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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rafa Garpy (ranked 2763 p4p, 4514 weight class) and Mikey Day (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mikey Day is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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153 cm 25 135 5 - 2 - 0 |
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170 cm 37 146 23 - 21 - 1 |
Good takedowns Basic striking Very quick |
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Olympic wrestler Excellent MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rafa Garpy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 23 - 21 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mikey Day! The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! No luck with that takedown attempt from Garpy. Day looks like he wants to counter punch here. Garpy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Day lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garpy's sensitive parts. Garpy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Day tries to avoid it but Garpy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Day to the ground. Day escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Day decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Garpy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Garpy looking for a kimura from the bottom but Day passes into side control! Garpy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Day connects with a decent elbow. Garpy is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Day working the head with strikes. Garpy taking a bit of punishment here - Day scoring with strikes. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Garpy looks to move to half guard but instead Day has passed into mount! Damn! Garpy can't escape the position.
Day postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Garpy looks a forlorn figure.
Day takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Day putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Day scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Garpy?
Garpy is trying desperately to improve position. Garpy taking shots to the head. Day controlling the position easily from mount. Day punishing his opponent with strikes.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Day landing strikes from the mount. Garpy wants to hold on but Day pushes him away. Garpy is in all sorts of trouble here.
Garpy taking shots to the head. Day lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Garpy hang on? Day connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action! Garpy is working to get back to half guard.
Day working Garpy over with strikes here. Garpy is looking to get to half guard. Day putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Day punishing his opponent with strikes.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/rocked2.gif) Garpy is rocked! Day lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Garpy hang on? Oh Garpy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Day controlling from mount. Day unloading with bombs! Day punishing his opponent with strikes. Day unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Garpy wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Day celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikey Day! A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Mikey Day made sure he mentioned PWNAGEâ„¢, along with how happy he was to win his fight. Rafa Garpy was interviewed post fight and said '55'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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