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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia comes to the ring accompanied by Ludacris - Beast Mode. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great low kicks
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sergio Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia cracks the inside of Morgan's front leg.
Garcia scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Garcia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Morgan's front leg but catches the back leg as Morgan tries to avoid it.
Morgan scores with a jab. Garcia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Garcia appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Morgan has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Morgan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Garcia defends it nicely.
Morgan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garcia counters with a slapping leg kick.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Nice straight punches there by Morgan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morgan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan misses with a few strikes there.
Morgan misses with a two punch combination.
Garcia connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morgan on the side of the head.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garcia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garcia takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mark Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garcia under the eye.
The fighters circle momentarily. Garcia darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Morgan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Morgan tries for a takedown but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morgan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garcia can pounce on him.
A jab from Garcia finds it's way through Morgan's defenses.
Garcia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morgan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia.
Morgan misses with a right hand
and Garcia counters with an outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia scores with a kick to the body.
Morgan misses with a hook
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws an off balance right hand
and Morgan counters with a single leg into guard. Garcia didn't expect that.
Garcia uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Morgan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garcia counters with a low kick, right behind Morgan 's knee.
Garcia walks into a left hand.
Morgan misses with a double jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Morgan.
Sergio Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Morgan.
Morgan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morgan swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Morgan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Morgan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Garcia thuds his shin into the meat of Morgan's side.
Garcia connects with a single shot there.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Morgan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morgan throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
Garcia half committed to a counter leg kick.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Morgan is avoiding it.
Morgan throws out a loose jab but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Morgan.
Morgan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garcia.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Garcia avoids it well.
Morgan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Garcia lands a lovely overhand right.
Garcia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Garcia.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Morgan.
A little feinted left hand from Garcia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garcia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morgan tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morgan tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Garcia delivers a nice body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garcia.
Morgan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morgan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from Garcia misses the target.
Garcia misses with a left hand
and Morgan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Garcia's guard.
Morgan stopping the sweep attempt from Garcia.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morgan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
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 Sergio Garcia will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Garcia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morgan misses with a shot to the body
and Garcia counters with a three punch combo that has Morgan backing up. Morgan nods at Garcia to acknowledge the strikes.
Garcia gets a clinch.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morgans head.
Garcia keeps control of Morgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morgan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garcia has him pressed against the ropes.
Garcia scores with a nice hook to the head.
It looks like Mark Morgan has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garcia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garcia lands with a short shot to the head.
Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morgan misses with a wild combination.
Garcia looks to land a body kick but Morgan moved away.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garcia fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
and Garcia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.
Good shot there by Morgan.
Garcia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morgan's sensitive parts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nice takedown defense from Garcia. No joy for Morgan on that attempt.
Morgan throws a nice looking combination but Garcia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little feinted left hand from Garcia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Morgan throws a right hand that misses
and Garcia finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Morgan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morgan tries to move into range but Garcia moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Morgan misses with a body shot
and Garcia finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Garcia throws a good cross that connects.
Morgan throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morgan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Morgan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morgan.
The crowd cheers as Garcia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Morgan doesn't seem phased though.
Morgan takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
Sergio Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Morgan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garcia clobbers Morgan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Garcia connects with a jab.
Garcia clinches with his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Garcia presses Morgan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Morgan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Garcia gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sergio Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Morgan.
Garcia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia lands a body shot in the clinch.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morgan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Garcia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mark Morgan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Morgan misses the body punch
and Garcia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab, jab by Morgan - just one landing.
Morgan looks to land a right hand but Garcia moved out of range.
Garcia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morgan doesn't seem bothered though.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
Morgan throws a right hand that misses
and Garcia counters with a low kick, right behind Morgan 's knee.
Sloppy strikes from Morgan. Those never looked like landing.
Morgan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Morgan takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Garcia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Garcia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morgan throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan throws a body shot but no joy.
Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcia lands a leg kick that knocks Morgan off balance momentarily.
Garcia connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morgan. Morgan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garcia is looking to counter punch.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
No luck for Morgan with that takedown attempt.
Morgan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morgan misses with a hook to the body
and Garcia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan throws a big shot that misses.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around?
Garcia slips under a jab from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a looping right.
Morgan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Garcia.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morgan throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Mark Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garcia catches Morgan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morgan looks to land a combination but Garcia avoids it well.
Garcia defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morgan.
Sergio Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
Morgan throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Garcia wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morgan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Garcia.
Garcia connects with a solid leg kick.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garcia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garcia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morgan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garcia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morgan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Garcia counters with a series of strikes. Morgan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Morgan is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garcia counters with a good low kick that Morgan was not able to check.
Morgan is still on wobbly legs! Can Garcia finish him?
Garcia moves into the clinch.
Garcia is working Morgan over against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Garcia.
Morgan seems to have recovered his senses.
Garcia lands a big left hand right to the temple and Morgan goes down!
Well, if Garcia is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Morgan won't allow Garcia to pass to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan trying to control but Garcia postures up.
Morgan is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Garcia scores with a couple of nice shots.
Morgan tries to roll over but Garcia keeps him under control.
Morgan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morgan flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Garcia seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morgan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sergio Garcia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morgan flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garcia 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Sergio Garcia!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Sergio Garcia!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Sergio Garcia!
Sergio Garcia wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Sergio Garcia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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