Post by The Sandmen on Sept 8, 2014 16:05:34 GMT -5
Frodo Khasbulaev is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Royce Gracie looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Royce Gracie is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Frodo and Royce move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Frodo Khasbulaev attempts a sweep single...
Royce Gracie was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Quick hook by Frodo Khasbulaev
glances off Royce's arms.
Royce Gracie attempts a sweep single...
Royce Gracie catches Frodo Khasbulaev's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Royce.
Royce Gracie is in closed guard over Frodo
Royce is in closed guard... Frodo tries to roll on the ground!
Royce Gracie uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Frodo Khasbulaev gets sloppy and Royce Gracie tries to take advantage...
Royce use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan) is cheering him!
Royce Gracie is in side mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
BJJ! That is what must be passing through Royce's mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Frodo
Frodo Khasbulaev attempts to trap Royce Gracie in his guard.
Royce Gracie keeps control and remains in side mount.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Royce Gracie is in side mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Frodo Khasbulaev attempts to trap Royce Gracie in his guard.
Royce Gracie keeps control and remains in side mount.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Royce Gracie is in side mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Frodo tries to show some ground skills
Frodo Khasbulaev put Royce in half guard.
Royce Gracie is in half guard over Frodo
Royce launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Frodo Khasbulaev rolls over himself and stands up while Royce Gracie rolls on his back.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Royce Gracie. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan) are cheering for the fighters.
Royce jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Royce Gracie pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Frodo tries to breaks Royce Gracie's resistence with a few punches while tries to push him against oner corner.
Frodo doesn't find the right way... He have to improve his position for causing any real damage
Frodo misses a step and Royce Gracie sees an opportunity to counter him!
Royce Gracie postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Frodo hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Frodo Khasbulaev shoots and grab one of Royce Gracie's leg, attempting to take him down with a Single Leg
Royce Gracie sprawls and remain on his feet
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Frodo tries to take Royce Gracie down... Royce stumbles backwards and Frodo Khasbulaev launches a few punches...
Royce Gracie dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Royce tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Royce Gracie tries to finish this with a rear naked chocke!
Frodo ducks under and pushes away his opponent.
Frodo Khasbulaev takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Frodo Khasbulaev goes with a looping right hand while Royce Gracie jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Royce seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Frodo grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Royce struggles... Frodo Khasbulaev is unable to take him down
Frodo Khasbulaev gets sloppy and Royce Gracie tries to take advantage...
A right hand from Royce Gracie
surprises Frodo!
There is a small laceration on Frodo Khasbulaev's Right eye
Royce is holding Frodo Khasbulaev's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Frodo Khasbulaev loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Royce Gracie is in side mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Royce Gracie is cooling the fight on the ground
Royce Gracie is in side mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Royce Gracie looks to mount Frodo Khasbulaev...
Royce Gracie slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Royce Gracie is in full mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Frodo is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Royce Gracie pushes Frodo Khasbulaev down and prevents his attempts to escape
Royce Gracie is in full mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Frodo tries to escape from the full mount...
Frodo struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Royce misses a step and Frodo Khasbulaev sees an opportunity to counter him!
Frodo Khasbulaev tries to roll on the ground...
He makes a reversal!
Frodo Khasbulaev is in closed guard over Royce
Royce Gracie isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Frodo blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Royce's guard.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in half guard over Royce
Royce Gracie overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
That Shoulder Lock looks tight...
That Shoulder Lock looks tight...
Frodo pulls his arm out of danger.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Frodo Khasbulaev is in half guard over Royce
Royce reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Punishing hold!
Frodo blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in half guard over Royce
Royce Gracie attempts to move to full guard
Royce Gracie manages to switch to full guard.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in open guard over Royce
Royce tries to close his guard around Frodo
He succeeds!
Frodo Khasbulaev is in closed guard over Royce
Royce Gracie throws up a triangle attempt!
Frodo Khasbulaev postures up and breaks the triangle.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in closed guard over Royce
Frodo Khasbulaev is a submission wizard. He has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
Frodo is taking this opportunity to rest.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in closed guard over Royce
Frodo is in closed guard... Royce tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Frodo Khasbulaev!
Royce Gracie is in full mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Royce goes for an armbar!
Crippling lock!
Frodo Khasbulaev breaks the lock and pushes away Royce Gracie, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Royce Gracie. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Frodo Khasbulaev fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Royce blocks that. He made it look easy!
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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Royce Gracie tries a hook to the body
and hits Frodo ribs hard
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Quick hook by Royce Gracie
Good shot! Frodo has reasons to be worried.
There is a small laceration on Frodo Khasbulaev's Right eye
Frodo Khasbulaev fakes a punch and launches himself over Royce Gracie
Great move by Frodo who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Royce launches a few hard punches to Frodo Khasbulaev's ribs!
Frodo Khasbulaev's ribs shows the damage! Royce Gracie is working his opponent ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
Royce Gracie is in good position and is looking to change levels for the takedown...
Royce catches an ankle and Frodo is tripped to the mat!
Royce Gracie is in closed guard over Frodo
Royce is in closed guard... Frodo tries to roll on the ground!
Royce Gracie uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Frodo misses a step and Royce Gracie sees an opportunity to counter him!
Royce tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Royce Gracie fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Royce Gracie is in half guard over Frodo
Frodo Khasbulaev isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Royce blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Frodo's guard.
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Royce Gracie is in half guard over Frodo
Frodo Khasbulaev attempts to move to full guard
Royce Gracie keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Royce Gracie is in half guard over Frodo
Frodo Khasbulaev gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Royce spins out, but Frodo Khasbulaev was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Royce is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Frodo clumsily fails here and it's time for Royce Gracie to fight back!
Royce opts to jump inside Frodo's guard.
Frodo didn't see that coming. Royce Gracie is in open guard over Frodo now.
Royce Gracie is in open guard over Frodo
Royce moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Royce Gracie is in half guard over Frodo
Royce Gracie isolates Frodo Khasbulaev's left arm looking for an armbar...
Frodo Khasbulaev manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Royce Gracie lost his dominant position.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in open guard over Royce
Royce moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Royce is locking that armbar...
Frodo Hyper-extended his left arm
That armbar looks tight...
That armbar from Royce Gracie appears to be unbreakable
Frodo struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in Frodo's eyes...
Frodo Khasbulaev breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Royce Gracie. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Royce leads with a punch
Frodo Khasbulaev evades but whiffs with a counter.
Royce is trying to counter now!
Middle kick from Royce.
Frodo receives a solid kick right below his ribs.
Royce fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Frodo Khasbulaev didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Royce Gracie is in open guard over Frodo
Royce Gracie tries to finish with a leg lock!
Frodo struggles to free himself
Royce is locking that leglock...
Frodo struggles to free himself
That leglock from Royce Gracie appears to be unbreakable
Punishing hold!
Royce secures the lock while Frodo Khasbulaev refuses to tap... Herb Dean jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Royce Gracie by Submission (leglock) at 2:49 Round 2
Statistics: Frodo Khasbulaev
Punches 2/6 (33%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/5 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 255 s
Statistics: Royce Gracie
Punches 5/7 (71%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 6/9 (67%)
Takedowns 4/4 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 9/9 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 255 s
Gracie dominates. Not something you see here often, but he sure did.
Royce Gracie looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Royce Gracie is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Frodo and Royce move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Frodo Khasbulaev attempts a sweep single...
Royce Gracie was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Quick hook by Frodo Khasbulaev
glances off Royce's arms.
Royce Gracie attempts a sweep single...
Royce Gracie catches Frodo Khasbulaev's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Royce.
Royce Gracie is in closed guard over Frodo
Royce is in closed guard... Frodo tries to roll on the ground!
Royce Gracie uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Frodo Khasbulaev gets sloppy and Royce Gracie tries to take advantage...
Royce use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan) is cheering him!
Royce Gracie is in side mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
BJJ! That is what must be passing through Royce's mind right now. Nobody wants to stay long in that position with a submission artist like Frodo
Frodo Khasbulaev attempts to trap Royce Gracie in his guard.
Royce Gracie keeps control and remains in side mount.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Royce Gracie is in side mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Frodo Khasbulaev attempts to trap Royce Gracie in his guard.
Royce Gracie keeps control and remains in side mount.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Royce Gracie is in side mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Frodo tries to show some ground skills
Frodo Khasbulaev put Royce in half guard.
Royce Gracie is in half guard over Frodo
Royce launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Frodo Khasbulaev rolls over himself and stands up while Royce Gracie rolls on his back.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Royce Gracie. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan) are cheering for the fighters.
Royce jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Royce Gracie pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Frodo tries to breaks Royce Gracie's resistence with a few punches while tries to push him against oner corner.
Frodo doesn't find the right way... He have to improve his position for causing any real damage
Frodo misses a step and Royce Gracie sees an opportunity to counter him!
Royce Gracie postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Frodo hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Frodo Khasbulaev shoots and grab one of Royce Gracie's leg, attempting to take him down with a Single Leg
Royce Gracie sprawls and remain on his feet
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Frodo tries to take Royce Gracie down... Royce stumbles backwards and Frodo Khasbulaev launches a few punches...
Royce Gracie dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Royce tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Royce Gracie tries to finish this with a rear naked chocke!
Frodo ducks under and pushes away his opponent.
Frodo Khasbulaev takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Frodo Khasbulaev goes with a looping right hand while Royce Gracie jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Royce seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Frodo grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Royce struggles... Frodo Khasbulaev is unable to take him down
Frodo Khasbulaev gets sloppy and Royce Gracie tries to take advantage...
A right hand from Royce Gracie
surprises Frodo!
There is a small laceration on Frodo Khasbulaev's Right eye
Royce is holding Frodo Khasbulaev's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Frodo Khasbulaev loses balance and goes to the ground.
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Royce Gracie is in side mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Royce Gracie is cooling the fight on the ground
Royce Gracie is in side mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Royce Gracie looks to mount Frodo Khasbulaev...
Royce Gracie slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Royce Gracie is in full mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Frodo is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Royce Gracie pushes Frodo Khasbulaev down and prevents his attempts to escape
Royce Gracie is in full mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Frodo tries to escape from the full mount...
Frodo struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Royce misses a step and Frodo Khasbulaev sees an opportunity to counter him!
Frodo Khasbulaev tries to roll on the ground...
He makes a reversal!
Frodo Khasbulaev is in closed guard over Royce
Royce Gracie isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Frodo blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Royce's guard.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in half guard over Royce
Royce Gracie overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
That Shoulder Lock looks tight...
That Shoulder Lock looks tight...
Frodo pulls his arm out of danger.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Frodo Khasbulaev is in half guard over Royce
Royce reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Punishing hold!
Frodo blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in half guard over Royce
Royce Gracie attempts to move to full guard
Royce Gracie manages to switch to full guard.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in open guard over Royce
Royce tries to close his guard around Frodo
He succeeds!
Frodo Khasbulaev is in closed guard over Royce
Royce Gracie throws up a triangle attempt!
Frodo Khasbulaev postures up and breaks the triangle.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in closed guard over Royce
Frodo Khasbulaev is a submission wizard. He has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
Frodo is taking this opportunity to rest.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in closed guard over Royce
Frodo is in closed guard... Royce tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Frodo Khasbulaev!
Royce Gracie is in full mount over Frodo Khasbulaev
Royce goes for an armbar!
Crippling lock!
Frodo Khasbulaev breaks the lock and pushes away Royce Gracie, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Royce Gracie. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Frodo Khasbulaev fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Royce blocks that. He made it look easy!
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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Royce Gracie tries a hook to the body
and hits Frodo ribs hard
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Quick hook by Royce Gracie
Good shot! Frodo has reasons to be worried.
There is a small laceration on Frodo Khasbulaev's Right eye
Frodo Khasbulaev fakes a punch and launches himself over Royce Gracie
Great move by Frodo who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Royce launches a few hard punches to Frodo Khasbulaev's ribs!
Frodo Khasbulaev's ribs shows the damage! Royce Gracie is working his opponent ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
Royce Gracie is in good position and is looking to change levels for the takedown...
Royce catches an ankle and Frodo is tripped to the mat!
Royce Gracie is in closed guard over Frodo
Royce is in closed guard... Frodo tries to roll on the ground!
Royce Gracie uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Frodo misses a step and Royce Gracie sees an opportunity to counter him!
Royce tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Royce Gracie fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Royce Gracie is in half guard over Frodo
Frodo Khasbulaev isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Royce blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Frodo's guard.
The clock says 1:25 in the 2 round
Royce Gracie is in half guard over Frodo
Frodo Khasbulaev attempts to move to full guard
Royce Gracie keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Royce Gracie is in half guard over Frodo
Frodo Khasbulaev gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Royce spins out, but Frodo Khasbulaev was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Royce is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Frodo clumsily fails here and it's time for Royce Gracie to fight back!
Royce opts to jump inside Frodo's guard.
Frodo didn't see that coming. Royce Gracie is in open guard over Frodo now.
Royce Gracie is in open guard over Frodo
Royce moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Royce Gracie is in half guard over Frodo
Royce Gracie isolates Frodo Khasbulaev's left arm looking for an armbar...
Frodo Khasbulaev manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Royce Gracie lost his dominant position.
Frodo Khasbulaev is in open guard over Royce
Royce moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Royce is locking that armbar...
Frodo Hyper-extended his left arm
That armbar looks tight...
That armbar from Royce Gracie appears to be unbreakable
Frodo struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in Frodo's eyes...
Frodo Khasbulaev breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Royce Gracie. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Royce leads with a punch
Frodo Khasbulaev evades but whiffs with a counter.
Royce is trying to counter now!
Middle kick from Royce.
Frodo receives a solid kick right below his ribs.
Royce fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Frodo Khasbulaev didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Royce Gracie is in open guard over Frodo
Royce Gracie tries to finish with a leg lock!
Frodo struggles to free himself
Royce is locking that leglock...
Frodo struggles to free himself
That leglock from Royce Gracie appears to be unbreakable
Punishing hold!
Royce secures the lock while Frodo Khasbulaev refuses to tap... Herb Dean jumps in and breaks the lock!
Winner is Royce Gracie by Submission (leglock) at 2:49 Round 2
Statistics: Frodo Khasbulaev
Punches 2/6 (33%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/5 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 255 s
Statistics: Royce Gracie
Punches 5/7 (71%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 6/9 (67%)
Takedowns 4/4 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 9/9 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 255 s
Gracie dominates. Not something you see here often, but he sure did.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!