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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Murth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia comes to the ring accompanied by Sottotono - Quei bravi ragazzi. Murth has chosen Enemy as his entrance music. Adam Murth has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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191 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roberto Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Murth!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia looks to land a combination but Murth avoids it well.
Garcia throws a one two combo.
It looks like Adam Murth has been cut.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murth throws a jab when Garcia was well out of range.
Murth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murth looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Garcia looking to control.
Murth tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcia is retaining full guard.
Garcia is trying to control the position but Murth postures up.
Murth won't allow Garcia to sweep him here.
Garcia trying to strike off his back.
Garcia tries to strike from the bottom.
Garcia is controlling Murth's posture.
Garcia is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murth forces Garcia back against the ropes and clinches.
Murth misses with a punch to the body.
Murth prevents Garcia from breaking the clinch.
Garcia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roberto Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Murth moves out of range.
Garcia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murth moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garcia tries to bum rush Murth with a series of wild strikes but Murth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Garcia is trying to hold Murth in close to prevent damage but Murth has managed to pass into half guard.
Murth is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Garcia has managed to free his arm - good work.
Garcia trying to hold on to Murth's head to control him but Murth postures up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Garcia is looking to improve his position.
Garcia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Murth on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murth thows a huge punch but Garcia dodges it nicely.
Garcia tries to get to full guard but Murth has control of the leg.
Murth passes to side control.
Murth wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garcia keeps working.
Murth tries for a kimura but Garcia is defending well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Garcia tries to buck Murth off but Murth is having none of it.
Murth working away.
Murth wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Garcia, who protects the arm well.
Murth wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garcia keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is looking for a sweep.
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Garcia is looking to reverse the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Garcia throws a head kick that half lands.
A head kick misses from Garcia.
Murth avoids the head kick by Garcia.
Garcia throws a right hand that Murth ducks under and follows up with a left that Murth also avoids with ease.
Garcia throws a one two combo.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Garcia misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Garcia misses.
Murth avoids the head kick by Garcia.
Garcia throws a body punch but Murth moves out of range.
Garcia misses with a series of wild punches.
Murth has Garcia up against the ropes in a clinch.
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Murth.
Garcia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Murth goes for a takedown in the clinch but Garcia prevents it.
Garcia stalling.
Garcia digs a right hand into Murth's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Murth's gas tank.
Garcia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garcia tries to break the clinch but Murth is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murth closes the distance and pushes Garcia back into the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murth works over Garcia's head and body with a nice combination.
Murth moves away from the strike by Garcia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adam Murth's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Murth lands with a nice combination. Garcia backs away looking to recover.
Murth takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Murth closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Murth misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Murth looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Murth working away.
Sloppy strikes there by Murth.
Murth wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Garcia wants to control but Murth postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murth fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garcia, pushing him back against the ropes.
Garcia wants to break the clinch but can't.
Garcia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murth will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garcia darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murth closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Murth is breathing heavily.
Garcia is trying to control Murth's posture but Murth avoids it.
Murth throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Garcia can't do much from the bottom here.
Murth working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Murth working away.
Garcia tries to improve position but can't.
Garcia struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murth is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Garcia knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Garcia is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Garcia lands a right hook to the body.
Garcia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murth moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garcia misses with a few strikes there.
Murth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murth has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Murth there as he acknowledges the shot.
Garcia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murth avoids the head kick by Garcia.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murth shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murth tries to clinch up.
A solid body kick from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a head kick.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murth was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Murth jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murth looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Garcia!
Murth works his way to his opponent's back.
Garcia rolls, trying to escape but Murth keeps control of the position.
Murth has Garcia flattened out and is raining down punches.
Garcia trying to control the action but Murth just sinks the hooks in.
Garcia rolls, trying to escape but Murth keeps control of the position.
Garcia trying to control but not successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murth has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Garcia! Can he survive? No! He's out! Murth gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Adam Murth!
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