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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miko Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maia comes into the arena with Bulls on Parade blaring out of the sound system. Garcia comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ballad Of A Dead Soulja kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Miko Maia has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Miko Maia seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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267 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
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250 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miko Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Garcia!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws a poor cross that misses
and Maia counters with a stiff right hand.
Maia lands a right hook to the body.
Maia throws a jab but it's blocked by Garcia.
Maia changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Garcia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Garcia struggling a bit here.
Maia takes a little break here. Garcia wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Maia working the strikes but Garcia uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia works his way into full mount!
Maia has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Garcia's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia avoids a series of strikes thrown by Maia.
Garcia wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Maia thowing shots but they're missing.
Maia working Garcia over with strikes here.
Garcia wants to hold on but Maia pushes him away.
Garcia blocking the ground and pound.
Maia prevents Garcia from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Garcia keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Maia misses with a head shot.
Garcia regains half guard.
Garcia is staying active underneath Maia, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Maia is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Maia throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Garcia wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia slips a nice elbow through Garcia's hands, connecting with Garcia's forehead.
Maia tries to pass to full mount but Garcia defends it.
Maia lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Maia has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Maia throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Maia thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia with good strikes from the mount here!
Maia thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Garcia wants to control but Maia is having none of it.
Maia throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Garcia because Maia loaded up on that one.
Maia throws some wild stikes that Garcia manages to avoid easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maia throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Maia is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Garcia can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miko Maia dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Garcia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Garcia shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Maia eats them both and turns towards Garcia to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.
Maia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Garcia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Garcia throws a poor cross that misses
and Maia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Garcia throws a sloppy body shot
and Maia counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maia wants to pass the guard but Garcia is keeping the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Maia from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia passes Garcia's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Garcia keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Maia wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Garcia taking some punishment here, with Maia in his half guard.
Maia is keen to just control but Garcia is a slippery customer.
Maia is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Garcia is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Miko Maia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Maia thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Maia wants to pass the guard but Garcia is defending well.
Maia thows a huge punch but Garcia dodges it nicely.
Garcia wants to get back to his feet.
Maia is stalling here. Garcia is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Maia seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Garcia has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Garcia gets to mount! Maia was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Garcia looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia content just to control the position here.
Maia tries to hold on but Garcia postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Maia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Garcia is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Garcia swings away with a body shot that misses
and Maia counters with a nice uppercut.
Garcia looks to land a right hand but Maia moved out of range.
Maia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
Maia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia misses with a lunging right hand
and Maia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maia ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miko Maia dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a left hand
and Maia counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Garcia throws a right hand that misses
and Maia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Garcia thinking.
Garcia thuds a left hand into Maia's body.
Garcia misses with a lunging right hand
letting Maia counter with a right hand.
Maia lands with a nice body punch.
Roberto Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good exchange - Garcia coming out on top.
Garcia misses with a hook to the body
and Maia counters with a left and a right that stings Garcia.
A decent looking cross lands there for Maia.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Garcia works the jab nicely.
Miko Maia is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Maia.
Garcia throws a right hand that misses
and Maia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garcia misses with a right hand
and Maia counters with a shoot takedown. Garcia fights it but they end up in guard.
Maia chips away with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Garcia has control of Maia's left arm, preventing Maia from doing any damage.
Maia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Maia thows a big elbow that misses.
Maia trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Roberto Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Maia's guard.
Maia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garcia is one step ahead there.
Maia trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Garcia gets to his feet - Maia follows without any prompting.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia throws the left hand but Maia avoids the punch easily.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maia.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia swings widly with a right hand
and Maia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garcia throws a lazy uppercut
and Maia counters with a nice uppercut.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maia scores with a nice strike.
Maia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Maia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garcia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Maia counter with a right hand.
Garcia misses with a hook
and Maia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garcia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maia.
Garcia misses with a hook to the body
and Maia counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Garcia!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maia scoring with strikes but Garcia is staying in there.
Garcia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maia throwing strikes here but Garcia is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Maia throws some wild stikes that Garcia manages to avoid easily.
Maia trying to control but Garcia is having none of it.
Maia working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maia moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Garcia has worked his arm free - good work by Garcia!
Maia has knee on belly and moves into mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miko Maia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Maia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miko Maia!
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