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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lito Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Hardwick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardwick has chosen ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man as his entrance music. Lito Garcia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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220 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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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, Lito Garcia!
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, Jason Hardwick!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garcia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hardwick in his tracks.
Garcia shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hardwick defends it nicely.
Lito Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses.
Hardwick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
Garcia shoots in looking for a takedown. Hardwick tries to sprawl out of it but Garcia keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hardwick manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hardwick misses with a looping right.
Garcia could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hardwick swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Hardwick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No luck for Garcia with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lito Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia works over Hardwick's head and body with a nice combination.
Garcia shoots in but no luck this time.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia misses with a wild combination.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardwick stuffs the takedown attempt from Garcia. Garcia gets slowly back to his feet.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Hardwick throws a shot from downtown. Garcia moves away and avoids it.
Hardwick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hardwick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardwick ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Garcia lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Garcia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardwick.
Garcia clinches but Hardwick breaks the clinch
and Hardwick counters by moving into the clinch.
Hardwick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hardwick.
It looks like Lito Garcia has been cut.
Hardwick tries to clinch up.
Garcia throws a head kick but Hardwick moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Hardwick.
Hardwick closes this distance looking for a takedown but Garcia circles away.
Hardwick drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hardwick is putting a hurting on Garcia here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hardwick controls the position.
Garcia struggling a bit here.
Hardwick creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Garcia sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Hardwick wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Hardwick has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garcia is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hardwick connects with a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Hardwick crashes against the mat.
Garcia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hardwick on the ground.
Garcia is looking to regain half guard here but Hardwick keeps moving and retains side control.
Hardwick landing strikes.
Garcia is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hardwick connects with a decent elbow.
Hardwick in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hardwick misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardwick taking a breather here.
Garcia might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Garcia regains half guard, as Hardwick was trying to land strikes.
Hardwick passes the guard and advances to mount!
Hardwick scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Hardwick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lito Garcia's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hardwick looks for a takedown but Garcia sprawls well.
Hardwick shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hardwick breaks from Garcia's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hardwick postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Garcia bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Hardwick and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Hardwick!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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