Grizz is trying to maintain a safe position but Tennant gets an underhook and turns Grizz into the cage.
Tennant takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tennant putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grizz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tennant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grizz.
Grizz leaning against his opponent.
Grizz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tennant looks gassed!
Grizz trying to control the position but instead, Tennant has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grizz into the cage.
Tennant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grizz.
Tennant putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grizz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tennant with a knee to the head.
Grizz missing with knees to the body.
Tennant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grizz is pushing Tennant up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tennant misses with a knee strike.
Tennant blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tennant blocks the elbow strike.
Tennant avoids the elbow strike from Grizz, against the cage.
Grizz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grizz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tennant's defenses.
A nice left hand lands by Grizz.
Tennant on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grizz lands a left hand.
Tennant blocks an elbow strike.
Tennant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but Grizz blocks with his arms.
Grizz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grizz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tennant tries to land knees in the clinch but Grizz avoids the damage to the body.
Grizz lands with a right to the head.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grizz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but Grizz blocks with his arms.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grizz lands an elbow that stopped Tennant in his tracks for a moment.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grizz tries to stall but Tennant uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tennant connects with a knee to the head.
Grizz looking to stall.
Tennant lands a nice knee to the body.
Tennant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grizz.
Tennant on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grizz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tennant lands a good knee to the midsection. Grizz won't want to take too many of those.
Tennant lands a good knee to the midsection. Grizz won't want to take too many of those.
Grizz scores a nice knee to the body.
Grizz trying to land knees to the body.
Tennant landing knees to the body.
Grizz stalling against the cage.
Tennant lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tennant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grizz's face.
Tennant blocks an elbow strike.
Tennant tries to land knees in the clinch but Grizz avoids the damage to the body.
Grizz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tennant misses with a knee strike.
Tennant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tennant avoids the elbow strike from Grizz, against the cage.
Grizz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tennant avoids it.
Tennant misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grizz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tennant's brow.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but Grizz blocks it.
Grizz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Grizz throws an elbow but it misses.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tennant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grizz's face.
Tennant avoiding damage as Grizz throws knees to the body.
Grizz takes an elbow to the temple.
Grizz is trying to stall.
Grizz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tennant avoids it.
Grizz tries a knee to the head but Tennant blocks it.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tennant connects with a knee to the head.
Grizz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tennant blocks an elbow strike.
Tennant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Grizz stalling in the clinch but Tennant improves position.
Tennant tries to land knees in the clinch but Grizz avoids the damage to the body.
Tennant avoids a wild elbow strike from Grizz.
Grizz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tennant tries to land knees in the clinch but Grizz avoids the damage to the body.
Grizz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tennant working Grizz over with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Grizz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tennant throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grizz.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tennant misses with a knee strike.
Tennant blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tennant landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tennant.
Grizz is looking to control Tennant's arms but Tennant gets an underhook and turns him. Now Grizz has his back to the cage.
Grizz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Grizz avoids the elbow strike from Tennant, against the cage.
Grizz stalling in the clinch but Tennant improves position.
Grizz avoiding damage as Tennant throws knees to the body.
Grizz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tennant scores a nice knee to the body.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tennant scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Amaury Grizz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Amaury Grizz's cut.
That's time! Grizz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tennant moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grizz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tennant on the side of the head.
Amaury Grizz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grizz misses with a straight left.
Grizz scores with a hook.
Grizz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grizz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tennant closes the distance looking to clinch
and Grizz counters with a three punch combo that has Tennant backing up. Tennant nods at Grizz to acknowledge the strikes.
Tennant moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tennant keeps Grizz at a distance using the push kick.
Grizz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grizz keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick by Grizz misses
and Tennant counters by moving into the clinch.
Grizz misses with an elbow over the top.
Tennant misses with a knee to the head.
Tennant throws an elbow that misses.
A knee to the head by Tennant.
Grizz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grizz misses with a punch to the body.
Tennant is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tennant scores with a knee to the head.
Grizz works on Tennant's body with a couple of short punches.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tennant crunches a lovely knee into Grizz's ribcage.
Grizz just leaning against Tennant, taking a breather.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grizz.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tennant working Grizz over with knees to the body.
Grizz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tennant's face.
Grizz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Grizz is trying to stall.
Tennant crunches a lovely knee into Grizz's ribcage.
Grizz trying to control the position but instead, Tennant has worked for underhooks and has pushed Grizz into the cage.
Grizz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grizz 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.
Tennant connects with a knee to the head.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but Grizz blocks it.
Tennant looking to throw knees to the head but Grizz is blocking nicely.
Grizz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tennant blocks it with crossed arms.
Tennant lands an elbow that stopped Grizz in his tracks for a moment.
Grizz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tennant backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Grizz misses with an elbow strike.
Tennant misses with a knee to the head.
Grizz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tennant.
Tennant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but Grizz blocks with his arms.
Grizz pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tennant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grizz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grizz lands a nice elbow.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tennant lands a knee to the head.
Grizz trying to land knees to the body.
Tennant blocks an elbow strike from Grizz.
Tennant landing knees to the head.
Tennant misses with an elbow over the top.
Grizz pushes off an throws an elbow but Tennant leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grizz throws an elbow that misses.
Tennant avoids the elbow strike from Grizz, against the cage.
Tennant landing knees to the head.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grizz looking to slow down the pace here.
Tennant misses with a knee to the head.
Grizz lands a damaging elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tennant managing to block the knees to the body from Grizz.
Grizz pushes off an throws an elbow but Tennant leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tennant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grizz's face.
Tennant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grizz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tennant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tennant scores a nice knee to the body.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but Grizz blocks it.
Grizz is trying to stall.
Tennant pushes off an throws an elbow but Grizz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grizz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tennant avoids a wild elbow strike from Grizz.
Tennant with a knee to the head.
Tennant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grizz's face.
Tennant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grizz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grizz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tennant lands a nice knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Grizz.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grizz tries a knee to the head but Tennant blocks it.
Grizz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tennant.
Tennant dodges an elbow strike from Grizz.
Tennant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grizz's face.
Grizz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Grizz works on Tennant's body with a couple of short punches.
Tennant lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Grizz lands a knee to the body.
Tennant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tennant landing knees to the body.
Tennant blocks an elbow strike from Grizz.
Grizz is trying to maintain a safe position but Tennant gets an underhook and turns Grizz into the cage.
Tennant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grizz tries to land knees in the clinch but Tennant avoids the damage to the body.
Tennant on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tennant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grizz's face.
Tennant looking to throw knees to the head but Grizz is blocking nicely.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grizz tries to land knees in the clinch but Tennant avoids the damage to the body.
Grizz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tennant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grizz.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Tennant.
Tennant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tennant missing with knees to the body.
Grizz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tennant landing knees to the head.
Tennant connects with a knee to the head.
Tennant on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tennant working Grizz over with knees to the body.
Tennant landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Grizz.
Grizz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but David Tennant will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Amaury Grizz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Grizz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tennant. That one must have hurt.
Tennant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grizz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grizz throws a nice looking combination but Tennant bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tennant turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tennant thuds his shin into the meat of Grizz's side.
Tennant tries to clinch up.
Grizz misses with a head kick.
Tennant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grizz circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick by Grizz misses
and Tennant moves into the clinch.
Grizz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Grizz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tennant avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch on the inside from Grizz fails to land.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tennant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grizz.
Tennant putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Grizz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Grizz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tennant avoids the elbow strike from Grizz, against the cage.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tennant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Tennant.
Tennant with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tennant just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grizz's brow.
Tennant on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grizz pushes Tennant back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grizz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grizz.
Grizz trying to land knees to the body.
Tennant utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tennant avoiding damage as Grizz throws knees to the body.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tennant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grizz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Grizz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tennant avoiding damage as Grizz throws knees to the body.
Grizz trying to stall but Tennant improves his position.
Tennant with a knee to the head.
Tennant trying to land knees to the body.
Tennant blocks the elbow strike.
Tennant blocks an elbow strike.
Tennant throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tennant blocks an elbow strike from Grizz.
Grizz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grizz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Grizz avoids the elbow strike from Tennant, against the cage.
Tennant misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tennant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tennant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grizz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grizz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tennant throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tennant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tennant trying to land knees to the body.
Grizz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grizz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tennant's defenses.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tennant blocks the elbow strike.
Tennant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grizz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tennant is defending well for now.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tennant blocks the elbow strike.
Tennant pushes off an throws an elbow but Grizz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grizz lands a damaging elbow.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Grizz misses with an elbow strike.
Tennant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grizz's face.
Grizz misses with an elbow over the top.
Grizz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tennant avoids it.
Grizz lands an elbow just above Tennant 's eye.
Grizz tries to stall but Tennant uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tennant lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tennant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tennant throws an elbow that misses.
Grizz lands a left hand.
Grizz dodges an elbow strike from Tennant.
Tennant missing with knees to the body.
Tennant with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tennant throws an elbow but misses.
Tennant crunches a lovely knee into Grizz's ribcage.
Tennant on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grizz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tennant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grizz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grizz dodges an elbow strike from Tennant.
Tennant blocks the elbow strike.
Tennant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tennant on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tennant lands a nice knee to the body.
Tennant looking to throw knees to the head but Grizz is blocking nicely.
Grizz misses with a knee strike.
Tennant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grizz.
Tennant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tennant lands a knee to the head.
Grizz looking to stall.
Tennant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grizz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grizz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grizz gets through Tennant's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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.
Grizz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tennant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grizz looking to slow down the pace here.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but Grizz blocks it.
Grizz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tennant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grizz is trying to maintain a safe position but Tennant gets an underhook and turns Grizz into the cage.
Tennant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grizz effectively controlling the action here.
Tennant unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grizz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grizz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tennant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Grizz lands a left hand.
Grizz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tennant in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tennant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tennant misses with a knee to the head.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grizz.
Tennant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grizz blocks it with crossed arms.
Tennant tries to land knees in the clinch but Grizz avoids the damage to the body.
Tennant lands a good knee to the midsection. Grizz won't want to take too many of those.
Tennant is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grizz is defending well for now.
Tennant utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tennant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Tennant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tennant has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Tennant!
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FIGHT
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