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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Israel Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and paulo figari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). figari comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Detroit Rock CIty kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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201 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Israel Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, paulo figari!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcia throws a right hand that figari ducks under and follows up with a left that figari also avoids with ease.
Garcia shoots for a takedown but figari saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Garcia looks for a takedown but figari sprawls well.
Garcia lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Garcia shoots in for a double leg but figari sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Israel Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
figari drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Garcia is looking for a triangle but figari pushes his legs off easily.
Garcia trying to keep a closed guard but figari is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
figari stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garcia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
figari scoring with some ground and pound.
Garcia has his foot on figari's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. figari works his way back into a safe position though.
figari not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
figari tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcia is retaining full guard.
Garcia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
figari looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
figari wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
figari postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Garcia working for a triangle but figari defends it easily.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
figari tries to stand but Garcia is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Garcia working a defensive guard but figari manages to pass into side control anyway.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to control figari's posture but figari avoids it.
figari should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Garcia throws a few strikes from the bottom but figari takes advantage and mounts!
figari lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Garcia is looking to get to half guard.
figari has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Garcia's face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
figari avoids the attempt from Garcia to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia working to try and regain half guard.
Garcia wants to hold on but figari pushes him away.
Garcia is trying to escape the mount.
figari landing shots from mount.
figari prevents Garcia from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Israel Garcia will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Garcia doesn't succeed with the takedown
and figari counters with a takedown into side control.
Garcia wants to control but figari postures up.
figari stands up and beckons Garcia to his feet.
figari clinches up with Garcia and pushes him back against the cage.
Garcia jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as figari walks away with a smile on his face. Garcia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
figari scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Garcia keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Garcia trying to control here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia looking for submissions off his back.
Garcia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The fighters are battling for position here. Garcia manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Garcia is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
figari trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Garcia escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. figari gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Garcia throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Garcia keeping full guard, as figari tries to pass.
Garcia has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but figari can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Garcia looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Garcia will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but figari is defending well. Garcia quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! figari has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Garcia celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Israel Garcia!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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