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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andres King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Rodney Garcia has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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287 lbs
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275 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodney Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andres King!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Garcia misses with a hook.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Garcia circles away from the clinch attempt.
King moves away from the strike by Garcia.
Garcia with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A big left from Garcia misses.
Garcia connects with a body shot.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
King looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Garcia thuds his right hand into King's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
It looks like Andres King has been cut.
King fails with an attempt to clinch.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
King has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by King.
It looks like Rodney Garcia has been cut.
King throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Garcia blocks the elbow strike.
Garcia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
King scores with a nice hook to the head.
King pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
King pushes off an throws an elbow but Garcia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
King looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Nice elbow from King.
King wants to stall.
Garcia blocks an elbow strike.
King's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King misses with some punches.
Garcia lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia blocks an elbow strike.
Garcia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
King staying out of range there.
King throws a combination that misses
and Garcia counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Garcia. That snapped King's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia scores with a body shot.
Rodney Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garcia scores with a nice head shot.
King defending well as Garcia loads up on a big left hand.
Garcia lands an uppercut out of nowhere! King falls backwards - clearly groggy! Garcia dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodney Garcia!
A victorious Rodney Garcia thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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