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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (ranked 2616 p4p, 3830 weight class) and Orlando Garcia (ranked 282 p4p, 0 weight class). Orlando Garcia will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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183 cm 25 190 3 - 0 - 0 |
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200 cm 23 191 0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling Basic striking Self confident |
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BJJ Purple Belt Brawler Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Orlando Garcia! The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kvaratskhelia throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Garcia tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Kvaratskhelia is in Garcia's guard. Garcia manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Garcia shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Garcia showed some decent athleticism there. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Kvaratskhelia tries to roll over but Garcia keeps him under control. Kvaratskhelia striking from half guard on the bottom. This has been an exciting period of action! Kvaratskhelia manages to get to full guard.
Kvaratskhelia has his hands on Garcia's head, controlling the position. Kvaratskhelia 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 one minute gone in the round. Kvaratskhelia wants to pass the guard but Garcia is defending well. Kvaratskhelia seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Kvaratskhelia wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy. Kvaratskhelia moves into full mount! Garcia won't be happy about that! Kvaratskhelia lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Garcia hang on? Kvaratskhelia lands with some strikes. Kvaratskhelia landing punches. Kvaratskhelia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kvaratskhelia can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Garcia is looking to escape. Kvaratskhelia landing punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This has been an exciting period of action! Kvaratskhelia lands a big elbow.
Garcia is rocked! Kvaratskhelia loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Garcia scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Kvaratskhelia land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Kvaratskhelia stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khvicha Kvaratskhelia! Khvicha Kvaratskhelia decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
62% |
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