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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Garcia (ranked 742 p4p, 372 weight class) and Jack Spratt (ranked 107 p4p, 52 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Spratt's choice of entrance music: Fit But You Know It. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Olympic wrestler
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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 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Diego Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Spratt!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spratt wants to land a leg kick but Garcia is out of range.
Garcia lands a nice shot that snaps Spratt's head back.
Garcia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garcia moves away from the strike by Spratt.
Spratt tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Spratt lands with an overhand left.
Garcia has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Thunder Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Garcia throws a leg kick but Spratt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Garcia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spratt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Spratt fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Spratt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big left from Spratt misses.
Spratt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spratt throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
Garcia attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Spratt throws an off balance right hand
and Garcia makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia needs to keep his hands up - Spratt had a free shot at his head there.
Spratt misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spratt throws out a loose jab but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spratt throws a lazy head kick
and Garcia counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Garcia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Spratt misses.
Spratt moves out of range as Garcia throws a body kick.
Garcia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Spratt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garcia checks it well.
Spratt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garcia scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garcia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spratt misses with a body punch.
Spratt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garcia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Spratt.
Garcia blocks a body shot from Spratt.
Garcia content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Garcia working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spratt breaks the clinch.
Spratt misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Spratt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spratt 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.
Spratt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice shot by Spratt.
Spratt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spratt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Garcia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spratt was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Spratt blocks a leg kick.
Spratt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia feints and then cracks Spratt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spratt down.
Spratt throws a leg kick which misses Garcia's front leg but catches the back leg as Garcia tries to avoid it.
Spratt looks for the body kick but Garcia saw that one coming.
Nice shot by Garcia.
Spratt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Garcia crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Spratt - the referee stops the clock and Garcia gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Spratt. Garcia manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Garcia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spratt.
Garcia throws a sloppy head kick and Spratt moves out of range easily.
Spratt throws a leg kick but Garcia sees it coming and moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Garcia. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands a leg kick that knocks Spratt off balance momentarily.
A bone on bone clash there as Spratt blocks the leg kick.
Garcia backing away here, and Spratt unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Spratt keeps Garcia at a distance using the push kick.
A low kick lands for Spratt.
A cross from Spratt lands.
Spratt misses with a hook. Garcia ducked under it nicely.
As Spratt looks to move away, Garcia throws a big counter combo but Spratt just gets out of the way.
Spratt checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Garcia throws a shot to the body.
Spratt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Garcia moves out of range as Spratt strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Spratt.
Garcia uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Spratt blocks a jab.
Spratt scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Garcia doesn't seem bothered though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia stuns Spratt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Spratt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garcia takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spratt misses with a straight right.
Spratt misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garcia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spratt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spratt throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Spratt misses with a body shot.
Spratt missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Spratt scores with the left hand. Garcia knows he should have avoided that one.
Garcia with a jab.
Spratt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Spratt defending well as Garcia loads up on a big left hand.
Spratt swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Garcia counter with a right hand.
Garcia throws a hook but Spratt avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Spratt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spratt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Spratt checks a leg kick.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Spratt checks the leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Diego Garcia 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.
Garcia throws a leg kick that misses.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Garcia scores with a sloppy right hand. Spratt should have avoided that one.
Garcia misses with a straight right.
Spratt throws out a counter right but Garcia avoids it with no problem.
Garcia with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Spratt to score with a decent uppercut.
Garcia has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Spratt.
Spratt swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Spratt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Spratt misses with a straight right.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Garcia misses.
Garcia wants to slow Spratt down by chopping away at his legs.
Spratt misses with a hook to the body
and Garcia counters with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia lands a nice looking body shot.
Spratt thumps Garcia with a low kick.
Spratt scores with the left hand. Garcia knows he should have avoided that one.
A head kick misses from Garcia.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spratt loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Garcia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spratt avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Garcia cracks Spratt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Spratt throws a hook but Garcia blocks it.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Garcia lands a nice hook to Spratt's body. Spratt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Spratt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Garcia on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big right from Garcia misses.
Spratt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garcia checks a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Spratt.
Spratt misses the jab.
Spratt checks the leg kick.
Spratt misses with a straight right.
Garcia looks to throw the jab but Spratt is out of range.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
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!
Garcia moves out of range as Spratt strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Garcia misses.
Spratt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garcia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spratt throws out the jab.
Spratt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garcia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Spratt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Spratt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Spratt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garcia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Spratt ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a looping left.
Spratt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jack Spratt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garcia tries a head kick but it misses.
A low kick lands for Spratt.
Spratt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Spratt slips under a jab from Garcia.
Garcia lands with a right hand.
Garcia throws a hook to the side of Spratt's head but Spratt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spratt slips under a jab.
It seemed like Spratt was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spratt looks to land a left hand but Garcia moved out of range nicely.
Spratt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Spratt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Good standup being displayed there by Spratt as he connects with a hook.
Garcia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garcia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jack Spratt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Spratt pushes Garcia up against the cage in a clinch.
Spratt tries to throw a body punch but Garcia avoids it by throwing Spratt back against the cage.
Spratt lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
A body shot lands from Spratt.
Garcia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Spratt backwards.
Garcia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spratt lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Spratt fails to land.
A hook to the body from Spratt.
Spratt scores with a shot to the side of Garcia's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garcia.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spratt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spratt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spratt was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Spratt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Spratt checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Garcia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spratt.
Spratt throws out a leg kick but Garcia moves out of range and Spratt only half commits.
Garcia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Spratt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spratt! But no joy.
Spratt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Spratt throws a hook to the side of Garcia's head but Garcia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Garcia throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A swing and a miss from Spratt.
Garcia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Spratt counters with a slapping leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garcia.
Spratt connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Spratt 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!
A nice leg kick lands there from Spratt.
Spratt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Spratt misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Spratt.
Spratt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
Garcia tried to score with a low kick but Spratt checks it.
Spratt tries to land a front kick but Garcia steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Garcia wants to slow Spratt down by chopping away at his legs.
Spratt scores with a jab to the body.
Spratt misses with a looping right.
Spratt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Garcia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Spratt misses.
Garcia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Spratt checks it well.
Spratt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Garcia was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A big left from Spratt misses.
Spratt missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia throws a chopping leg kick but Spratt manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spratt tries to land a body kick
and Garcia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Garcia lands the left hand.
Spratt lands a leg kick that knocks Garcia off balance momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garcia.
Spratt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Garcia throws a poor cross that misses
and Spratt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spratt was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Spratt misses with an uppercut.
Spratt lands an overhand right.
Spratt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Spratt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garcia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garcia was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garcia on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Spratt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Spratt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some bone on bone action there as Spratt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Garcia lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Spratt has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Spratt and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A punch combination from Garcia misses.
Garcia fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Spratt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Spratt rushes Garcia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Spratt can't find room to land a body shot as Garcia controls the action.
A short left from Spratt.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spratt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spratt swings widly with a right hand
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Garcia lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Spratt checks the leg kick.
Garcia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Spratt.
Spratt finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Spratt with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Spratt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia tries a low kick but Spratt avoids it.
Garcia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spratt throws out the jab.
Garcia appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spratt throws a right hand that misses
and Garcia counters with a nice low kick that buckles Spratt's knee momentarily.
Spratt scores with a jab to the jaw.
Spratt throws a wild body kick that Garcia sees coming a mile off.
Garcia feints and then cracks Spratt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Spratt down.
Spratt misses with a body shot.
Garcia looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Spratt throws a shot from downtown. Garcia moves away and avoids it.
Spratt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
Spratt throws out a loose jab but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia half committed to a counter leg kick.
A jab from Garcia misses.
Garcia staying out of range there.
Spratt lands with a kick to the temple. Garcia shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Garcia slips under a jab from Spratt.
Good work by Spratt as he checks the leg kick.
Spratt lands with a right hand.
Spratt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Garcia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Spratt's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spratt follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Garcia wants to land a leg kick but Spratt is out of range.
Spratt missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Spratt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garcia on the side of the head.
Garcia connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Spratt's hands.
Garcia scores with a head kick. Spratt tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Garcia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia moves out of range as Spratt strikes.
Spratt misses with a left hand
and Spratt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garcia misses with a double jab
and Spratt counters with an inside leg kick.
Spratt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Spratt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Garcia misses.
Spratt avoids the body shot from Garcia.
A telegraphed right hand from Spratt misses the target.
It looked like Garcia was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Spratt.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jack Spratt.
Well Spratt 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Spratt!
After winning the bout, Jack Spratt 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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