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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rahmi Kaan (ranked 4709 p4p, 25335 weight class) and Miguel Garcia (ranked 485 p4p, 561 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rahmi Kaan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miguel Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaan gets tackled into the cage by Garcia. Garcia maintains the clinch.
Garcia misses with an elbow strike.
Kaan blocks an elbow strike from Garcia.
Garcia misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kaan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kaan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garcia creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kaan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kaan lands a really nice looking cross but Garcia seems unphased.
Garcia tries to clinch but Kaan moves away
and Kaan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaan moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Kaan.
Kaan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kaan controlling the action here for a moment.
Kaan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcia closes the distance and pushes Kaan back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Kaan on the inside.
Kaan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kaan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kaan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kaan controlling the action here for a moment.
Kaan misses with a punch to the body.
Kaan gets through Garcia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kaan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kaan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Garcia creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the head but Kaan blocks with his arms.
A short right from Kaan on the inside.
Kaan lands an uppercut.
Kaan misses with a body punch.
Garcia throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaan has Garcia pressed against the cage.
Kaan gets through Garcia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kaan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kaan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garcia or not.
Garcia being controlled against the cage.
Kaan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kaan scores with a hook to the body.
Kaan taking a breather.
Kaan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garcias head.
Kaan blocks an elbow strike.
Kaan avoiding damage.
Garcia takes a shot to the head.
Kaan stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaan scores with a shot to the side of Garcia's head.
Kaan blocks the elbow strike.
Kaan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kaan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kaan connects with a solid leg kick.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but Kaan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've been informed that Garcia has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Kaan fails to land with a series of punches.
Kaan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garcia wants to clinch up but Kaan keeps it at a distance.
Kaan pushes Garcia up against the cage in a clinch.
Kaan takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Rahmi Kaan has been cut.
Kaan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kaan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kaan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia tries to clinch but Kaan is having none of it.
Kaan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kaan scores with a hook to the body. Garcia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kaan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kaan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kaan lunges at Garcia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garcia's hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia takes a jab right on the kisser.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kaan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Kaan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaan swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Kaan throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garcia has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kaan.
Kaan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Garcia misses with a right hand
and Kaan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garcia on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Garcia looks winded!
Garcia on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kaan drives through and clinches with Garcia against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kaan taking a breather.
Kaan breaks from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rahmi Kaan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rahmi Kaan's cut.
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.
Kaan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kaan lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcia tries to clinch but Kaan is having none of it.
A lazy left from Kaan finds it's target.
Kaan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rahmi Kaan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Kaan pushes him off.
A cross from Kaan lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kaan lands a nice looking body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaan clinches.
Kaan effectively controlling the action here.
Garcia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaan scores with a shoulder strike.
Kaan scores with a hook to the body.
Rahmi Kaan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kaan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kaan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia walks into a straight right hand from Kaan.
Kaan lands a jab to the nose.
Kaan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia tries to clinch but Kaan moves away
and Kaan counters with a nice body shot.
Kaan scores with a head kick. Garcia tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kaan.
Garcia misses with a lunging right hand
and Kaan counters with a low kick, right behind Garcia 's knee.
Kaan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kaan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garcia.
Garcia tries to clinch but Kaan moves away
and Kaan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A good leg kick by Kaan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Kaan lands with a short shot to the head.
Kaan lands with a left to the head.
Garcia struggles to land a body shot inside as Kaan controls his hands.
Kaan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kaan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short left from Kaan.
Kaan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Kaan gets through Garcia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kaan just leaning against Garcia, taking a breather.
Kaan avoids the elbow strike from Garcia, against the cage.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kaan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kaan controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right from Kaan on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Garcia pushes off an throws an elbow but Kaan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Garcia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Garcia creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kaan lands a body shot.
Kaan lands a right hand.
Kaan lands a body punch.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Kaan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kaan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garcia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kaan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nice body punch from Kaan - that landed with a thud.
Garcia looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kaan with a jab.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kaan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kaan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
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.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kaan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kaan punishes Garcia's body with a nice straight punch.
Kaan throws a nice head kick!
Nice jab there from Kaan.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garcia's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kaan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garcia at a distance.
Kaan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rahmi Kaan is winning the standup battle so far.
Garcia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Kaan is avoiding it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rahmi Kaan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rahmi Kaan's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Kaan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garcia. Garcia circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Garcia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kaan. That's going to slow Garcia down.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kaan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kaan with the inside leg kick.
Kaan swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia moves forwards but Kaan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kaan throws a nice head kick!
Garcia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Kaan circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kaan, as that shot connected.
Garcia darts in trying to clinch
and Kaan counters with a straight right hand.
Garcia is rocked!
Kaan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Garcia is still on wobbly legs! Can Kaan finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Kaan.
Kaan lands a head shot.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Kaan throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Kaan lands a jab-cross combination.
Kaan keeps the fight on the outside.
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.
Garcia seems to have recovered his senses.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kaan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kaan works Garcia's body with a nice hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kaan, as that shot connected.
Kaan scores with a decent looking hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaan connects with a looping right hand.
Kaan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kaan is looking to slow Garcia down with leg kicks.
Garcia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kaan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garcia scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaan misses with a wild combination.
Kaan throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kaan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garcia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kaan cracks a nice hook into Garcia's ribs.
Kaan scores with a jab. Garcia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Kaan circles away.
Nice shot by Kaan.
Garcia has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Kaan pushes him off.
Kaan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Garcia in his tracks.
Kaan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kaan connects with a leg kick.
Kaan scores with a nice strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kaan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garcia gets a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kaan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kaan lands an uppercut.
Kaan lands with a right to the head.
Garcia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Garcia misses with an elbow over the top.
Garcia looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Kaan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kaan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Kaan lands a left hand.
Rahmi Kaan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kaan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garcia's efforts to push away.
Kaan blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kaan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kaan lands a left hand.
Kaan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kaan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kaan lands a head shot.
Miguel Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kaan scores with a decent looking hook.
Kaan lands a body shot.
Garcia tries to clinch there but Kaan circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Kaan.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia tries to clinch up
and Kaan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garcia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kaan counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rahmi Kaan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kaan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:25
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rahmi Kaan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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