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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Garcia (ranked 174 p4p, 344 weight class) and Oke Swahn (ranked 22 p4p, 44 weight class). Garcia's entrance music is S.G. Sinnicks - St Patrick Battalion. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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 31 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oke Swahn!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Swahn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Swahn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garcia clinches up against the cage.
Swahn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Swahn lands a nice uppercut.
Our sources have told us that Garcia has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Garcia throws an elbow but it misses.
Garcia misses with some punches.
Swahn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Garcia scores with a shot to the side of Swahn's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Swahn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garcia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garcia lands an elbow just above Swahn 's eye.
Garcia throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Swahn avoids a wild elbow strike from Garcia.
Garcia tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Swahn blocks a body shot from Garcia.
Garcia lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia prevents a body shot from Swahn.
Garcia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Swahn smiles and moves away.
Garcia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Swahn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia throws a hook to the side of Swahn's head but Swahn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia backing away here, and Swahn unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Swahn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd cheers as Garcia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Swahn doesn't seem phased though.
Garcia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Garcia lands with a right hand.
Swahn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Swahn was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Swahn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia backing away here, and Swahn unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Swahn was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Swahn takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garcia throws a right hand that misses
and Swahn counters with a stiff right hand.
Swahn closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia's corner calls for a 1-2. Garcia obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia misses with a hook to the body
and Swahn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garcia misses with a hook
and Swahn counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice jab there from Swahn.
Garcia throws a jab when Swahn was well out of range.
Garcia lands a nice looking body shot.
Garcia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Swahn counters with a stiff right hand.
Swahn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mickey Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Swahn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Swahn cracks Garcia with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Oke Swahn!
A very excited looking Oke Swahn made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Mickey Garcia was interviewed post fight and said 'Can't believe the commission let me fight with Hep C...'.
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hype
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pop
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