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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Second Fist (ranked 1402 p4p, 180 weight class) and Michael Garibaldi (ranked 1385 p4p, 175 weight class). Fist comes to the cage accompanied by Deftones - Feiticeira. Garibaldi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Resist and Bite - Sabaton. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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182 lbs
21 - 12 - 2 |
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190 cm
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200 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
21 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Second Fist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Garibaldi!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fist pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fist lunges at Garibaldi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garibaldi's hand.
Garibaldi blocks a head kick by Fist.
Good shot there by Garibaldi.
Fist explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A head kick misses from Fist.
A little jabbing left from Garibaldi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fist misses with a body punch
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice inside leg kick there by Fist. That's going to slow Garibaldi down.
Fist gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Garibaldi blocks the body kick.
Fist throws a head kick but Garibaldi moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Fist 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Garibaldi closes the distance and pushes Fist back into the cage.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Fist fails to land.
Garibaldi jumps guard but Fist stands there with Garibaldi around his waist. Garibaldi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've been informed that Garibaldi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fist throws a knee to the head but misses.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fist backwards.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Fist blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short left from Garibaldi.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fist - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fist misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fist scores with a shot to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Garibaldi keeps control of Fist as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fist prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi managing to block the knees to the body from Fist.
Garibaldi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fist working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garibaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Fist.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Fist avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Fist fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi lands a left hand.
Garibaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fist.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Fist to keep the fight standing.
Fist lands an elbow inside.
Garibaldi lands with a light punch inside.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fist.
Garibaldi misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Fist's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Fist scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fist lands an elbow inside that Garibaldi shrugs off.
Garibaldi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Second Fist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fist's elbow.
Garibaldi blocks the elbow strike.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Fist controls the action.
Fist lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fist lands a right hand.
Fist lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Fist breaks from the clinch.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Fist.
Fist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fist.
Fist throws a wild body kick that Garibaldi sees coming a mile off.
Fist throws a predictable looking body shot
and Garibaldi counters with a good low kick that Fist was not able to check.
Fist defending well as Garibaldi loads up on a big left hand.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fist swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little feinted left hand from Fist on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fist throws a wild body kick that Garibaldi sees coming a mile off.
Garibaldi flicks out a counter leg kick but Fist steps away.
Garibaldi slips a jab and a cross from Fist.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
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 Second Fist will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Fist on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fist takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fist takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fist jabs at Garibaldi's body.
Fist looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Second Fist is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fist gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fist.
Garibaldi connects with an inside leg kick.
Garibaldi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fist throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fist buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fist misses with a body kick.
Fist lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fist throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fist takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garibaldi stuffs the takedown attempt from Fist. Fist gets slowly back to his feet.
Garibaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fist takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A slapping leg kick lands for Garibaldi.
Fist misses with a body shot.
Fist walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garibaldi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Garibaldi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Garibaldi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fist is out of range and Garibaldi settles back down.
Garibaldi dips to his left and cracks Fist with an uppercut!
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fist throws out the jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Garibaldi.
Fist swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fist is rocked!
Fist tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Fist.
Fist misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garibaldi flicks out a counter leg kick but Fist steps away.
Fist throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Oh Fist is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fist is looking to wear down Garibaldi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fist punishes Garibaldi's body with a nice straight punch.
Fist seems to have got his legs back now.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body kick from Fist.
Garibaldi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fist looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Garibaldi cracks Fist with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Garibaldi jabs at Fist's body.
Fist throws a poor cross that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a right hand to the body.
Fist throws a good cross that connects.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fist. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garibaldi missing with a left hand there. Fist was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Second Fist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garibaldi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fist swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fist.
Garibaldi appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice side step and Garibaldi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fist misses the body punch
and Garibaldi counters with a big head kick but Fist shrugs it off.
Fist lands with a nice body punch.
Garibaldi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fist throws a leg kick which misses Garibaldi's front leg but catches the back leg as Garibaldi tries to avoid it.
Fist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fist misses with a body punch
and Garibaldi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi moves out of range of the leg kick from Fist.
Fist backing away here, and Garibaldi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A head kick misses from Fist.
Fist stuns Garibaldi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Garibaldi dodges the punch combination from Fist.
Garibaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fist stalks Garibaldi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Garibaldi's face. Garibaldi staggers backwards, shaken.
Fist fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fist throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice uppercut lands for Garibaldi. That snapped Fist's head back.
Fist walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Michael Garibaldi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Fist throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garibaldi throws out a counter right but Fist avoids it with no problem.
Fist throws a predictable looking body shot
and Garibaldi scores with a counter punch that sends Fist to the canvas! Garibaldi smells blood - he's punishing Fist with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Fist has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Garibaldi!
During a confident post fight interview, Michael Garibaldi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Second Fist had this to say: 'Thank you for the opportunity.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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