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Event:
CWC 225
Date: Jul 11, 2021 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 5 losses; Michael Garibaldi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 0 losses; Giuseppe Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and John Kavanagh.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?#CL2#
Turturro closes the distance and clinches.#TD#
Garibaldi successfully pulls guard.
#SUB#
Garibaldi looking for a guillotine here but Turturro defends easily.
#SUB#
Garibaldi looking for a guillotine here but Turturro defends easily.
Turturro stays in close to Garibaldi's body and controls the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Garibaldi's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
#T1##SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle but Turturro pushes his legs off easily.
#SUB#
Turturro avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Garibaldi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Turturro slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. #SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle here but Turturro uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (0) vs (3) Turturro#T2#
Garibaldi is trying to control Turturro's posture but Turturro avoids it.
Garibaldi manages to get back to half guard.
Turturro not doing much here.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep. Turturro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Garibaldi trying to get back to full guard but Turturro takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (0) vs (6) Turturro
Turturro looking to control and managing it successfully. #T3#
Garibaldi is just holding on here. Turturro manages to take his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Garibaldi (0) vs (9) Turturro
Garibaldi trying to control the hands but Turturro breaks the grip.
Garibaldi tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Garibaldi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Turturro controlling his opponent. #T4#
Turturro avoids the attempt from Garibaldi to control.
Turturro trying to control but Garibaldi is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Turturro sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Turturro is continuing to stall.#T5#
Turturro looking to control but Garibaldi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Turturro takes Garibaldi's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Garibaldi is in trouble. Score +3 for taking back: Garibaldi (0) vs (12) Turturro
Garibaldi tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Turturro controlling the position easily from mount. #T6#
Garibaldi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Turturro controlling the pace for now.
Turturro looking to control but Garibaldi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Garibaldi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Garibaldi gets back to half guard.#T7#
Garibaldi trying to control here.
#SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back.
Turturro trying to control the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep. Turturro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#T8#
Garibaldi wants to control but Turturro is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Garibaldi is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Turturro jumps into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (0) vs (15) Turturro
Turturro controls the position.
Garibaldi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Turturro wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garibaldi is trying to control Turturro's posture but Turturro avoids it.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep.
Turturro trying to control the action but Garibaldi is working from the bottom. #T9#
Garibaldi is trying to control Turturro's posture but Turturro avoids it.
Garibaldi is looking to regain half guard here but Turturro keeps moving and retains side control.
Garibaldi is not content to let Turturro control the position.
Garibaldi gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard. #T10#
Turturro is controlling the pace.
Garibaldi tries to get to full guard but Turturro has control of the leg.
Turturro is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Turturro passes into side control, despite Garibaldi's attempt to control the position.
Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (0) vs (18) Turturro#T11#
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep.
Turturro controlling the position from side mount.
Garibaldi tries to buck Turturro off but Turturro is having none of it.#T12#
Turturro is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Garibaldi's shoulder. That is not cool.
Garibaldi is looking to regain half guard here but Turturro keeps moving and retains side control.
Turturro is looking to take a break and control but Garibaldi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Turturro is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Garibaldi's shoulder. That is not cool. #T13#
Garibaldi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Garibaldi wants to control but Turturro postures up.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep.
Garibaldi being controlled for a moment.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep.#T14#
Garibaldi manages to get back to half guard.
Garibaldi tries to roll over but Turturro keeps him under control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Garibaldi is trying to control but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Turturro wins on points by 18 to 0.
In his post fight interview, Giuseppe Turturro started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception. |
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Event:
CACC 216
Date: Jun 27, 2021 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 0 losses; Derek Trucks! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 5 losses; Michael Garibaldi!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?#CL#
Trucks instigates a clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Garibaldi 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.
Trucks wants to take the fight to the mat but Garibaldi manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.#TD2#
Garibaldi pulls Trucks into guard.
Garibaldi is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Trucks sitting in guard, not really doing much. #SUB2#
Garibaldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Trucks is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trucks stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garibaldi swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T1#
Garibaldi has control of Trucks's left arm, preventing Trucks from doing any damage.
Trucks preventing the sweep.
Trucks showing good wrestling skills to control the position. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Trucks has picked Garibaldi up and slammed him! Garibaldi can't keep hold of the triangle and Trucks manages to pass to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Trucks (3) vs (0) Garibaldi
Garibaldi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Trucks (3) vs (2) Garibaldi#SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Trucks defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T2#
Trucks is looking to improve his position.
Trucks holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Garibaldi with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Garibaldi is looking to advance position but Trucks won't allow it.
Garibaldi content to control rather than advance.
Let's hope that Garibaldi has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.#T3##SUB2#
Garibaldi seems to be working for a kimura but Trucks defends the submission attempt.
Garibaldi is taking a breather. Trucks says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Garibaldi.#T4#
Trucks is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #T5#
Garibaldi keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Garibaldi wants to pass to mount but Trucks is defending the position.
Garibaldi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.#T6#
Garibaldi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Garibaldi content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Garibaldi's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.#SUB2#
Garibaldi is working for a kimura but Trucks is defending it quite comfortably.
#T7#
Garibaldi content to control rather than advance.
Yet more stalling tactics from Garibaldi.#T8#
Trucks has his hands clasped together around Garibaldi's back. He's all about the action.
Garibaldi controlling the action here. #T9##T10#
More stalling from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi is trying to control. Trucks wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Trucks wants to improve his position but Garibaldi is controlling well.
Well, if Garibaldi 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.
#T11#
Trucks wants to control but Garibaldi is keeping busy.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Garibaldi in particular looking to stall.#SUB2#
Garibaldi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Trucks is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Trucks tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Garibaldi has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Score +3 for passing guard: Trucks (3) vs (5) Garibaldi#T12#
Trucks sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Garibaldi slows the pace down in half guard. #SUB2#
Garibaldi seems to be working for a kimura but Trucks defends the submission attempt.
Garibaldi stalling. #T13#
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garibaldi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Garibaldi is controlling the pace.
#T14#
Trucks won't allow Garibaldi to pass to mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Garibaldi is controlling the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Garibaldi wins on points by 5 to 3.
An out of breath Michael Garibaldi 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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Event:
CACC Mondragon vs Scaletta
Date: Jun 13, 2021 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 16 wins and 17 losses; DJ Augustus ! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 4 losses; Michael Garibaldi!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.#CL#
Augustus has closed the distance and engaged Garibaldi in a clinch.
#TD2#
Garibaldi manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back. #SUB2#
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Augustus gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Augustus not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
#SUB2#
Augustus got a little sloppy there for a moment and Garibaldi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Augustus has managed to get both his arms back between Garibaldi's legs - danger averted.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi working a defensive guard but Augustus manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Augustus (3) vs (0) Garibaldi#T1#
Augustus is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Augustus continues to stall.
Augustus has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.#T2#
Garibaldi struggling a bit here.
Augustus just content to control the position.
Garibaldi is trying to get back to half guard.
Augustus taking a breather here. #T3#
Augustus working away.
Garibaldi tries to improve position but can't.
Augustus working away.#T4#
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here as Augustus stalls from top position.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Augustus .
Augustus working away.#T5#
Garibaldi is looking to reverse the position.
Garibaldi is still trying to improve position.
Augustus controlling from side mount.
Garibaldi is trying to control Augustus 's posture but Augustus avoids it.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.#T6#
Augustus taking a breather here.
Garibaldi is trying to improve his position.
Augustus working away.#T7#
Augustus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garibaldi keeps working.
Garibaldi is trying to control Augustus 's posture but Augustus avoids it.
Augustus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garibaldi keeps working.
A lull in the action here.
Augustus 's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.#T8#
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep.
Augustus is staying tight to Garibaldi's torso, preventing him from escaping.
You can see the frustration on Garibaldi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Garibaldi is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Augustus off and has taken his back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Augustus (3) vs (4) Garibaldi#T9#
Garibaldi has the hooks in. Augustus is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted. #SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Augustus knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Augustus for a finish.
Garibaldi controls the position.
Augustus looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Augustus trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looking to break Augustus 's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Augustus remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Garibaldi will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Garibaldi tries to get the hooks in deep but Augustus pushed the leg off.
Garibaldi is riding his opponent, not letting Augustus buck him off.
Garibaldi is trying to stick to Augustus 's back but Augustus is turning into Garibaldi. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Garibaldi's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Augustus . Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Augustus (5) vs (4) Garibaldi#T10#
Augustus is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Augustus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garibaldi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Augustus not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Garibaldi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Augustus trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T11#
Garibaldi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Augustus is one step ahead there.
Augustus wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is keeping the position.
Augustus advances to half guard. #T12#
Garibaldi wants to control but Augustus is keeping busy and won't allow it. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back.
Garibaldi wants to get back to full guard.
Augustus wants to free his trapped foot but Garibaldi is holding on for dear life with his legs. #T13#
Garibaldi trying to control from the bottom.
Augustus takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Augustus looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Augustus controlling the action here. #T14#
Augustus is looking to take a break and control but Garibaldi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Augustus performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Augustus takes the fight on points by 5 to 4.
DJ Augustus decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little. |
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Event:
CACC Rio
Date: Jun 06, 2021 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 22 wins and 10 losses; Aedan Declan! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 3 losses; Michael Garibaldi!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD#
Declan shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Garibaldi's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Declan (2) vs (0) Garibaldi#SUB2#
Garibaldi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Declan wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving. #SUB2#
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Declan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Declan wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is keeping the position.#SUB2#
Declan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Declan passes Garibaldi's left leg - he's now in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Declan passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Garibaldi! Score +3 for passing guard: Declan (5) vs (0) Garibaldi
Declan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Declan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T1#
Garibaldi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Garibaldi gets back to half guard.#SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back.
Declan slows the pace down in half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Declan's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.#SUB#
Declan is looking for a kimura but Garibaldi is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Declan to get the leverage. #SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Declan pulls his head out easily.
Declan works his way into full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Declan (8) vs (0) Garibaldi
Declan mounts Garibaldi! Really nice guard pass there! #T2#
Declan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Declan content just to control the position here.
Garibaldi is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garibaldi sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Declan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Garibaldi is looking to improve his position.
Garibaldi has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Declan wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is defending well.
Declan perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Garibaldi is staying active underneath Declan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Declan passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Declan (11) vs (0) Garibaldi
Declan avoids the attempt from Garibaldi to control.#T3#
Garibaldi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Declan controlling from mount.
Declan tries to control but Garibaldi wriggling away.
Garibaldi wants to hold on but Declan pushes him away.
Declan controlling from the full mount.
Garibaldi wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Declan (14) vs (0) Garibaldi
Garibaldi is really stuck here.
#T4#
Garibaldi looking very determined here, making life difficult for Declan.
I really don't envy Garibaldi right now.
Declan biding his time, looking for the opening.
Garibaldi tries to roll but Declan sticks to his back.
Good control from Declan.#SUB#
Declan looking for the choke from the back.
Declan controlling from the back.
Declan is trying to stick to Garibaldi's back but Garibaldi is turning into Declan. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Declan's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Garibaldi. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Declan (14) vs (2) Garibaldi
Declan managing to control the position.
Declan 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.#T5#
Declan pulls Garibaldi in close to prevent any damage.
Garibaldi pushes down on Declan's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Declan tries to roll over but Garibaldi keeps him under control.
Declan gets full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Declan is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Declan (16) vs (2) Garibaldi
Declan looking to pass the guard. #T6##SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle but Declan pushes his legs off easily.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Declan passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Declan (19) vs (2) Garibaldi
Declan has knee on belly and moves into mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Declan (21) vs (2) Garibaldi
Declan controlling from mount.
Declan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Garibaldi is looking to escape. #T7#
Declan controlling from the full mount.
Garibaldi gets back to half guard.
Declan is trying to control the action in half guard but Garibaldi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Garibaldi wants to control but Declan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Declan is looking to take a break and control but Garibaldi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Declan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Declan is figuring out what he wants to do next.#T8#
Declan wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is defending well.
Declan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garibaldi keeps working.
Declan is taking a breather. Garibaldi says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Declan trying to mount his opponent but Garibaldi defends it.
Garibaldi tries to get to full guard but Declan has control of the leg.
Declan is trying to control. Garibaldi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Declan is pressing down on Garibaldi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Garibaldi is holding on for now. #SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Declan pulls his head out easily. #T9#
Garibaldi wants to control but Declan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Declan content to control rather than advance.
Garibaldi wants to control but Declan is keeping busy.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep. Declan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#SUB2#
Garibaldi actively working from the bottom here.
Garibaldi tries to get to full guard but Declan has control of the leg.
Declan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.#T10#
Garibaldi is trying to control but can't.
Declan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Garibaldi trying to get back to full guard but Declan takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Declan (24) vs (2) Garibaldi
Garibaldi has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Score +3 for taking back: Declan (27) vs (2) Garibaldi
Garibaldi is really stuck here.
Declan slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Declan tries to get the hooks in deep but Garibaldi pushed the leg off. #T11#
Garibaldi trying to control the position but Declan manages to sink in the hooks.
Declan tries to keep control of the position but Garibaldi is staying busy.
Garibaldi is trying to break free.
Declan biding his time, controlling Garibaldi.
Garibaldi rolls, trying to escape but Declan keeps control of the position.
Garibaldi is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
#SUB#
Garibaldi won't enjoy being in this position. Declan looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Garibaldi is tapping - it's over boys! Declan picks up the submission victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 11:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Aedan Declan!
Our winner, Aedan Declan, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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Event:
CACC 200: Ribbler vs Azaryan
Date: May 23, 2021 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 3 losses; Michael Garibaldi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Luc Gagnon!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Nice takedown defense from Garibaldi. No joy for Gagnon on that attempt.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Gagnon breaks away and moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Garibaldi as Gagnon shoots in.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Gagnon breaks away and moves out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Garibaldi has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Gagnon shoots in looking for a takedown. Garibaldi tries to sprawl out of it but Gagnon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Garibaldi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Gagnon has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Michael Garibaldi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luc Gagnon.#CL2#
Gagnon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Gagnon holds him up against the ropes and eventually Garibaldi drops back down to his feet.
Garibaldi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gagnon smiles and moves away.
#T1#
Gagnon shoots for a takedown but Garibaldi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gagnon.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Gagnon breaks away and moves out of range.
Gagnon looks for a takedown but Garibaldi sprawls well.#TD2#
Gagnon shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Garibaldi (0) vs (2) Gagnon
Gagnon trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Garibaldi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gagnon doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gagnon manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. #T2#
Gagnon pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garibaldi is keeping the position for now. #SUB2#
Gagnon drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Garibaldi dives on top into guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garibaldi (2) vs (2) Gagnon
Garibaldi passes into half guard. #SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gagnon doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Garibaldi. #SUB#
Garibaldi is working for a submission of some sort.
#T3#
Gagnon is not content to let Garibaldi control the position.
Gagnon works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gagnon keeping full guard, as Garibaldi tries to pass. #T4#
Garibaldi trying to control but Gagnon is working from the bottom.
Gagnon looking to control.
Garibaldi pushes down on Gagnon's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Gagnon works his way to full guard. Good work.#T5#
Garibaldi slips nicely into half guard.
Gagnon is trying to maintain the position but Garibaldi is very close to passing his half guard.#SUB#
Garibaldi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
#SUB2#
Gagnon looking for submissions off his back.#SUB#
Garibaldi wants to work for an arm triangle but Gagnon is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
#T6##SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gagnon defends it well.
Gagnon tries to roll over but Garibaldi keeps him under control.#SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gagnon defends it well. #T7##SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gagnon defends it well.
Gagnon wants to improve his position but Garibaldi is controlling well.
Gagnon is trying to control but can't.
Garibaldi is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard. #T8#
Garibaldi trying to control the position from guard on top but Gagnon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garibaldi tries to free his leg and advance position but Gagnon is retaining full guard.
Garibaldi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (5) vs (2) Gagnon
You can see the frustration on Gagnon's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#SUB#
Garibaldi swings around for an armbar but Gagnon sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Garibaldi's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garibaldi (5) vs (4) Gagnon
Garibaldi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#T9#
Gagnon trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gagnon might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Garibaldi haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Gagnon tries to free his leg and advance position but Garibaldi is retaining full guard.
Garibaldi working a defensive guard but Gagnon passes into half guard.
Garibaldi is trying to get back to full guard.
Garibaldi wants to control but Gagnon is keeping busy.
Gagnon trying to control from half guard but Garibaldi is working away. #SUB2#
Gagnon wants to work for an arm triangle but Garibaldi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
#T10#
Garibaldi wants to control but Gagnon is keeping busy.
#SUB2#
Gagnon is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Garibaldi has managed to free his arm - good work. #SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back.
Gagnon wants to take a breather but Garibaldi is having none of it.
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.#SUB2#
Gagnon is looking for a kimura here.
Garibaldi manages to get to full guard.
Garibaldi looking for a sweep. Not yet Garibaldi, not yet. #T11#
Garibaldi is trying to control the position but Gagnon postures up.
Gagnon pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garibaldi is keeping the position for now.
Garibaldi lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garibaldi (7) vs (4) Gagnon
Garibaldi passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (10) vs (4) Gagnon
Gagnon manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gagnon has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Garibaldi is working away from the top position though.
Garibaldi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #T12##SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gagnon defends it well.
Garibaldi stalling away here and it's allowed Gagnon to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Garibaldi pushing down on Gagnon's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gagnon is looking to control Garibaldi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gagnon avoid being mounted?#T13#
Garibaldi is trying to control. Gagnon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. #SUB#
Garibaldi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gagnon sees it coming and defends easily.#SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gagnon defends it well. #SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Gagnon still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Gagnon has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Garibaldi (10) vs (8) Gagnon
Gagnon has knee on belly and moves into mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Garibaldi (10) vs (10) Gagnon#T14#
Gagnon wants to control the pace but Garibaldi is squirming around nicely.
Garibaldi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
#SUB2#
Gagnon working for a submission but Garibaldi is keeping him at bay.
Garibaldi tries to reverse the position but Gagnon maintains control.
Gagnon avoids the attempt from Garibaldi to control.
Garibaldi is looking to get to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB2#
Gagnon wants to finish this one by submission but Garibaldi is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gagnon.
Garibaldi tries to hold on but Gagnon pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points, we go to a tie breaker and Garibaldi gets a bonus point for attempting more subs.
Garibaldi takes the fight on points by 11 to 10.
Our winner, Michael Garibaldi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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Event:
CACC 194: Jiurgite vs Kakuto 2
Date: May 02, 2021 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 2 losses; Michael Garibaldi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 3 losses; Arthur Menezes!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#CL2#
Menezes closes the distance and clinches.
Garibaldi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
#TD#
Garibaldi pulls guard.
Menezes is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Menezes tries to free his leg and advance position but Garibaldi is retaining full guard.
Menezes's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Menezes from controlling successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Menezes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Menezes wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving. #T1#
Garibaldi is trying to keep Menezes in close.
Menezes controls from within his opponent's guard. #SUB#
Garibaldi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Menezes trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
Garibaldi is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Menezes sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Garibaldi's guard. #T2#
Garibaldi tries to get to full guard but Menezes has control of the leg.
We've been hearing good reports from Garibaldi's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.#SUB2#
Menezes seems to be looking for submissions.
#SUB2#
Menezes is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Garibaldi is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Arthur Menezes! |
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Event:
CACC 187: Anatta vs Por Pramuk
Date: Apr 11, 2021 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 1 losses; Michael Garibaldi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 5 losses; Raul Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Gracie shoots for a takedown but Garibaldi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.#CL2#
Garibaldi tries to keep at a distance but Gracie has taken the fight into the clinch.#TD2#
Gracie has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Garibaldi clear over his head and slammed him to the mat! Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Garibaldi (0) vs (4) Gracie
Gracie is looking to control Garibaldi but Garibaldi is wriggling around and keeping busy. #SUB2#
Gracie looking for the choke from the back.
Gracie gets his hands free as Garibaldi looks to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Garibaldi is refusing to be controlled, as Gracie sits in half guard. #SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back.#T1#
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is defending well.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Garibaldi is working away.
Gracie controlling the action here.#SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gracie is looking to advance position but Garibaldi won't allow it. #T2#
Gracie is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Garibaldi is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie passes to side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (0) vs (7) Gracie
Gracie wants to control but Garibaldi is keeping him busy.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep.#T3#
Garibaldi is working hard here to advance position.#SUB2#
Gracie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Garibaldi looking for a sweep but Gracie has passed into full mount! Oh no! Score +2 for reaching mount: Garibaldi (0) vs (9) Gracie
Garibaldi bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garibaldi (2) vs (9) Gracie#SUB#
Garibaldi drops back, looking for a kneebar! Gracie looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Gracie looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Gracie! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Garibaldi (2) vs (13) Gracie#T4#
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Garibaldi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB2#
Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Garibaldi has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gracie in the domination position with Garibaldi hanging on.#T5#
Garibaldi gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there! Score +2 for reaching mount: Garibaldi (2) vs (15) Gracie
Gracie looking to control but Garibaldi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gracie with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Gracie trying to control but Garibaldi is having none of it.
Gracie content just to control the position here. #T6#
Let's hope that Gracie has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Gracie looking to control but Garibaldi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
My spies in (HQ) W.C.D.A 🔥🔥🔥 inform me that Gracie has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Garibaldi slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.#SUB2#
Gracie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
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.
Garibaldi manages to get to full guard.
Garibaldi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.#T7#
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Garibaldi is retaining full guard.
Gracie trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
Garibaldi looking to control.
Gracie passes Garibaldi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Garibaldi wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie is keen to just control but Garibaldi is a slippery customer.
Garibaldi wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy and won't allow it. #T8#
Gracie works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (2) vs (18) Gracie
Garibaldi is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gracie's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.#SUB2#
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Garibaldi is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Oblivion Gate, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Gracie wants to free his trapped foot but Garibaldi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gracie wants to take a breather but Garibaldi is having none of it. #T9#
Garibaldi trying to control but Gracie postures up.
Gracie is looking to advance position but Garibaldi won't allow it.
Garibaldi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Garibaldi trying to control here.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Garibaldi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Garibaldi wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
Gracie is looking to pass Garibaldi's guard but actually Garibaldi recovers to full guard. #T10#
Garibaldi keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving. #SUB#
Garibaldi working for a triangle but Gracie defends it easily.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T11#
Gracie controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving.
Gracie slips nicely into half guard.
Gracie uses his free foot to push down on Garibaldi's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Garibaldi. Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (2) vs (21) Gracie
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Garibaldi tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.#T12#
Gracie wants to control the pace but Garibaldi is squirming around nicely.
Gracie controlling the position easily from mount.
Garibaldi is looking to get to half guard.
Gracie looking to control but Garibaldi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #T13#
Garibaldi is controlling an arm, preventing Gracie from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Gracie tries to control but Garibaldi wriggling away. #SUB2#
Gracie goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Garibaldi is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garibaldi (4) vs (21) Gracie#SUB2#
Gracie working for submissions but it's allowed Garibaldi to get to half guard.
#SUB2#
Gracie is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Garibaldi pulls his head out easily. #T14#
Gracie gets back to full guard.
Gracie is trying to keep Garibaldi in close.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi is sitting in close to Gracie's body. Gracie has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Garibaldi is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Garibaldi is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Gracie.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 14:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Raul Gracie!
Our winner, Raul Gracie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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Event:
CACC 178: Hozdic vs Morgan
Date: Mar 14, 2021 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 1 losses; Michael Garibaldi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 2 losses; Orla Wanker!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Wanker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.#CL2#
Wanker closes the distance and clinches. #TD#
Garibaldi jumps into guard, dragging Wanker to the mat.
Wanker trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garibaldi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi keeping full guard, as Wanker tries to pass.
Garibaldi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Garibaldi working a defensive guard here.
#T1##SUB#
Garibaldi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wanker is aware though and is defending well.
Wanker trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wanker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#SUB#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wanker tries to free his leg and advance position but Garibaldi is retaining full guard.
Wanker keeps trying to improve his position.#T2#
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Wanker from controlling successfully.
Wanker is looking to advance position but Garibaldi has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Garibaldi (4) vs (0) Wanker#SUB#
Garibaldi with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Garibaldi wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Wanker looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
We've been hearing good reports from Garibaldi's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wanker reaches up to try and control the position but Garibaldi seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Wanker rolls and tries to escape and now Garibaldi has his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Garibaldi (7) vs (0) Wanker
Wanker manages to reverse the position and now he's in Garibaldi's guard. Nice work there by Wanker.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garibaldi (7) vs (2) Wanker
Wanker wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is keeping the position.#T3#
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Wanker from controlling successfully.
Wanker is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Garibaldi is trying to keep Wanker in close.
Wanker showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Garibaldi is trying to keep Wanker in close.
#T4#
Wanker controlling from the top position.
Wanker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garibaldi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wanker trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle but Wanker pushes his legs off easily.
Garibaldi being controlled here, momentarily. #T5#
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Wanker from controlling successfully.
Garibaldi trying to keep a closed guard but Wanker is proving a slippery customer.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Wanker from controlling successfully.
Garibaldi is trying to keep Wanker in close.
Wanker content to stall in guard here. #T6#
Wanker slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (7) vs (5) Wanker
Wanker trying to control the action but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
Garibaldi is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Wanker's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.#T7#
Garibaldi wants to control but Wanker is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Garibaldi is refusing to be controlled, as Wanker sits in half guard.
Wanker uses his free foot to push down on Garibaldi's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Garibaldi. Score +3 for passing guard: Garibaldi (7) vs (8) Wanker
Garibaldi wants to control but Wanker is having none of it.
Wanker is looking to work his way around to Garibaldi's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Wanker looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wanker tries to control but Garibaldi wriggling away.
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.
Garibaldi tries to reverse the position but Wanker maintains control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.#T8#
Garibaldi is squirming around, avoiding Wanker's attempts to control the action.
Wanker takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wanker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Garibaldi is looking to escape.
Wanker wants to take his opponent's back but Garibaldi doesn't allow it.
Garibaldi regains half guard.
Garibaldi works his way to full guard. Good work.#T9#
Wanker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garibaldi is keeping the position for now.
Wanker controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wanker trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
Wanker slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Wanker wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is keeping the position.#T10#
Wanker preventing the sweep.
Garibaldi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Wanker pushes down on Garibaldi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Wanker is trying to control. Garibaldi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Garibaldi tries to roll over but Wanker keeps him under control.
Garibaldi trying to hold on to Wanker's head to control him but Wanker postures up.
#T11##SUB#
Garibaldi actively working from the bottom here.
Wanker is trying to control the action in half guard but Garibaldi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep. Wanker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wanker trying to control the pace. #SUB2#
Wanker is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Garibaldi sees it coming and defends easily.
Garibaldi is trying to control but can't.
Garibaldi wants to get back to full guard.
Well,Garibaldi is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?#T12#
Garibaldi manages to get to full guard.
Wanker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garibaldi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garibaldi controlling the position.
Wanker trying to move into half guard but instead Garibaldi has managed to sweep! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garibaldi (9) vs (8) Wanker
Wanker wants to improve his position but instead Garibaldi has moved into half guard.
#T13#
Wanker wants to control but Garibaldi is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wanker keeping hold of Garibaldi's head, controlling as best he can. #SUB#
Garibaldi is working for a submission of some sort.
Wanker is trying to control but can't.
#T14#
Wanker is looking to improve his position.
Wanker wants to control but Garibaldi is keeping busy and won't allow it. #SUB#
Garibaldi is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Wanker is just riding it out for now. Garibaldi eventually gives up the hold.
Garibaldi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Garibaldi is working hard here to advance position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Garibaldi takes the fight on points by 9 to 8.
A victorious Michael Garibaldi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
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Event:
CACC 170: Krawlee vs Brown
Date: Feb 14, 2021 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Michael Garibaldi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 1 losses; Ruben Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Garibaldi sprawls well.
Garibaldi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gracie.#TD2#
Gracie drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Garibaldi (0) vs (4) Gracie
Garibaldi tries to buck Gracie off but Gracie is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi wants to control but Gracie postures up.
Garibaldi tries to bench press Gracie off him but Gracie keeps the position. #T1#
Garibaldi prevents Gracie from moving into mount.
My spies in Rivers Edge Gym inform me that Gracie has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Garibaldi wants to control but Gracie postures up.
Garibaldi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Garibaldi is trying to work for a sweep but Gracie has mounted him! Score +2 for reaching mount: Garibaldi (0) vs (6) Gracie
Garibaldi wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Garibaldi is just holding on here. Gracie manages to take his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Garibaldi (0) vs (9) Gracie#SUB2#
Garibaldi won't enjoy being in this position. Gracie looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Garibaldi is tapping - it's over boys! Gracie picks up the submission victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ruben Gracie!
A very excited looking Ruben Gracie made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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Event:
SYN 773 Gusmao vs Turner
Date: Jan 16, 2021 |
#R1#
Garibaldi walks into a stiff left hand from Sideman.
Sideman misses with a kick to the body.
And Garibaldi counters with a quick kick to the body but Sideman blocks it.
Garibaldi avoids the head kick by Sideman.
Garibaldi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sideman has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sideman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sideman scores with a leg kick.
Sideman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sideman connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garibaldi. Garibaldi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi blocks a low kick nicely.
Sideman misses with a double jab.
Garibaldi is looking to counter with head kicks.
Sideman connects with an inside leg kick.
Sideman misses with an uppercut
and Sideman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T1#
Garibaldi slips a jab from Sideman.
Garibaldi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sideman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Garibaldi is out of range.
Garibaldi throws a counter high kick but Sideman was just alert enough to avoid it.
Sideman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garibaldi. That did some damage!
A chopping leg kick lands by Sideman.
Sideman swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sideman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sideman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Garibaldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sideman with a nice calf kick.
Sideman feints a jab promting Garibaldi to slip. Sideman then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Garibaldi slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sideman lands an overhand right.#T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi moves out of range of the leg kick from Sideman.
Sideman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garibaldi checks it well.
Garibaldi is looking to counter the offense by Sideman and move into the clinch.
Sideman swings widly with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a straight right hand.
A lazy left from Sideman finds it's target.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sideman.
Denny Sideman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sideman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garibaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garibaldi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sideman.
Sideman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garibaldi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Garibaldi is looking to counter punch.#T3#
That kick from Sideman tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sideman misses with an uppercut. Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Sideman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sideman throws a leg kick but Garibaldi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sideman feints and then cracks Garibaldi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garibaldi down.
Garibaldi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That kick from Sideman tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sideman feints and then cracks Garibaldi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garibaldi down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sideman.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sideman.
Sideman throws a nice outside leg kick. #T4#
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Sideman.
Sideman with a nice calf kick.
Sideman throws a series of strikes that have Garibaldi backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Garibaldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sideman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Sideman lands with a nice body punch.
Sideman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garibaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Sideman tries to get set, Garibaldi tries to push him back and clinch up but Sideman manages to avoid the attempt.
Garibaldi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sideman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sideman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Garibaldi misses the target.
Sideman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Denny Sideman dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Garibaldi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sideman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garibaldi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sideman misses with a low kick.
Sideman misses with a straight right.
Garibaldi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sideman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sideman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sideman lands with a slapping head kick.
Sideman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sideman tries a head kick but it misses.
Garibaldi's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Sideman throws a leg kick that misses.
Garibaldi is looking to counter punch.
Denny Sideman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sideman clobbers Garibaldi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. #T1#
Garibaldi blocks a head kick by Sideman.
Garibaldi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A low kick lands for Sideman.
Garibaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sideman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Garibaldi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sideman thinking.
Sideman lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Sideman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Garibaldi doesn't seem phased though.
Sideman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sideman misses the jab.
It looked like Garibaldi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sideman.
Sideman throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Sideman throws a poor cross that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sideman is looking to chop away at Garibaldi's legs.
Sideman throws a low kick but Garibaldi moves out of range easily.
As Sideman backs away, Garibaldi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.#T2#
Sideman looks to throw the jab but Garibaldi is out of range.
Garibaldi tried to counter with a leg kick but Sideman avoided it.
Sideman throws a solid leg kick but Garibaldi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sideman.
Sideman throws a leg kick
and Garibaldi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sideman is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sideman lands a front kick.
Sideman thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Garibaldi if he has to take too many more of those.
Sideman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sideman scores with a head kick.
Sideman cracks a nice hook into Garibaldi's ribs.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Garibaldi might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A leg kick checked by Garibaldi.
Sideman lands with a thumping leg kick.
#T3#
Sideman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garibaldi throws a counter high kick but Sideman was just alert enough to avoid it.
Sideman throws a sloppy head kick and Garibaldi moves out of range easily.
Sideman with a nice calf kick.
Sideman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Sideman.
Garibaldi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sideman looks to land a right hand but Garibaldi moved out of range.
Sideman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Garibaldi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sideman.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sideman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garibaldi lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sideman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Sideman breaks away and moves out of range.#T4#
Sideman throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Garibaldi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sideman lands with a good body shot.
Sideman takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Sideman.
Garibaldi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sideman throws a low kick but Garibaldi avoids it.
Garibaldi looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Sideman throws a front kick aimed at Garibaldi's knee but Garibaldi avoids it well.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the leg kick from Sideman.
Sideman misses with a low kick.
Sideman throws a lazy uppercut
and Garibaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sideman misses with a leg kick
and Garibaldi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sideman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Denny Sideman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!#R3#
Sideman misses with a body shot.
Sideman throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Garibaldi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sideman.
Sideman misses with an uppercut
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Sideman tried to score with a low kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Sideman misses with a head kick.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Sideman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Garibaldi counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sideman lands with a nice body kick.
Sideman swings away with a body shot that misses
#CL#
and Garibaldi counters by clinching up.
Garibaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sideman blocking some punches.
Sideman working aggressively here.
#T1#
A short right from Garibaldi on the inside.
Garibaldi pushes Sideman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Sideman stalling in the clinch.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Sideman.
Sideman blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Sideman.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sideman blocking some punches.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Sideman holds him up against the cage and eventually Garibaldi drops back down to his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Garibaldi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garibaldi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sidemans head.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Garibaldi is leaning against Sideman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sideman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sideman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Garibaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sideman to keep the fight standing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Sideman backwards.
Garibaldi jumps guard but Sideman stands there with Garibaldi around his waist. Garibaldi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Garibaldi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garibaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sideman backwards.
Garibaldi has Sideman pressed against the cage, preventing Sideman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sideman misses with the head strike.
Garibaldi prevents Sideman from breaking the clinch.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
#TD2#
Sideman decides to pull guard.
Garibaldi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sideman is keeping the position for now.
Garibaldi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sideman's guard. #T3##SUB2#
Sideman looking for a kimura from the bottom but Garibaldi passes into side control!
Sideman prevents Garibaldi from moving into mount. #SUB#
Garibaldi is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Sideman is trying to escape and Garibaldi transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Sideman is forced to tap! Nice work there by Garibaldi! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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Event:
Syn 767
Date: Dec 20, 2020 |
#R1##CL2#
Garibaldi rushes Abel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Abel tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Abel back against the cage. #BC#
Abel breaks the clinch.
Abel scores with a body shot.
Aristides Abel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abel cracks Garibaldi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses.
Abel connects with a solid leg kick.
Abel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Abel can pounce on him.
Garibaldi takes one to the chin there.
Abel thumps Garibaldi with a low kick.
Abel throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi. #CL#
Abel closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#BC#
Abel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Abel throws a wild body kick that Garibaldi sees coming a mile off.
Abel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Garibaldi connects with the punch.#T1#
Garibaldi looks to land a right hand but Abel moved out of range.
Garibaldi tries to bum rush Abel with a series of wild strikes but Abel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Abel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Abel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Abel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Abel.
That kick from Abel tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garibaldi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Abel.
Abel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Abel works Garibaldi's body with a nice hook.
Abel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garibaldi checks it well.
Garibaldi tries a quick counter leg kick but Abel is wise to it.
Abel is looking to wear down Garibaldi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Abel lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Garibaldi's head backwards.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Abel, as that shot connected.
#T2#
Garibaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abel.
Abel looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.#CL2#
Garibaldi pushes Abel up against the cage in a clinch.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Abel on the inside.
Abel lands a nice shot to the body.
Abel is trying to push Garibaldi away but Garibaldi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abel.
Abel tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
Abel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Abel blocking some punches.
Abel can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Abel.
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Abel.
#TD2#
Garibaldi gets control of Abel's arms and successfully pulls guard. Garibaldi will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.#T3#
Abel sitting in guard here, content to control.
Garibaldi has a closed guard, preventing Abel from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Garibaldi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Abel doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Abel manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. #SU#
Garibaldi is working an open guard so Abel takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Abel.
#T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Abel tries to land a front kick but Garibaldi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
It seemed like Garibaldi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Garibaldi missing with a left hand there. Abel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Garibaldi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Abel.
Abel tries to land a front kick but Garibaldi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Garibaldi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abel throws out the jab.
Abel connects with a solid leg kick.
Abel is looking to score with low kicks.
Abel throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garibaldi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Abel slips a jab from Garibaldi.
Abel tries to score with a low kick but Garibaldi moves his leg out of the way.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aristides Abel dominated that round.
That's time! Abel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Garibaldi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Garibaldi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Garibaldi misses with an uppercut.
Abel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abel moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromGaribaldi.
Aristides Abel is winning the standup battle so far.
Abel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Abel throws a leg kick but Garibaldi moved away.
Abel moves out of range as Garibaldi throws a body kick.
#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Abel.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Abel won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Abel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel lands a body shot in the clinch.
I was talking to Abel's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Abel forces him back to his feet, against the cage.#TD2#
Garibaldi pulls guard effortlessly.
Abel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#T1#
Abel has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Garibaldi is proving hard to escape from. #SU#
Abel stands up from Garibaldi's guard - Abel perhaps looking for a knockout.
Abel throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garibaldi on the side of the head.
Abel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Garibaldi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Abel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Abel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Abel feints and then cracks Garibaldi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garibaldi down.
Abel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.#T2#
Garibaldi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Abel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Garibaldi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Abel with a body shot.
Abel's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Abel duly obliges.
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!
Abel with a nice cross.
Abel slips a straight right by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Abel lands with an overhand left.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses.
Garibaldi scores with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Abel as he connects with a hook.
Abel ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Abel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
#CL#
Abel clinches. #T3#
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Abel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Abel misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Abel lands with a short shot to the head.
Abel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abel struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
Abel prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi jumps guard but Abel turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Aristides Abel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Abel backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Abel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Abel to keep the fight standing.
Abel lands a shot to the body.
Abel has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Abel gets through Garibaldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Garibaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Abel uses good head movement to avoid it. #T4#
A nice left hand lands by Abel.
Abel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Abel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Abel.
A hook to the body from Abel.
Aristides Abel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Abel misses with the head strike.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abel misses with a punch to the body.
#TD2#
Garibaldi decides to pull guard.
Abel showing good wrestling skills to control the position. #SU#
Abel gets to his feet. Garibaldi looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Abel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Abel throws a sloppy head kick and Garibaldi moves out of range easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aristides Abel dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!#R3##CL#
Abel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garibaldi, pushing him back against the cage.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
#BC#
Abel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garibaldi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
#CL2#
Garibaldi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Abel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
#BC#
Abel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL2#
Garibaldi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Garibaldi on the inside.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Abel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Abel.
Garibaldi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Abel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Abel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A hook to the body from Garibaldi.
Abel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
#BC#
Abel manages to break the clinch.
#T1#
Abel misses with a body kick.
A left lands for Abel.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
#CL#
Abel rushes Garibaldi and presses him up against the cage.
Abel can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Abel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abel.
Abel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Abel has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Abel smiles and moves away.
Abel throws a leg kick but Garibaldi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Garibaldi is looking for the big counter here.
Abel misses with a hook. Garibaldi ducked under it nicely.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
A slapping leg kick lands for Abel.
Abel jabs Garibaldi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Garibaldi misses with a two punch combination.
Abel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garibaldi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick
and Abel counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Abel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garibaldi feints a counter leg kick.#CL2#
Garibaldi closes the distance and pushes Abel back into the cage.
Abel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Aristides Abel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Garibaldi.
Abel swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi jumps guard but Abel turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. #T3#
Abel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abel lands with a right to the head.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Abel avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abel. #BC#
Abel breaks the clinch.
Abel lands with a nice body kick. #CL2#
Garibaldi clinches.
Abel struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
Abel tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi blocks a body shot from Abel.
Garibaldi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Abel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Aristides Abel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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!
Abel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#T4#
Abel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Abel.
A hook to the body from Abel.
Garibaldi scores with a shot to the side of Abel's head.
Abel throws a head punch that misses.
Garibaldi jumps guard but Abel turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Abel misses with the head strike.
#BC#
Abel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Decent striking displayed by Abel there.
Garibaldi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Abel.
Abel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garibaldis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A nice leg kick lands there from Abel.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aristides Abel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Abel, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aristides Abel!
Aristides Abel spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant. |
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Event:
Syn 732
Date: Nov 22, 2020 |
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Partio motions for Garibaldi to come forward. Partio throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A punch combination from Partio misses.
Garibaldi throws a counter high kick but Partio was just alert enough to avoid it.
Partio scores with a push kick.
Polliisi Partio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Partio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Partio is looking to slow Garibaldi down with leg kicks.
Partio throws a nice head kick!
Partio cracks Garibaldi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Partio.
Nice uppercut there from Partio.
Garibaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Partio is just out of range.
Garibaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Partio misses with a left hand
and Garibaldi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Partio cracks Garibaldi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Partio.
Partio tries to work over Garibaldi's front leg with a kick but Garibaldi checks it. #T1#
Garibaldi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garibaldi walks into a jab.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Partio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Garibaldi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Partio finds it's way round the side to connect with Garibaldi's head.
Garibaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Partio has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A clash of legs there as Garibaldi blocks the low kick.
Garibaldi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garibaldi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A cross from Partio lands.
Partio misses with a wild combination.
Garibaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Partio misses the jab.
It looked like Garibaldi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice body kick there by Partio.#T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Partio as he connects with a hook.
Garibaldi walks into a jab.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Partio 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 Garibaldi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Garibaldi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Garibaldi throwing a counter right hand but Partio manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Partio.
Garibaldi looks to throw the jab but Partio is out of range.
Partio throws a sloppy head kick and Garibaldi moves out of range easily.
Partio throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
Garibaldi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Partio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A telegraphed right hand from Garibaldi misses the target.
Partio feints a counter leg kick.
Partio turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Partio moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Partio.
A counter left hand to the body from Garibaldi misses its target.#T3#
A swing and a miss from Partio.
Garibaldi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Partio with the inside leg kick.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Partio.
Garibaldi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Partio takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Partio connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Partio misses with a wild combination.
Partio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Partio scoring well with a low kick there.
Partio scores with a jab to the body.
Partio lunges at Garibaldi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garibaldi's hand. #T4#
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Partio throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Partio misses with a shot to the body
and Garibaldi counters with a three punch combo that has Partio backing up. Partio nods at Garibaldi to acknowledge the strikes.
Partio clobbers Garibaldi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Partio lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garibaldi's sensitive parts.
Partio is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Partio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Partio throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Partio takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
A low kick from Partio is predictable there
and Garibaldi counters with a left to the body.
Partio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Partio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Partio misses with a leg kick
and Garibaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Polliisi Partio dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Partio lands a really nice looking cross but Garibaldi seems unphased.
Partio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Partio cracks Garibaldi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Partio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Partio lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garibaldi's sensitive parts.
Partio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Partio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garibaldi circles away quickly and effectively.
Garibaldi is looking to counter with head kicks.
Partio throws a leg kick
and Garibaldi counters with a straight right hand.
Partio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Garibaldi.
Partio misses with a looping right.
Partio throws a leg kick that is checked#CL#
and Garibaldi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garibaldi lands with a light punch inside.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Partio avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage. #T1#
Garibaldi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Partio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Partio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garibaldi lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi - that landed with a thud.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Garibaldi.
A shot in the inside from Partio.
Partio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Partio.
Partio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Partio lands with a short shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Garibaldi.
Partio has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.#T2#
A shot in the inside from Partio.
Partio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Partio backwards.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Partio's elbow.
Garibaldi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Partio avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Garibaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Partio.
Garibaldi tries to work over Partio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Partio misses with the head strike.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #TD#
Garibaldi decides to pull guard.
Partio stands and throws Garibaldi's legs to the side, diving into side control. #SUB2#
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Partio wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Garibaldi, who protects the arm well. #T3#
Garibaldi is not content to let Partio control the position. #SUB2#
Partio goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Garibaldi has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Partio but great work by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi advances to full mount. #SUB#
Garibaldi is working for a guillotine from mount but Partio frees his head quite easily.
Partio prevents Garibaldi from taking his back.
Partio is wriggling around trying to escape.
#T4#
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garibaldi seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Partio is holding on tight.
#SUB#
Garibaldi has hold of Partio's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Partio manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
#SUB#
Garibaldi working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet. #SUB#
Garibaldi with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Partio keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
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 Michael Garibaldi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!#R3#
Garibaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Partio.
Garibaldi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garibaldi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Garibaldi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Partio scores with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Partio.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Partio.
Partio swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Partio throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Partio. That snapped Garibaldi's head back.
#T1#
Partio slips a jab and a cross from Garibaldi.
Partio connects with a jab.
Garibaldi misses with a head kick.
Garibaldi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Garibaldi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Partio.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Partio lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Garibaldi backs up against the cage.
Decent striking displayed by Partio there.
Partio has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Garibaldi finds it's way round the side to connect with Partio's head.
Partio lands with a shot to the body.
Partio jabs at Garibaldi's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Partio uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garibaldi has time to react.
Partio feints and then cracks Garibaldi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garibaldi down.
Partio works Garibaldi's body with a nice hook.#T2#
The crowd cheers as Partio lands an impressive looking overhand right. Garibaldi doesn't seem phased though.
Garibaldi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Partio slips a jab from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Garibaldi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Partio throws a leg kick which misses Garibaldi's front leg but catches the back leg as Garibaldi tries to avoid it.
Partio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Garibaldi throws a jab but it's blocked by Partio.
Garibaldi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garibaldi connects with a body shot that sends Partio's belly button to the back.
A jab from Partio finds it's way through Garibaldi's defenses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Partio.
Garibaldi swings for the body but Partio moves out of range.
#T3##CL#
Garibaldi gets a clinch.
Partio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi scores with a shot to the side of Partio's head.
Partio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Partio blocks it.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Partio controls the action.
Partio has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Partio controls the action.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Partio's elbow.
Partio misses with some punches.
Garibaldi digs a right hand underneath Partio's ribcage. Partio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Partio throws a head punch that misses.
Garibaldi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Partio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Partio tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
#T4#
Garibaldi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Partio backwards.
Garibaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Partio lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garibaldi or not.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Partio just stands there and leans against the cage.
A hook to the body from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Partio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Garibaldi tries to work over Partio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #TD#
Garibaldi jumps guard and drags Partio to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Partio trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garibaldi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Partio trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Partio defends well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Polliisi Partio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Partio 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Polliisi Partio!
In his post fight interview, Polliisi Partio started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception. |
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Event:
Syn 724
Date: Oct 18, 2020 |
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaadha darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Zaadha looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Zaadha strikes.
Garibaldi lands a really nice looking cross but Zaadha seems unphased.
Zaadha tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zaadha tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garibaldi is able to avoid easily.
A nice side step and Garibaldi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zaadha.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garibaldi! But no joy.
Zaadha throws a right hand that misses
and Zaadha takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garibaldi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab lands there for Zaadha.
Zaadha throws a leg kick but Garibaldi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zaadha fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garibaldi.
Zaadha misses with a hook
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Zaadha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zaadha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garibaldi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zaadha with a body shot.
A nice leg kick from Zaadha, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garibaldi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.#T1#
Good shot there by Zaadha.
Zaadha lands a glancing blow to the side of Garibaldi's head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zaadha.
Zaadha connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Zaadha thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zaadha tried to score with a low kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Garibaldi feints a counter leg kick.
Garibaldi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zaadha dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zaadha lands with a hook. Garibaldi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Garibaldi slips a jab from Zaadha.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garibaldi! But no joy.
Zaadha misses with a left hand
and Zaadha takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zaadha jabs Garibaldi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zaadha misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaadha looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zaadha connects with a looping right hand.
#T2#
An inside leg kick from Zaadha misses.
Garibaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zaadha loads up on a big right hand but Garibaldi slips the punch.
Garibaldi raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A nice leg kick from Zaadha, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garibaldi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zaadha.
Zaadha misses with a left hand
and Garibaldi counters with a nice body shot.
Zaadha moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zaadha lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garibaldi's sensitive parts.
A lazy left from Zaadha finds it's target.
Zaadha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zaadha fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Zaadha.
Zaadha throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garibaldi.#T3#
Zaadha lands a jab.
Garibaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zaadha.
Zaadha throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Garibaldi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zaadha misses with a lunging right hand
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zaadha stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Garibaldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Garibaldi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Zaadha misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Zaadha cracks Garibaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zaadha lands a front kick.
Good shot there by Zaadha.
Zaadha is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crunch! Zaadha slams his shin into Garibaldi's torso.
Zaadha throws a quick inside leg kick. #T4#
Zaadha darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Zaadha paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Some bone on bone action there as Garibaldi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Garibaldi has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zaadha.
Garibaldi feints a counter leg kick.#CL2#
Garibaldi clinches.
Zaadha wants to get back to striking at distance but Garibaldi won't allow it.
Garibaldi keeps control of Zaadha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. #BC#
Zaadha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Zaadha scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Zaadha does it's job there.
Zaadha misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zaadha scores with a nice right hand.
A big right from Zaadha misses.
Zaadha tried to score with a low kick but Garibaldi checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ri Zaadha dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Zaadha throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
A nice side step and Garibaldi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Zaadha throws a right hand that Garibaldi ducks under and follows up with a left that Garibaldi also avoids with ease.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Zaadha is having none of it.
Ri Zaadha is winning the standup battle so far.
Garibaldi tries to move into range but Zaadha moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A big left from Zaadha misses.
Garibaldi is trying to counter with his kicks.
Zaadha misses with a wild combination.
Garibaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Zaadha is just out of range.
Zaadha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Garibaldi misses with a body punch
and Zaadha counters with a straight right hand.
Zaadha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaadha throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zaadha misses with a looping left.
Garibaldi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Zaadha connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. #CL2#
Garibaldi forces Zaadha back against the cage and clinches.#T1#
Garibaldi lands an uppercut.
Zaadha wants to break the clinch but can't.
#BC#
Zaadha breaks the clinch.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Zaadha.
Zaadha scores with a jab.
Good shot there by Zaadha.
Zaadha looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Garibaldi 's head but he takes it in his stride.#CL2#
Garibaldi closes the distance and clinches.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Zaadha avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Garibaldi jumps guard but Zaadha stands there with Garibaldi around his waist. Garibaldi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Zaadha just stands there and leans against the cage.#BC#
Zaadha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ri Zaadha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaadha's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garibaldi under the eye.
Zaadha lands a lovely overhand right.#T2#
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Zaadha moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaadha lands a head shot.#CL2#
Garibaldi has closed the distance and engaged Zaadha in a clinch.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Zaadha is trying to break free.#BC#
Zaadha breaks from the clinch.
Zaadha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
Zaadha will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garibaldi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A clash of legs there as Garibaldi blocks the low kick.
Garibaldi is looking for the big counter here.
Zaadha lands with a hook. Garibaldi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zaadha wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zaadha shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Zaadha misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garibaldi misses with a few strikes there.
#T3#
Garibaldi moves out of range of the leg kick from Zaadha.
Zaadha backing away here, and Garibaldi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A jab lands there for Zaadha.
Garibaldi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Garibaldi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Zaadha misses with a straight left.
Good leg kick by Zaadha.
That kick from Zaadha tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Zaadha misses with a straight right.
A bone on bone clash there as Garibaldi blocks the leg kick.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice straight punches there by Zaadha. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zaadha.
Zaadha tries to work over Garibaldi's front leg with a kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Zaadha throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Zaadha throws a lazy right hand but Garibaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garibaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zaadha connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garibaldi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
#T4#
Garibaldi misses with a straight left.
Garibaldi checks a leg kick nicely.
Zaadha throws a quick inside leg kick.
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!
Zaadha buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zaadha throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garibaldi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zaadha thumps Garibaldi with a low kick.
Zaadha misses with a left hand
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garibaldi checks a leg kick.
Zaadha throws a leg kick
and Garibaldi counters with an inside leg kick.
Zaadha throws a push kick but Garibaldi slaps the foot to one side.
Zaadha gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Garibaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zaadha connects with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ri Zaadha dominated that second round.
That's time! Zaadha's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!#R3#
Zaadha lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zaadha tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garibaldi is able to avoid easily.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zaadha throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zaadha lands the left hand.
Zaadha tries to score with a low kick but Garibaldi moves his leg out of the way.
Garibaldi flicks out a counter leg kick but Zaadha steps away.
Zaadha tries to score with a low kick but Garibaldi moves his leg out of the way.
Garibaldi is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Zaadha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zaadha.
Crunch! Zaadha slams his shin into Garibaldi's torso.
Garibaldi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaadha darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Zaadha is having none of it.
Zaadha scores with a one two! Garibaldi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Zaadha.#T1#
Garibaldi moves out of range as Zaadha strikes.
Garibaldi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zaadha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Zaadha throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garibaldi swings for the body but Zaadha moves out of range.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zaadha.
Garibaldi only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Zaadha scores with a jab. Garibaldi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Garibaldi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zaadha.
That kick from Zaadha tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Zaadha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A good leg kick by Zaadha.
Garibaldi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Zaadha finds it's way round the side to connect with Garibaldi's head.
Garibaldi blocks a jab.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Zaadha throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Zaadha misses with a looping right.
A jab lands there for Zaadha.
Zaadha throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garibaldi lands with a nice body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zaadha tries to work over Garibaldi's front leg with a kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Garibaldi walks into a straight right hand from Zaadha.
Garibaldi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zaadha. Zaadha obviously looking to wear him down.
Zaadha throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zaadha misses with an uppercut.
A nice side step and Garibaldi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Zaadha connects with a looping right hand.
Garibaldi defending well as Zaadha loads up on a big left hand.
Zaadha throws a low kick but Garibaldi avoids it.
Garibaldi takes one to the chin there.#T3#
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Garibaldi raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Zaadha looks to throw the jab but Garibaldi is out of range.
Zaadha listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garibaldi missing with a left hand there. Zaadha was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zaadha appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zaadha throws a big shot that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Zaadha.
Zaadha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi drops his hands momentarily and Zaadha takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Garibaldi connects with a crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zaadha.
Garibaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zaadha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.#T4#
Zaadha misses with an uppercut
and Garibaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zaadha ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Zaadha.
Garibaldi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A jab from Zaadha does it's job there.
Zaadha throws a poor cross that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zaadha throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Zaadha, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zaadha takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Zaadha blocks a head kick by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garibaldi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zaadha pivots, looking for a leg kick but Garibaldi is out of range and Zaadha settles back down.
Zaadha scores with the left hand. Garibaldi knows he should have avoided that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ri Zaadha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zaadha, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ri Zaadha!
A very excited looking Ri Zaadha made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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Event:
Syn 716
Date: Sep 18, 2020 |
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvado misses with a low kick.
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvado moves away.
Alvado is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Alvado has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alvado.
Alvado thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Garibaldi if he has to take too many more of those.
Alvado throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alvado throws a half hearted mid kick.
Garibaldi throws a wild body kick that Alvado sees coming a mile off.
Garibaldi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garibaldi lands with a shot to the body. #CL2#
Garibaldi closes the distance and pushes Alvado back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvado tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Alvado blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
Alvado is struggling to control the position.
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Alvado.
#T1#
Alvado working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Alvado holds him up against the cage and eventually Garibaldi drops back down to his feet.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the head.
Garibaldi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Alvado walks away with a smile on his face. Garibaldi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Alvado is looking to land body kicks.
Alvado chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Alvado throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alvado throws a hook but Garibaldi avoids it easily.
Garibaldi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alvado throws a quick counter kick to the body but Garibaldi avoids it.
Alvado throws a leg kick but Garibaldi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Garibaldi thumps Alvado with a low kick.
Alvado paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Alvado delivers a nice body kick.
Alvado thuds his shin into the meat of Garibaldi's side.
Garibaldi misses with a low kick.
Alvado lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.#T2#
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 takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alvado misses with a low kick as Garibaldi jumps back.
Alvado misses the jab.
Alvado throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garibaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alvado throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garibaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Alvado fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garibaldi on the side of the head.
Alvado throws a body shot but no joy.
Garibaldi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garibaldi throws a jab when Alvado was well out of range.
A good leg kick by Alvado.
Alvado misses with a body kick.
Alvado looks to throw the jab but Garibaldi is out of range.
Garibaldi misses with a low kick as Alvado jumps back.
Alvado throws a leg kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Alvado dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Alvado throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.#T3#
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
A big left from Garibaldi misses.
Alvado throws a low kick, looking for Garibaldi's leg but Garibaldi calmly moves out of range.
A big left from Alvado misses. #CL2#
Garibaldi rushes Alvado and presses him up against the cage.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Alvado just stands there and leans against the cage.
Marco Alvado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Garibaldi.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Alvado controls the action.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvado swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Alvado misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi lands with a short shot to the head.
Alvado lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garibaldi.
Alvado tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Alvado doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
#TD2#
Garibaldi jumps guard.
Alvado looking to pass the guard. #T4#
Alvado sitting in guard here, content to control.
Alvado wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is keeping the position.#SUB2#
Garibaldi working for a triangle but Alvado defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Alvado's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Alvado dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2#
A telegraphed right hand from Alvado misses the target.
Alvado scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alvado misses with a low kick.
Garibaldi misses with a straight right.
Garibaldi throws a shot to the body.
Alvado is looking to slow Garibaldi down with leg kicks.
Alvado is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Alvado throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Alvado swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alvado is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Garibaldi's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Alvado looks to throw the jab but Garibaldi is out of range.
Alvado looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Alvado takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvado. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garibaldi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garibaldi tries to work over Alvado's front leg with a kick but Alvado checks it.
Marco Alvado is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvado throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Garibaldi.#T1#
Garibaldi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alvado's sensitive parts.
A telegraphed right hand from Alvado misses the target.
Garibaldi misses with a hook.
Alvado swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Alvado.
Garibaldi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Alvado is out of range.
Garibaldi throws a lazy body kick
letting Alvado counter with a right hand.
Garibaldi connects with a leg kick.
Alvado tries to land a front kick but Garibaldi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alvado.
Garibaldi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garibaldi slips a straight right by Alvado.
Garibaldi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Alvado throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garibaldi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garibaldi. Alvado does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garibaldi scores with a body shot.
#CL2#
Garibaldi moves into range and clinches up with Alvado.
Alvado is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Alvado has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
#T2#
Alvado scores with a shot to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Garibaldi is working Alvado over against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvado tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Alvado avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage. #TD2#
Garibaldi pulls Alvado into guard.
Alvado trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garibaldi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Alvado controls the pace.#SUB2#
Alvado got a little sloppy there for a moment and Garibaldi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Alvado has managed to get both his arms back between Garibaldi's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB2#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Alvado forces his way into half guard.#T3#
Garibaldi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Alvado sitting in guard here, content to control.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Alvado from controlling successfully.
Garibaldi keeping full guard, as Alvado tries to pass.
Alvado trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.#SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Our spies down at at Oblivion Gate inform us that Garibaldi has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Alvado is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Garibaldi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB#
Alvado controlling the position well.
Alvado is pressing down on Garibaldi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!#R3#
Alvado connects with a single shot there.
Garibaldi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Alvado swats away the attempt to clinch by Garibaldi.
Alvado is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi looks to land a right hand but Alvado moved out of range.
Garibaldi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvado.
Alvado scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garibaldi blocks a head kick by Alvado.
Garibaldi throws a low kick, looking for Alvado's leg but Alvado calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvado is just out of range.
Alvado misses with a low kick.
Crunch! Alvado slams his shin into Garibaldi's torso.
Some bone on bone action there as Garibaldi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Garibaldi misses with an uppercut. Alvado saw that one coming.
Sloppy strikes from Alvado. Those never looked like landing. #T1#
Garibaldi doesn't manage to clinch there - Alvado circles away.
Alvado throws a right and a left that Garibaldi avoids nicely.
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvado moves away.
Alvado is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Good exchange - Garibaldi coming out on top.
Garibaldi throws a low kick, looking for Alvado's leg but Alvado calmly moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Alvado there.
Alvado jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
#CL2#
Garibaldi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Garibaldi blocks a body shot from Alvado.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvado.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi - that landed with a thud.
Garibaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alvado backwards.
Alvado misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alvado blocking some punches.
Alvado lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvado controls his hands.
#T2#
Garibaldi lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvado prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
A short right from Alvado. #TD2#
Garibaldi ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Garibaldi no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Alvado tries to free his leg and advance position but Garibaldi is retaining full guard. #SUB2#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Alvado is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Alvado has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#T3#
Alvado throwing strikes but missing. #SU#
Alvado decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Garibaldi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Alvado misses with a wild body shot.
Alvado connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Garibaldi with a hook.
Garibaldi checks the leg kick.#T4#
Garibaldi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A nice combination there by Alvado.
Alvado pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Garibaldi blocks a jab.
Garibaldi connects with a body shot.
Garibaldi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi misses with a left hand
and Alvado counters with a low kick, right behind Garibaldi 's knee.
Alvado waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick
and Alvado counters with a nice 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!
Alvado smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvado paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvado scores with a jab to the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Alvado. #CL2#
Garibaldi forces Alvado back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Alvado's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Alvado showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Alvado has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Alvado!
Marco Alvado decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well. |
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Event:
SYN Perpetuum
Date: Aug 15, 2020 |
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobb looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Garibaldi cracks Cobb with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as Garibaldi blocks the leg kick.
Garibaldi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cobb misses with a kick to the body
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Cobb definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cobb cracks Garibaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cobb closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cobb throws a head kick that Garibaldi semi-blocks.
Cobb looks to throw a body kick#CL2#
and Garibaldi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garibaldi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cobb tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
#BC#
Cobb's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cobb throws a good cross that connects.
#T1#
Cobb scores with a hook to the body. Garibaldi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cobb misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cobb misses with a low kick as Garibaldi jumps back.
Marciano Cobb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cobb looks to land a right hand but Garibaldi moved out of range.
Cobb cracks Garibaldi with a good jab.
Garibaldi tries to clinch
and Cobb counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Cobb is having none of it.
Garibaldi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cobb misses with a body punch
and Garibaldi counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Cobb misses. #T2#
Garibaldi cracks Cobb with an open hand slap.
No joy there for Cobb, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cobb lands a lovely overhand right.
Cobb tries to bum rush Garibaldi with a series of wild strikes but Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice side step and Garibaldi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A shot to the body from Cobb misses
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cobb misses with a double jab.
Cobb misses the shot to the body. #T3#
A head kick misses from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi blocks a leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Garibaldi misses.
Cobb checks the leg kick.
Cobb misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi is trying to counter with his kicks.
Cobb misses with a body punch
and Garibaldi counters with a stiff right hand.
Cobb throws a nice looking combination but Garibaldi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cobb throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the leg kick from Cobb.
Cobb misses with a kick to the body
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cobb throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.#T4#
Cobb swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garibaldi is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Cobb looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
As Cobb backs off Garibaldi throws a huge counter combo but Cobb manages to avoid it all.
Garibaldi tries to score with a low kick but Cobb moves his leg out of the way.
Cobb lands a head shot.
Cobb lands a nice looking body shot.
Cobb lands a high kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cobb throws a head kick but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Cobb looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cobb sets himself, and Garibaldi steps forward looking for the clinch! Cobb avoids it this time.
Garibaldi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cobb.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marciano Cobb dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2#
Cobb misses the jab.
Garibaldi appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cobb throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
Garibaldi throws out a counter right but Cobb avoids it with no problem.
Cobb tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Marciano Cobb is winning the standup battle so far.
Cobb cracks Garibaldi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Garibaldi lands a jab to the head.
Cobb throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garibaldi tries to counter with a clinch but Cobb shakes him off and moves away.
Cobb is looking to land body kicks.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cobb is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Cobb throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cobb paws at him with a jab and circles away.#T1#
Garibaldi connects with a leg kick.
Cobb looks to land a combination but Garibaldi avoids it well.
Garibaldi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Cobb wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cobb misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Garibaldi counters with a head kick. That will keep Cobb thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Garibaldi misses with a head kick.
Cobb lands a jab.
Marciano Cobb is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Cobb moves out of range easily.
Cobb loads up on a big right hand but Garibaldi slips the punch.#T2#
Cobb misses with the combination.
A countering left hand to the body from Garibaldi misses.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cobb throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garibaldi! But no joy.
Cobb tries to land a front kick but Garibaldi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cobb misses with an uppercut
#CL2#
and Garibaldi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garibaldi.
Cobb goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cobb can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Cobb swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garibaldi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#BC#
Cobb breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garibaldi tries to clinch there but Cobb circles away.
#T3#
Cobb circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garibaldi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cobb throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garibaldi counters with a nice leg kick.
Cobb misses with a double jab
and Garibaldi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cobb throws a head kick that misses
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Cobb ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Cobb went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Cobb throws a push kick but Garibaldi slaps the foot to one side.
Donk. Garibaldi catches Cobb right on the button with a cross.
Cobb throws a big shot that misses.
Garibaldi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.#T4#
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Cobb swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cobb is looking to counter with head kicks.
Cobb looks to land a right hand but Garibaldi moved out of range.
Cobb throws a lazy head kick
and Garibaldi counters with a body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cobb darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick by Cobb misses
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garibaldi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cobb.
A jab from Cobb misses.
Garibaldi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cobb counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Cobb moves out of range easily.
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 Marciano Cobb will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cobb swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cobb appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cobb throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garibaldi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cobb counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cobb just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Garibaldi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cobb misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a leg kick.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Garibaldi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Garibaldi moves in looking to clinch but Cobb pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi connects with a nice looking jab.
A lazy body kick from Cobb #KD2#
and Garibaldi counters with a head kick that drops Cobb to the mat! Cobb scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!#ROC2#Cobb is rocked!#CL2#
Garibaldi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.#T1#
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Cobb.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cobb.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Cobb misses with a body punch.
Cobb lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Cobb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cobb wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Cobb lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cobb tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cobb lands with a left to the head.
Cobb digs a right hand into Garibaldi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garibaldi's gas tank.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2##BC#
Cobb escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab from Garibaldi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cobb. Garibaldi shrugs it off though.
Nice body kick from Cobb.
Nice straight punches there by Cobb. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cobb.
Garibaldi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cobb.
Cobb throws a chopping leg kick but Garibaldi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Garibaldi feints a counter leg kick.
Cobb misses with a combination
#CL2#
and Garibaldi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garibaldi. #T3#
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to work over Cobb's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A body shot lands from Cobb.
Cobb working aggressively here.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cobb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marciano Cobb is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Cobb blocks it.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cobb's elbow.
Cobb digs a right hand underneath Garibaldi's ribcage. Garibaldi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cobb misses with the head strike.
Cobb lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cobb lands with a right to the head.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
#T4#
A short right from Cobb.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cobb.
Cobb swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cobb doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Cobb won't allow it.
#BC#
Cobb breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cobb paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cobb misses with a series of wild punches.
Cobb looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garibaldi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marciano Cobb showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cobb 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marciano Cobb!
A less than humble Marciano Cobb misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities. |
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Date: Jul 18, 2020 |
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garibaldi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gravas finds it's way round the side to connect with Garibaldi's head.
Good exchange - Garibaldi coming out on top.
Garibaldi misses the shot to the body.
Gravas definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An inside leg kick lands from Gravas .
Garibaldi throws a shot from downtown. Gravas moves away and avoids it.
A low kick lands for Gravas .
Gravas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Gravas as he connects with a hook.
Garibaldi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gravas throws out a leg kick but Garibaldi moves out of range and Gravas only half commits.
Gravas misses with an uppercut.
Garibaldi throws the left hand but Gravas avoids the punch easily.
Gravas misses with a looping right.
Nice body punch from Gravas .
Garibaldi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gravas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garibaldi misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garibaldi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
#T1#
Good work by Garibaldi as he checks the leg kick.
Gravas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garibaldi.
Gravas throws a push kick but Garibaldi slaps the foot to one side.
Gravas checks a low kick from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to clinch there but Gravas circles away.
Gravas missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gravas avoids the body shot from Garibaldi.
Gravas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Garibaldi wants to counter the offense by Gravas and move into the clinch position.
A big right from Gravas misses.
Garibaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gravas looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Gravas tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garibaldi is able to avoid easily.
Garibaldi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gravas can pounce on him.
Gravas throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Garibaldi finds it's way through Gravas 's defenses.
Gravas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Gravas misses with a low kick.
Garibaldi stuns Gravas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.#T2#
A decent looking body kick lands there for Garibaldi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gravas thows a leg kick but Garibaldi checks it #CL2#
and Garibaldi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Garibaldi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gravas or not.
Garibaldi lands a left hand.
Garibaldi misses with some punches.
Gravas throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Garibaldi.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch. #TD2#
Garibaldi pulls guard successfully.
Garibaldi managing to control the position.
Garibaldi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gravas is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Garibaldi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gravas is one step ahead there. #T3#
Gravas slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Garibaldi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle but Gravas pushes his legs off easily.
Gravas controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #SUB2#
Garibaldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Gravas can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gravas seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Garibaldi trying to keep a closed guard but Gravas is proving a slippery customer.
#T4#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.#SUB2#
Garibaldi has his foot on Gravas 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gravas works his way back into a safe position though.
Gravas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gravas is pushing down on Garibaldi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Garibaldi is fighting to maintain full guard but Gravas has managed to sneak the leg through.#SUB#
Gravas is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Garibaldi defends it well.
Garibaldi wants to get back to full guard.
Garibaldi is looking to control Gravas 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Garibaldi avoid being mounted?
Garibaldi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Garibaldi controls Gravas momentarily but Gravas frees himself.
Gravas wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is keeping the position.#SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gravas defends well.
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 Latka Gravas will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Garibaldi misses with a looping left.
Gravas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gravas throws a body shot but no joy.
An inside leg kick from Gravas misses.
Gravas is looking to land body kicks.
Gravas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi connects with a crisp jab.
Gravas tries to score with a low kick but Garibaldi moves his leg out of the way.
Gravas throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garibaldi. That's going to slow Gravas down.
Gravas lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Garibaldi misses with an uppercut. Gravas saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gravas tried to score with a low kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Garibaldi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Garibaldi throws a jab but it's blocked by Gravas .
Garibaldi throws a hook but Gravas blocks it.
Gravas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garibaldi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gravas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.#T1#
Garibaldi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gravas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garibaldi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gravas wants to slow Garibaldi down by chopping away at his legs.
Garibaldi walks into a left hand.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Gravas strikes.
Gravas misses with a leg kick.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Gravas strikes.
Garibaldi swings for the body but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas checks a leg kick.
Gravas throws a solid leg kick but Garibaldi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gravas .
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Garibaldi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gravas - the referee stops the clock and Garibaldi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gravas . Garibaldi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A big right from Gravas misses.
Garibaldi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Garibaldi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Garibaldi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Garibaldi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gravas cracks Garibaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas feinted there with a counter leg kick.#T2#
Gravas misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gravas slips a jab and a cross from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi defending well as Gravas loads up on a big left hand.
Garibaldi wants to counter with a clinch but Gravas pushes him away.
A low kick lands for Gravas .
Garibaldi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gravas .
Gravas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gravas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gravas connects with a right hand. Garibaldi shakes it off.
Gravas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gravas checks it well.
Garibaldi misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Gravas .
Garibaldi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gravas jabs Garibaldi right on the nose. Garibaldi blinks but takes it well.
Gravas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gravas connects with a crisp jab.
Gravas throws a push kick but Garibaldi slaps the foot to one side.
Gravas sets himself, and Garibaldi steps forward looking for the clinch! Gravas avoids it this time.
Gravas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Gravas thumps Garibaldi with a low kick.#T3#
A telegraphed right hand from Garibaldi misses the target.
Garibaldi misses with a looping right.
Gravas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gravas throws a chopping leg kick but Garibaldi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gravas walks into a stiff left hand from Garibaldi.
Gravas throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garibaldi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Gravas . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gravas .
Gravas lands a leg kick that knocks Garibaldi off balance momentarily.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot.
Garibaldi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Garibaldi wants to land a leg kick but Gravas is out of range.
Garibaldi looks to land a combination but Gravas avoids it well.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gravas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravas .
Garibaldi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Gravas feints and then cracks Garibaldi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garibaldi down.
Garibaldi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gravas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gravas slips a straight right by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a low kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A big right from Gravas misses.
Garibaldi tries to counter with a clinch but Gravas shakes him off and moves away.
An inside leg kick from Gravas misses.
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
Gravas scores with a decent looking hook.
Garibaldi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gravas throws a solid leg kick but Garibaldi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gravas .
Garibaldi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Garibaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gravas .
Nice body kick there by Garibaldi.
A cross from Garibaldi lands.
Gravas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garibaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A leg kick checked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gravas .
Latka Gravas is winning the standup battle so far.
Garibaldi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gravas throws a hook but Garibaldi blocks it.
Gravas works the jab nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garibaldi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Latka Gravas dominated that second 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.#R3#
Gravas loads up on a big right hand but Garibaldi slips the punch.
Gravas with a nice calf kick.
Gravas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The crowd cheers as Gravas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Garibaldi doesn't seem phased though.
Gravas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gravas misses with a looping right.
Garibaldi slips a straight right by Gravas .
Garibaldi throws a body punch but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gravas lunges at Garibaldi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garibaldi's hand.
Garibaldi throws a right hand that misses
and Gravas counters with a nice uppercut.
Gravas thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gravas with a hook.
Garibaldi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gravas 's hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravas feints and then cracks Garibaldi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garibaldi down.
Gravas throws a low kick, looking for Garibaldi's leg but Garibaldi calmly moves out of range.
Gravas lands the left hand.#T1#
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Gravas .
Gravas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi looks to throw the jab but Gravas is out of range.
Garibaldi misses with a looping left.
Garibaldi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Garibaldi motions for Gravas to come forward. Garibaldi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gravas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garibaldi.
Gravas misses with a looping left.
Gravas scores with a nice head shot.
Gravas avoids the body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gravas misses with a body kick.
Garibaldi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garibaldi throws a body punch but Gravas moves out of range.
Garibaldi feints and then cracks Gravas 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gravas down.
Garibaldi throws the left hand but Gravas avoids the punch easily.
Gravas checks a low kick from Garibaldi.#T2#
A swing and a miss from Gravas .
Gravas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi throws a low kick, looking for Gravas 's leg but Gravas calmly moves out of range.
Gravas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gravas lands a lovely overhand right.
Gravas avoids the body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gravas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gravas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garibaldi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garibaldi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gravas on the side of the head.
Garibaldi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gravas .
Gravas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Garibaldi defending well as Gravas loads up on a big left hand.
Gravas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gravas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Garibaldi. Garibaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
#T3#
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Gravas .
Garibaldi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gravas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Garibaldi throws a body punch but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Garibaldi throws a low kick, looking for Gravas 's leg but Gravas calmly moves out of range.
Gravas looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gravas connects with a right hand. Garibaldi shakes it off.
Gravas is looking to score with low kicks.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gravas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gravas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
Gravas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garibaldi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gravas missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gravas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garibaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gravas was well out of range. Poor timing from Garibaldi.
Gravas swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Gravas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garibaldi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. #T4#
Gravas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Garibaldi has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi slips a jab from Gravas .
Gravas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Garibaldi to score with a decent uppercut.
The fighters circling - Gravas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good shot there by Gravas .
Gravas misses with a wild body shot.
Gravas blocks the body kick.
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gravas throws out the jab.
Gravas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Gravas .
Garibaldi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Garibaldi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jab, jab by Gravas - just one landing.
Gravas connects with a single shot there.
Gravas throws a low kick, looking for Garibaldi's leg but Garibaldi calmly moves out of range.
Gravas motions for Garibaldi to come forward. Gravas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Garibaldi misses.
A quick step to the side and Gravas tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Latka Gravas clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R4#
Garibaldi throws a solid leg kick but Gravas takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garibaldi.
Garibaldi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gravas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garibaldi misses with a straight right.
A cross from Gravas lands.
Garibaldi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garibaldi swings widly with a right hand
and Gravas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Garibaldi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Garibaldi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gravas finds it's way round the side to connect with Garibaldi's head.
Good work by Gravas as he checks the leg kick.
Garibaldi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gravas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Garibaldi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garibaldi swings for the body but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garibaldi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garibaldi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Garibaldi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gravas looks for the body kick but Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Garibaldi scores with a sloppy right hand. Gravas should have avoided that one.
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!
Gravas misses with a hook.#T1#
Garibaldi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gravas is able to avoid easily.
Garibaldi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gravas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A big left from Gravas misses.
Gravas throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Gravas as he connects with a hook.
Good work by Garibaldi as he checks the leg kick.
Garibaldi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gravas lands a jab to Garibaldi's midsection.
Garibaldi scores with a jab. Gravas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gravas throws a leg kick which misses Garibaldi's front leg but catches the back leg as Garibaldi tries to avoid it.
Gravas throws a low kick, looking for Garibaldi's leg but Garibaldi calmly moves out of range.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Gravas .
Gravas swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi wants to counter with a clinch but Gravas pushes him away.
Gravas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Garibaldi as he checks the leg kick.
Gravas looks for the body kick but Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Garibaldi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gravas .
Garibaldi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.#T2#
Garibaldi throws a leg kick but Gravas moved away.
Nice uppercut there from Gravas .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gravas .
Garibaldi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gravas slips a straight right by Garibaldi.
Gravas throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Gravas throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gravas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A big left from Gravas misses.
Gravas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravas . Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gravas throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Gravas throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gravas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi. #T3#
Gravas keeps the fight on the outside.
A slapping leg kick lands for Garibaldi.
Gravas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garibaldi wants to counter with a clinch but Gravas pushes him away.
Gravas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gravas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gravas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gravas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garibaldi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garibaldi throws a hook but Gravas blocks it.
Gravas attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gravas moves out of range of the strikes.
Gravas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gravas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garibaldi connects with a solid leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gravas .
#T4#
Gravas slips under a jab.
Good work by Garibaldi as he checks the leg kick.
Garibaldi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gravas .
Gravas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi looks to land a right hand but Gravas moved out of range.
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 thumps Gravas with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Garibaldi blocks the leg kick.
Garibaldi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gravas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Garibaldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gravas throws a leg kick but Garibaldi moved away.
Garibaldi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gravas dips to his left and cracks Garibaldi with an uppercut!
Garibaldi lands with a nice body kick.
Gravas slips under a jab.
Gravas with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gravas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Latka Gravas had his way with Michael Garibaldi in that round.
That's time! Gravas 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!#R5#
Gravas avoids the body shot from Garibaldi.
Gravas misses with a body kick.
Gravas lands with a straight right. Garibaldi didn't see that one coming.
Garibaldi tries to clinch up.
Garibaldi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gravas .
Gravas missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garibaldi's corner calls for a 1-2. Garibaldi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Garibaldi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gravas throws a lazy right hand but Garibaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garibaldi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Gravas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
No joy there for Garibaldi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gravas is looking to counter punch.
Gravas misses with a low kick as Garibaldi jumps back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gravas .
Nice body kick from Gravas .
A big right from Garibaldi misses.
Garibaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gravas fires out a quick counter leg kick but Garibaldi just manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi throws a nice inside leg kick. #T1#
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Gravas .
Garibaldi misses with a leg kick.
Gravas throws a good cross that connects.
Gravas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick which misses Gravas 's front leg but catches the back leg as Gravas tries to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Gravas .
Garibaldi cracks Gravas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gravas moves away.
Gravas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garibaldi can pounce on him.
Gravas misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi tries to bum rush Gravas with a series of wild strikes but Gravas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gravas missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice uppercut there from Gravas .
Gravas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garibaldi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garibaldi throws a big shot that misses.
Gravas throws out a leg kick but Garibaldi moves out of range and Gravas only half commits.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Latka Gravas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#T2#
Garibaldi misses with a body shot.
Garibaldi defending well as Gravas loads up on a big left hand.
Gravas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gravas throws a solid leg kick but Garibaldi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gravas .
A swing and a miss from Gravas .
Garibaldi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gravas doesn't seem bothered though.
Garibaldi misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gravas avoids a kick to the body.
Gravas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gravas tests Garibaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A leg kick checked by Gravas .
Gravas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garibaldi has time to react.
Nice uppercut lands for Garibaldi. That snapped Gravas 's head back.
Gravas lands with a straight right. Garibaldi didn't see that one coming.
Garibaldi swings for the body but Gravas moves out of range.
Gravas appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.#T3#
Garibaldi defending well as Gravas loads up on a big left hand.
Garibaldi wants to counter with a clinch but Gravas pushes him away.
Garibaldi misses with a looping left.
Gravas swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gravas lands a nice shot that snaps Garibaldi's head back.
Garibaldi tries to score with a low kick but Gravas moves his leg out of the way.
Garibaldi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gravas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garibaldi's sensitive parts.
Gravas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garibaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garibaldi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gravas .
Garibaldi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gravas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garibaldi drops his hands momentarily and Gravas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gravas connects with a nice looking jab.
Gravas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garibaldi looks to throw the jab but Gravas is out of range.
Gravas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garibaldi on the side of the head.
Garibaldi tries to bum rush Gravas with a series of wild strikes but Gravas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.#T4#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gravas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gravas digs a good body shot into Garibaldi's ribs.
Garibaldi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garibaldi misses with a straight right.
Gravas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gravas scores with a jab.
Garibaldi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gravas .
Garibaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gravas manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi is looking to land body kicks.
Garibaldi takes a swing at Gravas 's ribcage but misses.
Garibaldi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gravas can pounce on him.
Gravas is looking to slow Garibaldi down with leg kicks.
Gravas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gravas can pounce on him.
Gravas looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Latka Gravas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gravas , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:46
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Latka Gravas !
Latka Gravas retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Latka Gravas 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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Syn 693 Warror vs Partio
Date: Jun 19, 2020 |
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dalton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dalton pushes Garibaldi away with a front kick.
Garibaldi stalks Dalton and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dalton's face. Dalton staggers backwards, shaken.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi.
Dalton moves out of range of the body kick from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi defending well as Dalton loads up on a big left hand.
Dalton throws a head kick that misses.
Garibaldi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slow jab from Dalton misses its intended target.
Dalton swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
A slow jab from Dalton misses its intended target.
Garibaldi lunges at Dalton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dalton's hand.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the body kick from Dalton.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi digs a good hook to Dalton's body.
Michael Garibaldi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dalton swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garibaldi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Garibaldi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dalton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Dalton.#T1#
A slow jab from Dalton misses its intended target.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Dalton breaks away and moves out of range.
Dalton throws a head kick that half lands.
Garibaldi scores with a jab. Dalton acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dalton connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Garibaldi momentarily.
Garibaldi's corner calls for a 1-2. Garibaldi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dalton.
Garibaldi tests Dalton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dalton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garibaldi can pounce on him.
Garibaldi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dalton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dalton throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Garibaldi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dalton.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dalton.
Dalton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Garibaldi.
Good leg kick by Dalton.
Dalton looks to land a combination but Garibaldi avoids it well.
Dalton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garibaldi can pounce on him.
#T2#
Dalton misses with a looping right.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Dalton.
Garibaldi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dalton. That one must have hurt.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dalton scores with a shot to the body.
Garibaldi digs a good hook to Dalton's body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dalton takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Garibaldi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dalton's hands.
Garibaldi feints and then cracks Dalton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dalton down.
Dalton jabs Garibaldi right on the nose. Garibaldi blinks but takes it well.
A bone on bone clash there as Dalton blocks the leg kick.
Dalton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garibaldi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dalton.
Garibaldi is looking to clinch but Dalton is avoiding it.
Garibaldi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Garibaldi lands a nice shot that snaps Dalton's head back.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Dalton strikes.#T3#
Garibaldi scores with a body shot.
Dalton attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dalton throws a nice inside leg kick.
A big left from Dalton misses. #CL#
Garibaldi closes the distance and clinches.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dalton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
I was talking to Garibaldi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.#BC2#
Dalton manages to break the clinch.
Garibaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dalton was well out of range. Poor timing from Garibaldi.
Dalton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dalton checks a leg kick.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Dalton.
Dalton cracks Garibaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dalton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dalton wants to land a leg kick but Garibaldi is out of range.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.#T4#
Dalton takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Garibaldi throws an overhand right that lands on Dalton's shoulder, as Dalton tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dalton. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dalton throws a sloppy head kick and Garibaldi moves out of range easily.
Garibaldi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Garibaldi misses with a low kick.
Garibaldi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dalton misses with a hook. Garibaldi ducked under it nicely.
A jab lands there for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi with a jab.
Dalton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dalton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garibaldi can pounce on him.
Garibaldi swings for the body but Dalton moves out of range.
Garibaldi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dalton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garibaldi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dalton on the side of the head.
Garibaldi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dalton misses with a leg kick.
Garibaldi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dalton at a distance.
Dalton takes one to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Garibaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dalton was well out of range. Poor timing from Garibaldi.
Dalton lands a slapping body shot.
Garibaldi tries to work over Dalton's front leg with a kick but Dalton checks it.
Garibaldi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garibaldi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dalton's head.
Dalton misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.#CL#
Garibaldi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dalton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dalton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dalton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Dalton blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi lands a body shot in the clinch.
#TD#
Garibaldi pulls guard effortlessly.
Dalton controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi pulls Dalton in close to prevent any damage. #T1#
Dalton with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Garibaldi is trying to control the position but Dalton postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dalton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Garibaldi is pulling down on Dalton's head to control his posture.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dalton's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Garibaldi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dalton distracts Garibaldi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Garibaldi is controlling Dalton's posture.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Dalton from controlling successfully.
Garibaldi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dalton manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVR##T2#
Garibaldi trying to control but Dalton is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Dalton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dalton trying to keep a closed guard but Garibaldi is proving a slippery customer.
Garibaldi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dalton can do to turn this around?
Garibaldi is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dalton 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.#SUB2#
Dalton looking for a guillotine here but Garibaldi defends easily.
#T3##SUB#
Garibaldi is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Dalton is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Dalton has escaped and now he's on top! #REVB#
Dalton wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving.
Dalton is working Garibaldi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dalton throwing strikes from guard but Garibaldi blocks nicely.
Dalton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garibaldi controls Dalton momentarily but Dalton frees himself.
Garibaldi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Garibaldi holds on and takes a little breather. #T4##SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dalton throwing strikes from guard but Garibaldi blocks nicely. #SUB#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garibaldi is on top in guard.
#REVR#
Garibaldi is pushing down on Dalton's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dalton is fighting to maintain full guard but Garibaldi has managed to sneak the leg through.#SUB2#
Dalton actively working from the bottom here.#SUB#
Dalton is defending against the submission attempts here by Garibaldi.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB#
Garibaldi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Dalton misses with a wild combination.
As Dalton tries to get set, Garibaldi tries to push him back and clinch up but Dalton manages to avoid the attempt.
Garibaldi wants to clinch up but Dalton keeps it at a distance.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.
Dalton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dalton misses with a straight right.
Garibaldi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dalton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garibaldi takes a swing at Dalton's ribcage but misses.
Garibaldi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Dalton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi misses with a two punch combination.
Michael Garibaldi is winning the standup battle so far.
Dalton sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Dalton sizes up Garibaldi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dalton moves out of range of the body kick from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi thumps Dalton with a low kick.
Garibaldi with a hook.#T1#
Dalton throws a head kick but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi with a nice cross.
Dalton misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Dalton manages to circle out of the way.
Dalton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dalton tries to land a leg kick but Garibaldi saw it coming and moves away.
Dalton misses with a looping right.
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Dalton.
Dalton throws a body shot but no joy.
A clash of legs there as Garibaldi blocks the low kick.
Garibaldi is looking to land body kicks.
Dalton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garibaldi wants to land a leg kick but Dalton is out of range.
Dalton misses with a hook.
Garibaldi tries to land a front kick but Dalton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Garibaldi misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi jabs at Dalton's body.
Nick Dalton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Dalton throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garibaldi lands a really nice looking cross but Dalton seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dalton tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dalton on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A lazy body kick from Garibaldi
and Dalton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Dalton moves out of range.
Garibaldi scores with a jab.
Garibaldi lands with an uppercut that bounces Dalton off the cage and back into range.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Dalton.
An inside leg kick lands from Garibaldi.
Dalton ducks right into an uppercut from Garibaldi.
Dalton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Garibaldi tries to work over Dalton's front leg with a kick but Dalton checks it.
Garibaldi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dalton has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dalton misses with the combination.
#T3#
Dalton walks into a left hand.
Dalton takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garibaldi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dalton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dalton throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Dalton lands a body shot.
Jab from Garibaldi.
Dalton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Michael Garibaldi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dalton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Garibaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dalton manages to avoid it.
Dalton has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Garibaldi lands the left hand.
Dalton moves out of range of the body kick.
Dalton delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi checks the leg kick.
Dalton moves out of range of the body kick.
Garibaldi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Daltons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Garibaldi scores with a jab to the jaw.#T4#
Dalton misses with a right hand #CL#
and Garibaldi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garibaldi.
A short uppercut from Dalton.
Garibaldi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!#BC2#
Dalton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dalton with a hook.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the body kick from Dalton.
Dalton takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dalton scores with a shot to the body.
Garibaldi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garibaldi with a nice calf kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dalton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Dalton.
Garibaldi jabs Dalton right on the nose. Dalton blinks but takes it well.
Dalton attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dalton tries a head kick but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Garibaldi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garibaldi 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Garibaldi!
Our winner, Michael Garibaldi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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Event:
Syn 684 Shamrock vs Point
Date: May 03, 2020 |
#R1#
Garibaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the body kick.
Garibaldi is looking to counter the offense by Partio and move into the clinch.
Partio cracks Garibaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Crunch! Partio slams his shin into Garibaldi's torso.
Partio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Partio lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Partio looks for the body kick but Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Partio lands a lovely overhand right.
A slow jab from Partio misses its intended target.
Garibaldi throws a quick counter head kick but Partio was just out of range.
Garibaldi loads up on a big right hand but Partio slips the punch.
Jab by Partio.
Garibaldi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Partio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Partio wants to slow Garibaldi down by chopping away at his legs.
Garibaldi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Garibaldi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!#T1#
Garibaldi moves out of range of the leg kick from Partio.
Partio blocks a head kick by Garibaldi.
#CL#
Garibaldi has Partio up against the cage in a clinch.
Partio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Partio blocking some punches.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Partio blocking some punches.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
#BC2#
Partio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Partio does no damage.
Partio throws a front kick that sends Garibaldi stumbling back into the cage.
Partio listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Partio tries to land a leg kick but Garibaldi saw it coming and moves away.
Partio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi is looking to counter punch.#T2#
Partio scores with a jab.
Garibaldi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Partio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Partio looks for the body kick but Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Garibaldi misses with a head kick.
Partio throws the kick towards the body but Garibaldi avoids it.
Garibaldi thinks about countering with a head kick.
Partio lands a leg kick that knocks Garibaldi off balance momentarily.#CL#
Garibaldi rushes Partio and presses him up against the cage.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garibaldi lands a shoulder strike.
Partio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Partio lands a left hand.
#T3#
Partio lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
Partio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Partio. #BC2#
Partio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Partio misses with a kick to the body.
Garibaldi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Partio just manages to avoid it.
Partio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Partio throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
Garibaldi throws a counter high kick but Partio was just alert enough to avoid it.
Partio looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
Partio throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Partio strikes.
Partio slips under a jab.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Partio.
Garibaldi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Partio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice jab.#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Partio looks to throw the jab but Garibaldi is out of range.
Garibaldi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Partio just manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Partio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like Partio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Good work by Garibaldi as he checks the leg kick.
As Partio backs away, Garibaldi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Garibaldi takes one to the chin there.
Partio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garibaldi. That did some damage!
A telegraphed right hand from Partio misses the target.
Partio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Partio moves into range and connects with a jab.
Partio looks for the body kick but Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Garibaldi half committed to a counter leg kick.
Partio throws a lazy uppercut
and Garibaldi counters with a low kick, right behind Partio 's knee.
Partio throws a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Polliisi Partio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Partio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Partio slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Partio connects with a single shot there.
Partio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Partio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Partio lets loose with a powerful body kick. Garibaldi will feel that in the morning.
A head kick by Partio misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.
Partio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Garibaldi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Partio - the referee stops the clock and Garibaldi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Partio. Garibaldi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Partio cracks Garibaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Partio has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Partio looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Partio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Partio misses with a body kick.
Polliisi Partio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T1#
Partio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garibaldi counters with a stiff right hand.
Partio looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Garibaldi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Garibaldi wants to clinch.
Garibaldi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Partio is out of range and Garibaldi settles back down.
Partio connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garibaldi. Garibaldi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Partio cracks the inside of Garibaldi's front leg.
Partio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garibaldi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Partio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Garibaldi looks to land a left hand but Partio moved out of range nicely.
Partio walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garibaldi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Partio throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garibaldi on the side of the head. #T2#
Garibaldi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Partio can pounce on him.
Garibaldi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Partio ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Partio lands a head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Partio throws a nice inside leg kick.
Partio throws a push kick but Garibaldi slaps the foot to one side.
Garibaldi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Partio scores with a nice head shot.
Partio smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Partio moves out of range easily.
Partio lands a leg kick that knocks Garibaldi off balance momentarily.
Garibaldi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.#T3#
Garibaldi avoids the head kick by Partio.
Partio lands with a hook. Garibaldi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Partio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garibaldi. That did some damage!
Partio uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garibaldi has time to react.
Partio closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Garibaldi lands with a straight right. Partio didn't see that one coming.
Partio throws a leg kick that is checked
and Garibaldi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Garibaldi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Partio's sensitive parts.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garibaldi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Partio feints a counter leg kick.
Garibaldi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.#T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Partio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
A right-left combo lands from Partio.
Partio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Partio lands a really nice looking cross but Garibaldi seems unphased.
Partio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice jab there from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Partio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Partio moves away.
Partio steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi lands with a cross.
Partio scores with a decent looking hook.
A shot to the liver by Partio. Beautiful body shot.
Garibaldi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A swing and a miss from Partio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Polliisi Partio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Garibaldi connects with a high kick.
Partio lands with a hook. Garibaldi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Partio misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Partio.
Partio misses with a low kick.
Garibaldi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Partio looks to land a combination but Garibaldi avoids it well.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Partio.
Garibaldi throwing a counter right hand but Partio manages to avoid it.
Partio misses with a looping left.
As Partio tries to get set, Garibaldi tries to push him back and clinch up but Partio manages to avoid the attempt.
Partio thows a leg kick but Garibaldi checks it
and Garibaldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Partio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by Partio.
Partio is looking to score with low kicks.
Partio thuds his right hand into Garibaldi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.#T1#
Partio throws a low kick but Garibaldi moves out of range easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Garibaldi misses the target.
Partio throws a hook but Garibaldi blocks it.
Partio is looking to chop away at Garibaldi's legs.
Garibaldi is looking to counter with head kicks.
Partio throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Partio throws a leg kick which misses Garibaldi's front leg but catches the back leg as Garibaldi tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Partio.
Partio thows a left - swing and a miss!
A quick step to the side and Garibaldi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Partio is looking to chop away at Garibaldi's legs.
As Partio tries to get set, Garibaldi tries to push him back and clinch up but Partio manages to avoid the attempt.
Partio misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Partio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garibaldi. That did some damage!
Partio scores with a hook.
Partio misses with a two punch combination.
Garibaldi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Partio.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Garibaldi sizes up Partio with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A swing and a miss from Partio.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Garibaldi avoids a kick to the body.
As Partio backs away, Garibaldi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garibaldi.
A solid body kick from Partio.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Partio misses with a looping right.
Partio looks to land a body kick but Garibaldi moved away.
Garibaldi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Partio just manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Partio.
Partio throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the leg kick from Partio.
Partio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.#T3#
Sloppy strikes from Partio. Those never looked like landing.
Garibaldi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Partio just manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Partio throws a body kick that misses.
Partio checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Partio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Garibaldi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Partio just manages to avoid it.
Partio throws an off balance right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Partio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Polliisi Partio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Partio.
Partio fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garibaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.#KD#
Garibaldi lands a big head kick that sends Partio tumbling to the mat! Garibaldi takes a step backwards and waves Partio back to his feet - he wants the finish!#ROC#
Partio is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Partio looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
Partio's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.#T4#
Partio pushes Garibaldi away with a front kick.
Garibaldi walks into a left hand.
Partio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A cross from Partio lands.
Partio throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Partio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Partio will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Partio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Partio throws a half hearted mid kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garibaldi checks a leg kick.
Partio sizes up Garibaldi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Polliisi Partio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Partio winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Polliisi Partio!
Polliisi Partio tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Event:
Syn 679 Piano vs Frankels
Date: Apr 03, 2020 |
#R1#
Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brooks.
It looked like Garibaldi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Brooks.
A low kick from Brooks misses
and Garibaldi counters with a nice leg kick. #CL#
Garibaldi instigates a clinch.
Garibaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garibaldi misses with some punches.
I was talking to Garibaldi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Good body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
#BC2#
Brooks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Brooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL#
Garibaldi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Brooks won't allow it.
#BC2#
Brooks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brooks misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a leg kick. #T1#
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice jab.#KD#
Garibaldi lands a big head kick that sends Brooks tumbling to the mat! Garibaldi takes a step backwards and waves Brooks back to his feet - he wants the finish!#CUT#
It looks like Wilson Brooks has been cut.#CL#
Garibaldi instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!#BC2#
Brooks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garibaldi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garibaldi throwing a counter right hand but Brooks manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Brooks moves out of range easily. #T2#
A jab from Brooks finds it's way through Garibaldi's defenses.
Brooks rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
#KD#
and Garibaldi counters with a nice right hand that sends Brooks toppling to the canvas! Brooks scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Garibaldi finish him?!#ROC#
Brooks is rocked!#CL#
Garibaldi moves into range and clinches up with Brooks.
Brooks is still on wobbly legs! Can Garibaldi finish him?
Brooks wants to get back to striking at distance but Garibaldi won't allow it.
Brooks seems to have recovered his senses.
Garibaldi tries to work over Brooks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brooks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #BC2#
Brooks manages to break the clinch.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Garibaldi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brooks throws a quick inside leg kick.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Brooks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brooks let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.#T3#
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brooks.
A jab lands there for Brooks.
Brooks avoids the head kick by Garibaldi.
Brooks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
Garibaldi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Brooks just manages to avoid it.
Brooks misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brooks misses with a jab to the body
and Garibaldi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Garibaldi defending well as Brooks loads up on a big left hand.
Garibaldi motions for Brooks to come forward. Garibaldi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Brooks misses.#T4#
Garibaldi thows a leg kick but Brooks checks it
and Brooks counters with a right hand to the body.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.
Garibaldi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Garibaldi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brooks throws a counter combo.
Brooks waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
It looked like Garibaldi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Brooks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Good exchange - Brooks coming out on top.
Brooks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
It looked like Garibaldi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Brooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wilson Brooks's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Garibaldi slips a jab from Brooks.#CL#
Garibaldi gets a clinch.
Garibaldi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brooks can do to turn this around?
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Brooks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Garibaldi keeps control of Brooks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Garibaldi dodges an elbow strike from Brooks.
Garibaldi blocks a body shot from Brooks.
Garibaldi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brooks smiles and moves away.
Brooks misses with a body shot
and Garibaldi counters with a flying knee that drops Brooks! Garibaldi dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Event:
Syn 673 Whyte vs Gravas
Date: Mar 01, 2020 |
#R1#
Tyrone Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tyrone Jones looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
Tyrone Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tyrone Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyrone Jones on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Garibaldi. Garibaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garibaldi.#CL#
Garibaldi moves into the clinch successfully.
I was talking to Garibaldi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Garibaldi digs a right hand underneath Tyrone Jones's ribcage. Tyrone Jones let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tyrone Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Tyrone Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyrone Jones's elbow.
Garibaldi tries to work over Tyrone Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tyrone Jones working aggressively here.
A short left from Garibaldi.
Tyrone Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyrone Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
#T1##BC2#
Tyrone Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garibaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A clash of legs there as Tyrone Jones blocks the low kick.
Tyrone Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tyrone Jones.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Tyrone Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tyrone Jones throws a big shot that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garibaldi. That's going to slow Tyrone Jones down.
Tyrone Jones misses with a low kick as Garibaldi jumps back.
Tyrone Jones misses with an uppercut. Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Tyrone Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tyrone Jones blocks a low kick nicely.
Garibaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tyrone Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Garibaldi.
Tyrone Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garibaldi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tyrone Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garibaldi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tyrone Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Tyrone Jones throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tyrone Jones.
Garibaldi is looking to counter the offense by Tyrone Jones and move into the clinch.
Tyrone Jones lands with a straight right. Garibaldi didn't see that one coming.
Tyrone Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
#T2#
Tyrone Jones with a hook.
Tyrone Jones throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi defending well as Tyrone Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Russell Tyrone Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garibaldi doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyrone Jones circles away.
Tyrone Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tyrone Jones misses the jab.
Tyrone Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Tyrone Jones is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tyrone Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tyrone Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Garibaldi throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Garibaldi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tyrone Jones doesn't seem phased though.
Tyrone Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Garibaldi wants to slow Tyrone Jones down by chopping away at his legs.
That kick from Tyrone Jones tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garibaldi moves in looking to clinch but Tyrone Jones pushes him off.
Tyrone Jones tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garibaldi jabs Tyrone Jones right on the nose. Tyrone Jones blinks but takes it well.
Garibaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tyrone Jones.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Tyrone Jones breaks away and moves out of range.
Tyrone Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garibaldi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.#T3#
Tyrone Jones checks a leg kick.
Tyrone Jones throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Tyrone Jones missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garibaldi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garibaldi is looking to slow Tyrone Jones down with leg kicks.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Tyrone Jones.
Garibaldi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tyrone Jones misses with a looping left.
Tyrone Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi slips a straight right by Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tyrone Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Garibaldi throws a low kick, looking for Tyrone Jones's leg but Tyrone Jones calmly moves out of range.
Garibaldi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tyrone Jones on the side of the head.
Tyrone Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garibaldi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Tyrone Jones.
Garibaldi tries to score with a low kick but Tyrone Jones moves his leg out of the way.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garibaldi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
#T4#
Tyrone Jones thuds a left hand into Garibaldi's body.
Tyrone Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Tyrone Jones misses with a leg kick.
Garibaldi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tyrone Jones manages to circle out of the way.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tyrone Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.#CL#
Garibaldi has managed to clinch.
Tyrone Jones wants to break free but Garibaldi has control.
Tyrone Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi lands with a left to the head.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Tyrone Jones avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage. #TD#
Garibaldi jumps guard and drags Tyrone Jones to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Tyrone Jones looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Garibaldi wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.#SUB#
Garibaldi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tyrone Jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tyrone Jones manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. #SUB#
Garibaldi looking for a guillotine here but Tyrone Jones defends easily.
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 Michael Garibaldi will probably get the nod.
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.
#R2#
Tyrone Jones wants to slow Garibaldi down by chopping away at his legs.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garibaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Tyrone Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Garibaldi tried to score with a low kick but Tyrone Jones checks it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garibaldi.
A good leg kick by Garibaldi.
A big right from Tyrone Jones misses.
Tyrone Jones motions for Garibaldi to come forward. Tyrone Jones throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tyrone Jones lands an overhand right.
Garibaldi cracks the inside of Tyrone Jones's front leg.
Tyrone Jones misses with a straight left.
Garibaldi jabs at Tyrone Jones's body.
Garibaldi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tyrone Jones scores with a hook to the body. Garibaldi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tyrone Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garibaldi scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garibaldi tries to clinch there but Tyrone Jones circles away.
Tyrone Jones tried to score with a low kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Garibaldi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Tyrone Jones manages to circle out of the way.
Tyrone Jones misses with a looping left.
Tyrone Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. #T1#
The fight stays on the outside here - Garibaldi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyrone Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
Tyrone Jones missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garibaldi cracks a nice hook into Tyrone Jones's ribs.
Russell Tyrone Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tyrone Jones takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses. #CL#
Garibaldi moves into the clinch.
Garibaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tyrone Jones working aggressively here.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Tyrone Jones forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Garibaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyrone Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyrone Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Tyrone Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.#TD#
Garibaldi successfully pulls guard.
Garibaldi working a defensive guard here.
Garibaldi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tyrone Jones controls the pace.
Garibaldi looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T2#
Tyrone Jones trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
Garibaldi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tyrone Jones controls the pace.
Tyrone Jones's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Garibaldi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tyrone Jones sitting in guard here, content to control. #SUB#
Garibaldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tyrone Jones can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Garibaldi tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T3##SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tyrone Jones slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
You can see the frustration on Garibaldi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Garibaldi is looking to regain half guard here but Tyrone Jones keeps moving and retains side control.
Tyrone Jones controls the position.
Garibaldi is trying to control Tyrone Jones's posture but Tyrone Jones avoids it.
Garibaldi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tyrone Jones wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tyrone Jones is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Garibaldi's shoulder. That is not cool.
Garibaldi is looking to reverse the position.#T4#
Tyrone Jones trying to control the action but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garibaldi is looking to reverse the position.
Garibaldi is letting Tyrone Jones control him for a moment.
Garibaldi is not content to let Tyrone Jones control the position.
Garibaldi struggling a bit here.
Tyrone Jones controlling the position from side mount.
More stalling from Tyrone Jones.
Garibaldi is trying to control Tyrone Jones's posture but Tyrone Jones avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Tyrone Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tyrone Jones takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
Tyrone Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi thumps Tyrone Jones with a low kick.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Tyrone Jones.
Nice cross by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Tyrone Jones.
A big right from Tyrone Jones misses.
Tyrone Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi scoring well with a low kick there.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tyrone Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyrone Jones swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Tyrone Jones tries a low kick but Garibaldi avoids it.
Tyrone Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A shot to the liver by Tyrone Jones. Beautiful body shot.
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 scores with a nice head shot.
Garibaldi connects with a solid leg kick. #T1#
Good leg kick by Garibaldi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tyrone Jones throws out the jab.
Garibaldi is looking to counter the offense by Tyrone Jones and move into the clinch.
Tyrone Jones takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
Garibaldi scores with a leg kick.
Tyrone Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tyrone Jones lands a jab to the head.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyrone Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garibaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tyrone Jones.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tyrone Jones.
Garibaldi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tyrone Jones's sensitive parts.
Tyrone Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A jab lands there for Garibaldi.
Tyrone Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Garibaldi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Tyrone Jones is having none of it. #T2#
Tyrone Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garibaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.#CL#
Garibaldi takes the fight into the clinch.
Tyrone Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tyrone Jones backwards.
Tyrone Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Tyrone Jones blocks it.
Tyrone Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land. #TD#
Garibaldi ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Garibaldi no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard. #SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle but Tyrone Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Tyrone Jones sitting in guard here, content to control. #SUB#
Garibaldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tyrone Jones can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. #T3#
Tyrone Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garibaldi is keeping the position for now.
Garibaldi is trying to control the position but Tyrone Jones postures up. #SUB#
Garibaldi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tyrone Jones controlling from the top position.
Tyrone Jones is continuing to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garibaldi looking to control.
Garibaldi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tyrone Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Let's hope that Tyrone Jones has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Russell Tyrone Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.#T4#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Garibaldi trying to keep a closed guard but Tyrone Jones is proving a slippery customer.
#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That kick from Tyrone Jones tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Tyrone Jones.
Garibaldi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tyrone Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.#CL#
Garibaldi darts in and clinches Tyrone Jones up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Tyrone Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garibaldi or not.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyrone Jones controls his hands.
Tyrone Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Michael Garibaldi.
I think Garibaldi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Russell Tyrone Jones had this to say: 'Wu Tang is for the children. We teach the children... Wu Tang fuh eva!'.
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Date: Feb 02, 2020 |
#R1#
Whyte misses with a left hand #CL2#
and Garibaldi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Whyte.
Whyte misses with the head strike.
Whyte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garibaldi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whyte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Whyte.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Whyte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whyte.
Garibaldi lands a shot to the body.
Whyte pushes Garibaldi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Garibaldi.
Whyte working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whyte misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Whyte fails to land. #TD2#
Garibaldi pulls guard effortlessly. #SUB2#
Garibaldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Whyte can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. #SUB2#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #T1##SUB2#
Garibaldi has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Whyte is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Garibaldi.
Whyte is looking to take a break and control but Garibaldi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Garibaldi tries to buck Whyte off but Whyte is having none of it.#T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Whyte controlling the position.
Garibaldi is trying to control Whyte's posture but Whyte avoids it.
Whyte tries to advance to mount but Garibaldi denies him.
Whyte is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whyte has control of an arm but Garibaldi manages to advance to Whyte's back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Garibaldi has his opponent's back and is working for the choke. #T3##ES#
Garibaldi has his opponent's back but Whyte is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Garibaldi.
Garibaldi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Whyte throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Whyte looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
Whyte throws a body kick that misses #CL2#
and Garibaldi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Whyte lands a nice shot to the body.
Whyte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Whyte.
Garibaldi scores with a shot to the side of Whyte's head.
Garibaldi lands an uppercut.
Whyte lands a hook that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Whyte tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whyte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Garibaldi blocks a body shot from Whyte.
Garibaldi has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Whyte seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Garibaldi can turn it around.
Whyte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.#T4#
Garibaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Whyte lands with a light punch inside.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Whyte won't allow it.
Whyte tries to land a knee to the head but Garibaldi blocks with his arms.
Whyte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Whyte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garibaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Whyte working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Whyte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garibaldi.
A short right from Whyte on the inside.
A short left from Whyte.
Garibaldi jumps guard but Whyte stands there with Garibaldi around his waist. Garibaldi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Garibaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whyte lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garibaldi.
Whyte misses with some punches.
Whyte misses with a body punch.
Whyte misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Whyte just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Whyte misses with a straight right.
Whyte with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Whyte cracks Garibaldi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Whyte lands a nice looking kick to the body. Garibaldi takes a step back to recover.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch
letting Whyte counter with a right hand.
Whyte looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Donk. Whyte catches Garibaldi right on the button with a cross.
Whyte looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Whyte fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Garibaldi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Garibaldi misses.
Whyte slips under a jab from Garibaldi.
Whyte scores with a jab. Garibaldi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Whyte cracks Garibaldi with a right hand to the side of the head.
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!
Good shot there by Whyte.
Whyte buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Whyte throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garibaldi on the side of the head.
Whyte misses with a left hand
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely straight right hand!#CUT2#
It looks like Benson Whyte has been cut.#T1#
Whyte fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.#CL2#
Garibaldi forces Whyte back against the cage and clinches.
Garibaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Whyte has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
A short uppercut from Whyte.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whyte's elbow.
Whyte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Whyte lands a shoulder strike. #TD2#
Garibaldi gets control of Whyte's arms and successfully pulls guard. Garibaldi will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Whyte slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Whyte trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Whyte gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Whyte has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Garibaldi seems keen to control Whyte's posture.#T2##SUB2#
Garibaldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Whyte can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Whyte from controlling successfully.
Whyte preventing the sweep. #SUB2#
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Whyte gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Whyte wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving. #T3#
Garibaldi wants to control the position but Whyte says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Whyte stalling.
The fighters are battling for position here. Garibaldi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Whyte postures up.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Whyte doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Whyte manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Garibaldi being controlled here, momentarily. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Garibaldi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Whyte is one step ahead there.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.#SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle but Whyte pushes his legs off easily.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Whyte trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Garibaldi has his foot on Whyte's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Whyte works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Benson Whyte's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R3#
Whyte scoring well with a low kick there.
Benson Whyte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Garibaldi.
Jab from Whyte.
A head kick misses from Whyte.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Whyte smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Whyte misses with a looping right.
Garibaldi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Benson Whyte is winning the standup battle so far.
Whyte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi throws out a counter right but Whyte avoids it with no problem.
Whyte scoring well with a low kick there.
Whyte throws a lazy right hand but Garibaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Whyte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
#CL2#
and Garibaldi moves into the clinch.
Garibaldi scores with a shot to the side of Whyte's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Whyte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whyte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benson Whyte has scored more points in the clinch so far.#T1#
A short body shot lands from Garibaldi as the two fighters clinch.
Garibaldi lands a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Whyte misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Garibaldi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whytes head.
Whyte tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
Whyte lands with a light punch inside.
Whyte throws a head punch that misses.
Garibaldi misses with some punches.
Whyte misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi jumps guard but Whyte turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi lands a right hand.
Garibaldi digs a right hand underneath Whyte's ribcage. Whyte let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Garibaldi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Whyte to keep the fight standing.#TD2#
Garibaldi jumps guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!#SUB2#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Garibaldi 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.#T2##SUB2#
Garibaldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Whyte can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Garibaldi looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle but Whyte pushes his legs off easily.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Whyte stacks Garibaldi on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Whyte!
You can see the frustration on Garibaldi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#T3#
Whyte trying to control the action but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
Garibaldi tries to improve position but can't.
Michael Garibaldi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Garibaldi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Garibaldi controlling the position for now.
Garibaldi is looking to improve his position.
Garibaldi trying to control but Whyte postures up.
#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Garibaldi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Garibaldi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Garibaldi is trying to hold Whyte in close to prevent damage but Whyte has managed to pass into half guard.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back.
Garibaldi is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Michael Garibaldi just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Benson Whyte's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R4#
Whyte scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garibaldi tries to land a leg kick but Whyte saw it coming and moves away.
Whyte avoids the head kick by Garibaldi.
Whyte with a hook.
Garibaldi blocks a head kick by Whyte.
Garibaldi throws the left hand but Whyte avoids the punch easily.
Donk. Whyte catches Garibaldi right on the button with a cross.
Whyte just misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick that is checked
and Whyte counters with a nice body kick.
A jab from Whyte finds it's way through Garibaldi's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Whyte as he connects with a hook.
Garibaldi tries to move into range but Whyte moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A bone on bone clash there as Whyte blocks the leg kick.
#T1#
Good work by Whyte as he checks the leg kick.
Whyte digs a good body shot into Garibaldi's ribs.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Whyte.
A good leg kick by Whyte.
Garibaldi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi slips a straight right by Whyte.
Garibaldi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Whyte wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Whyte misses with a lunging right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Whyte is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Garibaldi throws a head kick but Whyte moves out of range.
Whyte connects with a crisp jab.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.
Garibaldi wants to counter with a clinch but Whyte pushes him away.
Whyte lands the left hand.
Whyte will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
#T2#
Garibaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whyte manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whyte lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Garibaldi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Whyte with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good leg kick by Whyte there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice body punch from Whyte.
Whyte paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Whyte keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Whyte goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Garibaldi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Whyte throws a big shot that misses.
Garibaldi looks to land a left hand but Whyte moved out of range nicely.
Whyte lands a nice shot that snaps Garibaldi's head back.
Whyte pulls out of a head kick attempt.
#T3#
Garibaldi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Whyte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
Whyte uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Whyte throws a nice outside leg kick.
Whyte takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garibaldi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Whyte connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garibaldi scrambles back to his feet.
Garibaldi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Whyte scores with a nice strike.
Whyte takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Whyte scores with a body shot.
Whyte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Whyte lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Whyte lands a jab to Garibaldi's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whyte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
#T4#
Garibaldi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi misses with a wild body shot.
Whyte misses with a low kick as Garibaldi jumps back.
Garibaldi appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Whyte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
Whyte jabs Garibaldi right on the nose. Garibaldi blinks but takes it well.
Whyte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Whyte looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Whyte connects with a right hand. Garibaldi shakes it off.
Garibaldi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Whyte fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Garibaldi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Whyte.
Garibaldi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garibaldi throws a big shot that misses.
Whyte has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garibaldi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte had his way with Michael Garibaldi in that round.
The cut man is working on Benson Whyte's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
#R5#
Whyte misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Garibaldi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Whyte throws out a leg kick but Garibaldi moves out of range and Whyte only half commits.
Whyte fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Whyte looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Whyte feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Garibaldi's calf.
Whyte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whyte throws a low kick but Garibaldi avoids it.
Whyte feints and then cracks Garibaldi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garibaldi down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Whyte chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garibaldi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Whyte is out of range and Garibaldi settles back down.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the leg kick from Whyte.#T1#
Whyte throws a leg kick which misses Garibaldi's front leg but catches the back leg as Garibaldi tries to avoid it.
Garibaldi scoring well with a low kick there.
Whyte checks a leg kick.
Whyte looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Whyte scores with a crisp jab that stopped Garibaldi in his tracks.
Garibaldi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Whyte to score with a decent uppercut.
Garibaldi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Whyte thuds his right hand into Garibaldi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Whyte throws a sloppy body shot
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Whyte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garibaldi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Whyte's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garibaldi under the eye.
Jab, jab by Whyte - just one landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whyte with a hook.
A jab lands there for Whyte.
Whyte throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garibaldi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Garibaldi catches Whyte with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Whyte moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Garibaldi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Whyte checks it well.
Whyte scores with a nice right hand.
Whyte throws a lazy uppercut
and Garibaldi counters with a nice leg kick.
Whyte throws a leg kick but Garibaldi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Whyte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
Whyte tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garibaldi is able to avoid easily.#T3#
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whyte backing away here, and Garibaldi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Garibaldi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Whyte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Whyte.
Whyte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Whyte works the jab nicely.
Whyte avoids the head kick by Garibaldi.
Whyte takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Whyte connects with a body shot.
Garibaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whyte was well out of range. Poor timing from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws out a loose jab but Whyte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whyte scores with a hook to the body. Garibaldi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Whyte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. #T4#
Garibaldi misses with a head kick.
Whyte looks to throw a body kick#CL2#
and Garibaldi counters by clinching up.
Whyte misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whyte prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Whyte misses with some punches.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Whyte pushes Garibaldi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whyte lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Whyte.
Garibaldi misses with some punches.
Whyte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Whyte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
A short right from Whyte on the inside.
Whyte lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Garibaldi is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benson Whyte showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Whyte has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 49:46
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benson Whyte!
Benson Whyte retains his welterweight title!
In his post fight interview, Benson Whyte started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Event:
Syn 665 Shamrock vs Built
Date: Jan 05, 2020 |
#R1#
Papadopoulos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Papadopoulos scores with a hook.#CL2#
Garibaldi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Papadopoulos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos digs a right hand into Garibaldi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garibaldi's gas tank.
Garibaldi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Papadopoulos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Garibaldi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Papadopoulos.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Papadopoulos.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Papadopoulos.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Papadopoulos controls the action.
Papadopoulos tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papadopoulos working aggressively here.
A short body shot lands from Papadopoulos as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
Papadopoulos has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Papadopoulos.
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike. #T1#
Garibaldi jumps guard but Papadopoulos turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Papadopoulos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #TD2#
Garibaldi jumps guard.
#SUB2#
Papadopoulos is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Garibaldi has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Papadopoulos is looking to defend but Garibaldi has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Papadopoulos! Garibaldi pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Papadopoulos taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Michael Garibaldi!
After winning the bout, Michael Garibaldi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Event:
Syn 659 Gravas vs Papadopoulos
Date: Dec 01, 2019 |
#R1#
Makaki Iii looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Makaki Iii works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Makaki Iii.
Garibaldi is looking to counter the offense by Makaki Iii and move into the clinch.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but Makaki Iii avoids it.
Garibaldi cracks Makaki Iii with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garibaldi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Makaki Iii jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Makaki Iii misses with a low kick as Garibaldi jumps back.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Makaki Iii breaks away and moves out of range.
Makaki Iii throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
Garibaldi misses with a low kick.
Garibaldi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Makaki Iii misses with an uppercut. Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Makaki Iii scores with a jab. Garibaldi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Makaki Iii scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Makaki Iii.
Makaki Iii looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a front kick aimed at Makaki Iii's knee but Makaki Iii avoids it well. #CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
This has been an exciting period of action!#BC2#
Makaki Iii's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Makaki Iii staying out of range there.#T1##CL#
Garibaldi has Makaki Iii up against the cage in a clinch.
#BC2#
Makaki Iii breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garibaldi is looking to chop away at Makaki Iii's legs.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Makaki Iii.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yancy Makaki Iii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Garibaldi.
Makaki Iii takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Makaki Iii tried to score with a low kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garibaldi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Makaki Iii's sensitive parts.
Makaki Iii scores with a crisp jab that stopped Garibaldi in his tracks.
Makaki Iii throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Makaki Iii paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Makaki Iii throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Garibaldi motions for Makaki Iii to come forward. Garibaldi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Makaki Iii throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it. #T2#
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circling - Makaki Iii throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Makaki Iii.
Makaki Iii fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Garibaldi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Garibaldi blocks a leg kick.
Makaki Iii throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
Garibaldi throws a poor cross that misses
and Makaki Iii counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garibaldi swings for the body but Makaki Iii moves out of range.
Garibaldi is looking to clinch but Makaki Iii is avoiding it.
Garibaldi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garibaldi lands a jab to the head.
Makaki Iii shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Makaki Iii fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garibaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garibaldi looks to land a left hand but Makaki Iii moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Makaki Iii on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Makaki Iii.
That kick from Garibaldi tenderised Makaki Iii's leg. Makaki Iii is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Makaki Iii.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick which misses Makaki Iii's front leg but catches the back leg as Makaki Iii tries to avoid it.
Makaki Iii bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.#T3#
Garibaldi is looking to clinch.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Makaki Iii is having none of it.
Makaki Iii takes a jab right on the kisser.
Makaki Iii lunges at Garibaldi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garibaldi's hand.
Garibaldi misses with a low kick as Makaki Iii jumps back.
Nice defenses there by Garibaldi.
Makaki Iii throws a hook but Garibaldi avoids it easily.
Garibaldi is looking to clinch.
Garibaldi looks to land a right hand but Makaki Iii moved out of range.
A big left from Makaki Iii misses.
Makaki Iii throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
Makaki Iii tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garibaldi throws a hook but Makaki Iii blocks it.
Makaki Iii throws a lazy right hand but Garibaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garibaldi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Makaki Iii cracks the inside of Garibaldi's front leg.
Makaki Iii throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garibaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makaki Iii was well out of range. Poor timing from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
#T4#
Makaki Iii scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Makaki Iii throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Makaki Iii misses.
Garibaldi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Makaki Iii jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garibaldi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Makaki Iii is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Garibaldi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Garibaldi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Makaki Iii. That did some damage!
Makaki Iii takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
Makaki Iii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Makaki Iii breaks away and moves out of range.
Garibaldi cracks the inside of Makaki Iii's front leg.
Garibaldi lands a leg kick that knocks Makaki Iii off balance momentarily.
The fighters circling - Makaki Iii throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Makaki Iii moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Garibaldi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Makaki Iii with a jab.
Makaki Iii fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garibaldi checks it well.
Makaki Iii lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Makaki Iii lands with a straight right. Garibaldi didn't see that one coming.
Makaki Iii's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garibaldi under the eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yancy Makaki Iii dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
A clash of legs there as Garibaldi blocks the low kick.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Makaki Iii.
Makaki Iii throws a nice outside leg kick.
Makaki Iii throws a leg kick but Garibaldi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Makaki Iii fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Makaki Iii throws a poor cross that misses
#CL#
and Garibaldi counters by clinching up. #TD#
Garibaldi jumps guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle but Makaki Iii pushes his legs off easily.
#SUB#
Garibaldi has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Makaki Iii doesn't defend quickly enough and Garibaldi has managed to lock this one up! Can Makaki Iii escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Garibaldi on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Event:
Syn 657
Date: Nov 17, 2019 |
#R1#
A slow jab from Turner misses its intended target.
Garibaldi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donk. Turner catches Garibaldi right on the button with a cross.
Turner throws a hook but Garibaldi blocks it.
Turner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Turner throws a body shot but no joy.
Turner throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Turner finds it's way through Garibaldi's defenses.
Turner scores with a nice right hand.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turner bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Turner has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Elgin Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turner misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garibaldi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.#CL2#
Turner moves into the clinch successfully.
#TD#
Garibaldi manages to pull guard.
Turner's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Turner is continuing to stall.#T1#
Turner tries to free his leg and advance position but Garibaldi is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Turner gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Turner is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Turner trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB#
Garibaldi working for submissions but it's allowed Turner to get to half guard.
#SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Turner wants to free his trapped foot but Garibaldi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Garibaldi gets full guard.
Turner is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Garibaldi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Garibaldi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.#T2##SUB#
Garibaldi working for a triangle but Turner defends it easily.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Turner from controlling successfully.
Turner not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. #SUB#
Turner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Garibaldi is trying to control the position but Turner postures up.
Turner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Garibaldi is trying to keep Turner in close.
#SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle here but Turner uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
#T3#
Garibaldi seems a little lost for a moment, as Turner dominates the positioning.
Garibaldi struggling a bit here.
Garibaldi tries to buck Turner off but Turner is having none of it.
Garibaldi is trying to control Turner's posture but Turner avoids it.
A lull in the action here as Turner stalls from top position.
Garibaldi sneaks back into half guard.
Well, if Turner 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.
Turner wants to free his trapped foot but Garibaldi is holding on for dear life with his legs. #T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Well, if Turner 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.
Garibaldi gets full guard.#SUB#
Turner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Turner is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#SUB#
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Turner gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Turner slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. #SUB#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elgin Turner dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Turner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Garibaldi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Garibaldi cracks Turner with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Turner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turner lands with an uppercut that bounces Garibaldi off the cage and back into range.
Turner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garibaldi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Turner misses with a wild body shot.
Turner ducks right into an uppercut from Garibaldi. #CUT#
It looks like Elgin Turner has been cut.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Garibaldi blocks a jab.
Turner scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Garibaldi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Turner misses with a wild body shot.
Turner looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Garibaldi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Turner.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Garibaldi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. #T1#
Garibaldi walks into a stiff left hand from Turner.
Turner misses with a looping right.
Turner digs a good hook to Garibaldi's body.
Turner slips under a jab from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Turner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Turner lands a body shot.
Turner lands with a nice body punch.
A big right from Turner misses.
Turner cracks Garibaldi with an open hand slap.
Turner misses with a hook.
Garibaldi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Elgin Turner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Turner looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Garibaldi throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turner misses with a lunging right hand
#CL#
and Garibaldi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
#BC2#
Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#T2#
Turner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Turner avoids the body shot from Garibaldi.
Turner thuds a left hand into Garibaldi's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Garibaldi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Turner keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Turner scores with a hook.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turner.
Garibaldi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Turner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Turner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Turner swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Garibaldi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Garibaldi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Garibaldi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Turner jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Turner slips under a jab.#T3#
Nice straight punches there by Turner. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turner.
Turner cracks a nice hook into Garibaldi's ribs.
Turner throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
Turner checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A lazy left from Turner finds it's target.
Turner lands with an overhand left.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turner lands a jab to the nose.
Garibaldi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Garibaldi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Turner lands with a nice body punch.
Garibaldi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.#TD2#
Turner closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi tries to get to full guard but Turner has control of the leg. #T4##SUB#
Garibaldi actively working from the bottom here.
Garibaldi is trying to get back to full guard.
Garibaldi trying to control but Turner postures up.
Garibaldi tries to get to full guard but Turner has control of the leg.
Well, if Turner 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garibaldi trying to hold on to Turner's head to control him but Turner postures up.
Garibaldi tries to roll over but Turner keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elgin Turner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Elgin Turner's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Garibaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Turner is just out of range.
Turner loads up on a big right hand but Garibaldi slips the punch.
Turner throws a poor cross that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Turner misses.
Garibaldi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Turner swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Turner misses with a body shot.
Turner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Turner connects with the punch.
Turner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Garibaldi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick that misses.
Turner connects with a leg kick. Garibaldi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Turner looks to throw the jab but Garibaldi is out of range.
Turner tests Garibaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garibaldi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.#T1#
Turner lands a jab to the head.
Michael Garibaldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Turner scores with the left hand. Garibaldi knows he should have avoided that one. #TD2#
Turner looking to score a takedown here. Garibaldi is defending well but Turner drives through and ends up in Garibaldi's guard.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Turner from controlling successfully. #SUB#
Garibaldi throws his legs up looking for a submission but Turner uses it to pass to side control.
Turner is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Garibaldi will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Garibaldi is trying to improve his position.
Turner trying to control the position but Garibaldi is working away.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Garibaldi tries to bench press Turner off him but Turner keeps the position.
Garibaldi sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Garibaldi is trying to get back to full guard.
Garibaldi has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Turner is working away from the top position though.
Turner prevents Garibaldi from improving his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi trying to hold on to Turner's head to control him but Turner postures up.
#T3#
Garibaldi is looking to improve his position.
Turner is controlling the pace.
Elgin Turner has got the better of the ground game so far.#SUB#
Garibaldi looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Turner looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Turner prevents Garibaldi from improving his position.
Garibaldi works his way to full guard. Good work.#SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
#T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.#SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Turner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garibaldi throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elgin Turner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Turner winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elgin Turner!
In his post fight interview, Elgin Turner started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Event:
Syn 653 Magufuli vs Robinson
Date: Oct 20, 2019 |
#R1#
Shoe tries to bum rush Garibaldi with a series of wild strikes but Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shoe. That's going to slow Garibaldi down.
Shoe throws a body kick that misses
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garibaldi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Shoe throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Shoe connects with a jab.
Gum Shoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some bone on bone action there as Garibaldi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
An attempted straight right counter from Garibaldi misses the target.
Garibaldi definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Shoe throws a sloppy head kick and Garibaldi moves out of range easily.
Garibaldi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shoe can pounce on him.
Decent striking displayed by Shoe there.
Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shoe.
Decent striking displayed by Shoe there.
Shoe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
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!
Shoe fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garibaldi on the side of the head.
Garibaldi scores with a jab to the head.
A slow jab from Garibaldi misses its intended target. #T1#
Shoe lands a leg kick that knocks Garibaldi off balance momentarily.
Shoe throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Shoe is just out of range.
Despite the aggression on Shoe's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Shoe sizes up Garibaldi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shoe misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shoe doesn't seem bothered though.
Shoe takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
#CUT#
It looks like Gum Shoe has been cut.
Shoe moves away from the strike by Garibaldi.
Shoe throws a right hand that misses
#KD#
and Garibaldi counters with a nice right hand that sends Shoe toppling to the canvas! Shoe scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Garibaldi finish him?!#ROC#
Shoe is rocked!
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 lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Shoe out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michael Garibaldi!
Our winner, Michael Garibaldi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Gum Shoe stepped up to the mic, saying 'I will stick to you like glue until I find you and keel yew!'.
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Event:
Syn 647 Built vs Arendse
Date: Sep 07, 2019 |
#R1#
Chikatchawan scores with a push kick.
Chikatchawan lets loose with a powerful body kick. Garibaldi will feel that in the morning.
Chikatchawan is looking to slow Garibaldi down with leg kicks.
Garibaldi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Chikatchawan. Chikatchawan obviously looking to wear him down.
Garibaldi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chikatchawan. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garibaldi avoids a kick to the body.
Chikatchawan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Garibaldi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick from Chikatchawan misses.
Chikatchawan looks for the body kick but Garibaldi saw that one coming.
A nice side step and Garibaldi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Chikatchawan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chikatchawan has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.#T1#
Good leg kick by Chikatchawan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Chikatchawan misses with a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chikatchawan. That's going to slow Garibaldi down.
Garibaldi throws a body punch but Chikatchawan moves out of range.
Chikatchawan throws an off balance right hand
and Garibaldi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Chikatchawan misses the shot to the body.
Chikatchawan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Garibaldi lands a glancing blow to the side of Chikatchawan's head.
That kick from Chikatchawan tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Chikatchawan takes one on the button.#T2#
Chikatchawan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Chikatchawan.
Garibaldi throws a big shot that misses.
Chikatchawan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A slow jab from Chikatchawan misses its intended target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi lands with an overhand left.
Chikatchawan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chikatchawan misses with a body kick.
Garibaldi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chikatchawan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Chikatchawan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garibaldi stuns Chikatchawan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chikatchawan defending well as Garibaldi loads up on a big left hand.
Chikatchawan throwing a counter right hand but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.#T3#
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan cracks Garibaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Garibaldi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Garibaldi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chikatchawan counters with a nice body kick.
Garibaldi misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garibaldi throws a jab but it's blocked by Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Garibaldi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Garibaldi slips a straight right by Chikatchawan.
Garibaldi flicks out a counter leg kick but Chikatchawan steps away.
Garibaldi throws a jab but it's blocked by Chikatchawan. #T4#
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Garibaldi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Chikatchawan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chikatchawan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Chikatchawan moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chikatchawan lands a nice looking body kick.
Chikatchawan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garibaldi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chikatchawan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chikatchawan misses with a hook. Garibaldi ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsoko Chikatchawan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Chikatchawan looks to land a body kick but Garibaldi moved away.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Chikatchawan swinging wildly here.
Garibaldi only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Chikatchawan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garibaldi throws the left hand but Chikatchawan avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chikatchawan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Chikatchawan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garibaldi lands a nice hook to Chikatchawan's body. Chikatchawan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Garibaldi throws a right hand that misses
and Chikatchawan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garibaldi looks to land a combination but Chikatchawan avoids it well. #T1#
Chikatchawan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Garibaldi. Garibaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
Garibaldi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan throws a solid leg kick but Garibaldi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chikatchawan swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi misses with a hook. Chikatchawan ducked under it nicely.
Chikatchawan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garibaldi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Chikatchawan to score with a decent uppercut.
An inside leg kick lands from Chikatchawan.
Garibaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
#T2#
Garibaldi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chikatchawan in his tracks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garibaldi. That's going to slow Chikatchawan down.
Chikatchawan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Garibaldi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chikatchawan throws a push kick but Garibaldi slaps the foot to one side.
Chikatchawan works Garibaldi's body with a nice hook.
Garibaldi blocks a low kick nicely.
Tsoko Chikatchawan is winning the standup battle so far.
Garibaldi connects with an inside leg kick.#CL2#
Garibaldi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chikatchawan misses with the head strike.
Chikatchawan tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
#BC#
Chikatchawan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#T3#
Garibaldi connects with a body shot that sends Chikatchawan's belly button to the back.
Garibaldi avoids a kick to the body.
Chikatchawan connects with a right hand. Garibaldi shakes it off.
Garibaldi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chikatchawan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Garibaldi scores with the left hand. Chikatchawan knows he should have avoided that one.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Chikatchawan moves out of range.
Chikatchawan throwing a counter right hand but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chikatchawan connects with a solid leg kick.
Chikatchawan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
#T4#
Chikatchawan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Garibaldi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chikatchawan doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chikatchawan scores with a nice body kick.
Garibaldi throws a shot from downtown. Chikatchawan moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Chikatchawan lunges at Garibaldi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garibaldi's hand.
Garibaldi tests Chikatchawan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garibaldi defending well as Chikatchawan loads up on a big left hand.
Chikatchawan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsoko Chikatchawan dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
Garibaldi blocks the body kick.
Garibaldi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a looping right.
Chikatchawan throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Chikatchawan lands with an overhand left.
Chikatchawan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chikatchawan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chikatchawan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garibaldi.
Chikatchawan throws a head kick but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
#T1#
Chikatchawan scores with the left hand. Garibaldi knows he should have avoided that one.
Chikatchawan feints and then cracks Garibaldi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garibaldi down.
Garibaldi misses with a leg kick
and Chikatchawan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chikatchawan thumps Garibaldi with a low kick.
Garibaldi misses with a left hand
enabling Chikatchawan to counter with a crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Chikatchawan misses the target.
Garibaldi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Garibaldi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chikatchawan's head backwards.
Chikatchawan checks a low kick from Garibaldi.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
A clash of legs there as Garibaldi blocks the low kick.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the side of Chikatchawan's head but Chikatchawan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chikatchawan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#CL2#
Garibaldi drives through and clinches with Chikatchawan against the cage.
Chikatchawan prevents a body shot from Garibaldi. #TD2#
Garibaldi pulls guard. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Chikatchawan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. #SUB2#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for a guillotine here but Chikatchawan defends easily.
You can see that Garibaldi has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks#T3#
Garibaldi being controlled here, momentarily. #SU#
Chikatchawan stands up and waves to Garibaldi to follow him.
Chikatchawan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garibaldi.
Chikatchawan jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Chikatchawan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chikatchawan missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garibaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chikatchawan was well out of range. Poor timing from Garibaldi.
A slow jab from Garibaldi misses its intended target. #T4#
Garibaldi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chikatchawan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chikatchawan went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Garibaldi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garibaldi throws a poor cross that misses
and Chikatchawan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chikatchawan throws a leg kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Garibaldi wants to counter with a clinch but Chikatchawan pushes him away.
Garibaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chikatchawan is looking to counter punch.
Garibaldi misses with a wild body shot.
Chikatchawan connects with a crisp jab.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tsoko Chikatchawan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garibaldi misses with a left hand
and Chikatchawan counters with a good low kick that Garibaldi was not able to check.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tsoko Chikatchawan.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chikatchawan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tsoko Chikatchawan!
In his post fight interview, Tsoko Chikatchawan started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Event:
Syn 644 Marciano vs Murphy
Date: Aug 17, 2019 |
#R1#
Garibaldi takes one to the side of the head.
Garibaldi defending well as Robinson loads up on a big left hand.
Garibaldi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Robinson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Robinson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Garibaldi backs up against the cage.
Garibaldi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Robinson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garibaldi scrambles back to his feet.
Robinson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garibaldi is looking to counter the offense by Robinson and move into the clinch.
Robinson throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Robinson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garibaldi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Robinson.
Garibaldi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Robinson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robinson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Garibaldi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Robinson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #T1#
Robinson throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
Garibaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Robinson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Robinson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garibaldi on the side of the head.
Robinson lands with an uppercut that bounces Garibaldi off the cage and back into range.
Robinson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garibaldis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Robinson throws a hook but Garibaldi avoids it easily.
Robinson throws a nice head kick!
#KD2#
Robinson drops Garibaldi with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Garibaldi looks back up at him and smiles so Robinson waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
#ROC2#
Garibaldi is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Robinson.
Robinson walks into a straight right hand from Garibaldi.
Robinson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Oh Garibaldi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!#T2#
Robinson throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi seems to have got his legs back now.
Robinson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garibaldi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Robinson manages to circle out of the way.
Robinson misses with a looping right.#CL#
Garibaldi forces Robinson back against the cage and clinches.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Robinson controls the action.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Robinson lands a shot to the body.
Robinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#TD#
Garibaldi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Robinson uses from the top position.
Robinson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Robinson from controlling successfully.
Garibaldi keeping full guard, as Robinson tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T3##SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
#SUB#
Garibaldi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Garibaldi is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. #SUB#
Garibaldi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Robinson defends it easily.
Robinson stays in close to Garibaldi's body and controls the position.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Robinson from controlling successfully.
Robinson stays in close to Garibaldi's body and controls the position. #T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Garibaldi is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. #SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Robinson passes into side control.
Garibaldi struggling a bit here.
Garibaldi is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Robinson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Garibaldi tries to reverse the position but Robinson maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garibaldi wants to hold on but Robinson pushes him away.
Robinson tries to control but Garibaldi wriggling away.
Robinson controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ja Wuan Robinson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Robinson throws a head kick that misses.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Robinson scores with a jab. Garibaldi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice defenses there by Garibaldi.
As Robinson tries to get set, Garibaldi tries to push him back and clinch up but Robinson manages to avoid the attempt.
Robinson misses with a double jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Robinson.
A combination from Robinson does no damage.
Robinson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garibaldi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Robinson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Garibaldi doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson misses with a straight right.
Garibaldi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Robinson.
Robinson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Robinson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Robinson. #T1#
Garibaldi looks to land a left hand but Robinson moved out of range nicely.
Garibaldi scores with a jab.#CL#
Robinson tries to keep at a distance but Garibaldi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Robinson.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Robinson blocks it.
Robinson misses with a body punch.
#TD#
Garibaldi jumps guard and drags Robinson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Garibaldi is trying to keep Robinson in close.
Robinson stays in close to Garibaldi's body and controls the position.
Garibaldi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Robinson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#T2#
Garibaldi is trying to control the position but Robinson postures up.
Robinson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Let's hope that Robinson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.#REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Garibaldi works Robinson's body with a nice hook.
Ja Wuan Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T3#
Garibaldi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Robinson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi.
Robinson throws a head kick that misses.
Jab, jab by Robinson - just one landing.
Garibaldi throws an off balance right hand
and Robinson counters with a stiff right hand.
Garibaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi loads up on a big right hand but Robinson slips the punch.
Robinson throws out a powerful jab.
Robinson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garibaldi. Garibaldi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Robinson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garibaldi takes one on the button.#T4#
Robinson dips to his left and cracks Garibaldi with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robinson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Robinson breaks away and moves out of range.
Garibaldi misses with a wild body shot.
Robinson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robinson throws out a counter right but Garibaldi avoids it with no problem.
Nice shot lands for Robinson.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robinson. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Robinson.
Robinson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Robinson.
Robinson misses the shot to the body.
Robinson looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ja Wuan Robinson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Robinson throws a hook but Garibaldi blocks it.
Robinson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robinson moves away.
Robinson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Robinson misses with a head kick.
As Robinson tries to get set, Garibaldi tries to push him back and clinch up but Robinson manages to avoid the attempt.
Robinson throws a head kick that Garibaldi semi-blocks.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robinson.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Robinson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi tries to clinch there but Robinson circles away.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Robinson.
Garibaldi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Robinson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garibaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.#T1#
Garibaldi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Robinson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Garibaldi in his tracks.
Garibaldi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Robinson ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Robinson misses with a hook.
Robinson throws a sloppy head kick and Garibaldi moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Robinson.
Garibaldi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Robinson misses.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Robinson breaks away and moves out of range.
Robinson misses with a looping left.
As Robinson tries to get set, Garibaldi tries to push him back and clinch up but Robinson manages to avoid the attempt.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Robinson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Robinson throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
Ja Wuan Robinson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Robinson.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Robinson breaks away and moves out of range.
Robinson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Garibaldi thows a leg kick but Robinson checks it
and Robinson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Robinson throws a head kick that misses.
Robinson throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robinson throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Robinson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.#T3#
Robinson misses with a wild combination.
Garibaldi ducks right into an uppercut from Robinson.
Garibaldi throws the left hand but Robinson avoids the punch easily.
Robinson lands an overhand right.
Garibaldi slips a jab and a cross from Robinson.
Garibaldi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.#CL#
Garibaldi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Garibaldi blocks a body shot from Robinson.
A shot in the inside from Robinson.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Robinson avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage. #T4#
Robinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Robinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow. #BC2#
Robinson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Robinson.
Garibaldi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Robinson.
Robinson takes one to the side of the head.
Robinson scores with a hook to the body. Garibaldi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robinson throws a head kick but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Robinson throws a one two combo.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Robinson.
Robinson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Garibaldi ducks right into an uppercut from Robinson.
Garibaldi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ja Wuan Robinson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Robinson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ja Wuan Robinson!
A very excited looking Ja Wuan Robinson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Event:
Syn 641 Murphy vs Magufuli
Date: Jul 27, 2019 |
#R1#
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Garibaldi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox with a hook.
Knox lands a body shot.
Knox looks to land a body kick but Garibaldi moved away.
Garibaldi avoids the head kick by Knox.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Archibald Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garibaldi feints and then cracks Knox's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Knox down.
A bone on bone clash there as Knox blocks the leg kick.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Knox throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Garibaldi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Knox momentarily.
A big right from Knox misses.
It seemed like Garibaldi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Garibaldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Knox on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.#T1#
Garibaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
A jab lands there for Garibaldi.#CL2#
Knox gets tackled into the cage by Garibaldi. Garibaldi maintains the clinch.
Garibaldi lands with a right to the head.
Knox tries to circle away but Garibaldi has him pinned against the cage.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
I was talking to Knox's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox misses with the head strike.
#BC#
Knox manages to break the clinch.
Knox lands with a hook. Garibaldi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Knox lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
A chopping leg kick lands by Knox.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garibaldi. That's going to slow Knox down.
Decent striking displayed by Knox there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses. #T2#
Garibaldi looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
Garibaldi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Knox thumps Garibaldi with a low kick.
Knox throws a sloppy body shot
and Garibaldi counters with an outside leg kick.
Garibaldi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knox. That's going to slow Garibaldi down.
Knox on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Knox scores with a jab to the body.
Garibaldi takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Garibaldi tries to bum rush Knox with a series of wild strikes but Knox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick from Knox misses.
Knox throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knox misses with a straight right. #T3#
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garibaldi throws out the jab.
Garibaldi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Knox lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garibaldi.
Knox appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Garibaldi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knox pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knox moves into range and connects with a jab.
Donk. Knox catches Garibaldi right on the button with a cross.
Nice cross by Knox.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Knox misses. #T4#
Knox misses with a double jab.
Knox misses with a hook.#CL2#
Garibaldi moves into range and clinches up with Knox.
Knox is trying to break the clinch but Garibaldi has him pressed against the cage.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knox working hard to break the clinch.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Knox misses with the head strike.
Knox blocks a body shot from Garibaldi. #BC#
Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knox misses with a looping left.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Knox throws out a powerful jab.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Archibald Knox dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Knox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Knox thumps Garibaldi with a low kick.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
A big left from Garibaldi misses.
Garibaldi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox throws a lazy head kick
and Garibaldi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knox pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knox is looking to slow Garibaldi down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Garibaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garibaldi flicks out a counter leg kick but Knox steps away.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land. #T1#
Nice uppercut lands for Knox. That snapped Garibaldi's head back.
Knox throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garibaldi.
Knox takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Knox misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garibaldi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Garibaldi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garibaldi cracks Knox with an open hand slap.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Knox.
Knox misses with a straight right.
Knox cracks Garibaldi with an open hand slap.
A jab from Knox misses.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox throws a hook but Garibaldi blocks it.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. #T2#
Garibaldi scores with a decent looking hook.
Archibald Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garibaldi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Knox.
Garibaldi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Knox.
Knox misses with a wild body shot. #CL2#
Garibaldi has managed to clinch.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
#BC#
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knox misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garibaldi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi swinging wildly here.
Garibaldi moves into range and connects with a jab. #T3#
Knox misses with a looping left.
Garibaldi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Knox is having none of it.
Knox throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A good leg kick by Knox.
Knox throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garibaldi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Garibaldi connects with a body shot.
Garibaldi defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garibaldi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.#T4#
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
Knox half committed to a counter leg kick.
Garibaldi throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Knox pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Knox backs off Garibaldi throws a huge counter combo but Knox manages to avoid it all.
No joy there for Knox, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Garibaldi slips the punch.
Knox with a nice cross.
Garibaldi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knox manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garibaldi lands a jab to the nose.
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 Archibald Knox will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
Knox misses with a hook
and Garibaldi counters with a stiff right hand.
Garibaldi walks into a jab.
Garibaldi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Garibaldi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Garibaldi connects with a right hand. Knox shakes it off.
Knox slips a straight right by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garibaldi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knox takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Garibaldi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Garibaldi dodges the punch combination from Knox.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Knox - just one landing. #T1#
Garibaldi scores with a sloppy right hand. Knox should have avoided that one.
Knox attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Knox scores with a one two! Garibaldi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Knox slips under a jab.
Knox throws a body kick that misses.
Knox throws a quick inside leg kick.
Knox fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garibaldi.
Knox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Garibaldi wants to counter the offense by Knox and move into the clinch position.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knox paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Garibaldi.
Knox connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Archibald Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#T2#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garibaldi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knox takes one to the chin there.
Garibaldi throws an off balance right hand
and Knox counters with a good low kick that Garibaldi was not able to check.
Garibaldi misses with a hook.
Garibaldi takes one to the chin there.
Knox looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garibaldi looks to land a combination but Knox avoids it well.
Knox connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Garibaldi's hands.
Knox lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Knox connects with a nice looking jab.
#CL2#
Garibaldi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garibaldi has him pressed against the cage.#T3#
Garibaldi tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #TD2#
Garibaldi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Knox uses from the top position. #SUB2#
Garibaldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Knox can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. #SUB2#
Garibaldi has his foot on Knox's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Knox works his way back into a safe position though.
Knox is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.#SUB2#
Garibaldi working for a triangle but Knox defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T4#
Knox content to stall in guard here.
Knox trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knox is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Archibald Knox.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Knox, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Archibald Knox!
Post fight, an emotional Archibald Knox said 'Slurped on his own blood, mother fucker!'.
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Event:
Syn 638 San Pedro vs Keenan 3
Date: Jul 06, 2019 |
#R1#
Stewart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Garibaldi tries to score with a low kick but Stewart moves his leg out of the way.
The fighters circling - Garibaldi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stewart moves into range and connects with a jab.
Garibaldi misses with a head kick.
Garibaldi connects with an inside leg kick.
Garibaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Garibaldi misses with a lunging right hand
and Stewart counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Garibaldi thinking.
Garibaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. #T1#
Stewart checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.#KD#
Garibaldi lands a big head kick that sends Stewart tumbling to the mat! Garibaldi takes a step backwards and waves Stewart back to his feet - he wants the finish!#ROC#
Stewart is rocked!#CUT#
It looks like Don Stewart has been cut.
Stewart cracks Garibaldi with a good jab.
Garibaldi lands a nice hook to Stewart's body. Stewart takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. #CL#
Garibaldi forces Stewart back against the cage and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garibaldi tries to work over Stewart's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stewart throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Garibaldi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stewart backwards.
Stewart tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Stewart misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stewart lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stewart is leaning against Garibaldi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Stewart lands a right hand.
Stewart goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stewart scores with a shot to the side of Garibaldi's head. #T2#
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stewart tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Stewart back against the cage. #TD#
Garibaldi pulls guard.
Stewart controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #SUB#
Stewart is posturing up here but Garibaldi has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Stewart tries to roll out but it's too tight and Stewart has to tap! Slick submission there by Garibaldi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Michael Garibaldi!
A very excited looking Michael Garibaldi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Event:
Syn 633 Boagrius vs Slice
Date: Jun 01, 2019 |
#R1#
Mendez works the jab nicely.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Mendez misses with a series of wild punches.
Garibaldi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mendez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garibaldi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Garibaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Mendez is just out of range.
A big right from Mendez misses.
Mendez throws an off balance right hand
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garibaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mendez.
Garibaldi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Mendez to counter with a crisp jab.
Mendez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
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!
Mendez throws a nice looking combination but Garibaldi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mendez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mendez looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
A left lands for Mendez.#T1#
Mendez misses with a hook
#KD#
and Garibaldi counters with a nice right hand that sends Mendez toppling to the canvas! Mendez scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Garibaldi finish him?!#ROC#
Mendez is rocked!
Garibaldi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mendez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mendez is still on wobbly legs! Can Garibaldi finish him?#CL#
Garibaldi clinches up against the cage.
Mendez is trying to break the clinch but Garibaldi has him pressed against the cage.
Mendez is trying to break the clinch but Garibaldi is controlling him.
Garibaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mendez backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hand to the body from Garibaldi.
Mendez looks winded!
A hook to the body from Garibaldi.
A short right from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a body punch.
Garibaldi pushes Mendez against the cage. Garibaldi is working some dirty boxing. Garibaldi pushes off with a quick right hook! Mendez goes down! Mendez tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Garibaldi moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, 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.
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Event:
CEC 648
Date: Mar 22, 2019 |
#R1#
Masterson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masterson.
Masterson dips to his left and cracks Garibaldi with an uppercut!
A slow jab from Masterson misses its intended target.
Garibaldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Valentine Masterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masterson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Masterson misses with an uppercut.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Masterson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice jab there from Masterson.
Garibaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Masterson throws a body shot but no joy.
Masterson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Masterson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi with a jab.
Garibaldi loads up on a big right hand but Masterson slips the punch.#T1#
Garibaldi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters circling - Garibaldi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masterson misses with an uppercut. Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Garibaldi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Garibaldi doesn't manage to clinch there - Masterson circles away.
Masterson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Masterson.
Masterson misses with a body kick.
Masterson misses with a body kick.
Masterson misses with a straight left.
Masterson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Garibaldi is looking to counter with head kicks.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Masterson moves out of range. #CL#
Garibaldi moves into the clinch successfully.
Masterson can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Garibaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
#T2#
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
Masterson lands a nice shot to the body.
Garibaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Masterson won't allow it.
Masterson misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hook to the body lands for Masterson.
Masterson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but Masterson has him pressed against the cage.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Masterson avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Masterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Masterson.
Masterson working aggressively here.
#TD#
Garibaldi jumps guard.
#SUB#
Garibaldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Garibaldi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#T3#
Masterson trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
Masterson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Masterson trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #SUB#
Masterson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Masterson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Masterson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Masterson throws a strike but Garibaldi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVR#
Masterson pulls Garibaldi in close to prevent any damage. #T4#
Garibaldi postures up.
Masterson is pulling down on Garibaldi's head to control his posture.
Let's hope that Masterson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Masterson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Garibaldi pushing down on Masterson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Masterson trying to control from the bottom.
Masterson holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Garibaldi is looking to advance position but Masterson won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Valentine Masterson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Masterson throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Valentine Masterson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Masterson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Masterson.
Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masterson.
Garibaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Masterson.
Some wild striking there from Masterson.
Garibaldi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Masterson.
Masterson throws a poor cross that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Masterson.
Masterson throws a leg kick
and Garibaldi finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Garibaldi misses with a wild body shot.
Masterson throws out a counter right but Garibaldi avoids it with no problem.
Garibaldi avoids the head kick by Masterson.
Garibaldi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Masterson checks it well. #T1#
Masterson cracks Garibaldi with an open hand slap.
Masterson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Masterson throws a leg kick that misses.
Garibaldi misses with a looping left.
An inside leg kick from Masterson misses.
Garibaldi moves in looking to clinch but Masterson pushes him off.
Masterson is looking for the big counter here.#CL#
Garibaldi closes the distance and clinches.
Masterson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Masterson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Masterson misses with the head strike.
Masterson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Masterson lands a nice shot to the body.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Masterson controls his hands.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the head.
Masterson blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garibaldi jumps guard but Masterson stands there with Garibaldi around his waist. Garibaldi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
#T2#
Garibaldi pushes Masterson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #TD2#
Masterson gets control of Garibaldi's arms and successfully pulls guard. Masterson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi wants to control from the top but Masterson keeps moving.
Masterson looking to control.
#T3#
Masterson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A cross from Garibaldi lands.
Masterson looks to throw the jab but Garibaldi is out of range.
Masterson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Garibaldi.
Masterson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Garibaldi moves into range and connects with a jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Garibaldi.#T4#
Masterson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Masterson scores with a head kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Masterson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Masterson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Garibaldi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Masterson. Masterson obviously looking to wear him down.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masterson.
Masterson misses with a straight left.
Masterson tried to score with a low kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Masterson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garibaldis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Garibaldi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Valentine Masterson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3#
Garibaldi missing with a left hand there. Masterson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Masterson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Masterson throws a big shot that misses.
Garibaldi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Masterson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Masterson avoids a kick to the body.
No joy there for Masterson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Masterson throws a head kick that half lands.
Garibaldi fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi tries to bum rush Masterson with a series of wild strikes but Masterson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A chopping leg kick lands by Masterson.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.#T1#
Garibaldi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Masterson tries to work over Garibaldi's front leg with a kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Masterson blocks a head kick by Garibaldi.
A little jabbing left from Masterson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Masterson.
Nice shot lands for Masterson.
Garibaldi lands with a kick to the temple. Masterson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Garibaldi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Masterson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Masterson throws a leg kick that is checked#CL#
and Garibaldi counters by moving into the clinch.
Masterson misses with the head strike.
Masterson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Masterson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Masterson to keep the fight standing.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Masterson looking to throw knees to the head but Garibaldi is blocking nicely.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Masterson misses with some punches.
Masterson lands with a left to the head.
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 goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Masterson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards. #BC2#
Masterson manages to break the clinch.
Garibaldi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Masterson can pounce on him.
Masterson loads up on a big right hand but Garibaldi slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi thinks about countering with a head kick.
Garibaldi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Masterson. That's going to slow Garibaldi down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Masterson.
Masterson throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Masterson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Garibaldi doesn't seem bothered though.
Garibaldi connects with a looping right hand.
#T3#
Masterson throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Masterson thuds his shin into the meat of Garibaldi's side.
Garibaldi throws a head kick but Masterson moves out of range.
Garibaldi misses with a series of wild punches.
Masterson misses with an uppercut.
Masterson lands a nice shot that snaps Garibaldi's head back.
Masterson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Masterson scoring well with a low kick there.
Masterson scores with a leg kick.
Masterson misses with an uppercut.
Garibaldi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Masterson finds it's way round the side to connect with Garibaldi's head. #T4#
Masterson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Masterson misses with a hook
and Garibaldi counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garibaldi takes one to the chin there.
Masterson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Masterson scores with a body shot.
Good exchange - Masterson coming out on top.
Masterson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Garibaldi is looking to clinch but Masterson is avoiding it.
Masterson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Masterson misses with a looping left.
Masterson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Valentine Masterson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Garibaldi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Valentine Masterson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Masterson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Valentine Masterson!
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Event:
CEC 644
Date: Feb 27, 2019 |
#R1#
Garibaldi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. #CL#
Garibaldi closes the distance and pushes Calacon back into the cage.#BC2#
Calacon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garibaldi scores with a jab. Calacon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Calacon.
Calacon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
#CL#
and Garibaldi counters by moving into the clinch.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Calacon's elbow.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Calacon controls the action.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Calacon avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Garibaldi tries to work over Calacon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Calacon to keep the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Calacon forces him back to his feet, against the cage.#BC2#
Calacon breaks the clinch.
Conrad Calacon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calacon throws a hook but Garibaldi avoids it easily.
Calacon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Calacon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garibaldi circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garibaldi tried to counter with a leg kick but Calacon avoided it.#T1#
Garibaldi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Calacon. Calacon obviously looking to wear him down.
Calacon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Calacon wants to land a leg kick but Garibaldi is out of range.
Garibaldi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Calacon.
Garibaldi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Garibaldi tries to move into range but Calacon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Calacon has time to react.
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 uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Calacon.
Garibaldi is looking to counter the offense by Calacon and move into the clinch.
Calacon takes one to the chin there.
Calacon throws a leg kick which misses Garibaldi's front leg but catches the back leg as Garibaldi tries to avoid it.
Calacon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garibaldi circles away quickly and effectively.
Calacon throws a nice looking combination but Garibaldi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.#T2#
Calacon misses with a looping right.
Calacon looks to land a right hand but Garibaldi moved out of range.
Calacon just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromGaribaldi.
A big left from Calacon misses.
The fighters circling - Calacon throws out the jab but it was never going to land. #CL#
Garibaldi darts in and clinches Calacon up against the cage.
Calacon has had enough of the clinch but Garibaldi keeps him there for the moment.
Garibaldi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Garibaldi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the head.
Calacon blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Calacon blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Calacon lands a nice uppercut.
Calacon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Calacon's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garibaldi. #T3#
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses. #BC2#
Calacon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Calacon takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Calacon.
Calacon just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromGaribaldi.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.
It looked like Garibaldi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Calacon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garibaldi.
A jab from Calacon does it's job there.
Calacon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garibaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Calacon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A lazy left from Garibaldi finds it's target.#CL2#
Calacon moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Calacon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. #T4#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garibaldi cracks Calacon with a nice body shot.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Calacon blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi pushes Calacon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Calacon tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Calacon back against the cage.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Calacon blocks it.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Calacon.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Calacon controls his hands.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Calacon tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
Garibaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Calacon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Calacon's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Conrad Calacon will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Calacon falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Calacon tries to clinch but Garibaldi moves away
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Calacon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi throwing a counter right hand but Calacon manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi throws out a powerful jab.#ROC#
Calacon is rocked!
Garibaldi looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Garibaldi backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Calacon's temple! It sends Calacon violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Garibaldi celebrates and the doctors try to help Calacon!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Michael Garibaldi!
A relieved looking Michael Garibaldi 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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Event:
CEC 639
Date: Jan 25, 2019 |
#R1#
Stoker darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Garibaldi is looking to clinch.
Garibaldi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stoker with a jab.
Garibaldi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stoker catches Garibaldi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stoker fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garibaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garibaldi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stoker is able to avoid easily.
Stoker tried to counter with a leg kick but Garibaldi avoided it.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Stoker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stoker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Edward Stoker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stoker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stoker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Stoker slips a straight right by Garibaldi.
Jab by Stoker.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi throws a body kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Garibaldi.
Stoker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stoker has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Stoker is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Stoker misses the shot to the body. #T1#
Garibaldi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stoker jabs at Garibaldi's body.
Stoker missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Stoker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garibaldi has time to react.
Garibaldi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stoker stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Stoker lands a body shot.
Stoker tries to score with a low kick but Garibaldi moves his leg out of the way.
Stoker lands a head shot.
Stoker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to counter with a clinch but Stoker shakes him off and moves away.
Garibaldi scores with a body shot.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stoker.
Stoker motions for Garibaldi to come forward. Stoker throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stoker scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stoker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stoker throws a sloppy body shot
and Garibaldi counters with a head kick. That will keep Stoker thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Stoker slips under a jab.#T2#
Garibaldi misses with the body kick
and Stoker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stoker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stoker tests Garibaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stoker throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi flicks out a counter leg kick but Stoker steps away.
Garibaldi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stoker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stoker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi catches Stoker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!#CUT2#
It looks like Edward Stoker has been cut.
Stoker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Garibaldi. Stoker shrugs it off though. #KD2#
Garibaldi sends Stoker crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Garibaldi is motioning to the referee to let Stoker up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!#ROC2#
Stoker is rocked!
Stoker fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garibaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Oh Stoker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stoker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stoker seems to have got his legs back now.
Stoker swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi ducks right into an uppercut from Stoker.
Stoker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Stoker.
#T3#
The fight stays on the outside here - Garibaldi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Stoker moves out of range easily.
Stoker misses with an uppercut.
Garibaldi wants to clinch up but Stoker keeps it at a distance.
Stoker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Stoker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stoker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stoker misses the jab.
Stoker looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
Stoker lands a jab to the head.
Stoker connects with a body shot.
Stoker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi walks into a straight right hand from Stoker.
Stoker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.#T4#
Stoker takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
Garibaldi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stoker moves out of range as Garibaldi throws a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi walks into a left hand.
Stoker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Garibaldi's calf.
Garibaldi looks to throw a body kick
and Stoker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stoker avoids a kick to the body.
Stoker loads up on a big right hand but Garibaldi slips the punch.
Garibaldi unleashes a big counter combination but Stoker bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Stoker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stoker looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Stoker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stoker looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A big right from Garibaldi misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stoker throws a hook but Garibaldi avoids it easily.
Garibaldi throws out a counter right but Stoker avoids it with no problem.
Garibaldi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Garibaldi misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Stoker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edward Stoker'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.
#R2#
Stoker digs a good body shot into Garibaldi's ribs.
Garibaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stoker.
Garibaldi flicks out a counter leg kick but Stoker steps away.
Stoker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stoker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Stoker.
Stoker stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Garibaldi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from Stoker misses its intended target.
Stoker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Stoker.
Stoker connects with a leg kick. Garibaldi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Garibaldi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Stoker has got the better of the exchanges.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stoker works the jab nicely.
Stoker looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
Garibaldi looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stoker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garibaldi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. #T1#
Garibaldi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stoker.
Garibaldi blocks a jab.
Stoker throws a chopping leg kick but Garibaldi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Stoker slips under a jab from Garibaldi.
Stoker lands a body shot.
Stoker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garibaldi.
Stoker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garibaldi lands a nice shot to the body.
Stoker throws a leg kick but Garibaldi moved away.
A head kick misses from Garibaldi.
Stoker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garibaldi on the side of the head.
Garibaldi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stoker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Stoker misses the shot to the body.
Stoker misses with a lunging right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely straight right hand!#T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stoker throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Stoker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garibaldi looks to throw the jab but Stoker is out of range.
Stoker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Garibaldi's calf.
Nice shot by Stoker.
Stoker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Stoker.
Stoker misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi looks to land a body kick but Stoker moved away.
Garibaldi is looking to clinch but Stoker is avoiding it.
Stoker misses with a low kick.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stoker cracks Garibaldi with an open hand slap.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stoker.
Stoker misses with a left hand
and Garibaldi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stoker scores with a nice head shot.
Stoker throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.#T3#
Jab from Stoker.
Stoker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Garibaldi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stoker checks a leg kick.
Garibaldi slips a straight right by Stoker.
Nice body punch from Stoker.
Stoker punishes Garibaldi's body with a nice straight punch.
Edward Stoker is winning the standup battle so far.
Garibaldi slips a straight right by Stoker.
Stoker scores with a jab. Garibaldi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Stoker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Stoker will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Stoker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garibaldi.
A punch lands to the side of Garibaldi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Stoker.
A left lands for Stoker.
Stoker loads up on a big right hand but Garibaldi slips the punch.#T4#
Garibaldi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Stoker misses with a hook
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stoker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the side of Stoker's head but Stoker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stoker lands a head shot.
Stoker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garibaldi. That did some damage!#CL2#
Garibaldi has Stoker up against the cage in a clinch.
#BC#
Stoker breaks from the clinch.
Garibaldi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good leg kick by Stoker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Stoker thuds his right hand into Garibaldi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.#CL2#
Garibaldi has managed to clinch.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Stoker.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
Stoker working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Stoker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Edward Stoker's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R3##CL2#
Garibaldi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Garibaldi misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stoker.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
#BC#
Stoker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garibaldi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stoker tests Garibaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garibaldi moves in looking to clinch but Stoker pushes him off.
A little feinted left hand from Stoker on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Garibaldi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stoker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stoker throws a shot to the body.
Garibaldi tries a head kick but it misses.
Garibaldi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stoker smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.#T1#
Garibaldi clobbers Stoker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Stoker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Stoker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Stoker checks a leg kick.
Stoker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garibaldi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Stoker misses with a hook.
Stoker throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stoker sets himself, and Garibaldi steps forward looking for the clinch! Stoker avoids it this time.
Garibaldi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stoker. Stoker obviously looking to wear him down.
Stoker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Stoker fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Stoker works the jab nicely.
Garibaldi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stoker scores with a leg kick.
#T2#
Stoker digs a good hook to Garibaldi's body.
Stoker scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Stoker.
Garibaldi misses with a looping right.
Nice straight punches there by Stoker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stoker.
Nice shot lands for Stoker.
Stoker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Nice defenses there by Stoker.
Stoker lands with a cross.
Garibaldi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big left from Stoker misses.
Stoker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garibaldi has time to react.
Stoker lands a lovely overhand right.
Garibaldi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.#T3#
Stoker lands with an uppercut that bounces Garibaldi off the cage and back into range.
Stoker throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Stoker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garibaldi.
Stoker lands a nice looking body shot.
Stoker slips a straight right by Garibaldi.
Stoker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stoker misses with a hook.
Garibaldi tries to counter with a clinch but Stoker shakes him off and moves away.
Garibaldi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Stoker looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Stoker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.#CL2#
Garibaldi clinches up with Stoker and pushes him back against the cage.
Stoker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
#BC#
Stoker breaks from the clinch.
#KD2#
Garibaldi feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Stoker sprawling to the canvas! Stoker rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Garibaldi finish him?!
#T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stoker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garibaldi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stoker's sensitive parts.
Stoker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Garibaldi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stoker is out of range and Garibaldi settles back down.
Stoker scores with a jab to the jaw.
Garibaldi misses the jab.
Stoker connects with a jab.
Stoker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garibaldi's sensitive parts.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good leg kick by Stoker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Stoker is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stoker swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Stoker misses with an uppercut
and Garibaldi counters with a left to the body.
Stoker slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Stoker clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Edward Stoker's cut.
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.
#R4#
Stoker throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Garibaldi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Stoker lands with a hook. Garibaldi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Stoker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Garibaldi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Stoker ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garibaldi looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Stoker throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stoker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stoker ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Stoker lands a nice shot that snaps Garibaldi's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stoker misses with a body punch
and Garibaldi counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Stoker misses its intended target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garibaldi! But no joy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Garibaldi. #CL2#
Garibaldi darts in and clinches Stoker up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Stoker - that landed with a thud.
#T1#
Garibaldi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Stoker walks away with a smile on his face. Garibaldi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Stoker punishes Garibaldi's body with a nice straight punch.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stoker lands a nice hook to Garibaldi's body. Garibaldi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stoker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stoker throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
Stoker throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
Garibaldi tries a quick counter leg kick but Stoker is wise to it.
Garibaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stoker comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stoker lands with a good body shot.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Stoker moves out of range easily.
Garibaldi checks a leg kick.
Stoker throws a good cross that connects.
Stoker slips a jab from Garibaldi.#T2#
Stoker wants to slow Garibaldi down by chopping away at his legs.
Stoker throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stoker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Garibaldi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Stoker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab from Stoker.
Nice straight punches there by Stoker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stoker.
Jab, jab by Stoker - just one landing.
Stoker lands a glancing blow to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Garibaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stoker.
Stoker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The fighters circling - Stoker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garibaldi throws the left hand but Stoker avoids the punch easily.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stoker connects with a leg kick. Garibaldi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. #T3#
Garibaldi walks into a jab.
Garibaldi misses with an uppercut.
Stoker lands a jab.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Stoker.
Stoker misses with a body shot.
Garibaldi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garibaldi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stoker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garibaldi has time to react.
Garibaldi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Stoker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stoker throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stoker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Garibaldi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Stoker misses with a jab, cross combination.
#T4#
Garibaldi is looking to land body kicks.
Garibaldi misses with a kick to the body.
Stoker jabs Garibaldi right on the nose. Garibaldi blinks but takes it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stoker.
Garibaldi tries to bum rush Stoker with a series of wild strikes but Stoker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stoker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A punch lands to the side of Garibaldi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Stoker takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Garibaldi blocks a low kick nicely.
Stoker circles away from the clinch attempt.
A shot to the liver by Stoker. Beautiful body shot.
Stoker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Stoker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garibaldi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Stoker had his way with Michael Garibaldi in that round.
The cut man is working on Edward Stoker's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R5#
Stoker misses with a body shot.
Garibaldi looks to land a left hand but Stoker moved out of range nicely.
Stoker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Stoker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garibaldi. That did some damage!
Stoker blocks a head kick by Garibaldi.
Stoker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Stoker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Stoker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garibaldi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stoker works Garibaldi's body with a nice hook.
Garibaldi misses with a wild body shot. #T1#
Garibaldi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stoker swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stoker. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice shot by Stoker.
Stoker ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Stoker lands a body shot.
Garibaldi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stoker swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stoker feints and then cracks Garibaldi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garibaldi down.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stoker throws a leg kick which misses Garibaldi's front leg but catches the back leg as Garibaldi tries to avoid it.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Stoker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stoker is looking to counter punch.
A big left from Garibaldi misses.
Stoker lands a nice hook to Garibaldi's body. Garibaldi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Garibaldi misses with a left hand
and Stoker counters with a right hand to the body.
Stoker cracks Garibaldi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
Stoker appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Stoker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi checks a leg kick nicely.
Stoker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Stoker.
Garibaldi thinks about the counter body kick.
Garibaldi scores with a hook to the body. Stoker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stoker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stoker thows a leg kick but Garibaldi checks it
and Garibaldi counters with a nice body kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Stoker throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garibaldi tries to move into range but Stoker moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Stoker moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stoker throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi counters with a body kick.#T3#
Stoker looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Stoker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice jab there from Garibaldi.
Stoker misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi throws a big counter head kick but Stoker avoids it with no problem.
Stoker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stoker takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Stoker throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
Stoker takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Garibaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Stoker.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garibaldi lands a jab to the head.
Stoker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garibaldi misses with a hook
and Stoker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#T4#
Stoker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stoker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Garibaldi.
Stoker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi lands a nice looking body kick.
Stoker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Stoker with a body shot.
Stoker misses with a looping right.
Stoker just misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi throws a big shot that misses.
Stoker thumps Garibaldi with a low kick.
Garibaldi blocks a jab.
Garibaldi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stoker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stoker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stoker feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garibaldis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that's the end of the fight!
Edward Stoker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stoker, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 50:45
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edward Stoker!
Edward Stoker retains his middleweight title!
Edward Stoker decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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CEC 637
Date: Jan 11, 2019 |
#R1#
Garibaldi drops his hands momentarily and Timmermans takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Garibaldi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Garibaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Timmermans avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donk. Garibaldi catches Timmermans right on the button with a cross.
Casper Timmermans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Garibaldi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A thudding body kick lands there by Garibaldi!
Timmermans moves out of range of the body kick from Garibaldi.
Timmermans throws a lazy right hand but Garibaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Timmermans does it's job there.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Timmermans.
Garibaldi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Timmermans.
Timmermans pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garibaldi misses with a low kick as Timmermans jumps back.
Michael Garibaldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T1#
The crowd cheers as Timmermans lands an impressive looking overhand right. Garibaldi doesn't seem phased though.
Timmermans cracks Garibaldi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garibaldi misses with a kick to the body #TD#
and Timmermans counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Timmermans scoring with some ground and pound.
Garibaldi has momentary wrist control but Timmermans slips an elbow through the middle.
Timmermans looking to sit in guard and control but Garibaldi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Garibaldi won't allow Timmermans to sweep him here.
Timmermans wants to hit a switch here but Garibaldi passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Timmermans there!
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 fails to move to back control. #T2#
Timmermans is trying to escape the mount.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Timmermans to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Timmermans shrugs it off.
Garibaldi tries to take his opponent's back but Timmermans turns with him and manages to move into guard on the top. Nice work. #SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Timmermans defends well.#T3#
Timmermans controls from within his opponent's guard.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Timmermans from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Timmermans is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Garibaldi is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.#T4#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.#SUB2#
Garibaldi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Timmermans can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. #SUB2#
Timmermans looking to improve position, pressing down on Garibaldi's thigh with his hand. Garibaldi seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Timmermans paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Timmermans's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Garibaldi picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Event:
CEC 635
Date: Dec 28, 2018 |
#R1#
Runnisto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A left lands for Runnisto.
Garibaldi throws a looping overhand right but Runnisto ducks down to avoid it.
Runnisto works the jab nicely.
Runnisto lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Runnisto throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Runnisto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Runnisto connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice uppercut lands for Runnisto. That snapped Garibaldi's head back.
Garibaldi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Runnisto misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Runnisto throws a right hand that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a nice body kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Runnisto!
A combination from Runnisto does no damage. #T1#
Runnisto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Runnisto throws a right and a left that Garibaldi avoids nicely.
Garibaldi looks to land a body kick but Runnisto moved away.
A nice combination there by Runnisto.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garibaldi blocks a jab.
Runnisto connects with a single shot there.#CL2#
Garibaldi clinches up against the cage.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garibaldi lands a shoulder strike.
Runnisto gets through Garibaldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garibaldi digs a right hand underneath Runnisto's ribcage. Runnisto let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Runnisto backwards.
Garibaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
#T2#
Garibaldi lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Runnisto fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Runnisto controls the action.
Runnisto misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Runnisto.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Runnisto's elbow.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Runnisto has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Runnisto.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Runnisto can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Garibaldi.
Runnisto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Runnisto controls his hands.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Runnisto controls his hands.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
#T3#
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Runnisto.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Runnisto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Runnisto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
#TD2#
Garibaldi pulls guard effortlessly. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for a guillotine here but Runnisto defends easily.
Runnisto stays in close to Garibaldi's body and controls the position. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Runnisto controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #T4#
Garibaldi is trying to control the position but Runnisto postures up.
Runnisto controls from within his opponent's guard. #SUB2#
Garibaldi throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Runnisto escapes and throws Garibaldi's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Runnisto slows the pace down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iikka Runnisto 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.
#R2#
Runnisto throws a nice looking combination but Garibaldi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Runnisto throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Garibaldi.
Runnisto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Runnisto misses with a hook. Garibaldi ducked under it nicely.
Runnisto misses with a looping left.
Iikka Runnisto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Runnisto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Runnisto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Runnisto throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Runnisto moves out of range of the body kick from Garibaldi.
Nice straight punches there by Garibaldi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Garibaldi.
Runnisto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Runnisto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garibaldi pushing out the jab but it's not landing. #T1#
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Runnisto.
Runnisto misses with a looping right.
A nice side step and Garibaldi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Garibaldi misses with a left hand
and Runnisto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Runnisto staying out of range there.
Runnisto keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Runnisto has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Runnisto throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
Runnisto misses with a two punch combination.
Garibaldi thinks about the counter body kick.
Runnisto misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Runnisto misses.
Runnisto misses with a looping right.
Runnisto throws a lazy uppercut
#KD2#
and Garibaldi counters with a head kick that drops Runnisto to the mat! Runnisto scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!#ROC2#
Runnisto is rocked!
Runnisto gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Garibaldi gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Runnisto is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Event:
CEC 629
Date: Nov 21, 2018 |
#R1#
Coyoca cracks the inside of Garibaldi's front leg.
Coyoca checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.#CL#
Coyoca moves into range and clinches up with Garibaldi.
Garibaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Coyoca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coyoca misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coyoca with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Coyoca's elbow.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi misses with the head strike.
Garibaldi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Coyoca creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garibaldi's defenses.
Coyoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coyoca blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Coyoca.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Coyoca definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Garibaldi managing to block the knees to the body from Coyoca.
Garibaldi lands a body punch.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Garibaldi as the two fighters clinch.
#T1#
Garibaldi scores with a shot to the side of Coyoca's head.
Garibaldi pushes Coyoca back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. #BC2#
Garibaldi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Coyoca tries to clinch there but Garibaldi circles away.
Coyoca blocks a head kick by Garibaldi.
Coyoca takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Garibaldi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Garibaldi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garibaldi walks into a left hand.
Coyoca tests Garibaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Coyoca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. #CL2#
Garibaldi closes the distance and pushes Coyoca back into the cage.
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!
Coyoca tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
#T2#
Coyoca scores a nice knee to the body.
Coyoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Coyoca goes for a takedown attempt but Garibaldi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
#CL2#
Garibaldi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Garibaldi.
Coyoca misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Coyoca lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garibaldi.
Coyoca trying to land knees to the body.
Coyoca lands an elbow inside that Garibaldi shrugs off.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Coyoca avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Coyoca tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coyoca is looking for a takedown.#T3#
Garibaldi misses with some punches.
Coyoca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Coyoca is working Garibaldi over against the cage.
Coyoca misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Garibaldi.
A shot in the inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Garibaldi.
A right hook to the body lands for Garibaldi.
Coyoca is breathing heavily.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Coyoca avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Garibaldi scores with a hook to the body.
A body shot lands from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands with a right to the head.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Coyoca pushes off an throws an elbow but Garibaldi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Garibaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Coyoca controls the action.
Coyoca tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Coyoca back against the cage.
Coyoca can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Coyoca prevents a body shot from Garibaldi. #T4#
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
Coyoca misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi scores with a shot to the side of Coyoca's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Coyoca controls his hands.
Coyoca misses with a punch to the body.
Coyoca prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Garibaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garibaldi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Coyoca tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Coyoca back against the cage.
Coyoca has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garibaldi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi - that landed with a thud.
Coyoca blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Coyoca blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Coyoca tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coyoca can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Garibaldi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.#TD#
Coyoca closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Garibaldi felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Garibaldi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Garibaldi is trying to control Coyoca's posture but Coyoca avoids it.
Garibaldi gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Garibaldi regains full guard. Nicely done. #SUB2#
Garibaldi working for a triangle but Coyoca defends it easily.
Coyoca stands up over Garibaldi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coyoca scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Coyoca wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is keeping the position.
Coyoca working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Garibaldi's head.#T1##SUB2#
Coyoca avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Coyoca postures up in Garibaldi's guard and throws a big left but Garibaldi blocks it. #SUB2#
Garibaldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Garibaldi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garibaldi working a defensive guard here.
Coyoca advances to half guard.
Nice strikes from Coyoca there.
Coyoca lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. #T2#
Garibaldi has hold of Coyoca's hands but Coyoca slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.#SUB#
Garibaldi is defending against the submission attempts here by Coyoca.
Coyoca landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Coyoca sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garibaldi defending well though.
Coyoca lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Coyoca connects with a nice short shot to Garibaldi's temple.
Garibaldi wants to get back to full guard.
Garibaldi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Coyoca looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Coyoca is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. #T3#
Coyoca lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Coyoca is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. #SUB#
Coyoca seems to be looking for submissions.
#SUB#
Coyoca wants to work for an arm triangle but Garibaldi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Allan Coyoca overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Coyoca not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Garibaldi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Coyoca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coyoca looking to pass the guard.
Coyoca cracks Garibaldi with a solid left hand.#T4#
Coyoca with a flurry of punches that miss.
Coyoca postures up and lands a big shot to Garibaldi's brow.
Garibaldi keeping full guard, as Coyoca tries to pass.
Garibaldi looking for a sweep. Not yet Garibaldi, not yet. #SUB2#
Garibaldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Coyoca chips away with some ground and pound.
Coyoca wants to pass the guard but Garibaldi is keeping the position.
Coyoca is in close to Garibaldi's body, working some short punches and elbows.#SUB2#
Garibaldi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Coyoca is aware though and is defending well.#SUB2#
Garibaldi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Coyoca chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Allan Coyoca dominated that second round.
That's time! Coyoca's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3#
Coyoca throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garibaldi.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Coyoca blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi stops a takedown attempt from Coyoca.
Coyoca misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Coyoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coyoca tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coyoca blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi cracks Coyoca with a nice body shot.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Coyoca avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Coyoca is trying to pull guard but Garibaldi has him pressed against the cage.
Coyoca pushes off an throws an elbow but Garibaldi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Coyoca misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi pushes Coyoca back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garibaldi is leaning against Coyoca and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.#T1#
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi presses Coyoca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garibaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Garibaldi lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Coyoca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Coyoca throws an elbow but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coyoca prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garibaldi.
Michael Garibaldi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.#T2#
Garibaldi digs a right hand into Coyoca's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Coyoca's gas tank.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike. #BC2#
Garibaldi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Michael Garibaldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coyoca fails with a takedown attempt.
Garibaldi throws a fast counter high kick but Coyoca manages to duck under it in time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Allan Coyoca. That's going to take a lot out of him.#CL2#
Garibaldi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garibaldi lands an uppercut.
Coyoca wants a takedown.
Garibaldi lands an uppercut.#T3#
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garibaldi works on Coyoca's body with a couple of short punches.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Garibaldi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garibaldi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garibaldi lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Coyoca's elbow.
Coyoca lands an uppercut.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coyoca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi presses Coyoca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Garibaldi.
Coyoca prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Coyoca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garibaldi lands with a light punch inside. #T4#
Garibaldi presses Coyoca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garibaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Garibaldi pushes Coyoca back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. #BC2#
Garibaldi manages to break the clinch.
Coyoca takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Garibaldi looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Garibaldi backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Coyoca's temple! It sends Coyoca violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Garibaldi celebrates and the doctors try to help Coyoca!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Event:
CEC 623
Date: Oct 24, 2018 |
#R1#
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!#CL2#
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.
#T1#
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.
#T2#
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.
#T3#
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. #T4#
Fist lands a right hand.
Fist lands an elbow inside.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land. #BC#
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!
#R2#
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. #T1#
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!#ROC2#
Fist is rocked!
Fist tries a head kick but it misses.
#T2#
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.#T3#
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.#T4#
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!
#R3#
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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Event:
CEC 617
Date: Sep 26, 2018 |
#R1#
Garibaldi defending well as Orion loads up on a big left hand.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Orion.
Garibaldi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Orion misses with a lunging right hand
letting Garibaldi counter with a right hand.
Orion cracks Garibaldi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Orion closes the distance and lands a one-two.#ROC2#
Garibaldi is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Garibaldi. Orion does a little dance to reset his feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Orion.
Oh Garibaldi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garibaldi digs a good hook to Orion's body.
Garibaldi seems to have got his legs back now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orion throws a right and a left that Garibaldi avoids nicely.
Garibaldi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Orion throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Orion uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garibaldi.
Orion throws out a counter right but Garibaldi avoids it with no problem.
Orion swings widly with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Garibaldi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Orion doesn't seem phased though.#T1#
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Garibaldi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Orion rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi counters with a low kick, right behind Orion 's knee.
A telegraphed right hand from Orion misses the target.
Orion scores with a nice strike.
Orion misses with a hook.
Garibaldi is looking to slow Orion down with leg kicks.
Orion might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Garibaldi scores with a nice strike.
Garibaldi drops his hands momentarily and Orion takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Orion misses with a left hand
and Garibaldi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Orion connects with the punch.
Orion paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Orion throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garibaldi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Garibaldi drops his hands momentarily and Orion takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Orion misses with an uppercut
and Orion takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T2#
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Orion throws out the jab.
Orion throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garibaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garibaldi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Orion throws out the jab.
Garibaldi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Orion connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garibaldi scrambles back to his feet.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Orion uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garibaldi.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Orion! Garibaldi is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cole Orion!
Cole Orion thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Event:
CEC 610
Date: Aug 24, 2018 |
#R1#
Ingesson misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a nice body shot.
Ingesson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot.
Garibaldi scores with a leg kick.
A shot to the body from Ingesson misses
and Garibaldi counters with a solid body kick.
Ingesson takes one to the side of the head.
A leg kick checked by Ingesson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ingesson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ingesson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ingesson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garibaldi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.#T1#
Ingesson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ingesson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ingesson.
Ingesson misses with a lunging right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ingesson throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ingesson looks to land a right hand but Garibaldi moved out of range.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses
and Ingesson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#T2#
Ingesson misses with a body shot
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ingesson misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a right hand to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ingesson. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ingesson throws a poor cross that misses
and Garibaldi makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ingesson really felt that one!
Ingesson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Ingesson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ingesson blocks a head kick by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick which misses Ingesson's front leg but catches the back leg as Ingesson tries to avoid it.
Garibaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#T3#
Garibaldi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
#CL#
Garibaldi has closed the distance and engaged Ingesson in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Ingesson avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Ingesson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Garibaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garibaldi pushes Ingesson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi.
Ingesson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Ingesson controls his hands.
#BC2#
Ingesson manages to break the clinch.
#CL#
Garibaldi drives through and clinches with Ingesson against the cage.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ingesson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. #T4#
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garibaldi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!#BC#
Garibaldi breaks the clinch.
Ingesson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ingesson misses with a telegraphed body shot
#KD#
and Garibaldi counters with a nice right hand that sends Ingesson toppling to the canvas! Ingesson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Garibaldi finish him?!#ROC#
Ingesson is rocked!#CUT#
It looks like Ingvar Ingesson has been cut.
Garibaldi is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Ingesson flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Ingesson is out cold! Garibaldi holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). 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.
In defeat, Ingvar Ingesson stepped up to the mic, saying 'He was the better fighter this time.
You win lose, and you some some.'.
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Event:
CEC 604
Date: Jul 27, 2018 |
#R1#
Garibaldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Al-Khaldi on the side of the head. #CUT2#
It looks like Malik Al-Khaldi has been cut.
Garibaldi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Al-Khaldi. That one must have hurt.
Garibaldi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garibaldi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Al-Khaldi misses with a looping left.
Garibaldi throws a chopping leg kick but Al-Khaldi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Garibaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Garibaldi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Al-Khaldi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Garibaldi - the referee stops the clock and Al-Khaldi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Garibaldi. Al-Khaldi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Al-Khaldi scores with a hook.
Al-Khaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi is looking to counter with a body kick.
Garibaldi throws a body punch but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.
Al-Khaldi avoids the body shot from Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Al-Khaldi misses its intended target.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Al-Khaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Garibaldi lands a nice looking body shot.
#T1#
Garibaldi swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Al-Khaldi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garibaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Al-Khaldi wants to slow Garibaldi down by chopping away at his legs.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick but Garibaldi sees it coming and moves out of range. #CL2#
Garibaldi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Al-Khaldi avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Al-Khaldi just stands there and leans against the cage.
Al-Khaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Al-Khaldi lands a left hand.
Garibaldi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Al-Khaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Al-Khaldi is leaning against Garibaldi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Al-Khaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Al-Khaldi backwards.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi scores with a hook to the body.
Al-Khaldi avoids the elbow strike from Garibaldi, against the cage.
#T2#
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Al-Khaldi blocks an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
Al-Khaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
Al-Khaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Garibaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi digs a right hand into Garibaldi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garibaldi's gas tank.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Al-Khaldi to keep the fight standing.
Al-Khaldi blocking some punches.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
#T3#
Al-Khaldi blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Al-Khaldi lands a left hand.
Al-Khaldi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Al-Khaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Nice body punch from Al-Khaldi - that landed with a thud.
Garibaldi looks winded!
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Al-Khaldi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Al-Khaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
Al-Khaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Al-Khaldi lands a right hand.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Al-Khaldi fails to land.
Al-Khaldi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Garibaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
#T4#
Al-Khaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with the head strike.
Al-Khaldi lands an uppercut.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Al-Khaldi controls his hands.
Al-Khaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Al-Khaldi's elbow.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Al-Khaldi controls his hands.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice uppercut.
Al-Khaldi misses with the head strike.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Al-Khaldi fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi misses with a knee to the head.
Garibaldi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Al-Khaldi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Garibaldi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Al-Khaldi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Garibaldi is out of range and Al-Khaldi settles back down.
Al-Khaldi moves away from the strike by Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi avoids the head kick by Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi tries to clinch up.
Garibaldi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garibaldi lands a nice hook to Al-Khaldi's body. Al-Khaldi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Al-Khaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Al-Khaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Garibaldi tries to clinch up but Al-Khaldi circles away and keeps his distance.
Al-Khaldi throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Al-Khaldi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Garibaldi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi delivers a nice body kick.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick that misses.
Garibaldi misses with a kick to the body.
Al-Khaldi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Garibaldi counters with a left to the body.
Al-Khaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garibaldi.#T1#
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
Al-Khaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garibaldi. Al-Khaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
That kick from Al-Khaldi tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garibaldi wants to clinch.
Al-Khaldi misses with a head kick.
Michael Garibaldi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al-Khaldi thows a body kick. Garibaldi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Al-Khaldi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Garibaldi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Al-Khaldi in his tracks.
Garibaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook to the body
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garibaldi throws a hook but Al-Khaldi avoids it easily.
Garibaldi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Al-Khaldi. Al-Khaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
#T2#
Al-Khaldi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garibaldi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. #CL#
Al-Khaldi takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Al-Khaldi seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Garibaldi can turn it around.
Al-Khaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Al-Khaldi scores with a shot to the side of Garibaldi's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Al-Khaldi.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Al-Khaldi controls the action.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Al-Khaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Al-Khaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Al-Khaldi misses with the head strike.
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Al-Khaldi. #T3#
Al-Khaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Al-Khaldi.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Al-Khaldi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malik Al-Khaldi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Al-Khaldi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garibaldi or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi takes a shot to the head.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Al-Khaldi tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garibaldi tries to work over Al-Khaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Al-Khaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
#T4#
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Al-Khaldi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Al-Khaldi tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Al-Khaldi.
Garibaldi lands with a right to the head.
Al-Khaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
A short right from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to work over Al-Khaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Al-Khaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Al-Khaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Al-Khaldi pushes Garibaldi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garibaldi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Al-Khaldi.
Garibaldi is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al-Khaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Al-Khaldi blocks it.
Garibaldi works on Al-Khaldi's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Al-Khaldi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Malik Al-Khaldi's cut.
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. This is the final round!
#R3#
Al-Khaldi ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi throws a quick counter head kick but Garibaldi was just out of range.
Garibaldi lands a jab to Al-Khaldi's midsection.
Al-Khaldi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Al-Khaldi slips a straight right by Garibaldi.
Al-Khaldi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Al-Khaldi throwing a counter right hand but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick but Garibaldi moved away.
Garibaldi throws a body punch but Al-Khaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Al-Khaldi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Al-Khaldi throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A cross from Al-Khaldi lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garibaldi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Al-Khaldi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Al-Khaldi connects with a nice looking jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Al-Khaldi, right into the meat.
#T1#
Garibaldi motions for Al-Khaldi to come forward. Garibaldi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi tries to land a leg kick but Al-Khaldi saw it coming and moves away.
Garibaldi throws a right hand that misses
enabling Al-Khaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice body kick from Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi throws a body kick that misses.
Garibaldi looks to land a right hand but Al-Khaldi moved out of range.
A jab from Garibaldi finds it's way through Al-Khaldi's defenses.
Garibaldi scores with a hook to the body. Al-Khaldi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab, jab by Al-Khaldi - just one landing.
Al-Khaldi misses with a straight left.
Garibaldi throws a hook but Al-Khaldi blocks it.
Al-Khaldi lands a jab.
Al-Khaldi scores with a hook to the body. Garibaldi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garibaldi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Al-Khaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garibaldi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Al-Khaldi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Al-Khaldi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook.
Garibaldi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garibaldi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Al-Khaldi looks to throw the jab but Garibaldi is out of range.
Garibaldi looks to land a right hand but Al-Khaldi moved out of range.
Al-Khaldi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Al-Khaldi tests Garibaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garibaldi misses with a looping right.
Al-Khaldi tries a head kick but it misses.
Al-Khaldi lands a jab to Garibaldi's midsection.
Garibaldi misses with a kick to the body
and Al-Khaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Al-Khaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Al-Khaldi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. #T3#
Garibaldi swings widly with a right hand
and Al-Khaldi counters with a low kick, right behind Garibaldi 's knee.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick
and Al-Khaldi counters with an outside leg kick.
Garibaldi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Al-Khaldi throws a head kick but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Garibaldi throws a hook but Al-Khaldi avoids it easily.
Al-Khaldi lands a glancing blow to the side of Garibaldi's head.#CL2#
Garibaldi clinches up against the cage.
Al-Khaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi misses with some punches.
Al-Khaldi tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garibaldi.
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 head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Al-Khaldis head.
Malik Al-Khaldi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Al-Khaldi misses with a short punch on the inside. #T4#
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Al-Khaldi's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi. #TD2#
Garibaldi pulls guard effortlessly.
Al-Khaldi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Al-Khaldi wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving. #SUB2#
Al-Khaldi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Al-Khaldi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Garibaldi has a closed guard, preventing Al-Khaldi from standing up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malik Al-Khaldi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Al-Khaldi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malik Al-Khaldi!
Malik Al-Khaldi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Michael Garibaldi was interviewed post fight and said 'Grumpy, stop being such a libturd. It's obvious that's what you are.'.
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Event:
DARE 43
Date: May 05, 2018 |
#R1#
Benn Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi is looking to clinch.
Benn Jr looks to land a combination but Garibaldi avoids it well.
Garibaldi lands with a hook. Benn Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Garibaldi lands a jab to Benn Jr's midsection.
Benn Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've been informed that Benn Jr 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.
Garibaldi lands an overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benn Jr takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Benn Jr misses with the combination.
#T1#
Garibaldi is looking to slow Benn Jr down with leg kicks.
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Garibaldi takes a swing at Benn Jr's ribcage but misses.
Benn Jr jabs Garibaldi right on the nose. Garibaldi blinks but takes it well.
Benn Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garibaldi. Benn Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garibaldi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Garibaldi throws out a powerful jab.#CUT#
It looks like Nigel Benn Jr has been cut.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.#T2#
Benn Jr misses with a lunging right hand
#CL#
and Garibaldi counters by clinching up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garibaldi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A hook to the body from Garibaldi.
#BC2#
Benn Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benn Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Benn Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but Benn Jr breaks away and moves out of range.
Garibaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Garibaldi lands a body shot.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from Benn Jr.
Nigel Benn Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benn Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Benn Jr on the side of the head.
Garibaldi connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheers as Garibaldi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benn Jr doesn't seem phased though.#ROC#
Benn Jr is rocked!#T3##CL#
Garibaldi rushes Benn Jr and presses him up against the cage.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Benn Jr lands an uppercut.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Benn Jr prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi lands with a short shot to the head.
Benn Jr is pushing Garibaldi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Garibaldi digs a right hand underneath Benn Jr's ribcage. Benn Jr let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Benn Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Garibaldi prevents Benn Jr from breaking the clinch.
Benn Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Garibaldi pushes Benn Jr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#T4#
A short right from Garibaldi.
Benn Jr throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garibaldi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benn Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi just leaning against Benn Jr, taking a breather.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Benn Jr backwards.
Benn Jr takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Benn Jr controls the action.
Good body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a body shot.
Garibaldi gets through Benn Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi controlling the action here for a moment.
Benn Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Garibaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nigel Benn Jr's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Benn Jr throws a series of punches but Garibaldi avoids them all with ease.
Benn Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Garibaldi thows a leg kick but Benn Jr checks it
and Benn Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. #CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Benn Jr blocks it.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi pushes Benn Jr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#BC#
Garibaldi breaks from the clinch.
Benn Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Benn Jr lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Garibaldi backs up against the cage.
#T1#
Garibaldi connects with a single shot there.#CL#
Garibaldi closes the distance and clinches.
A left hand lands to the body for Garibaldi.
Benn Jr blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Benn Jr is trying to force a seperation but Garibaldi has the dominant position.
Benn Jr is trying to break the clinch but Garibaldi is controlling him.#BC#
Garibaldi manages to break the clinch.
Benn Jr throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benn Jr cracks Garibaldi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Benn Jr looks to land a combination but Garibaldi avoids it well.
Benn Jr moves away from the strike by Garibaldi. #CL#
Garibaldi closes the distance and pushes Benn Jr back into the cage.#T2#
Benn Jr displaying some good clinch control by pressing Garibaldi up against the cage.
Garibaldi pushes Benn Jr back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garibaldi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a body shot.
Benn Jr is breathing heavily.
Benn Jr tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Benn Jr back against the cage.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Benn Jr backwards.
Benn Jr tries to break free but Garibaldi pushes him back against the cage.
Benn Jr prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Benn Jr controls his hands.
A short left from Garibaldi.
Benn Jr is looking to control Garibaldi's arms but Garibaldi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Benn Jr has his back to the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Garibaldi.
#T3#
Garibaldi effectively controlling the action here.
Garibaldi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garibaldi lands with a light punch inside.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
#BC2#
Benn Jr manages to break the clinch.
A lazy body kick from Benn Jr
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Benn Jr. Those never looked like landing.
Garibaldi quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A jab lands there for Garibaldi.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garibaldi.
Benn Jr lands with a straight right. Garibaldi didn't see that one coming.
Garibaldi with a jab.
Benn Jr is still on wobbly legs! Can Garibaldi finish him?
Benn Jr looks to land a right hand but Garibaldi moved out of range.
Benn Jr seems to have recovered his senses.
Benn Jr falls off balance throwing a combination
and Garibaldi counters with a thumping low kick. #T4##CL#
Garibaldi moves into range and clinches up with Benn Jr.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi lands a left hand.
Benn Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi scores with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Benn Jr backwards.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benn Jr has had enough of the clinch but Garibaldi keeps him there for the moment.
Garibaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Garibaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benn Jr backwards.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Michael Garibaldi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benn Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benn Jr working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nigel Benn Jr's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Garibaldi thows a body kick. Benn Jr tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Benn Jr's head backwards.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Garibaldi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Garibaldi throws a monster overhand right that drops Benn Jr! Garibaldi follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Garibaldi!
After winning the bout, Michael Garibaldi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Nigel Benn Jr was interviewed post fight and said 'ill be back'.
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Event:
DARE 38
Date: Apr 07, 2018 |
#R1#
McDonnell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from McDonnell.
Garibaldi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
McDonnell stuns Garibaldi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McDonnell cracks Garibaldi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Garibaldi is looking to chop away at McDonnell's legs.
Garibaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McDonnell.
As McDonnell backs away, Garibaldi returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
McDonnell scores with a jab. Garibaldi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McDonnell misses with an attempted mid kick.
McDonnell misses with a leg kick
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi lands a head kick!
Rory McDonnell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDonnell stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
#T1#
A cross from Garibaldi lands.
McDonnell throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garibaldi.
Some wild striking there from McDonnell.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonnell.
McDonnell looks to land a body kick but Garibaldi moved away.
Garibaldi is looking to counter punch.
Garibaldi blocks a leg kick.
McDonnell throws a low kick but Garibaldi avoids it.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick but McDonnell checks it.
Garibaldi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McDonnell.
Garibaldi throws a body shot but no joy.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McDonnell has time to react.#T2##TD2#
McDonnell closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Garibaldi to the mat! Garibaldi manages to get full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#SUB#
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. McDonnell gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. #SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
McDonnell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Garibaldi pulls McDonnell in close to his closed guard and prevents McDonnell from doing any damage or advancing position.#SUB#
Garibaldi has his foot on McDonnell's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. McDonnell works his way back into a safe position though.#T3#
Garibaldi trying to keep a closed guard but McDonnell is proving a slippery customer.
#SUB#
Garibaldi working for submissions but it's allowed McDonnell to get to half guard.
Garibaldi is refusing to be controlled, as McDonnell sits in half guard.
McDonnell is looking to stall here but Garibaldi recovers full guard. #T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
McDonnell looking to sit in guard and control but Garibaldi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
McDonnell trying to control the position.
Garibaldi won't allow McDonnell to sweep him here.
Garibaldi tries to free his leg and advance position but McDonnell is retaining full guard.
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 Michael Garibaldi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Garibaldi tests McDonnell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McDonnell throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
Garibaldi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Garibaldi thows a left - swing and a miss!
McDonnell misses with a kick to the body.
McDonnell throws a head kick but Garibaldi moves out of range.
It looked like Garibaldi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McDonnell.
McDonnell misses with a hook
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi throws a big shot that misses.
McDonnell lands with a nice body punch.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the leg kick from McDonnell.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonnell motions for Garibaldi to come forward. McDonnell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from McDonnell.
McDonnell throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McDonnell.#TD2#
McDonnell shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Garibaldi is trying to defend but McDonnell finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garibaldi manages to get to full guard.
#T1##SUB#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
#SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
#T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Garibaldi keeping full guard, as McDonnell tries to pass.
Garibaldi looking to control.
McDonnell trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rory McDonnell has got the better of the ground game so far.
McDonnell advances position into side control!#T3#
Garibaldi manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Garibaldi is pressing down on McDonnell's thigh, looking to free his foot. McDonnell is holding on for now. #SUB2#
McDonnell has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Garibaldi escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Garibaldi!
McDonnell can't do much from the bottom here. #SUB#
Garibaldi thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. #T4#
McDonnell is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Garibaldi off and has taken his back!#SUB2#
McDonnell working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Garibaldi trying to control but not successfully.
Garibaldi is trying to break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McDonnell misses with a punch to the head.
Garibaldi is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rory McDonnell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Garibaldi throws a shot to the body.
McDonnell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.#CL2#
McDonnell moves into range and clinches up with Garibaldi.
McDonnell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McDonnell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from McDonnell. #BC2#
McDonnell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McDonnell throws a head kick but Garibaldi moves out of range.
#CL2#
McDonnell forces Garibaldi back against the cage and clinches.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
#T1#
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McDonnell jumps guard but Garibaldi stands there with McDonnell around his waist. McDonnell gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
#BC#
Garibaldi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McDonnell swings widly with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a right hand to the body.
Garibaldi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McDonnell throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.#CL#
Garibaldi has McDonnell up against the cage in a clinch.
Garibaldi scores with a nice hook to the head.
I was talking to Garibaldi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands with a light punch inside.
Garibaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McDonnell backwards. #T2#
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Garibaldi scores with a nice hook to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McDonnell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!#ROC#
McDonnell is rocked!#KD#
Garibaldi drops McDonnell onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! McDonnell is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
McDonnell is still on wobbly legs! Can Garibaldi finish him?
Garibaldi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Garibaldi dips a shoulder and cracks McDonnell with a mighty uppercut! McDonnell falls back against the cage and Garibaldi unloads with a barrage of strikes! McDonnell is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Garibaldi screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Garibaldi!
An out of breath Michael Garibaldi 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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Event:
DARE 30
Date: Mar 03, 2018 |
#R1#
Humbert comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Humbert sizes up Garibaldi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Humbert swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Humbert misses the jab.
Garibaldi is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Humbert misses with a hook. Garibaldi ducked under it nicely.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Humbert works the jab nicely.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Humbert.
Humbert jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Garibaldi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Humbert misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Humbert takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Humbert misses with a hook
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Humbert has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Men Only. No Liberals ! in the buildup to the fight.
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!
Humbert throws a poor cross that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Humbert.
Garibaldi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.#T1#
Humbert keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Humbert Humbert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Humbert misses with a body shot.
Humbert cracks Garibaldi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Humbert lands a head shot.
Humbert misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Garibaldi counters with a thumping low kick.
A left lands for Humbert.
Garibaldi cracks Humbert with an open hand slap.
A telegraphed right hand from Humbert misses the target.
Humbert throws a right hand that misses
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Humbert misses with a looping left.
Humbert throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Humbert scores with a shot to the body.
#T2#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Humbert scores with a nice strike.
Humbert throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Humbert misses with a jab to the body
and Garibaldi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Garibaldi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Humbert misses.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Humbert misses with a body shot.
Humbert swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Humbert crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Garibaldi - the referee stops the clock and Humbert gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Garibaldi. Humbert manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Garibaldi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garibaldi looks to throw the jab but Humbert is out of range.
Humbert is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Garibaldi lands a jab to Humbert's midsection.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Humbert.
Humbert throws an off balance right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a body kick. #T3#
Humbert misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garibaldi! But no joy.
Garibaldi lands a nice looking body shot.
Humbert is breathing heavily.
Garibaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Humbert strikes.
Humbert lands a jab to the head.
Humbert misses the shot to the body.
Humbert scores with a jab. Garibaldi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Humbert looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Humbert thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garibaldi throws out a counter right but Humbert avoids it with no problem.
Humbert throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Humbert thows a left - swing and a miss!
Humbert looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.#T4#
Humbert lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Garibaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Humbert lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Humbert.
Humbert throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
Garibaldi flicks out a counter leg kick but Humbert steps away.
Humbert swings widly with a right hand
and Garibaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garibaldi is looking to chop away at Humbert's legs.
Humbert ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Humbert throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Humbert misses.
Garibaldi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Humbert checks it well.
Humbert rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Humbert circles away from the clinch attempt.
Humbert swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humbert Humbert dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Humbert misses with a body shot
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Humbert stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A telegraphed right hand from Humbert misses the target.
Humbert misses the jab.
Humbert misses with a body shot.
Humbert pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garibaldi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garibaldi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Humbert swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi takes one to the side of the head.
Garibaldi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Humbert is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Humbert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Humbert throws out the jab but it was never going to land. #T1#
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Humbert.
Good shot there by Humbert.
Garibaldi misses with an uppercut.
Humbert is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garibaldi tries a quick counter leg kick but Humbert is wise to it.
Humbert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Garibaldi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi lands a jab to the head.
Humbert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Humbert misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Humbert throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
Humbert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Humbert tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Humbert.#T2#
Garibaldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Humbert on the side of the head.
Humbert throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Humbert throws a big shot that misses.
A shot to the body from Humbert misses
and Garibaldi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Humbert misses with a hook. Garibaldi ducked under it nicely.
Garibaldi raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Garibaldi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Humbert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Humbert.
Garibaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Humbert manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi slips a jab from Humbert.
Garibaldi is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Garibaldi moves forwards but Humbert connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Humbert throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.#T3#
Humbert on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Garibaldi. Garibaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
Humbert Humbert is winning the standup battle so far.
Garibaldi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Humbert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi slips a jab from Humbert.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garibaldi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice jab there from Humbert.
Humbert throws a lazy uppercut
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Humbert swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Humbert backing away here, and Garibaldi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Humbert just misses with a punch to the body.
Humbert defending well as Garibaldi loads up on a big left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Humbert. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Humbert.
#T4#
Humbert misses with a left hand
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garibaldi wants to clinch up but Humbert keeps it at a distance.
Humbert works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Humbert throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Humbert swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Humbert throws an off balance right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Humbert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Humbert swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Humbert thinking.
Humbert scores with a body shot.
Garibaldi works the jab nicely.
Humbert lands an overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humbert Humbert dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
Humbert swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Humbert just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Garibaldi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Humbert throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Humbert lands with a nice body punch.
Humbert throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Humbert takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
Humbert scores with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Humbert. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Humbert with a hook.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Humbert strikes.
Humbert misses with a looping right.
Garibaldi looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Humbert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garibaldi! But no joy.#T1#
Humbert swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Humbert missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garibaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Humbert thuds a left hand into Garibaldi's body.
Humbert works Garibaldi's body with a nice hook.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Humbert throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Humbert misses with a hook.
Humbert just misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi tries to land a front kick but Humbert steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Humbert tests Garibaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Humbert throws a right hand that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a straight right hand.
Humbert looks to land a left hand but Garibaldi moved out of range nicely.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Humbert Humbert is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#T2#
A telegraphed right hand from Humbert misses the target.
Humbert swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Garibaldi.
Humbert tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Humbert.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi misses with a hook.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Humbert scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Humbert needs to keep his hands up - Garibaldi had a free shot at his head there.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garibaldi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Garibaldi cracks a nice hook into Humbert's ribs.
Humbert lands a glancing blow to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Humbert.
Garibaldi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Garibaldi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Humbert momentarily.
Humbert throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.#T3#
Garibaldi blocks a jab.
Garibaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Humbert misses with a body shot.
Garibaldi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Humbert.
A looping hook to the body misses from Humbert. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Humbert rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Humbert.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Humbert swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Garibaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garibaldi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Garibaldi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Humbert has got the better of the exchanges.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Humbert.
#T4#
Humbert throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Humbert jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Humbert misses with a hook.
Humbert sets himself, and Garibaldi steps forward looking for the clinch! Humbert avoids it this time.
Humbert throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Humbert misses the jab.
Humbert ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
And Garibaldi responds with a good body kick, but Humbert manages to step out the way in time.
Humbert misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Garibaldi swings for the body but Humbert moves out of range.
Humbert looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Humbert clobbers Garibaldi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good shot there by Humbert.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Humbert Humbert showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Humbert 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Humbert Humbert!
An out of breath and clearly excited Humbert Humbert thanked WarHorse Fightwear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Michael Garibaldi was interviewed post fight and said 'Grumpy, stop being such a libturd. It's obvious that's what you are.'.
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Event:
DARE COMBATS CAVALIERS
Date: Jan 27, 2018 |
#R1#
Tycoon misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tycoon. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tycoon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tycoon lands a jab to Garibaldi's midsection.
Tycoon misses with a body kick.
Garibaldi wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tycoon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Tycoon misses with a leg kick
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Mike Tycoon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2#
Garibaldi closes the distance and clinches.
Tycoon misses with a short punch on the inside. #T1#
Tycoon pushes Garibaldi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tycoon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Tycoon controls his hands.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi presses Tycoon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tycoon misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC#
Tycoon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tycoon misses with a hook
and Garibaldi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#CUT2#
It looks like Mike Tycoon has been cut.
A good leg kick by Garibaldi.
Tycoon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Tycoon.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tycoon. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tycoon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garibaldi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Garibaldi.#T2#
Tycoon jabs Garibaldi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tycoon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tycoon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.
Tycoon looks to land a right hand but Garibaldi moved out of range.
Tycoon lands a slapping body shot.
Tycoon throws a lazy uppercut
and Tycoon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tycoon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tycoon throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tycoon lands a right hook to the body.
#T3#
Garibaldi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tycoon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tycoon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. #CL2#
Garibaldi moves into the clinch.
Tycoon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tycoon misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Garibaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Tycoon controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Tycoon.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Garibaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tycoon lands a body punch.
Tycoon misses with a punch on the inside.
Tycoon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tycoon prevents a body shot from Garibaldi. #T4##BC2#
Garibaldi manages to break the clinch.
Garibaldi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Garibaldi tries to clinch but Tycoon moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tycoon.
Garibaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tycoon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tycoon lands a nice looking body shot.
Tycoon missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Garibaldi throws a looping overhand right but Tycoon ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Tycoon.
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 Mike Tycoon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mike Tycoon's cut.
That's time! Tycoon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Tycoon scores with a head kick.
Tycoon looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
A shot to the body from Garibaldi misses
and Tycoon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garibaldi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Garibaldi tries a head kick but it misses.
Garibaldi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Decent striking displayed by Tycoon there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tycoon looks to throw the jab but Garibaldi is out of range.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd cheers as Tycoon lands an impressive looking overhand right. Garibaldi doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tycoon misses with a left hand
and Garibaldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#T1#
Tycoon throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tycoon.
Tycoon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tycoon lands a front kick.
Garibaldi blocks a low kick nicely.
Tycoon dips to his left and cracks Garibaldi with an uppercut!
A jab from Garibaldi finds it's way through Tycoon's defenses.
Tycoon swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Tycoon throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Tycoon looks to land a right hand but Garibaldi moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Garibaldi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#T2#
Tycoon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garibaldi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tycoon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tycoon thows a leg kick but Garibaldi checks it
and Garibaldi counters with a leg kick.
Tycoon throws a low kick, looking for Garibaldi's leg but Garibaldi calmly moves out of range.
Tycoon is looking to wear down Garibaldi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Garibaldi throws the left hand but Tycoon avoids the punch easily.
Tycoon attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Garibaldi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
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!
Tycoon lands a nice looking body shot.
Tycoon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mike Tycoon is winning the standup battle so far.
Tycoon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garibaldi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.#T3#
Tycoon misses with a looping left.
Tycoon with a jab.
Tycoon misses with a head kick.
Tycoon lands a lovely overhand right.
Garibaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tycoon was well out of range. Poor timing from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garibaldi misses with an uppercut.
Tycoon connects with a high kick.
A jab from Tycoon misses.
Garibaldi tries a quick counter leg kick but Tycoon is wise to it.
Garibaldi misses the jab.
Tycoon throws a counter high kick but Garibaldi was just alert enough to avoid it.#T4#
Garibaldi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.#CUT2#
Mike Tycoon's cut is getting worse.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tycoon. That's going to slow Garibaldi down.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tycoon!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tycoon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garibaldi tries to clinch
and Tycoon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garibaldi's knee momentarily.
Tycoon avoids the head kick by Garibaldi.
Tycoon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Garibaldi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tycoon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Tycoon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Tycoon's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
#R3#
Tycoon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garibaldi.
Tycoon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tycoon.
Garibaldi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tycoon lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Tycoon.
A little jabbing left from Garibaldi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Garibaldi tries a head kick but it misses.
Tycoon cracks Garibaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tycoon cracks a nice hook into Garibaldi's ribs.#T1#
A jab from Tycoon misses.
Tycoon lands a nice shot that snaps Garibaldi's head back.
Tycoon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tycoon misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tycoon momentarily.
Tycoon swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Tycoon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Tycoon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tycoon clobbers Garibaldi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tycoon takes one to the chin there.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
A jab from Garibaldi misses.
It looked like Tycoon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Garibaldi connects with a jab.
Garibaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Tycoon is just out of range.
Tycoon misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tycoon.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tycoon throws a lazy right hand but Garibaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tycoon misses with a wild body shot.
Tycoon misses with a leg kick.
Tycoon misses with a straight right. #T3#
Garibaldi moves out of range as Tycoon strikes.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tycoon throws a body kick that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tycoon misses with an uppercut.
Tycoon misses the shot to the body.
Tycoon tries to work over Garibaldi's front leg with a kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Garibaldi lands a nice looking body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tycoon. #CL2#
Garibaldi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tycoon, pushing him back against the cage.
Tycoon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tycoon wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garibaldi has him pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Garibaldi.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.#T4##BC#
Tycoon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL2#
Garibaldi has managed to clinch.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#TD2#
Garibaldi ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Garibaldi no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Tycoon passes into half guard.
Tycoon prevents Garibaldi from improving his position.#SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tycoon pulls his head out easily.
Garibaldi lands a couple of sideways elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mike Tycoon.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tycoon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Tycoon!
A relieved looking Mike Tycoon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Michael Garibaldi was interviewed post fight and said 'As far as bright ideas go, this is right up there with having my gums extracted. '.
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Event:
DARE NYE DYNAMITE!!!
Date: Dec 31, 2017 |
#R1#
Bagov dives in and grabs Garibaldi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Garibaldi pushes down on Bagov's head and hops out.
Garibaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bagov shoots in and drives through. Garibaldi sprawls well.
Garibaldi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Bagov manages to circle out of the way.
Bagov shoots in looking for a takedown but Garibaldi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bagov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Garibaldi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Michael Garibaldi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ali Bagov.
Bagov fails with the takedown
and Garibaldi counters with a thumping low kick.
Bagov looks winded!
Bagov needs to keep his hands up - Garibaldi had a free shot at his head there.#CUT#
It looks like Ali Bagov has been cut.
Garibaldi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Garibaldi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bagov. That did some damage!
Bagov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Garibaldi sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bagov somewhat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Garibaldi. Beautiful body shot.#T1#
Garibaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garibaldi. That's going to slow Bagov down.
Bagov fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A quick step to the side and Garibaldi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.#TD2#
Bagov drives through with a takedown into guard. #SUB#
Bagov throws a sloppy strike and Garibaldi has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Bagov is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Garibaldi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Michael Garibaldi!
An out of breath Michael Garibaldi 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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DARE 15
Date: Nov 24, 2017 |
#R1#
Bounty misses with a low kick.
Bounty is looking to land body kicks.
That kick from Bounty tenderised Garibaldi's leg. Garibaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bounty misses the jab.
Garibaldi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bounty throws out the jab.
Bounty misses with a leg kick
and Garibaldi counters with a right hand to the body.
Garibaldi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garibaldi throws a head kick but Bounty moves out of range.
Bounty tries to land a body kick#CL#
and Garibaldi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Bounty.
We've been informed that Bounty 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.
Garibaldi tries to work over Bounty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi tries to work over Bounty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bounty gets through Garibaldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bounty lands a nice uppercut.
Bounty misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Bounty.
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 cracks Bounty with a nice body shot.#T1#
Garibaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bounty blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Bounty.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bounty throws a head punch that misses.
Bounty lands a hook that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Bounty.
Bounty lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bounty misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Bounty.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Garibaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Bounty.
A head punch on the inside from Bounty fails to land.
Bounty lands a nice uppercut.#T2#
Bounty scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bounty misses with some punches.
Bounty looking to slow down the pace here.
Bounty misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bounty fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bounty misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Bounty.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bounty throws a head punch that misses. #T3#
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Bounty misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Bounty swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Bounty controls the action.
I was talking to Garibaldi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bounty creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
A right hook to the body lands for Bounty.
A right hook to the body lands for Bounty.
Garibaldi is breathing heavily.
Bounty misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bounty scores with a shot to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Bounty struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Garibaldi misses with some punches.
#T4#
Bounty has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi cracks Bounty with a nice body shot.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Garibaldi.
Nice body punch from Bounty - that landed with a thud.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Bounty avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Bounty blocks it.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bounty swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Bounty throws a punch but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Bounty working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Garibaldi cracks Bounty with a nice body shot.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bounty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Bounty dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Garibaldi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bounty has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Donk. Garibaldi catches Bounty right on the button with a cross.
An inside leg kick lands from Bounty.
Garibaldi drops his hands momentarily and Bounty takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bounty circles away from the clinch attempt.
A clash of legs there as Garibaldi blocks the low kick.
Garibaldi slips under a jab from Bounty.
Bounty takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
Bounty throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bounty throws a right and a left that Garibaldi avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bounty throws a leg kick
and Garibaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garibaldi misses with a head kick.
Bounty tries a quick counter leg kick but Garibaldi is wise to it.
Garibaldi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.#CL#
Garibaldi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bounty, pushing him back against the cage.#T1#
Bounty throws a head punch that misses.
Bounty tries to stall but Garibaldi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the head.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bounty.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bounty creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bounty stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Bounty controls his hands.
Bounty holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bounty tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow. #T2#
Bounty scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bounty misses with the head strike.
#TD#
Garibaldi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Bounty uses from the top position. #SUB#
Garibaldi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bounty pushes down on Garibaldi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep. Bounty is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Garibaldi is working hard here to advance position.
Garibaldi trying to control here.
#T3#
Bounty perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Garibaldi is not content to let Bounty control the position.
Garibaldi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bounty is keen to just control but Garibaldi is a slippery customer.
Garibaldi is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Garibaldi is looking for a sweep. Bounty is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Garibaldi moves into full guard.
Bounty controls from within his opponent's guard. #SUB#
Bounty avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bounty wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB#
Bounty avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jamie Bounty will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3#
Garibaldi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Garibaldi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Garibaldi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bounty tries to work over Garibaldi's front leg with a kick but Garibaldi checks it.
Garibaldi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Garibaldi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bounty tries to land a leg kick but Garibaldi saw it coming and moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Bounty 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Bounty.
Garibaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bounty manages to avoid it.
Bounty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Garibaldi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bounty.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch but Bounty swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bounty misses with a leg kick
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bounty misses with a looping right.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bounty.
Jamie Bounty seems to be getting the better of the standup.#T1#
A lazy left from Bounty finds it's target.
Bounty moves forwards but Garibaldi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bounty buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Garibaldi is looking to clinch but Bounty is avoiding it.
Bounty lands a nice shot that snaps Garibaldi's head back.
Bounty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garibaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Garibaldi misses.
Bounty moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bounty loads up on a big right hand but Garibaldi slips the punch.
Garibaldi throwing a counter right hand but Bounty manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi misses with a right hand
and Bounty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garibaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bounty.
Nice body kick from Bounty.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jamie Bounty is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T2#
Garibaldi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bounty misses with a hook.
Bounty throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garibaldi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bounty.
Bounty goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bounty lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bounty throws the kick towards the body but Garibaldi avoids it.
A quick step to the side and Garibaldi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bounty tries to bum rush Garibaldi with a series of wild strikes but Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bounty takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garibaldi throws a shot from downtown. Bounty moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Garibaldi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Garibaldi is looking to counter punch.#T3#
Bounty throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bounty tries a head kick but it misses.
Bounty misses with a body kick.
Garibaldi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garibaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bounty manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big left from Garibaldi misses.
Garibaldi gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Bounty to counter with a crisp jab.
Garibaldi scores with a jab. Bounty acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bounty throws a lazy right hand but Garibaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bounty!
Garibaldi avoids a punch combination nicely.
#T4#
Garibaldi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bounty counters with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bounty.
Nice uppercut lands for Bounty. That snapped Garibaldi's head back.
Bounty throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bounty lands a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garibaldi.
A head kick by Garibaldi misses
and Bounty counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bounty clobbers Garibaldi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Garibaldi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bounty is able to avoid easily.
Bounty scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Garibaldi blocks a head kick by Bounty.
Bounty closes the distance and lands a one-two.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Bounty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bounty winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Bounty!
In defeat, Michael Garibaldi stepped up to the mic, saying 'As far as bright ideas go, this is right up there with having my gums extracted. '.
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Event:
Aspire 86: Yew v Jones
Date: Oct 29, 2017 |
#R1#
Garibaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi is looking to counter punch.
Lee lands an overhand right.
Garibaldi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
Garibaldi misses with a hook.
Garibaldi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lee lands a jab to Garibaldi's midsection.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
Lee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lee misses with a lunging right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garibaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Garibaldi misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely.
Lee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Garibaldi saw that one coming.#T1#
Lee connects with the punch.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.#CL#
Lee tries to keep at a distance but Garibaldi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
A short uppercut from Lee.
Lee is working Garibaldi over against the cage.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Garibaldi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Lee scores with a shot to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Lee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Lee controls his hands.
Lee tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #T2#
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lee tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Lee.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
Lee lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lee.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lee is working Garibaldi over against the cage.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee lands a left hand.
Garibaldi blocks a body shot from Lee.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Lee lands with a left to the head. #T3#
Garibaldi presses Lee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee lands an uppercut.
Lee scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Lee lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
Lee lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lee lands with a left to the head.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee works on Garibaldi's body with a couple of short punches.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lee's elbow.
Garibaldi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lee.#T4#
Garibaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Lee.
A right hook to the body lands for Lee.
Lee digs a right hand underneath Garibaldi's ribcage. Garibaldi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Lee.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Lee lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Lee lands on the inside with an uppercut. #BC2#
Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garibaldi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.#CL2#
Lee moves into range and clinches up with Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Lee misses with a body punch.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boo Lee dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Lee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boo Lee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garibaldi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lee cracks a nice hook into Garibaldi's ribs.
Lee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good leg kick by Lee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garibaldi tries to clinch up but Lee circles away and keeps his distance.
Lee lands with a right hand.
Garibaldi misses with a looping right.
A big right from Garibaldi misses.
Garibaldi scores with a decent looking hook.
Lee scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
Lee stalks Garibaldi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Garibaldi's face. Garibaldi staggers backwards, shaken.
Garibaldi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. #T1#
Garibaldi throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garibaldi.
Lee looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garibaldi lands a head kick!
Garibaldi jabs Lee to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garibaldi. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lee throws out the jab.
Garibaldi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garibaldi takes one to the chin there.
Garibaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.#T2#
Garibaldi lands a really nice looking cross but Lee seems unphased.
Garibaldi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lee stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#CL2#
Lee darts in and clinches Garibaldi up against the cage.
Garibaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lee.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi - that landed with a thud.
Lee scores with a hook to the body.
Lee struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garibaldi.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garibaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Lee misses with a body punch.
A short left from Lee.
Garibaldi tries to work over Lee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #T3#
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Lee scores with a shot to the side of Garibaldi's head.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Lee lands a left hand.
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good body shot from Lee.
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Lee lands a hook that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Lee lands with a short shot to the head.
Lee cracks Garibaldi with a nice body shot.
Lee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lee.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Lee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Lee.
Lee lands a body shot. #T4#
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Lee can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Lee on the inside.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Lee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Lee.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lee misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Boo Lee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Garibaldi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Lee - that landed with a thud.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boo Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
#R3#
Lee jabs Garibaldi right on the nose. Garibaldi blinks but takes it well.
Lee throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Lee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lee.
Garibaldi throws a body shot but no joy.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lee manages to circle out of the way.
A lazy left from Garibaldi finds it's target.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
An attempted straight right counter from Garibaldi misses the target.
Garibaldi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lee.
Lee slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Lee with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch lands to the side of Garibaldi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee scores with a body shot.
Lee throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.#T1#
Lee swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Lee throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
Garibaldi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Garibaldi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lee.
Nice uppercut lands for Garibaldi. That snapped Lee's head back.
Garibaldi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garibaldi.
Lee scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Garibaldi throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lee.
Garibaldi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lee works the jab nicely.
Michael Garibaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garibaldi misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #KD2#
Lee cracks Garibaldi with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Garibaldi looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Lee finish him?
#ROC2#
Garibaldi is rocked!
Lee pushes Garibaldi away with a front kick.
Oh Garibaldi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lee works Garibaldi's body with a nice hook.
Garibaldi ducks into an uppercut from Lee and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Boo Lee!
During a confident post fight interview, Boo Lee thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Michael Garibaldi was interviewed post fight and said 'As far as bright ideas go, this is right up there with having my gums extracted. '.
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Event:
Aspire 71: McGee v Ibu
Date: Sep 03, 2017 |
#R1#
Sidious misses the shot to the body.
Sidious fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sidious blocks a leg kick.
Sidious throws a body shot but no joy.
Garibaldi fakes the leg kick and cracks Sidious in the body.
Sidious scores with a decent looking hook.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Sidious.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sidious. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garibaldi misses with a looping left.
Garibaldi scoring well with a low kick there.
Sidious throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sidious's head.
Sidious looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Darth Sidious seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sidious.
Sidious throws a body shot but no joy.
Sidious is looking to wear down Garibaldi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sidious misses the shot to the body. #T1#
Garibaldi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Sidious misses the target.
Sidious missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sidious fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi lands with a shot to the body.
Sidious swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Sidious lands a nice looking body kick.
Sidious looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Sidious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sidious avoids the body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but Sidious moves out of range easily.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sidious throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Garibaldi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sidious's sensitive parts. #T2#
Sidious misses the jab.
Garibaldi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sidious.
Sidious throws a shot to the body.
Sidious scores with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sidious connects with a right hand. Garibaldi shakes it off.
Sidious shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sidious checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sidious was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good standup being displayed there by Sidious as he connects with a hook.
Sidious looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Garibaldi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Garibaldi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Garibaldi defending well as Sidious loads up on a big left hand.
Sidious misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garibaldi. Sidious does a little dance to reset his feet.#T3#
Sidious stuns Garibaldi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sidious fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sidious looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Sidious throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
Sidious takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garibaldi avoids a kick to the body.
Sidious throws a body shot but no joy.
Garibaldi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sidious lands a nice shot to the body.
Sidious fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi throws a poor cross that misses
and Sidious counters with a one-two to the body.
Sidious swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
A big right from Sidious misses. #T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sidious throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi tries to counter with a clinch but Sidious shakes him off and moves away.
Sidious takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sidious thuds a left hand into Garibaldi's body.
Sidious misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Sidious fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Garibaldi misses with a head kick.
Garibaldi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sidious scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sidious connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sidious misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
#CL2#
Garibaldi moves into range and clinches up with Sidious.
Garibaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sidious.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darth Sidious dominated that round.
That's time! Sidious's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Sidious misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Sidious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sidious lands a right hook to the body.
Sidious misses with a looping right.
Sidious is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Garibaldi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sidious lands a nice looking body shot.
Garibaldi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sidious. Sidious circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garibaldi, right into the meat.
Sidious takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
Sidious checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi misses with a right hand
and Sidious connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sidious throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sidious lands a head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
#T1#
Garibaldi is looking to clinch.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Sidious.
A telegraphed right hand from Garibaldi misses the target.
Sidious tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Sidious.
Garibaldi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sidious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sidious lands a jab.
Sidious bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sidious punishes Garibaldi's body with a nice straight punch.
Sidious lands a really nice looking cross but Garibaldi seems unphased.
Sidious takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sidious rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
#CL2#
and Garibaldi counters by clinching up.
A short right from Sidious on the inside.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Sidious forces him back to his feet, against the cage.#T2#
Sidious tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but Sidious turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sidious lands a hook that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Sidious avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Sidious scores with a shoulder strike.
Sidious lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sidious blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sidious backwards.
Sidious misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Garibaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Garibaldi has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sidious seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Garibaldi can turn it around.#T3#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sidious lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garibaldi or not.
A short left from Sidious.
Sidious swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it. #BC#
Sidious manages to break the clinch.
Sidious throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sidious looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Garibaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sidious.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sidious is looking to land body kicks.
Sidious misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.#T4#
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Sidious.
Garibaldi misses with a hook. Sidious ducked under it nicely.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Sidious throws a body kick.
Sidious ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sidious throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Sidious throws a sloppy body shot
and Garibaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sidious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garibaldi! But no joy.
Some wild striking there from Sidious.
Sidious throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sidious swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Sidious misses with a hook to the body
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sidious closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Garibaldi lands a nice shot that snaps Sidious's head back.
#ROC2#
Sidious is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darth Sidious dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Sidious slips a jab from Garibaldi.
Sidious scores with a jab to the body.
Sidious works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sidious missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sidious misses with a wild combination.
Garibaldi connects with a nice looking jab.
Oh Sidious is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sidious takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Garibaldi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garibaldi circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Sidious to the canvas! Sidious doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Garibaldi keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Garibaldi!
A relieved looking Michael Garibaldi 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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Event:
Aspire 65: McGee vs Lee
Date: Aug 06, 2017 |
#R1##CL#
Garibaldi darts in and clinches James up against the cage.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi is pushing James up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from James.
James avoids the elbow strike from Garibaldi, against the cage.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with James's elbow.
A hook to the body from Garibaldi.
#TD#
Garibaldi decides to pull guard.
Garibaldi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
James has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Garibaldi is working away from the top position though.
Garibaldi works his way into full mount! #T1#
Garibaldi seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but James is holding on tight.
James is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Garibaldi fails to take his opponent's back.
Garibaldi misses with a head shot.#SUB#
Garibaldi looking to secure an arm triangle but James defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You get the feeling that James really doesn't like being in this position too much.
#T2#
Garibaldi fails to take his opponent's back. #SUB#
Garibaldi goes for an armbar but James turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from James. #SUB#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
#SUB#
Garibaldi working for a triangle but James defends it easily.
#T3##SUB#
Garibaldi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
#SUB#
Garibaldi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Garibaldi looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #SU2#
James stands up and waves to Garibaldi to follow him.
James tries to move into range but Garibaldi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.#T4#
Garibaldi throws a leg kick which misses James's front leg but catches the back leg as James tries to avoid it.
Garibaldi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and James has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garibaldi throws out a loose jab but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
James takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Garibaldi throws a wild body kick that James sees coming a mile off.
Garibaldi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Garibaldi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but James is out of range.
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as James throws out the jab.
Garibaldi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Garibaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garibaldi scores with a kick to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Garibaldi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garibaldi lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as James backs up against the cage.
Garibaldi throws a predictable looking body shot
and James connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#CL#
Garibaldi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
James blocking some punches.
James lands a body punch.
Garibaldi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. James smiles and moves away.
Michael Garibaldi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James misses with a hook.
Garibaldi fires out a quick counter leg kick but James just manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that James can do to turn this around?
A nice inside leg kick there by Garibaldi. That's going to slow James down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garibaldi. That did some damage!
Michael Garibaldi is winning the standup battle so far.
Garibaldi lands a front kick.
Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from James.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James takes a body punch but keeps moving. #T1#
Nice straight punches there by James. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of James.
Garibaldi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garibaldi tries to land a front kick but James steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
James misses with an uppercut. Garibaldi saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Garibaldi misses the target.
Garibaldi misses with a head kick.
James walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
James takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Garibaldi misses with a straight right.
Garibaldi scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Garibaldi misses the shot to the body.
James throws out a counter right but Garibaldi avoids it with no problem.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garibaldi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garibaldi cracks the inside of James's front leg. #T2#
Garibaldi thows a left - swing and a miss!
James was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.#CL#
James gets tackled into the cage by Garibaldi. Garibaldi maintains the clinch.
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!
James lands a body shot in the clinch.
#BC2#
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A countering left hand to the body from James misses.
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
James walks into a straight right hand from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It seemed like James was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick but James checks it.
James misses with an uppercut
and Garibaldi counters with an outside leg kick.
James with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Garibaldi to score with a decent uppercut.
Garibaldi misses with a low kick as James jumps back.#T3#
Garibaldi tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
James moves out of range of the body kick from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi is looking to land body kicks.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick and James moves out of range easily.
Garibaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It seemed like James was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Both fighters circling a little - Garibaldi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
James throws an off balance right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
Garibaldi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but James moves out of range easily.
Garibaldi throws a head kick that misses
and James counters with a lovely straight right hand!
James takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. #T4#
James throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi blocks a jab.
James misses the jab.
James might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
James misses with a low kick.
Garibaldi misses with a hook
and James counters with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James throws a big shot that misses.
James moves out of range of the body kick from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
James thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garibaldi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good standup being displayed there by Garibaldi as he connects with a hook.
James feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Garibaldi's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
James dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garibaldi takes one on the button.
Garibaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but James is just out of range.
Garibaldi needs to keep his hands up - James had a free shot at his head there.
Garibaldi takes a swing at James's ribcage but misses.
James swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A slapping body kick lands there for Garibaldi.
James walks into a straight right hand from Garibaldi.
James tries to score with a low kick but Garibaldi moves his leg out of the way.
Garibaldi lands a nice looking kick to the body. James takes a step back to recover.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like James was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Garibaldi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garibaldi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.#T1#
James throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
James stuns Garibaldi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
James turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Donk. Garibaldi catches James right on the button with a cross.
James swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from James misses the target.
It looks like Garibaldi has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Garibaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but James manages to avoid it.
James has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Garibaldi.
James waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
Garibaldi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garibaldi is looking to clinch.
James throws out a counter right but Garibaldi avoids it with no problem.
James on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gerrald James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
James throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garibaldi throws a combination. James tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Garibaldi checks a low kick from James.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! James crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Garibaldi - the referee stops the clock and James gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Garibaldi. James manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James lands a nice shot to the body.
Good work by James as he checks the leg kick.
Garibaldi connects with a jab.
Garibaldi cracks the inside of James's front leg.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi lands a nice looking body shot.
A slapping body kick lands there for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws the kick towards the body but James avoids it.#T3#
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as James throws out the jab.
James jabbing away but nothing is landing.
James throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garibaldi defending well as James loads up on a big left hand.
Garibaldi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before James can pounce on him.
Michael Garibaldi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garibaldi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
James throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garibaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garibaldi scoring well with a low kick there.
Garibaldi lands with a slapping head kick.
James lands with a hook. Garibaldi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Garibaldi scores with a kick to the body.
James's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.#T4#
Garibaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi throws a body kick that misses.
James throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
James looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from James.
Garibaldi cracks James with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick which misses James's front leg but catches the back leg as James tries to avoid it.
Garibaldi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract James.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from James.
Garibaldi tries to counter by clinching up but James breaks away and moves out of range.
Garibaldi lands a head kick. James smiles back at him and beckons him forward. #CL#
James tries to keep at a distance but Garibaldi has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Garibaldi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garibaldi 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Garibaldi!
After winning the bout, Michael Garibaldi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Event:
Carnage 44
Date: Jun 04, 2017 |
#R1#
Jab by Garibaldi.
Erikson lands a nice hook to Garibaldi's body. Garibaldi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Erikson swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Erikson misses with a body shot.
Erikson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Erikson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Erikson throws a solid leg kick but Garibaldi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Erikson .
Erikson thows a leg kick but Garibaldi checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Erikson .
Erikson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Erikson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Garibaldi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Erikson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Erikson .
It appears Garibaldi was looking to counter with a kick there.
Nice shot lands for Garibaldi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi misses the shot to the body.
Erikson throws a body shot but no joy. #T1#
Erikson connects with a jab.
Leif Erikson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Erikson lands with a nice body punch.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Erikson .
#CL2#
Erikson closes the distance and clinches.
Garibaldi scores with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi is looking to control Erikson 's arms but Erikson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garibaldi has his back to the cage.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Erikson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erikson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Erikson controls his hands.
Erikson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Erikson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Erikson controls the action.
Erikson misses with a punch on the inside.
Erikson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi wants to stall.
Erikson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
#T2#
Erikson working aggressively here.
Garibaldi stalling in the clinch.
Erikson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Erikson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Erikson tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
Erikson prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Erikson lands a nice uppercut.#TD#
Garibaldi manages to pull guard.
Erikson wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving.
Erikson cracks Garibaldi with a solid left hand.
Erikson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Garibaldi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Erikson is one step ahead there.
Erikson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.#SUB#
Garibaldi looking for a guillotine here but Erikson defends easily.
#T3#
Erikson is looking to work some ground and pound but Garibaldi has wrist control.
Garibaldi controls Erikson momentarily but Erikson frees himself.
Garibaldi wants to sweep but no luck.
Erikson landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Erikson chips away with some ground and pound.
Garibaldi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Erikson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Erikson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #SUB#
Garibaldi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Erikson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Erikson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Erikson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. #T4#
Erikson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garibaldi has a closed guard, preventing Erikson from standing up.
Erikson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Garibaldi wants to sweep but no luck.
Erikson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Erikson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Garibaldi's head.#SUB#
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Erikson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Erikson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garibaldi swivels though and keeps the full guard. #SUB#
Garibaldi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Erikson defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Leif Erikson will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Garibaldi feints and then cracks Erikson 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Erikson down.
A jab from Garibaldi finds it's way through Erikson 's defenses. #CL#
Garibaldi darts in and clinches Erikson up against the cage.
Garibaldi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Erikson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi lands a left hand.
Erikson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garibaldi or not.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Erikson cracks Garibaldi with a nice body shot.
Erikson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Garibaldi seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Erikson can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Erikson .
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Michael Garibaldi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Erikson controls the action.
Garibaldi lands a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Erikson .
Erikson working aggressively here.
Garibaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Erikson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
#T1#
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Erikson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Erikson can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Erikson 's elbow.
Erikson is working Garibaldi over against the cage.
Erikson can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Erikson tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
Erikson tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Erikson can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Garibaldi lands with a right to the head.
Erikson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Erikson .
Garibaldi is trying to maintain a safe position but Erikson gets an underhook and turns Garibaldi into the cage.
Erikson lands a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi blocks a body shot from Erikson .
Erikson throws a punch but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Erikson blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Erikson prevents a body shot from Garibaldi. #T2#
Garibaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Erikson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Erikson tries to land knees in the clinch but Garibaldi avoids the damage to the body.
Garibaldi slowing the pace effectively.
Erikson tries a body shot but Garibaldi blocks it.
A short right from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Erikson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Erikson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Erikson struggles to land a body shot inside as Garibaldi controls his hands.
Garibaldi jumps guard but Erikson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Still in the clinch, Garibaldi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garibaldi lands with a left to the head.
Garibaldi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Erikson scores with a shot to the side of Garibaldi's head.
A right hand to the body from Erikson .
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Erikson controls his hands.
Erikson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Erikson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T3#
Erikson digs a right hand into Garibaldi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garibaldi's gas tank.
Garibaldi lands a left hand.
Erikson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Garibaldi has Erikson pushed against the cage.
Garibaldi controlling the action here for a moment.
Erikson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Erikson blocking some punches.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garibaldi misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Garibaldi.
Erikson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Erikson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garibaldis head.
Garibaldi scores with a hook to the body.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Erikson backwards.
Erikson tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #T4#
Garibaldi has Erikson pressed against the cage.
Erikson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erikson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Erikson 's elbow.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erikson lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Erikson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Erikson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Erikson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Erikson controls his hands.
Erikson has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lands a body shot.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Erikson tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Erikson tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Erikson back against the cage.
Erikson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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 Michael Garibaldi will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R3#
Garibaldi defending well as Erikson loads up on a big left hand.
Erikson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Erikson misses its intended target.
Erikson just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Erikson misses.
As Erikson tries to get set, Garibaldi tries to push him back and clinch up but Erikson manages to avoid the attempt.
Erikson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garibaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Erikson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garibaldi.
Erikson slips under a jab.
Erikson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Erikson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi cracks Erikson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Garibaldi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Erikson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Garibaldi rather than just go for the knockout.
Erikson swings away with a body shot that misses
#CL#
and Garibaldi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Garibaldi stalling in the clinch but Erikson improves position.
Erikson blocks an uppercut.
Erikson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
#T1#
A right hand to the body from Garibaldi.
Erikson misses with a punch to the body.
Erikson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Garibaldi lands a shoulder strike.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Erikson backwards.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi.
Erikson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garibaldi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Erikson avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Erikson tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Erikson back against the cage.
Erikson swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Erikson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Erikson misses with a body punch.
Erikson blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Erikson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Erikson misses with some punches.
Erikson misses with a punch on the inside.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T2#
A shot in the inside from Erikson .
Erikson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Erikson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Erikson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Erikson .
Garibaldi has Erikson pressed against the cage.
Erikson throws a punch but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Erikson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Erikson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi lands a hook to the side of the head.
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 tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Erikson misses with the head strike.
Garibaldi works on Erikson 's body with a couple of short punches.
Erikson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi is stalling here.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Erikson tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #T3#
Erikson working aggressively here.
#TD#
Garibaldi manages to pull guard.
Erikson trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
Erikson is working Garibaldi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Erikson postures up in Garibaldi's guard and throws a big left but Garibaldi blocks it.
Erikson throwing strikes from guard but Garibaldi blocks nicely.
Erikson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Erikson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garibaldi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Erikson from controlling successfully. #SUB#
Garibaldi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Erikson defends it easily.
Erikson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. #T4#
Erikson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garibaldi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Erikson won't allow Garibaldi to sweep him here. #SUB#
Garibaldi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Erikson from controlling successfully.
Erikson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garibaldi is keeping the position for now.
Erikson is stalling in the full guard.
Erikson wants to control from the top but Garibaldi keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Michael Garibaldi did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R4#
A punch combination from Erikson misses.
Erikson misses the shot to the body.
Garibaldi slips a jab from Erikson .
Garibaldi tests Erikson 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Erikson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Garibaldi in his tracks.
Garibaldi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Erikson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Erikson tries to land a leg kick but Garibaldi saw it coming and moves away.
Garibaldi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Erikson throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
Garibaldi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Erikson clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Garibaldi blocking some punches.
Erikson lands a nice shot to the body.
Erikson misses with some punches.
Erikson lands a body shot in the clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.#T1#
Garibaldi blocks a body shot from Erikson .
The referee is keeping an eye on Garibaldi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice right hand lands inside from Erikson .
Erikson tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Erikson lands with a short shot to the head.
Erikson working aggressively here.
Erikson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Erikson .
Erikson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Erikson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erikson blocking some punches.
Garibaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Erikson controls the action.
Garibaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Garibaldi.
Erikson pushes Garibaldi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Erikson scores with an uppercut up the middle.#TD#
Garibaldi manages to pull guard.
Erikson looking to sit in guard and control but Garibaldi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
Garibaldi looking to pass the guard.
Erikson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Erikson is looking to stand up but Garibaldi isn't so interested in that idea.
Garibaldi preventing the sweep.
Erikson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garibaldi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Garibaldi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Erikson is trying to get back to half guard.#SUB#
Garibaldi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Garibaldi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! #T3#
Erikson is pushing Garibaldi's head away, looking to escape. Garibaldi manages to hold on to the position though.
A control attempt from Erikson but he's now mounted!
Garibaldi landing strikes from the mount.#SUB#
Garibaldi is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Erikson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Erikson is desperately trying to improve his position but Garibaldi has a good base and remains in mount.#SUB#
Garibaldi working for a guillotine from mount but Erikson is in no mood to give up.
Garibaldi won't let Erikson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now. #T4##SUB#
Garibaldi is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Garibaldi extends the arm and Erikson is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi retains his light heavyweight title!
Michael Garibaldi thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Leif Erikson was interviewed post fight and said 'I will now rape and pillage!'.
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Event:
Carnage 39
Date: May 13, 2017 |
#R1#
Garibaldi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Zuev misses with a looping right.
Zuev throws a jab but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Zuev looks to land a right hand but Garibaldi moved out of range.
Garibaldi takes one on the button.
Konstantin Zuev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garibaldi misses with an uppercut. Zuev saw that one coming.
Garibaldi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zuev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A big right from Zuev misses.
Zuev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garibaldi.
A jab from Zuev does it's job there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zuev .
Zuev connects with a single shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
Zuev lands a two punch combo.
An inside leg kick from Garibaldi misses.
Zuev throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garibaldi.
Nice straight punches there by Zuev . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zuev .#T1#
Garibaldi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Zuev .
Garibaldi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Zuev manages to circle out of the way.
Zuev lands with a nice body punch.
Zuev misses with a looping right.
Zuev uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garibaldi has time to react.
Zuev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zuev feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garibaldis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A combination from Zuev does no damage.
Garibaldi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Garibaldi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zuev jabs Garibaldi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zuev is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Garibaldi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Zuev lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zuev .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi tries to clinch there but Zuev circles away.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Zuev moves out of range easily.
Zuev is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Garibaldi with a body shot.
Zuev throws a poor cross that misses
#CL#
and Garibaldi counters by moving into the clinch.
Zuev is trying to force a seperation but Garibaldi has the dominant position.#T2#
Zuev 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zuev 's elbow.
Garibaldi digs a right hand underneath Zuev 's ribcage. Zuev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zuev prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi avoiding damage.
Garibaldi has Zuev pressed against the cage, preventing Zuev from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Garibaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garibaldi stalling the fight.
Zuev wants to break free but Garibaldi has control.
Garibaldi is stalling here.
#BC2#
Zuev breaks the clinch.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garibaldi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Garibaldi catches Zuev with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Zuev just misses with a punch to the body.
#T3#
Zuev lands with a nice body punch.
Garibaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zuev throws out the jab.
Zuev fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zuev takes one to the side of the head.
Zuev throws the left hand but Garibaldi avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Zuev misses.
A big left from Zuev misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garibaldi, right into the meat.
Zuev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zuev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zuev works Garibaldi's body with a nice hook.
Zuev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zuev fails to land with a series of punches.
A quick step to the side and Garibaldi tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi lunges at Zuev with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zuev 's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zuev listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.#T4#
Zuev throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zuev .
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zuev moves away.
Zuev throws a hook but Garibaldi blocks it.
Zuev tries to move into range but Garibaldi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zuev listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zuev checks a leg kick nicely.
Zuev misses with a straight left.
Garibaldi throwing a counter right hand but Zuev manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.
Zuev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zuev jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garibaldi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garibaldi is looking to counter the offense by Zuev and move into the clinch.
Zuev thuds his right hand into Garibaldi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zuev has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zuev .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Konstantin Zuev dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
Zuev swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
#CL#
and Garibaldi counters by moving into the clinch.
Garibaldi prevents Zuev from breaking the clinch.
Zuev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zuev tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Zuev back against the cage.
Garibaldi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zuev 's efforts to push away.
Garibaldi lands with a right to the head. #BC2#
Zuev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garibaldi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Garibaldi slips under a jab.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Garibaldi thuds his right hand into Zuev 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Konstantin Zuev seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zuev 's corner calls for a 1-2. Zuev obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Zuev sizes up Garibaldi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Garibaldi.
Zuev tries to bum rush Garibaldi with a series of wild strikes but Garibaldi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zuev takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.#T1#
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Zuev .
Zuev uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garibaldi.
Zuev throws a good cross that connects.
Zuev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garibaldi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Zuev takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Zuev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Zuev 's knee momentarily.
Konstantin Zuev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garibaldi scores with a jab to the head.
Zuev moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Garibaldi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zuev throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Zuev .
Zuev misses with a looping right.
A slow jab from Garibaldi misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Zuev misses the target.
Garibaldi misses with a hook. Zuev ducked under it nicely.
Zuev throws out a counter right but Garibaldi avoids it with no problem.#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#CL#
Zuev gets tackled into the cage by Garibaldi. Garibaldi maintains the clinch. #BC2#
Zuev breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Zuev .
Garibaldi connects with an inside leg kick.
Zuev walks into a stiff left hand from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a jab when Zuev was well out of range.
Zuev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garibaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zuev .
Garibaldi misses the jab.
Garibaldi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zuev cracks Garibaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Zuev throws a right hand that Garibaldi ducks under and follows up with a left that Garibaldi also avoids with ease.
Garibaldi fires out a quick counter leg kick but Zuev just manages to avoid it.
Jab from Zuev .
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Zuev .#T3##CL#
Garibaldi closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Garibaldi taking a breather.
Garibaldi gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Garibaldi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zuev 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Zuev to keep the fight standing.
Garibaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zuev backwards.
Zuev has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Garibaldi seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Zuev can turn it around.
Garibaldi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zuev up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Garibaldi lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Garibaldi.
#T4#
Garibaldi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Zuev prevents a body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to work over Zuev 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from Garibaldi.
Zuev wants to break the clinch but can't.
Garibaldi scores with a hook to the body.#BC2#
Zuev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garibaldi throws out a powerful jab.
Garibaldi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Zuev .
Garibaldi is looking to counter punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zuev throws a jab when Garibaldi was well out of range.
As Zuev tries to get set, Garibaldi tries to push him back and clinch up but Zuev manages to avoid the attempt.
Zuev throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garibaldi on the side of the head.
Zuev throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Zuev does it's job there.
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 Michael Garibaldi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R3#
Zuev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garibaldi.
Zuev throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zuev misses with a double jab
and Garibaldi counters with a left to the body.
Zuev tries to move into range but Garibaldi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Zuev .
Zuev throws a hook but Garibaldi avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Zuev .
Garibaldi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.#KD#
Garibaldi lands a high kick to the side of Zuev 's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Garibaldi dives into guard, looking to finish.#ROC#
Zuev is rocked!
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 slips nicely into half guard.
Zuev is still in real trouble! Can Garibaldi finish him?#SUB#
Garibaldi in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Zuev tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Garibaldi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Michael Garibaldi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Event:
Carnage 34
Date: Apr 08, 2017 |
#R1#
Babayega throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi swats away the attempt to clinch by Babayega.
Garibaldi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Babayega throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Babayega misses with an uppercut. Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Babayega throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it. #CL#
Babayega fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garibaldi, pushing him back against the cage.
Babayega stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Garibaldi.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Garibaldi.
Babayega working aggressively here.
Babayega misses with a punch to the body.
Babayega misses with a body punch.
#T1#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Babayega. #TD2#
Garibaldi pulls guard successfully.
Babayega stays in close to Garibaldi's body and controls the position. #SUB2#
Garibaldi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Babayega gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. #SUB2#
Garibaldi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Babayega's corner is telling him to maintain position.#SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle but Babayega pushes his legs off easily.
#T2##SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a triangle here but Babayega uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
#SU#
Babayega stands up and beckons Garibaldi to his feet.
Garibaldi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Babayega is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Garibaldi takes a swing at Babayega's ribcage but misses.
Garibaldi clobbers Babayega with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Babayega throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good shot there by Babayega.#CL#
Babayega fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garibaldi, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garibaldi lands a left hand.
#BC2#
Garibaldi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Babayega looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.#T3#
Babayega fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi throws a body punch but Babayega moves out of range.
Babayega misses with a hook
and Garibaldi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Babayega thinking.
Garibaldi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Babayega is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Babayega throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Babayega.
Garibaldi scores with a sloppy right hand. Babayega should have avoided that one.
Babayega misses with a left hand
and Garibaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garibaldi scores with a leg kick.
Babayega doesn't manage to clinch there - Garibaldi circles away.
#CL#
Babayega darts in and clinches Garibaldi up against the cage.
Garibaldi is leaning against Babayega and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.#T4#
Babayega goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Babayega.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Babayega.
Garibaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi lands a shot to the body.
Garibaldi pushes Babayega back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Babayega.
Garibaldi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Garibaldi is struggling to control the position.
Babayega tries to throw a body punch but Garibaldi avoids it by throwing Babayega back against the cage.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Babayega blocks it.
Garibaldi slows down the pace here.
Babayega misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Babayega tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Garibaldi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Babayega thuds a left hand into Garibaldi's body.
Babayega is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Babayega swings widly with a right hand
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab lands there for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws an overhand right that lands on Babayega's shoulder, as Babayega tries to avoid the shot.
Garibaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Babayega was well out of range. Poor timing from Garibaldi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Garibaldi misses the target.
Michael Garibaldi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Babayega scores with a crisp jab that stopped Garibaldi in his tracks.
Babayega throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick which misses Babayega's front leg but catches the back leg as Babayega tries to avoid it. #T1#
Babayega throws a lazy uppercut
and Babayega takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garibaldi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Babayega counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Babayega.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Babayega.
Babayega throws a hook but Garibaldi avoids it easily.
Babayega takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot
and Babayega counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Babayega scores with a hook to the body. Garibaldi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garibaldi drops his hands momentarily and Babayega takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice defenses there by Babayega.
Garibaldi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Babayega throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#CL#
Babayega moves into the clinch.#T2#
Babayega can't find room to land a body shot as Garibaldi controls the action.
Babayega blocks a body shot from Garibaldi.
Nice body punch from Garibaldi - that landed with a thud.
Garibaldi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Babayega is keeping busy.
Garibaldi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Babayega.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Babayega lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
Garibaldi lands a right hand.
Babayega misses with the head strike.
Garibaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Babayega backwards.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Babayega swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Babayega misses with some punches.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Babayega tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Babayega lands a left hand.
Babayega throws a head punch that misses. #T3#
Garibaldi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A shot in the inside from Garibaldi.
Babayega tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Babayega.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Babayega's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Babayega.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Babayega throws a punch but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Babayega blocking some punches.
Djimon Babayega has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Garibaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garibaldi is trying to stall.
#TD2#
Garibaldi pulls Babayega into guard.
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Babayega from controlling successfully.
Babayega is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#T4#
Garibaldi keeping moving, preventing Babayega from controlling successfully.
Babayega is really struggling to control Garibaldi but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Babayega forces his way into half guard.
Babayega throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Babayega sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Garibaldi makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Garibaldi.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R3#
The fight stays on the outside here - Babayega looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Babayega bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Babayega swings widly with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a low kick, right behind Babayega 's knee.
Garibaldi connects with an inside leg kick.
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Babayega.
Babayega slips a straight right by Garibaldi.
Babayega tries to counter by clinching up but Garibaldi breaks away and moves out of range.
Babayega tries to clinch up.
Djimon Babayega seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Babayega counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Garibaldi lands a front kick.
Garibaldi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.#CL#
Babayega gets a clinch. #T1#
Garibaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Babayega backwards.
Garibaldi scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Babayega fails to land.
Babayega tries to work over Garibaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Babayega as Garibaldi tries to tie him up.
Babayega misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garibaldi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A left hand lands to the body for Garibaldi.
A body shot lands from Garibaldi.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garibaldi lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Babayega controls his hands.
Garibaldi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Babayega won't allow it.
#T2#
Garibaldi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Babayega walks away with a smile on his face. Garibaldi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Djimon Babayega has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tests Babayega's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Garibaldi, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Babayega ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Garibaldi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Babayega ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi connects with a crisp jab. #CL2#
Garibaldi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Babayega, pushing him back against the cage.
Garibaldi is trying to maintain a safe position but Babayega gets an underhook and turns Garibaldi into the cage.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Babayega is keeping busy.
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Babayega.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Babayega.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the head. #T3#
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi tries to stall but Babayega uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Babayega tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Babayega pushes Garibaldi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Babayega's elbow.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Babayega controls his hands.
Garibaldi is looking to control Babayega's arms but Babayega gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garibaldi has his back to the cage.
Babayega lands a nice shot to the body.
Garibaldi stalling.
Garibaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Babayega backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Babayega.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Babayega's elbow.
Babayega tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Babayega misses with a hook from the clinch.
Babayega misses with some punches.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Garibaldi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. #T4#
Garibaldi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Babayega has a couple of punches blocked by Garibaldi.
Babayega misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi prevents a body shot from Babayega.
Babayega lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garibaldi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Babayega blocks it.
A short right from Garibaldi on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Babayega creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Babayega tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Babayega gets through Garibaldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garibaldi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R4#
Babayega tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Babayega jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garibaldi looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.#CL2#
Garibaldi instigates a clinch.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Babayega.#BC#
Babayega breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Babayega uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garibaldi.
Babayega throws an off balance right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Babayega misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Babayega.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi fakes the leg kick and cracks Babayega in the body.
Babayega on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Garibaldi cracks the inside of Babayega's front leg. #T1#
Nice defenses there by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a looping right.
Babayega seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Babayega tries to close the distance and clinch but Garibaldi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Babayega ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Babayega avoids the body shot from Garibaldi.
#CL2#
Garibaldi moves into the clinch.
Babayega throws a punch but it's blocked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi tries to work over Babayega's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garibaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Babayega working aggressively here.
Garibaldi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Babayega works on Garibaldi's body with a couple of short punches.#T2#
Garibaldi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Babayega up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Garibaldi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Babayega presses Garibaldi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garibaldi is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Garibaldi cracks Babayega with a nice body shot.
Garibaldi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Babayega working aggressively here.
Babayega tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi is trying to maintain a safe position but Babayega gets an underhook and turns Garibaldi into the cage.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Babayega lands with a light punch inside. #TD2#
Garibaldi gets control of Babayega's arms and successfully pulls guard. Garibaldi will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Babayega trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T3##SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Babayega defends well.
Babayega trying to control the position from guard on top but Garibaldi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Babayega controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Babayega trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom.
Babayega stopping the sweep attempt from Garibaldi.#T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Babayega trying to control but Garibaldi is working from the bottom. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A big right from Garibaldi misses.
Babayega appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.#CL#
Babayega moves into the clinch successfully.
Babayega tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi misses with a body punch.
Babayega tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garibaldi slows down the pace here.
Babayega lands an uppercut.
Garibaldi scores with a shoulder strike.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Babayega just stands there and leans against the cage.
Garibaldi blocks a body shot from Babayega.
Garibaldi blocks a body shot from Babayega.
Garibaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R5#
Garibaldi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Babayega checks it well.
Garibaldi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garibaldi connects with a single shot there.
Good shot there by Babayega.
Babayega lands with an overhand left.
Garibaldi misses with a low kick.
Babayega was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Garibaldi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Garibaldi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Babayega looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Babayega misses.
Garibaldi misses with an uppercut. Babayega saw that one coming.
Garibaldi connects with a solid leg kick.
Babayega tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Babayega.
Garibaldi feints a counter leg kick.#T1#
Babayega misses with an uppercut.
Babayega lands a slapping body shot.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Babayega.
Garibaldi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Babayega takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Babayega moves away from the strike by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Babayega misses the body punch
letting Garibaldi counter with a right hand.
Babayega tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Garibaldi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.#T2#
Garibaldi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Babayega looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Garibaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Babayega moves away.
Garibaldi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Garibaldi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Babayega throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Babayega tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garibaldi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garibaldi connects with a solid leg kick.
Babayega looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
A jab from Garibaldi finds it's way through Babayega's defenses.
Garibaldi jabs Babayega to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Babayega jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Babayega drops his hands momentarily and Garibaldi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. #T3#
Babayega throws a hook but Garibaldi avoids it easily.
Babayega keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garibaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Babayega.
Garibaldi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Babayega tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Michael Garibaldi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Babayega getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That kick from Garibaldi tenderised Babayega's leg. Babayega is trying to keep his angry face on.
An inside leg kick lands from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Babayega.
Babayega rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Babayega is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.#T4#
Babayega misses with an uppercut.
A little jabbing left from Garibaldi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Garibaldi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Babayega. Babayega circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Garibaldi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Babayega dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Djimon Babayega has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Babayega swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a good, hard body kick but Babayega shrugs it off.
A good leg kick by Garibaldi.
Nice jab there from Garibaldi.
Babayega fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi lands a leg kick that knocks Babayega off balance momentarily.
Babayega throws a lazy right hand but Garibaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good exchange - Garibaldi coming out on top.
Babayega takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Garibaldi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Garibaldi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Michael Garibaldi!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Michael Garibaldi!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi wins by unanimous decision!
Michael Garibaldi is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Michael Garibaldi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Event:
Carnage 32
Date: Mar 18, 2017 |
#R1#
A slow jab from Bad Boy misses its intended target.
Bad Boy is looking to clinch.
Bad Boy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bad Boy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garibaldi paws at him with a jab and circles away.#CL#
Bad Boy rushes Garibaldi and presses him up against the cage.
Garibaldi has Bad Boy pressed against the cage, preventing Bad Boy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bad Boy looking to stall.
Garibaldi working aggressively here.
Garibaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bad Boy gets through Garibaldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bad Boys head. #TD2#
Garibaldi manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bad Boy looking to sit in guard and control but Garibaldi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Garibaldi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bad Boy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Garibaldi won't allow Bad Boy to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garibaldi wants to pass the guard but Bad Boy is keeping the position.#T1#
Garibaldi prevents Bad Boy from getting back to his feet.
Bad Boy controls Garibaldi momentarily but Garibaldi frees himself.
Garibaldi works a leg free and moves into half guard. #SUB2#
Garibaldi maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Bad Boy could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Garibaldi has cracked it and Bad Boy is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Garibaldi!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michael Garibaldi!
After winning the bout, Michael Garibaldi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Event:
Carnage 29
Date: Feb 22, 2017 |
#R1#
Garibaldi lands a jab to Batra's midsection.
Gobal Batra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Batra throws a push kick but Garibaldi slaps the foot to one side.
Batra swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garibaldi has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Batra is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Batra misses with a hook. Garibaldi ducked under it nicely.
Garibaldi staying out of range there.
Batra misses with a low kick.
Batra misses with an uppercut. Garibaldi saw that one coming.
Garibaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Batra moves out of range easily.
Garibaldi lands with a cross.
Batra misses with a body kick.
A little jabbing left from Garibaldi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Garibaldi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Batra throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batra ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Batra throws an off balance right hand
and Batra takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Batra definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Batra misses with a left hand
and Garibaldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Batra lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.#T1#
Garibaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Batra manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi misses with a body shot.
Batra throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Batra jabs Garibaldi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Garibaldi throws a shot to the body.
Batra misses the shot to the body.
Batra misses with an uppercut
and Garibaldi counters with a nice body kick.
Batra throws a big shot that misses.
Garibaldi scores with a jab to the body.
Batra throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It seemed like Garibaldi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Garibaldi throws an overhand right that lands on Batra's shoulder, as Batra tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the body from Batra misses
and Garibaldi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Batra thinking.
Batra swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Batra thuds a left hand into Garibaldi's body.#T2#
Batra misses with a hook.
Garibaldi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Garibaldi misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Batra counter with a right hand.
Garibaldi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Batra rather than just go for the knockout.
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!
Batra punishes Garibaldi's body with a nice straight punch.
Batra takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garibaldi tries to land a front kick but Batra steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.#CL#
Batra has Garibaldi up against the cage in a clinch.
Garibaldi stops a takedown attempt from Batra.
Garibaldi lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi. #BC#
Batra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garibaldi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Batra connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garibaldi clobbers Batra with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Garibaldi takes a swing at Batra's ribcage but misses. #T3#
A jab lands there for Batra.
Good standup being displayed there by Garibaldi as he connects with a hook.
Garibaldi defending well as Batra loads up on a big left hand.
Batra missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Batra throws a hook but Garibaldi avoids it easily.
Batra has a takedown stuffed.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Batra misses with a hook.
Garibaldi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Garibaldi cracks Batra with a good jab.
Garibaldi defending well as Batra loads up on a big left hand.
Batra lands a nice shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Garibaldi misses the target.
Batra gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Garibaldi counters with a nice body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gobal Batra. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T4#
Batra lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garibaldi takes one to the chin there.
Batra rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garibaldi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Garibaldi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Batra slips under a jab.
Garibaldi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Garibaldi slips a jab from Batra.
Garibaldi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Batra misses with a hook to the body
and Garibaldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Batra digs a good body shot into Garibaldi's ribs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Batra, as that shot connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Garibaldi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Batra throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Batra misses with a wild body shot.
Batra backing away here, and Garibaldi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Garibaldi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Batra throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Batra lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Batra tries to clinch up
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Batra darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Garibaldi - that will leave a mark!
Garibaldi thuds his right hand into Batra's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A solid leg kick lands there for Batra.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Batra.#T1#
Batra on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Garibaldi connects with a leg kick. Batra looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Good leg kick by Garibaldi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garibaldi swings for the body but Batra moves out of range.
Batra looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Garibaldi motions for Batra to come forward. Garibaldi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Batra misses with a hook.
It seemed like Garibaldi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Batra misses with an uppercut.
Batra misses with a hook. Garibaldi ducked under it nicely.
Batra misses with a hook to the body
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Batra misses with a head kick.
Garibaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the body
and Batra counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#T2#
A head kick misses from Batra.
Garibaldi throws a leg kick but Batra sees it coming and moves out of range.
Batra dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garibaldi ducks under a wild hook from Batra.
Garibaldi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Batra stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Both fighters circling a little - Garibaldi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Batra takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Batra misses the body punch
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Garibaldi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Batra.
Garibaldi scores with a jab to the body.
Garibaldi lands a nice looking body shot.
Garibaldi cracks Batra with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Batra takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.#T3#
Batra misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Batra defending well as Garibaldi loads up on a big left hand.
Garibaldi lands a jab to Batra's midsection.
Garibaldi scores with a kick to the body.
Garibaldi digs a good body shot into Batra's ribs.
Batra takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice shot by Batra.
Garibaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Batra scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Batra takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Batra lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Batra misses with a right hand
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Batra misses with an uppercut
and Garibaldi counters with a crisp right that sends Batra to the canvas! Garibaldi follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Event:
Carnage 23
Date: Jan 07, 2017 |
#R1#
Chernobyl avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garibaldi throws a hook but Chernobyl avoids it easily.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Garibaldi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Chernobyl.
Chernobyl throws a head kick but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi wants to counter with a clinch but Chernobyl pushes him away.
A head kick by Chernobyl misses #CL2#
and Garibaldi moves into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Garibaldi as the two fighters clinch.
Chernobyl doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries a body shot but Chernobyl blocks it.
#BC#
Chernobyl manages to break the clinch.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Chernobyl.
We've been told by Chernobyl's head coaches at Savage Empire that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Garibaldi slips a straight right by Chernobyl.
Chernobyl on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi cracks Chernobyl with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chernobyl throws a low kick but Garibaldi avoids it.
Chernobyl fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garibaldi throws a lazy right hand but Chernobyl sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chernobyl scores with a shot to the body.
Garibaldi takes a shot right to the bread basket.#T1#
Garibaldi misses with a low kick.
Chernobyl misses with a low kick.
Garibaldi misses with a hook. Chernobyl ducked under it nicely.
Chernobyl throws a body kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Chernobyl, right into the meat.
Garibaldi blocks a low kick nicely.
Chernobyl looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Chernobyl sets himself, and Garibaldi steps forward looking for the clinch! Chernobyl avoids it this time.
Chernobyl thuds his shin into the meat of Garibaldi's side.
Garibaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Chernobyl is just out of range.
Chernobyl fails to land with a series of punches.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chernobyl.
Chernobyl throws out a loose jab but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garibaldi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A leg kick checked by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Chernobyl manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garibaldi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#T2#
Chernobyl throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi blocks a low kick nicely.
Garibaldi misses with a body kick.
Chernobyl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Garibaldi tries to counter with a clinch but Chernobyl shakes him off and moves away.
Gus Chernobyl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chernobyl throws a shot from downtown. Garibaldi moves away and avoids it.
Garibaldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chernobyl on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#CL2#
Garibaldi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi blocks an uppercut.
Garibaldi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Chernobyl fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Chernobyl holds him up against the cage and eventually Garibaldi drops back down to his feet.
Chernobyl tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garibaldi's elbow.
Garibaldi stalling.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Garibaldi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
#T3#
Chernobyl trying to stall but Garibaldi improves his position.
Chernobyl is stalling here.
A head punch on the inside from Chernobyl fails to land. #TD2#
Garibaldi jumps into guard, dragging Chernobyl to the mat.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Garibaldi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chernobyl is one step ahead there.
Chernobyl wants to stand and escape but instead Garibaldi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. #REVB#
Chernobyl wants to sweep here but Garibaldi controlling him for the moment.
Garibaldi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garibaldi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Chernobyl's guard.
Chernobyl tries to get to full guard but Garibaldi has control of the leg.
Chernobyl is looking to control Garibaldi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Chernobyl avoid being mounted?#T4##SUB2#
Garibaldi is working for a kimura but Chernobyl is defending it quite comfortably.
Chernobyl is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
Garibaldi seems to be working for a kimura but Chernobyl defends the submission attempt.#SUB2#
Garibaldi is working for a submission of some sort.
Garibaldi stops Chernobyl from getting back to his feet.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Chernobyl has managed to free his arm - good work. #SUB2#
Garibaldi is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Chernobyl is just riding it out for now. Garibaldi eventually gives up the hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Garibaldi 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.
#R2#
Chernobyl is looking to land body kicks.
Chernobyl misses with a low kick.
Chernobyl moves out of range of the body kick from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chernobyl.
Gus Chernobyl is winning the standup battle so far.
Chernobyl lands with a nice body punch.
Chernobyl throws a leg kick but Garibaldi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Chernobyl throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
Garibaldi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Garibaldi thumps Chernobyl with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Chernobyl 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 Garibaldi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Garibaldi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chernobyl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garibaldi scores with a decent looking hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chernobyl.
Garibaldi only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Garibaldi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chernobyl.
#T1#
Chernobyl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garibaldi moves away.
Chernobyl misses with a body kick.
Garibaldi connects with a body shot.#CL2#
Garibaldi clinches up with Chernobyl and pushes him back against the cage.
Garibaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garibaldi tries to work over Chernobyl's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chernobyl lands a nice uppercut.
Chernobyl letting Garibaldi take a breather here.
Chernobyl wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Chernobyl leaning against his opponent.
A nice left hand lands by Garibaldi.
Garibaldi tries to work over Chernobyl's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garibaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garibaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Garibaldi lands a shoulder strike.
Garibaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Chernobyl controls his hands.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Chernobyl won't allow it.
Chernobyl lands a nice shot to the body. #T2#
Nice body punch from Garibaldi - that landed with a thud.
Garibaldi keeps control of Chernobyl as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chernobyl.
Chernobyl gets through Garibaldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Garibaldi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
#TD2#
Garibaldi pulls guard successfully.
Garibaldi lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB#
Chernobyl preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Chernobyl is trying to hold Garibaldi in close to prevent damage but Garibaldi has managed to pass into half guard.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Chernobyl wants to get back to full guard.#T3#
Chernobyl trying to control from the bottom.
Chernobyl is trying to get back to full guard.
Chernobyl trying to control here.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Chernobyl has managed to free his arm - good work.
Garibaldi works his foot free and advances to mount.
Chernobyl tries to hold on but Garibaldi pushes him away.
Garibaldi takes Chernobyl's back.
Chernobyl trying to control the action but Garibaldi just sinks the hooks in. #T4##SUB2#
Garibaldi working for a choke but Chernobyl is defending well.
Chernobyl is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
#SUB2#
Garibaldi has got one arm under Chernobyl's chin. This could be trouble... Chernobyl trying to control the other hand but Garibaldi gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Chernobyl has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Michael Garibaldi!
Michael Garibaldi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 07, 2016 |
#R1#
A left lands for Horse.
Garibaldi motions for Horse to come forward. Garibaldi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. #CL#
Garibaldi gets tackled into the cage by Horse. Horse maintains the clinch.
Good body shot from Garibaldi.
#BC2#
Garibaldi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horse lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Horse throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garibaldi misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi cracks Horse with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Horse blocks a head kick by Garibaldi.
Horse tries to clinch up but Garibaldi circles away and keeps his distance.
Horse throws a body punch but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Garibaldi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Horse stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
John Horse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#TD#
Horse scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#SUB#
Horse is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Garibaldi has escaped the position, nice work there.
You can see the frustration on Garibaldi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#T1##SUB#
Horse is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Garibaldi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Garibaldi is looking to regain half guard here but Horse keeps moving and retains side control. #SU#
Horse stands up and beckons Garibaldi to his feet.
Garibaldi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Horse.#TD#
Garibaldi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.#T2##SUB2#
Garibaldi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Horse defends well.#SU#
Horse stands up from Garibaldi's guard - Horse perhaps looking for a knockout.
Horse closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Garibaldi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Horse does no damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garibaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Horse manages to avoid it.
Horse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garibaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.#T3#
Garibaldi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horse changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Garibaldi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Horse's head.
Michael Garibaldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horse ducks under a wild hook from Garibaldi.
Horse darts in looking for a takedown but Garibaldi gets double underhooks and turns Horse into the cage.
Garibaldi tries to land a front kick but Horse steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Horse throws a lazy head kick
and Garibaldi counters with a head kick. That will keep Horse thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks! #TD#
Horse shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Garibaldi's guard.
Horse is breathing heavily.
Horse trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Garibaldi manages to land a sweep and now he's on top! #REVB#
Horse has a closed guard, preventing Garibaldi from standing up.
Garibaldi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Horse is keeping the position for now.
Garibaldi seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. #T4#
Garibaldi trying to control but Horse is working from the bottom.
Horse will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
#SUB#
Garibaldi throws a sloppy strike and Horse has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Garibaldi is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Horse!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Horse!
A victorious John Horse thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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