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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Vercetti (ranked 1431 p4p, 1967 weight class) and George Garrison (ranked 186 p4p, 238 weight class). Vercetti comes into the arena with Vice City blaring out of the sound system. Tommy Vercetti had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tommy Vercetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Garrison!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vercetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garrison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garrison lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vercetti at a distance.
Vercetti looks to land a right hand but Garrison moved out of range.
Garrison thuds a left hand into Vercetti's body.
Vercetti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Finch Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Vercetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Garrison counters with a left to the body.
Vercetti avoids the body shot from Garrison.
Garrison slips under a jab from Vercetti.
Garrison looks to land a left hand but Vercetti moved out of range nicely.
A big left from Vercetti misses.
Garrison scores with a jab. Vercetti acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Garrison, as that shot connected.
Vercetti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vercetti lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vercetti misses with a hook.
Garrison tests Vercetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vercetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercetti misses with a looping right.
Garrison throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vercetti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Garrison punishes Vercetti's body with a nice straight punch.
Vercetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Garrison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garrison lands with an overhand left.
Garrison misses with a two punch combination.
Vercetti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garrison counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vercetti thinking.
Vercetti throws an overhand right that lands on Garrison's shoulder, as Garrison tries to avoid the shot.
Vercetti throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garrison counters with a two punch combo.
Vercetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Garrison is just out of range.
Garrison throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garrison changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tommy Vercetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vercetti swings widly with a right hand
and Garrison counters with a stiff right hand.
Vercetti misses with a left hand
and Garrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vercetti throws a right hand that misses
and Garrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vercetti misses with a left hand
and Garrison counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vercetti thinking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti throws a big shot that misses.
Garrison lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Garrison stuns Vercetti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Garrison cracks Vercetti with an open hand slap.
Garrison with a hook.
Vercetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garrison.
Vercetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Garrison.
Garrison slips under a jab.
Garrison is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vercetti had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Vercetti misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Vercetti.
Garrison scores with a jab to the body.
Garrison scores with a body shot.
Vercetti throws an off balance right hand
and Garrison counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vercetti throws a looping overhand right but Garrison ducks down to avoid it.
Garrison lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Vercetti is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Garrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vercetti.
Garrison scores with a jab to the body.
Garrison lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from Vercetti.
Garrison looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrison lands with an overhand left.
Garrison defending well as Vercetti loads up on a big left hand.
Vercetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vercetti misses with a jab to the body
and Garrison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vercetti.
Garrison moves out of range as Vercetti strikes.
Vercetti connects with a right hand. Garrison shakes it off.
Garrison lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vercetti circles away quickly and effectively.
Vercetti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Garrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vercetti doesn't seem bothered though.
Garrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vercetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garrison counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Vercetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vercetti.
Garrison throws out a loose jab but Vercetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garrison is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Vercetti rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vercetti lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Garrison slips under a jab from Vercetti.
Vercetti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garrison manages to avoid it.
Garrison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vercetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vercetti misses the jab.
Vercetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garrison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garrison slips under a jab.
Vercetti loads up on a big right hand but Garrison slips the punch.
Vercetti feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garrisons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garrison lands with a right hand.
Garrison thuds a left hand into Vercetti's body.
Vercetti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garrison.
Vercetti takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
George Garrison dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Vercetti swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Garrison counters with a left to the body.
Garrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vercetti doesn't seem bothered though.
Garrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vercetti.
Garrison slips under a jab from Vercetti.
Garrison appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Vercetti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Garrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
George Garrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Garrison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vercetti.
The fighters circling - Garrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A left lands for Garrison.
Garrison scores with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vercetti ducks under a wild hook from Garrison.
Garrison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Vercetti to score with a decent uppercut.
Vercetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Garrison counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vercetti misses with a shot to the body
and Garrison counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vercetti throws a right hand that misses
and Garrison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrison jabs at Vercetti's body.
Vercetti misses with a hook
and Garrison counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vercetti misses with a looping left.
Garrison cracks Vercetti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Garrison throws a shot to the body.
Garrison feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Vercettis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Garrison misses with a wild combination.
Garrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vercetti walks into a straight right hand from Garrison.
Vercetti lands with a right hand.
Garrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vercetti.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vercetti 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.
Vercetti misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garrison changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vercetti misses the jab.
Garrison throws a hook to the side of Vercetti's head but Vercetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vercetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garrison.
Garrison throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Vercetti misses.
Garrison now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Vercetti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garrison stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Garrison moves away from the strike by Vercetti.
Vercetti throws a right hand that Garrison ducks under and follows up with a left that Garrison also avoids with ease.
Vercetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garrison.
Garrison appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Garrison throws the left hand but Vercetti avoids the punch easily.
Vercetti swings widly with a right hand
enabling Garrison to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrison on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Vercetti might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Vercetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Garrison counters with a nice body shot.
Garrison slips a jab and a cross from Vercetti.
Garrison slips a jab from Vercetti.
Garrison lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice jab there from Garrison.
Vercetti 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.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Garrison.
Vercetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vercetti misses with an uppercut.
Garrison defending well as Vercetti loads up on a big left hand.
Garrison digs a good hook to Vercetti's body.
Vercetti throws a series of punches but Garrison avoids them all with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garrison! But no joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vercetti misses with a right hand
and Garrison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vercetti looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vercetti misses with a straight right.
Vercetti connects with a right hand. Garrison shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrison lands a jab-cross combination.
Garrison lands a jab to Vercetti's midsection.
Garrison bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Vercetti's head.
A jab from Vercetti misses.
Garrison slips a straight right by Vercetti.
Garrison fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vercetti on the side of the head.
Garrison cracks Vercetti with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vercetti is rocked!
Vercetti cracks Garrison with a right hand to the side of the head.
Garrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garrison let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Vercetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Garrison.
Vercetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Garrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garrison misses with a looping right.
Garrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vercetti misses with a straight right.
Vercetti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
George Garrison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Vercetti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Garrison counter with a right hand.
Vercetti looks to throw the jab but Garrison is out of range.
Vercetti throws a hook but Garrison blocks it.
Garrison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vercetti.
An attempted straight right counter from Vercetti misses the target.
Garrison scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vercetti takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A big left from Vercetti misses.
Garrison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Garrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vercetti.
Garrison appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Vercetti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Garrison scores with a punch to the head.
Vercetti misses with a hook. Garrison ducked under it nicely.
Garrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garrison uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vercetti has time to react.
A swing and a miss from Garrison.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vercetti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vercetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Garrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vercetti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garrison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little jabbing left from Garrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garrison lands a nice shot to the body.
A combination from Garrison does no damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Vercetti misses the target.
Garrison throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Garrison uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Garrison scores with a hook to the body. Vercetti takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vercetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrison.
Vercetti throws the left hand but Garrison avoids the punch easily.
Vercetti misses with an uppercut. Garrison saw that one coming.
Vercetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vercetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Garrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garrison scores with a nice head shot.
Vercetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garrison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garrison throws a shot to the body.
Vercetti misses with a straight right.
Vercetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good exchange - Garrison coming out on top.
Oh Vercetti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right-left combo lands from Vercetti.
Vercetti seems to have got his legs back now.
Vercetti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vercetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrison.
Garrison scores with a shot to the body.
Garrison connects with a crisp jab.
Garrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garrison throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vercetti on the side of the head.
Garrison misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Vercetti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Garrison defending well as Vercetti loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti looks to land a left hand but Garrison moved out of range nicely.
Vercetti throws a hook but Garrison blocks it.
Garrison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garrison lands a nice shot that snaps Vercetti's head back.
Garrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vercetti.
Garrison now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Vercetti throws a looping overhand right but Garrison ducks down to avoid it.
Garrison punishes Vercetti's body with a nice straight punch.
George Garrison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Vercetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garrison throws out the jab.
Vercetti throwing a counter right hand but Garrison manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Garrison.
Garrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vercetti.
Garrison is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jab, jab by Garrison - just one landing.
Garrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Garrison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vercetti feints a jab promting Garrison to slip. Vercetti then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Garrison slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti misses with a two punch combination.
A countering left hand to the body from Garrison misses.
The fighters circling - Vercetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vercetti throws a nice looking combination but Garrison bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vercetti misses with a looping left.
Vercetti misses with an uppercut. Garrison saw that one coming.
Garrison tests Vercetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vercetti misses with a left hand
and Garrison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vercetti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A lazy left from Garrison finds it's target.
Tommy Vercetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vercetti loads up on a big right hand but Garrison slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Garrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vercetti.
Vercetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vercetti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Garrison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Garrison has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Garrison!
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