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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hiroshi Ekaku (ranked 848 p4p, 103 weight class) and Haislan Garcia (ranked 432 p4p, 53 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroshi Ekaku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Haislan Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ekaku looks to throw the jab but Garcia is out of range.
Garcia was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ekaku. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ekaku throws a head kick that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Garcia lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ekaku has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ekaku and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ekaku takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ekaku throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garcia throws a shot from downtown. Ekaku moves away and avoids it.
Garcia scores with a sloppy right hand. Ekaku should have avoided that one.
Ekaku throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garcia counters with a nice uppercut.
Ekaku works Garcia's body with a nice hook.
Garcia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ekaku on the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Garcia.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ekaku manages to avoid it.
Ekaku swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garcia throws a chopping leg kick but Ekaku manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Ekaku does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ekaku throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ekaku throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ekaku lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Garcia scores with a jab. Ekaku acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hiroshi Ekaku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekaku throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Garcia appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A thudding body kick lands there by Ekaku!
Ekaku throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Garcia.
Ekaku has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a leg kick
letting Ekaku counter with a right hand.
Ekaku stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Garcia.
Ekaku uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ekaku throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
Ekaku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia slips a straight right by Ekaku.
Ekaku with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good leg kick by Ekaku there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ekaku avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Garcia connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia scores with a leg kick.
Garcia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ekaku.
Garcia defending well as Ekaku loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a body punch but Ekaku moves out of range.
Garcia lands with an overhand left.
Garcia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ekaku throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
Decent striking displayed by Garcia there.
A cross from Ekaku lands.
Ekaku ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ekaku avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ekaku misses with a body shot.
Ekaku slips under a jab.
Ekaku throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
Garcia moves out of range as Ekaku throws a body kick.
Ekaku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ekaku avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garcia thumps Ekaku with a low kick.
Garcia scores with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garcia.
Garcia blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ekaku scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ekaku on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ekaku waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garcia.
Ekaku misses with a low kick.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Ekaku punishes Garcia's body with a nice straight punch.
Ekaku slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A jab from Garcia misses.
Ekaku throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Garcia misses with a leg kick.
Garcia throws a chopping leg kick but Ekaku manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ekaku ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Garcia is looking to chop away at Ekaku's legs.
Ekaku looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia is just out of range.
Ekaku displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Garcia motions for Ekaku to come forward. Garcia throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ekaku throws a body shot but no joy.
Garcia connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ekaku throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ekaku throws a sloppy body shot
letting Garcia counter with a right hand.
Garcia connects with the punch.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Ekaku.
Ekaku throws a low kick, looking for Garcia's leg but Garcia calmly moves out of range.
Ekaku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ekaku feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Garcia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ekaku at a distance.
Ekaku with a nice cross.
Ekaku has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ekaku there as he acknowledges the shot.
Garcia sizes up Ekaku with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Garcia misses with an uppercut. Ekaku saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Ekaku on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Garcia misses with a straight left.
Garcia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ekaku throws the kick towards the body but Garcia avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garcia! But no joy.
Garcia slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Garcia clobbers Ekaku with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ekaku goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ekaku throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Haislan Garcia will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice uppercut there from Ekaku.
Ekaku cracks Garcia with a right hand to the side of the head.
Garcia takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Ekaku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ekaku throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
Ekaku fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garcia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Haislan Garcia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ekaku will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garcia misses with a low kick.
Garcia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garcia misses with a straight right.
Ekaku is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ekaku throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ekaku is looking to slow Garcia down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ekaku.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ekaku sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ekaku will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garcia tries to score with a low kick but Ekaku moves his leg out of the way.
Ekaku uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Garcia. Those never looked like landing.
Garcia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garcia misses with a straight right.
Garcia needs to keep his hands up - Ekaku had a free shot at his head there.
Ekaku slips a jab and a cross from Garcia.
Garcia lands a really nice looking cross but Ekaku seems unphased.
Ekaku lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ekaku stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A leg kick checked by Ekaku.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Ekaku misses with a looping right.
Garcia slips under a jab from Ekaku.
Garcia throws a jab when Ekaku was well out of range.
Garcia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garcia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ekaku avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Garcia, as that shot connected.
Garcia throws a chopping leg kick but Ekaku manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Garcia pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ekaku is out of range and Garcia settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia wants to land a leg kick but Ekaku is out of range.
Ekaku misses with a body kick.
Ekaku slips a straight right by Garcia.
Ekaku throws a quick counter kick to the body but Garcia avoids it.
Garcia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garcia scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ekaku.
Ekaku avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ekaku takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
Garcia swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ekaku lands with a nice body kick.
Garcia takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A clash of legs there as Ekaku blocks the low kick.
Ekaku chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garcia can pounce on him.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ekaku.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the liver by Garcia. Beautiful body shot.
Ekaku digs a good body shot into Garcia's ribs.
Nice uppercut there from Garcia.
Ekaku slips under a jab from Garcia.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Ekaku tenderised Garcia's leg. Garcia is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ekaku scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ekaku's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garcia under the eye.
Ekaku throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Ekaku's shoulder, as Ekaku tries to avoid the shot.
Ekaku misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garcia.
Garcia throws the left hand but Ekaku avoids the punch easily.
Garcia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ekaku sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ekaku uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
Ekaku tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Ekaku.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little feinted left hand from Ekaku on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That kick from Garcia tenderised Ekaku's leg. Ekaku is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Garcia ducks right into an uppercut from Ekaku.
Garcia changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice cross by Ekaku.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garcia takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garcia swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ekaku.
Ekaku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ekaku ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ekaku lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big left from Garcia misses.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Ekaku's shoulder, as Ekaku tries to avoid the shot.
Garcia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Garcia there as he acknowledges the shot.
Garcia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ekaku's sensitive parts.
Garcia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ekaku finds it's way round the side to connect with Garcia's head.
Garcia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ekaku loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Ekaku misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ekaku was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Ekaku with a jab.
Ekaku misses with a hook. Garcia ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Garcia misses.
Garcia throws a shot from downtown. Ekaku moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hiroshi Ekaku will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Ekaku loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Nice uppercut there from Garcia.
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Ekaku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ekaku slips a straight right by Garcia.
Ekaku throws a big counter combination but Garcia scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Ekaku takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fighters circling - Ekaku throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ekaku throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ekaku moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A swing and a miss from Garcia.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ekaku was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Ekaku looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia is just out of range.
Garcia lands a jab to Ekaku's midsection.
Ekaku getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ekaku throws a leg kick but Garcia moved away.
A leg kick checked by Garcia.
Ekaku checks the leg kick.
Ekaku lands with a straight right. Garcia didn't see that one coming.
Garcia misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekaku lands a jab.
Ekaku throws a hook but Garcia blocks it.
Ekaku misses the jab.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Ekaku is just out of range.
Ekaku blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Ekaku throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garcia moves out of range as Ekaku strikes.
Ekaku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ekaku scores with a nice head shot.
Garcia throws a low kick, looking for Ekaku's leg but Ekaku calmly moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Garcia lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ekaku has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ekaku and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Garcia finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Garcia has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ekaku missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ekaku ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Ekaku thows a leg kick but Garcia checks it
and Garcia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ekaku ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Ekaku misses with a leg kick.
Ekaku missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ekaku misses with a looping right.
Good work by Garcia as he checks the leg kick.
Ekaku misses the jab.
Ekaku is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ekaku sizes up Garcia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ekaku ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Ekaku on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ekaku takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garcia walks into a jab.
Garcia throws out a leg kick but Ekaku moves out of range and Garcia only half commits.
Ekaku dips to his left and cracks Garcia with an uppercut!
Ekaku is looking to chop away at Garcia's legs.
Garcia lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ekaku ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Good shot there by Garcia.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ekaku throws a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ekaku catches Garcia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Garcia avoids the body shot from Ekaku.
Ekaku tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick lands from Garcia.
Ekaku avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Ekaku moves away from the strike by Garcia.
Garcia smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ekaku throws a front kick aimed at Garcia's knee but Garcia avoids it well.
Ekaku misses with a leg kick.
Ekaku missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia lands a two punch combo.
Garcia dips to his left and cracks Ekaku with an uppercut!
Ekaku goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Garcia blocks a leg kick.
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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!
Ekaku lands with a right hand.
Ekaku misses with a straight left.
Ekaku moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ekaku just misses with a punch to the body.
Ekaku moves forwards but Garcia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ekaku lands a head kick. Garcia smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Garcia lands with an uppercut that bounces Ekaku off the cage and back into range.
Some bone on bone action there as Ekaku checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ekaku turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ekaku misses with a hook. Garcia ducked under it nicely.
Ekaku backing away here, and Garcia unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Ekaku lands a high kick!
Garcia feints and then cracks Ekaku's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ekaku down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ekaku throws a body shot but no joy.
Ekaku lands the left hand.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia blocks the body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Haislan Garcia.
I think Garcia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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