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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bradford Waller (ranked 25396 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lio Graves (ranked 3417 p4p, 0 weight class). Lio Graves will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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161 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bradford Waller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lio Graves!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves moves into the clinch.
Graves is trying to pull guard but Waller has him pressed against the cage.
Graves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Graves drags the fight down to the ground.
Graves being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waller distracts Graves with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Waller could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Waller postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Waller might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Graves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Waller landing with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waller controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Waller with a nice head shot there.
Waller throwing strikes but missing.
Waller working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Graves's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Waller defends it easily.
Waller postures up in Graves's guard and throws a big left but Graves blocks it.
Waller showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Waller's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Waller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Graves avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Waller throwing strikes from guard but Graves blocks nicely.
Graves is trying to control the position but Waller postures up.
Waller really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Graves can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Waller controls the pace.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Waller postures up and lands a big shot to Graves's brow.
Waller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Graves is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Waller defends well.
Graves working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Waller.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Graves gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Waller jumps into guard, dragging Graves to the mat.
Graves is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Waller is trying to control the position but Graves postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waller looking for subs off his back but Graves has passed one foot through into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Graves working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Waller's thigh. Waller counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Waller looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Waller looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Waller doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waller controls Graves momentarily but Graves frees himself.
Waller throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Waller looking for a guillotine here but Graves defends easily.
Graves postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bradford Waller dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Graves fails with a takedown attempt.
Graves shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Graves takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Waller shoots in and drives through. Graves sprawls well.
Waller closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Graves did well to prevent Waller getting side control.
Waller missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves blocking the ground and pound attempt from Waller.
Waller is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Waller 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.
Waller takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Waller looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Graves's head.
Graves keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Waller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Graves has a hand on Waller's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Waller takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Graves keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Graves taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waller working the ground and pound effectively.
BOOM! Waller connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Waller controlling the position easily from mount.
Waller with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Graves working to try and regain half guard.
Waller dominating with strikes here.
Graves is in all sorts of trouble here.
Graves keeps trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waller lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Graves hang on?
Waller with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Graves keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Graves is breathing heavily.
Waller postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Graves looks a forlorn figure.
Graves is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bradford Waller overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Waller landing shots from mount.
Waller with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Waller lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves tries to hold on but Waller pushes him away.
Waller fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Graves taking shots to the head.
Waller is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Graves can do to turn this around?
Waller lands a nice shot to the head.
Waller content just to control the position here.
Waller looking to finish Graves with some ground and pound. This is bad for Graves!
Graves wants to hold on but Waller pushes him away.
Waller landing punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waller with a couple of short strikes.
Graves is bucking up trying to escape but Waller cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Graves is looking to get to half guard.
Graves is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Waller has taken his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bradford Waller 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!
Waller closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Graves quickly recovers to half guard.
Waller drops an elbow to the side of Graves's head.
Waller throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Graves is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Waller scores with a couple of nice shots.
Waller prevents Graves from improving his position.
Waller missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Waller sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Waller lands a nice short elbow.
Waller seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Waller winds up and cracks Graves with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Waller scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Waller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Graves is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Waller thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Well, if Waller is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Waller is looking for a kimura but Graves is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Waller to get the leverage.
Waller lands with a punch from half guard.
Waller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Graves tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Waller has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Graves takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Waller pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Waller with good strikes from the mount here!
Waller lands a big shot there that rocks Graves but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves can't escape the position.
Waller controlling the position easily from mount.
Waller lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Waller has hold of Graves's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Graves manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Waller content just to control the position here.
Graves can't escape the position.
Waller fails to take his opponent's back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Waller controlling from the full mount.
Waller working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Waller fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Waller forces the positional change into back control.
Graves grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Waller lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Waller is riding his opponent, not letting Graves buck him off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bradford Waller showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Waller, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:25
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bradford Waller!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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