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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fidel Legions (ranked 1178 p4p, 827 weight class) and Bo Garrett (ranked 58 p4p, 123 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fidel Legions!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Bo Garrett!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legions tries to clinch up but Garrett circles away and keeps his distance.
Garrett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Legions throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Legions!
A head kick misses from Legions.
Legions moves to clinch but Garrett breaks away
and Garrett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garrett throws out a loose jab but Legions uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garrett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Legions slips under a jab.
Legions lands with a kick to the temple. Garrett shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Legions throws a sloppy head kick and Garrett moves out of range easily.
Garrett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Legions.
Legions plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garrett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Legions.
Garrett avoids the head kick by Legions.
Legions tries a head kick but it misses.
Legions tries to bum rush Garrett with a series of wild strikes but Garrett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garrett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Legions loads up on a big right hand but Garrett slips the punch.
Legions fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legions pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Legions cracks Garrett with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Garrett has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Garrett circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Garrett counter with a right hand.
Legions throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Garrett misses.
Legions has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Garrett finds it's way round the side to connect with Legions's head.
Garrett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Legions missing with a left hand there. Garrett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Legions misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garrett.
Garrett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fidel Legions is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Legions tries to clinch up but Garrett circles away and keeps his distance.
Garrett sizes up Legions with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Legions uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
Garrett misses with a straight right.
Garrett getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Legions looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
No joy there for Garrett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legions misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garrett shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Legions manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Garrett stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Legions swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garrett being controlled here momentarily.
Garrett postures up in Legions's guard and throws a big left but Legions blocks it.
Garrett trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Garrett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garrett postures up and lands a big shot to Legions's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garrett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garrett throws a strike but Legions rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Garrett looking for a sweep. Not yet Garrett, not yet.
Legions trying to control the position from guard on top but Garrett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Legions controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Legions has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Legions won't allow Garrett to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Legions looking to sit in guard and control but Garrett gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Legions managing to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garrett landing some decent shots from guard.
Garrett connects with a couple of short punches.
Garrett is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Legions is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Legions has escaped and now he's on top!
Legions trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
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 Fidel Legions will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Legions misses with a head kick.
Legions fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garrett manages to avoid it.
Garrett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garrett 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.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garrett.
Legions misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garrett.
Legions's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fidel Legions seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garrett. Legions does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garrett scores with a shot to the body.
Legions throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Garrett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garrett gets tackled into the cage by Legions. Legions maintains the clinch.
Legions works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
Legions lands a hook that snaps the head of Garrett backwards.
Legions escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Legions tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garrett takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Legions goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legions lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garrett circles away quickly and effectively.
Garrett blocks a head kick by Legions.
Garrett scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Legions doesn't seem bothered though.
Garrett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Legions throws a head kick that misses.
Legions fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garrett on the side of the head.
Garrett avoids the head kick by Legions.
Legions throws a head kick that misses.
Legions swinging wildly here.
Garrett feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Legionss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Garrett lands a right hook to the body.
Fidel Legions is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Legions uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
Legions lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garrett at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Legions looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garrett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Legions blocks a jab.
Legions fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Legions moves forwards but Garrett connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Garrett misses with a takedown attempt - Legions sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Legions throws a hook but Garrett blocks it.
Garrett fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Legions looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Legions pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garrett misses with an uppercut. Legions saw that one coming.
Garrett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Legions is looking to counter punch.
Garrett misses with a looping right.
Legions misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab from Garrett finds it's way through Legions's defenses.
Legions connects with a looping right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garrett takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Legions cracks a nice hook into Garrett's ribs.
Garrett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Legions.
Legions looks to land a left hand but Garrett moved out of range nicely.
Legions pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And Garrett tries to counter it with a takedown but Legions pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Legions throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garrett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Legions tries a head kick but it misses.
Legions swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garrett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Legions moves away.
Garrett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Legions is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garrett can do to turn this around?
Legions dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fidel Legions is winning the standup battle so far.
Legions takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garrett lands a jab to Legions's midsection.
Legions tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garrett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garrett throws a big shot that misses.
Legions ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garrett moves away.
Garrett unleashes a big counter combination but Legions bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett misses with a looping right.
Garrett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legions manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garrett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Legions takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Legions misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Garrett.
Garrett looks to throw the jab but Legions is out of range.
Garrett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Legions moves away.
Legions misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Legions works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Legions misses with a left hand
and Garrett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Legions throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garrett counters with a nice double leg into side control. Legions won't be happy with that.
Legions avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Garrett.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garrett looks up at the clock and then as Legions takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Garrett smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Legions tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Garrett wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Garrett working the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Fidel Legions will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Legions lands a high kick!
Legions throws a head kick that misses.
Garrett feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Garrett is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Garrett tries to free his leg and advance position but Legions is retaining full guard.
Garrett working some strikes from top position.
Garrett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Legions will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Garrett throwing strikes but missing.
Garrett has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garrett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garrett stands up over Legions, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Garrett throws an elbow that misses. Legions uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Garrett's guard. Nice move by Legions!
Legions won't allow Garrett to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett is pulling down on Legions's head to control his posture.
Legions trying to control the position from guard on top but Garrett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garrett is on top in guard.
Garrett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Legions works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Garrett with a flurry of punches that miss.
Garrett keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Legions's head.
Legions keeping moving, preventing Garrett from controlling successfully.
Garrett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bo Garrett has got the better of the ground game so far.
Garrett stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Legions swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garrett postures up.
Garrett working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Legions's head.
Garrett throwing strikes but missing.
Garrett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garrett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Garrett throwing strikes from guard but Legions blocks nicely.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Legions swings for the body but Garrett moves out of range.
Garrett scores with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Legions finds it's way through Garrett's defenses.
Garrett throws out a powerful jab.
Garrett throws a jab but it's blocked by Legions.
Legions misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Legions misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garrett takes a kick to the side of the head.
Garrett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Legions darts in and clinches Garrett up against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Garrett.
Garrett tries a body shot but Legions blocks it.
Garrett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Legions's elbow.
Garrett lands a left hand.
Garrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Legions controls his hands.
Garrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Legions controls his hands.
Garrett wants a takedown.
Garrett misses with a punch to the body.
Garrett drops down looking for an ankle pick but Legions pulls his leg out and moves away.
Legions uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garrett closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Legions did well to prevent Garrett getting side control.
Garrett is thwarting Legions's attempts to control the position.
Garrett is nestled in close to Legions, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Garrett misses with a head shot. Legions uses the momentum to regain guard.
Garrett throws a big right hand that misses.
Legions is trying to control the position but Garrett postures up.
Garrett throwing strikes from guard but Legions blocks nicely.
Legions is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bo Garrett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Garrett accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bo Garrett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Legions has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Bo Garrett!
After winning the bout, Bo Garrett 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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