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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Makosa Michinoku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michinoku kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Primavera by Ludovico Einaudi. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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163 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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162 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Makosa Michinoku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phillip Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michinoku tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Garcia swivels and escapes.
Michinoku shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Garcia but Garcia pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Garcia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Michinoku shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Makosa Michinoku. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jab, jab by Garcia - just one landing.
Garcia lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Makosa Michinoku has been cut.
Garcia rushes Michinoku and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Garcia prevents the takedown attempt.
Garcia lands a body shot in the clinch.
Michinoku is trying to drag Garcia to the mat but Garcia just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia slowing the pace effectively.
Garcia lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Michinoku is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Garcia dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Garcia.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Michinoku has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Garcia is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Garcia no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Garcia is trying to keep Michinoku in close.
Garcia might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Michinoku kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Garcia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Michinoku is one step ahead there.
Garcia has his feet on Michinoku's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Garcia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Michinoku, pushing him back against the ropes.
Garcia works on Michinoku's body with a couple of short punches.
Garcia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garcia lands with a left to the head.
Michinoku is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Garcia pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Michinoku goes for a takedown attempt but Garcia pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garcia shoots in and bounces Michinoku off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Garcia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Michinoku tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Garcia decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Michinoku has his takedown stuffed
and Garcia counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Michinoku is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Michinoku's head.
Garcia wants to take a breather but Michinoku is having none of it.
Michinoku trying to get back to full guard but Garcia takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Michinoku is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia raining down shots from the mount!
Garcia wants to control the pace but Michinoku is squirming around nicely.
Michinoku swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Michinoku swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Michinoku throwing hammer fists to the chest of Garcia. What's that going to do exactly?
Michinoku tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Michinoku is squirming around, avoiding Garcia's attempts to control the action.
Michinoku regains half guard.
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.
Garcia trying to control the action but Michinoku is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Michinoku regains full guard. Nicely done.
Michinoku keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Michinoku will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Michinoku doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Michinoku trying to strike off his back.
Michinoku bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Garcia's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phillip Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Makosa Michinoku's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Michinoku avoids them all with ease.
Michinoku misses with a takedown attempt
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Michinoku doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Garcia decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Michinoku's guard.
Michinoku keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Michinoku wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.
Michinoku is striking off his back. Garcia thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Garcia wants to stand up but Michinoku has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Michinoku is looking for a sweep. Garcia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Michinoku is refusing to be controlled, as Garcia sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michinoku wants to sweep but Garcia has passed to side control!
Michinoku lands a decent little punch to the body.
Michinoku is looking to reverse the position.
Michinoku 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.
Michinoku sneaks back into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Michinoku manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Michinoku looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garcia is one step ahead there.
Michinoku trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
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.
Michinoku tries to strike from the bottom.
Michinoku throwing short punches from the bottom.
Garcia wanted to stand there but Michinoku had control of the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Michinoku bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Garcia's guard.
Garcia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Michinoku throwing strikes from guard but Garcia blocks nicely.
Michinoku throws a big right hand that misses.
Michinoku throwing strikes from guard but Garcia blocks nicely.
Michinoku thows a big elbow that misses.
Phillip Garcia has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Michinoku.
Michinoku throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garcia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Michinoku is looking to work some ground and pound but Garcia has wrist control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Garcia drives through with a takedown into guard.
Michinoku thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Michinoku keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Michinoku manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Garcia is bucking up trying to escape but Michinoku cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to hold on but Michinoku postures up.
Garcia is bucking up trying to escape but Michinoku cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Michinoku throws some wild stikes that Garcia manages to avoid easily.
Garcia is trying to escape the mount.
Michinoku misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Michinoku in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Michinoku landing shots from mount.
Michinoku breaks from Garcia's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Michinoku scoring with strikes but Garcia is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Phillip Garcia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Makosa Michinoku's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Michinoku with a poor takedown
and Michinoku takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Michinoku has his takedown stuffed
and Garcia counters with a takedown into side control.
Garcia wants to stand but Michinoku is controlling his arm.
Michinoku tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Garcia wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Michinoku regains half guard.
Michinoku is looking to improve his position.
Michinoku is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Michinoku tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Michinoku is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia blocks Michinoku's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Michinoku bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Michinoku is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Michinoku trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Michinoku throws and elbow that misses. Garcia uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Michinoku's guard. Nice move by Garcia!
Michinoku is striking off his back. Garcia thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Michinoku flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Garcia content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michinoku gets back to full guard.
Garcia would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Michinoku is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Michinoku thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Garcia tries to stand but Michinoku is controlling from the bottom.
Garcia stands up out of Michinoku's guard for a moment - Michinoku manages to land a nice upkick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michinoku throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Michinoku trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Michinoku thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Garcia tries to clinch but Michinoku moves out of range.
Garcia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Garcia closes the distance and clinches.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Michinoku avoiding damage as Garcia throws knees to the body.
Michinoku is working for takedown but Garcia is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Makosa Michinoku. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Michinoku or not.
Garcia throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Garcia stalling the fight.
Michinoku wants a takedown.
Michinoku tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia digs a right hand into Michinoku's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Michinoku's gas tank.
Garcia presses Michinoku against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garcia digs a right hand into Michinoku's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Michinoku's gas tank.
Michinoku avoiding damage as Garcia throws knees to the body.
Garcia is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Garcia digs a right hand underneath Michinoku's ribcage. Michinoku let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Garcia will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Michinoku up against the ropes.
A right hand to the body from Garcia.
Phillip Garcia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garcia gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Michinoku.
Garcia content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phillip Garcia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Garcia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phillip Garcia!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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