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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Garcia (ranked 674 p4p, 570 weight class) and Shen Po (ranked 96 p4p, 74 weight class). Garcia kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is S.G. Sinnicks - St Patrick Battalion. Po has chosen Ei-tetsu Hayashi & 木下伸市 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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12 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shen Po!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po throws a hook but Garcia avoids it easily.
Po scores with the left hand. Garcia knows he should have avoided that one.
Po connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garcia. Garcia circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Po misses with a shot to the body
and Garcia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Po throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
Po throws out a powerful jab.
Po moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Garcia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Po.
A punch combination from Garcia misses.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Po throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Po is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Po jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garcia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Po.
Good exchange - Po coming out on top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Po lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Po looks to throw the jab but Garcia is out of range.
Po misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Po misses with a looping right.
Garcia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Po.
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Po uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Po at a distance.
Po 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.
Po fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Garcia sprawls well initially but Po persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Po passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Garcia!
Garcia defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Po.
Po with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Garcia is wriggling around trying to escape.
Po fails to take his opponent's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Po sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Po jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Garcia is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Garcia and Po has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to bench press Po off him but Po keeps the position.
Garcia is not content to let Po control the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Po passes to full mount!
Garcia is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Po locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Garcia is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shen Po!
A victorious Shen Po thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Mickey Garcia was interviewed post fight and said 'Can't believe the commission let me fight with Hep C...'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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