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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yin Mao (ranked 6153 p4p, 6048 weight class) and Carlos Santana Garcia (ranked 378 p4p, 375 weight class). Garcia has chosen Mexican Americans as his entrance music. 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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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yin Mao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carlos Santana Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mao looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Garcia throws a big shot that misses.
Mao is looking to counter with a body kick.
Mao misses with a body shot.
Garcia is looking for the big counter here.
Mao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garcia wants to clinch.
Mao looks to land a left hand but Garcia moved out of range nicely.
Garcia tries to clinch but Mao moves out of range.
A cross from Garcia lands.
Garcia rushes Mao and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mao breaks the clinch.
Garcia takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garcia throws a hook but Mao avoids it easily.
Carlos Santana Garcia 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.
Mao tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but Mao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia checks a low kick from Mao.
It seemed like Garcia was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Garcia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mao walks into a straight right hand from Garcia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mao tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garcia is able to avoid easily.
Garcia misses with a hook.
Garcia takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Carlos Santana Garcia has been cut.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Mao circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia wants to clinch but Mao slips to the side
and Mao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mao with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Mao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Mao pushes him off.
Garcia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mao counters with a solid body kick.
Garcia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mao connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garcia scrambles back to his feet.
Garcia looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Garcia blocks a leg kick.
Mao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Garcia darts in and clinches Mao up against the cage.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mao misses with the head strike.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Mao is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Mao has him pressed against the cage.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Mao tries a body shot but Garcia blocks it.
Mao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mao lands a leg kick that knocks Garcia off balance momentarily.
Garcia throws an off balance right hand
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garcia tries to clinch there but Mao circles away.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mao looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mao keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Garcia misses.
Garcia misses with a few strikes there.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Mao circles away.
Garcia falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mao counters with a slapping leg kick.
Garcia throws a jab when Mao was well out of range.
We've been told by Mao's head coaches at Temple of Fitness that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mao.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but Mao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mao moves away from the strike by Garcia.
Garcia tries to clinch there but Mao circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mao. Mao obviously looking to wear him down.
Mao keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia tries to clinch
and Mao counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garcia's knee momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Mao misses the target.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but Mao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Mao is avoiding it.
Mao throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garcia.
Mao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Mao.
Mao scoring well with a low kick there.
Mao slips a straight right by Garcia.
Mao tried to counter with a leg kick but Garcia avoided it.
Mao throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Mao moved out of range nicely.
Mao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Garcia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Garcia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As Mao backs off Garcia throws a huge counter combo but Mao manages to avoid it all.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mao swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mao swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mao.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Mao circles away.
Mao half committed to a counter leg kick.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Mao circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia misses with a looping left.
Mao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Mao staying out of range there.
Mao looks to land a right hand but Garcia moved out of range.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Mao circles away and keeps his distance.
Mao circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Mao counter with a right hand.
Mao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garcia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yin Mao dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Santana Garcia's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Mao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Mao misses its intended target.
Mao connects with a leg kick.
Mao keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mao blocking some punches.
Mao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garcias head.
Garcia scores with a shot to the side of Mao's head.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mao lands a shoulder strike.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by Mao.
Garcia wants to break free but Mao has control.
Mao jumps guard but Garcia stands there with Mao around his waist. Mao gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Mao is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Garcia wants to get back to striking at distance but Mao won't allow it.
Garcia misses with a punch on the inside.
Mao keeps control of Garcia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mao prevents Garcia from breaking the clinch.
Mao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mao taking a breather.
Mao 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.
Garcia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garcia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mao.
Garcia is looking to break free of the clinch but Mao has double underhooks.
Garcia misses with the head strike.
Mao blocking some punches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mao blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Mao.
Mao breaks from the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Mao.
Yin Mao is winning the standup battle so far.
Mao scoring well with a low kick there.
Mao throws a body kick that misses.
Mao throws a big shot that misses.
Garcia darts in trying to clinch
and Mao counters with a nice uppercut.
Mao moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to clinch there but Mao circles away.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Mao circles away.
Mao swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Mao is avoiding it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Garcia misses.
Garcia sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Garcia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mao has time to react.
Mao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice body kick there by Mao.
Mao misses with a body shot.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Mao circles away and keeps his distance.
A good leg kick by Mao.
Mao works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That has opened up Carlos Santana Garcia's cut even more.
Garcia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Carlos Santana Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia blocks a head kick by Mao.
Garcia takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mao misses with a wild body shot.
As Mao backs off Garcia throws a huge counter combo but Mao manages to avoid it all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mao moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
As Garcia looks to move away, Mao throws a big counter combo but Garcia just gets out of the way.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Garcia crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mao - the referee stops the clock and Garcia gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mao. Garcia manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A jab from Mao finds it's way through Garcia's defenses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mao.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garcia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mao counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garcia's knee momentarily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Mao. Garcia shrugs it off though.
Garcia's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mao lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mao lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Garcia backs up against the cage.
Garcia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mao.
The fighters circling - Garcia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mao misses with a low kick as Garcia jumps back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Mao there.
Mao throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mao throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Mao. That snapped Garcia's head back.
Mao throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Mao's shoulder, as Mao tries to avoid the shot.
Mao misses with a looping left.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Mao moves out of range.
Garcia moves into range and clinches up with Mao.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mao.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mao lands a body shot in the clinch.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by Mao.
Mao misses with a punch to the body.
Mao misses with some punches.
Mao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia is trying to push Mao away but Mao has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Garcia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yin Mao dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Santana Garcia's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garcia 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.
A big right from Mao misses.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Mao is avoiding it.
Mao keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Mao pushes him off.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mao is looking to counter with head kicks.
Mao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looked like Mao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mao jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mao drives through and clinches with Garcia against the cage.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Mao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia wants to break free but Mao has control.
Mao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mao ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Mao no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Mao has his feet on Garcia's thighs here. He's pushed Garcia off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Garcia screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yin Mao!
Yin Mao 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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