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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valentin Hadjiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia has chosen Guantanamera - Los Paraguayos as his entrance music. Trevor Garcia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
15 - 12 - 0 |
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188 cm
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194 lbs
1 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Valentin Hadjiev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trevor Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hadjiev doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Garcia counters with a nice uppercut.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Hadjiev circles away.
Hadjiev shoots in for a takedown but Garcia shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Garcia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garcia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hadjiev shoots in for a takedown but Garcia shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Valentin Hadjiev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia cracks the inside of Hadjiev's front leg.
Garcia tries to clinch but Hadjiev is having none of it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hadjiev.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia scores with a leg kick.
Hadjiev is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Garcia's half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hadjiev prevents Garcia from improving his position.
Hadjiev is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Garcia is just riding it out for now. Hadjiev eventually gives up the hold.
Garcia keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hadjiev throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hadjiev drops an elbow to the side of Garcia's head.
Hadjiev works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hadjiev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hadjiev prevents Garcia from getting the reversal.
Hadjiev looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hadjiev pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hadjiev lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Garcia avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hadjiev.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hadjiev looking for a guillotine from mount but Garcia is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hadjiev prevents Garcia from getting the reversal.
Garcia tries to lock up and control but Hadjiev gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hadjiev landing strikes from the mount.
Garcia tries to hold on but Hadjiev postures up.
Garcia tries to control the position but Hadjiev now has his back.
You can see the frustration on Garcia's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Hadjiev working for the choke.
Garcia takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Hadjiev is punishing Garcia with strikes - can he finish him?!
Garcia wants to control his opponent's hands but Hadjiev gets his hands free.
Hadjiev missing with strikes from the back.
Garcia trying to control the action but Hadjiev just sinks the hooks in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hadjiev is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Garcia defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Garcia defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Hadjiev's arms.
Hadjiev is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Garcia is defending well though. Hadjiev let's go of the attempt for now.
Garcia needs to remain patient if he's going to get out of this sticky situation.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Valentin Hadjiev dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
No luck for Hadjiev with that takedown attempt.
No joy there for Garcia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hadjiev seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hadjiev will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hadjiev fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Valentin Hadjiev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia slaps away a takedown attempt from Hadjiev, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Garcia takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hadjiev misses with a takedown attempt
letting Garcia counter with a right hand.
Hadjiev will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garcia steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hadjiev.
Hadjiev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Hadjiev takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garcia, right into the meat.
Hadjiev tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Valentin Hadjiev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia punishes Hadjiev's body with a nice straight punch.
Valentin Hadjiev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia lands with a straight right. Hadjiev didn't see that one coming.
Hadjiev fails with the takedown
and Garcia moves into the clinch.
Garcia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hadjiev has his takedown stuffed
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hadjiev has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Valentin Hadjiev has been cut.
Garcia stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Garcia wants it to stay on the feet.
Garcia wants to counter the offense by Hadjiev and move into the clinch position.
Garcia getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Garcia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hadjiev is rocked!
Hadjiev gets tackled into the cage by Garcia. Garcia maintains the clinch.
Oh Hadjiev is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garcia breaks from the clinch.
Hadjiev get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Hadjiev stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Garcia runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Trevor Garcia!
An out of breath Trevor Garcia thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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