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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royal Halsti (ranked 330 p4p, 638 weight class) and Bo Garrett (ranked 48 p4p, 100 weight class). Royal Halsti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
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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 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Royal Halsti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Bo Garrett!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Halsti was well out of range. Poor timing from Garrett.
Halsti lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Halsti fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garrett checks it well.
Garrett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Halsti throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Royal Halsti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Halsti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Garrett was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Garrett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Halsti.
Garrett has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Garrett misses with a jab to the body
and Halsti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Halsti just misses with a punch to the body.
Garrett misses with a hook. Halsti ducked under it nicely.
Halsti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A big left from Halsti misses.
Garrett tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halsti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garrett.
Halsti throws out a loose jab but Garrett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Halsti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Garrett has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Halsti is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halsti thuds his right hand into Garrett's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Halsti scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Garrett doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halsti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garrett.
Garrett misses with a straight right.
Halsti lands a head shot.
Halsti throws a head kick but Garrett moves out of range.
Garrett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Halsti.
Garrett takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Garrett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Halsti misses with a looping left.
Garrett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Garrett moves away from the strike by Halsti.
Garrett checks the leg kick nicely there.
Halsti misses the body punch
and Garrett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Halsti jabs Garrett to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Garrett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garrett throws a jab but it's blocked by Halsti.
Garrett moves out of range of the strikes.
Halsti slips a jab from Garrett.
Garrett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Halsti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garrett blocks a low kick nicely.
Garrett staying out of range there.
Halsti scores with a nice head shot.
Garrett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Royal Halsti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Halsti throws a lazy right hand but Garrett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Halsti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Garrett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Halsti.
Halsti tried to counter with a leg kick but Garrett avoided it.
Garrett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Halsti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halsti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garrett.
A big right from Halsti misses.
Garrett lands a nice shot to the body.
Halsti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Halsti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garrett has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Halsti misses with a looping right.
Halsti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garrett checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halsti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Garrett scores with a nice head shot.
Halsti darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Halsti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Halsti misses with a low kick.
Halsti is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Garrett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Halsti.
Some wild striking there from Garrett.
Halsti swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Garrett walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Garrett fails to land with a series of punches.
Halsti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Halsti misses with a straight left.
Halsti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garrett.
Garrett avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Halsti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrett.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Garrett blocks the low kick.
Halsti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrett.
Garrett looks to score with a jab to the body but Halsti is just out of range.
Halsti throws a leg kick
and Garrett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garrett lands with an overhand left.
Garrett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halsti moves away.
Garrett on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Garrett punishes Halsti's body with a nice straight punch.
Halsti's corner calls for a 1-2. Halsti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Garrett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garrett on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Halsti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Halsti lands a glancing blow to the side of Garrett's head.
Halsti looks to throw the jab but Garrett is out of range.
Halsti misses the jab.
Halsti with a nice calf kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Royal Halsti dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Halsti looks to land a left hand but Garrett moved out of range nicely.
Halsti swinging wildly here.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Garrett might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Halsti has got the better of the exchanges.
Garrett misses with an uppercut.
Halsti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrett.
Garrett misses with a right hand
and Halsti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garrett throws a jab when Halsti was well out of range.
Halsti throws a low kick but Garrett avoids it.
Halsti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Halsti connects with a solid leg kick.
Halsti works the jab nicely.
Garrett misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halsti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garrett! But no joy.
Halsti throws a body shot but no joy.
Halsti swings widly with a right hand
and Garrett counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halsti looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garrett is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett postures up in Halsti's guard and throws a big left but Halsti blocks it.
Garrett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Garrett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Garrett stands up over Halsti, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Halsti seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Halsti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garrett can do to turn this around?
Garrett working some strikes from top position.
Garrett postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Garrett lands a couple of digs.
Garrett working some strikes from top position.
Halsti is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Garrett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garrett connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halsti working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garrett.
Garrett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Halsti working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garrett.
Halsti will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Garrett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Garrett is in close to Halsti's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garrett throws a strike but Halsti rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Garrett has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garrett is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Garrett keeping moving, preventing Halsti from controlling successfully.
Garrett is controlling Halsti's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halsti engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Halsti wants to pass the guard but Garrett is keeping the position.
Garrett is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Garrett seems to be looking for submissions.
Garrett throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Halsti to regain full guard.
Garrett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garrett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Halsti works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Halsti looking to control.
Garrett is looking to work some ground and pound but Halsti has wrist control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garrett working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Garrett postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Halsti is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Garrett, into his guard.
Halsti controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bo Garrett will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Garrett throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A clash of legs there as Garrett blocks the low kick.
Halsti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Garrett throws an overhand right that lands on Halsti's shoulder, as Halsti tries to avoid the shot.
Halsti lands a really nice looking cross but Garrett seems unphased.
Garrett takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Garrett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Halsti.
Garrett throws a lazy right hand but Halsti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Royal Halsti is winning the standup battle so far.
Garrett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halsti moves away.
Halsti throws a nice looking combination but Garrett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garrett misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halsti throws a hook but Garrett blocks it.
The fighters circling - Garrett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Halsti. Garrett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Halsti throws a sloppy head kick and Garrett moves out of range easily.
Garrett misses with an uppercut. Halsti saw that one coming.
Garrett throws out a loose jab but Halsti uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halsti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Halsti throws a sloppy body shot
and Garrett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Halsti goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Halsti displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garrett.
Halsti is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Garrett loads up on a big right hand but Halsti slips the punch.
Garrett looks to score with a jab to the body but Halsti is just out of range.
Garrett walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Halsti scores with a decent looking hook.
Garrett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garrett throws a big shot that misses.
Halsti feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Halsti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garrett on the side of the head.
Halsti misses with a hook
and Garrett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrett fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett blocks a jab.
Garrett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garrett is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Halsti misses with a wild body shot.
Donk. Halsti catches Garrett right on the button with a cross.
Garrett avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The crowd cheers as Halsti lands an impressive looking overhand right. Garrett doesn't seem phased though.
Halsti throws a leg kick but Garrett sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Garrett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Halsti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garrett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halsti manages to avoid it.
Halsti throws a chopping leg kick but Garrett manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Halsti throws a low kick but Garrett moves out of range easily.
Garrett shoots in for a takedown but Halsti shows good takedown defense.
Royal Halsti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bo Garrett.
Garrett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Halsti throws an overhand right that lands on Garrett's shoulder, as Garrett tries to avoid the shot.
Garrett lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halsti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Halsti wants to land a leg kick but Garrett is out of range.
Halsti throws a lazy right hand but Garrett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garrett slips a jab from Halsti.
Halsti is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Halsti misses with a series of wild punches.
Garrett closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Garrett lands in his opponent's guard.
Garrett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Garrett advances position into side control!
Garrett lands an elbow.
Garrett creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett cracks Halsti with a big elbow.
Garrett lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bo Garrett has got the better of the ground game so far.
Halsti tries to improve position but can't.
Halsti takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Halsti takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Garrett scoring with punches from side control.
Garrett wants to control but Halsti is keeping him busy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garrett misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Halsti is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Halsti takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Halsti is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Royal Halsti.
I think Halsti 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 29:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Royal Halsti!
Our winner, Royal Halsti, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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