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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Garnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michel Overmars (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garnett comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls. Overmars is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Union Underground - Across The Nation. Kelvin Garnett is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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233 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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276 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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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
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Kelvin Garnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Michel Overmars!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garnett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garnett scores with a hook.
Garnett scores with a kick to the midsection.
Garnett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Overmars manages to avoid it.
Overmars takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Garnett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Overmars takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Michel Overmars has been cut.
Garnett misses with a kick to the body.
Overmars keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garnett throws a predictable looking body shot
and Overmars counters with a low kick, right behind Garnett 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Overmars avoids a kick to the body.
Garnett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnett swings widly with a right hand
and Overmars counters with a head kick.
Garnett avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Garnett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A jab from Garnett does it's job there.
Garnett is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Garnett misses its intended target.
Overmars throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garnett.
Garnett throws a looping overhand right but Overmars ducks down to avoid it.
Overmars throws a low kick but Garnett moves out of range easily.
Overmars misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garnett throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Overmars's head.
Garnett misses with a hook
and Overmars makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Garnett really felt that one!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garnett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Overmars wants to slow Garnett down by chopping away at his legs.
Overmars showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garnett.
Overmars tries to bum rush Garnett with a series of wild strikes but Garnett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Overmars feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Garnett's calf.
Overmars ducks under a wild hook from Garnett.
Overmars misses with a leg kick.
Garnett connects with a nice looking jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overmars lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Overmars.
It looks like Kelvin Garnett has been cut.
Overmars staying out of range there.
Overmars tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garnett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overmars takes one to the side of the head.
Overmars closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Overmars scores with a hook to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Garnett's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Overmars manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garnett thumps Overmars with a low kick.
Overmars motions for Garnett to come forward. Overmars throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garnett is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Garnett misses with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overmars slips under a jab from Garnett.
Overmars on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Overmars checks the leg kick.
Overmars ducks under a wild hook from Garnett.
Overmars throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garnett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Overmars takes a swing at Garnett's ribcage but misses.
Garnett throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garnett throws a right and a left that Overmars avoids nicely.
Overmars clinches up with Garnett and pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kelvin Garnett will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Garnett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garnett throws a leg kick but Overmars sees it coming and moves out of range.
Garnett is looking to chop away at Overmars's legs.
Kelvin Garnett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garnett scores with a hook to the body. Overmars takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garnett.
Overmars throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garnett counters with a left to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Garnett here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Overmars fails to land with a series of punches.
That kick from Garnett tenderised Overmars's leg. Overmars is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kelvin Garnett is winning the standup battle so far.
Garnett throws a leg kick that is checked
and Overmars counters with a nice body kick.
Garnett misses with a hook
and Overmars counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Overmars attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Overmars throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garnett lands with a straight right. Overmars didn't see that one coming.
Overmars takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Garnett throws a hook to the side of Overmars's head but Overmars sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Garnett - that will leave a mark!
Overmars blocks a jab.
The crowd cheers as Garnett lands an impressive looking overhand right. Overmars doesn't seem phased though.
Overmars thows a body kick. Garnett tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garnett throws a series of strikes that have Overmars backpedaling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garnett throws a shot to the body.
Garnett lands a jab to the nose.
Garnett misses with a body shot.
Garnett moves out of range of the body kick.
Garnett throws an off balance right hand
and Overmars counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garnett's knee momentarily.
Garnett misses with an uppercut
and Overmars counters with a left and a right that stings Garnett.
Garnett has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Overmars.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overmars moves away from the strike by Garnett.
Jab, jab by Garnett - just one landing.
Overmars takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Garnett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Overmars sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garnett throws a head kick that misses.
Garnett misses with a jab to the body
and Overmars connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Overmars takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Overmars blocks the body kick.
Nice body kick from Garnett.
Overmars lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overmars looks to land a body kick but Garnett moved away.
A big right from Garnett misses.
Overmars throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Overmars. Garnett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garnett looks for the body kick but Overmars saw that one coming.
Garnett lands with a cross.
A head kick by Garnett misses
and Overmars counters with a left and a right that stings Garnett.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Overmars!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garnett lands a nice looking kick to the body. Overmars takes a step back to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kelvin Garnett will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Garnett lands a nice looking body shot.
Overmars gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Garnett misses with a hook. Overmars ducked under it nicely.
Overmars tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garnett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Overmars misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garnett ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Overmars avoids the body shot from Garnett.
Garnett misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garnett throws a lazy right hand but Overmars sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnett takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Michel Overmars is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garnett with a hook.
Garnett's corner calls for a 1-2. Garnett obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Garnett scores with a decent looking hook.
Overmars doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Overmars wants to clinch
and Garnett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Overmars looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Overmars avoids the head kick by Garnett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overmars darts in trying to clinch
and Garnett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Overmars misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garnett blocks a head kick by Overmars.
Garnett on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Garnett throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Overmars walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Overmars doesn't manage to clinch there - Garnett circles away.
Michel Overmars has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overmars throws a one two combo.
An inside leg kick from Overmars misses.
Garnett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Overmars.
Overmars's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Garnett connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Overmars scrambles back to his feet.
Garnett throws an off balance right hand
and Overmars counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Overmars.
Overmars pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garnett throws a sloppy head kick and Overmars moves out of range easily.
Garnett checks a low kick from Overmars.
A low kick from Garnett misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garnett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garnett fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Overmars gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Overmars pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Overmars misses with a leg kick.
Garnett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Overmars misses with a combination
and Garnett counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Overmars thinking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garnett throws a head kick that Overmars semi-blocks.
Kelvin Garnett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Overmars looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kelvin Garnett.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Garnett, 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kelvin Garnett!
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energy
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hype
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