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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Quiononez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcelo Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roy Quiononez!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garcia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Quiononez's waist but Quiononez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Garcia off to one side.
Quiononez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Quiononez misses with a few strikes there.
Garcia throws a right hand that Quiononez ducks under and follows up with a left that Quiononez also avoids with ease.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Quiononez but Quiononez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Quiononez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Quiononez wants to stand but Garcia is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia tries to free his leg and advance position but Quiononez is retaining full guard.
Garcia trying to control but Quiononez is working from the bottom.
Quiononez pushes Garcia off and scrambles back to his feet.
Quiononez misses with a few strikes there.
Quiononez throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Quiononez throws a right hand that Garcia ducks under and follows up with a left that Garcia also avoids with ease.
Garcia looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia shoots in looking for a takedown. Quiononez tries to sprawl out of it but Garcia keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Quiononez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Garcia takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Quiononez circles away.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Garcia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Quiononez wants to stand up but Garcia is controlling him.
Garcia is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Garcia is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia stops Quiononez from standing up.
Garcia gets to his feet. Quiononez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Quiononez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Garcia counters with a nice double leg into side control. Quiononez won't be happy with that.
Quiononez is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Garcia is controlling him well.
Garcia is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Quiononez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Garcia is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Quiononez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Quiononez is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Garcia is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quiononez explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Quiononez throws a right and a left that both miss.
A good leg kick by Quiononez.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garcia shoots for a takedown but Quiononez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Garcia fails to land the takedown.
Quiononez swinging wilding here.
Garcia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Garcia dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Quiononez cracks the inside of Garcia's front leg.
Garcia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Quiononez pinned against the cage. Quiononez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Quiononez but Quiononez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Garcia.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo 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.
A combination from Quiononez does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quiononez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Quiononez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Garcia's waist but Garcia gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Quiononez off to one side.
Quiononez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Quiononez.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Quiononez circles away easily
and Quiononez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garcia clinches but Quiononez breaks the clinch
and Quiononez counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Quiononez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Quiononez misses.
Quiononez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Quiononez misses with the combination.
Quiononez looks to land a combination but Garcia avoids it well.
Quiononez misses with a double jab.
Garcia gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Quiononez counters with a series of strikes. Garcia will be more careful next time no doubt.
Quiononez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quiononez tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garcia misses with a takedown
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garcia shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Quiononez counters with a one-two to the body.
Garcia doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Quiononez counters by moving into the clinch.
Quiononez manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Quiononez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Quiononez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Garcia wants to land a leg kick but Quiononez is out of range.
Garcia decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Quiononez tries to kick Garcia off but Garcia keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Garcia seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Quiononez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Garcia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Quiononez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Quiononez wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Quiononez won't allow Garcia to pass to mount.
Quiononez wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Garcia falls off balance throwing a combination
and Quiononez counters with a series of strikes. Garcia will be more careful next time no doubt.
Quiononez misses with a double jab.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Quiononez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Quiononez misses with the combination.
Garcia fails with the takedown
and Quiononez counters with a left and a right that stings Garcia.
Quiononez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Quiononez looks to land a combination but Garcia avoids it well.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roy Quiononez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia fails with the takedown
and Quiononez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garcia clinches but Quiononez breaks the clinch
and Quiononez counters with a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garcia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Quiononez throws a combination that misses
and Garcia counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Quiononez's guard now.
Garcia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Quiononez is keeping the position for now.
Quiononez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Quiononez is keeping the position.
Garcia pushing down on Quiononez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Quiononez is looking to escape.
Quiononez is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Garcia is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Quiononez tries to kick Garcia off but Garcia keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Quiononez throws a nice looking combination but Garcia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garcia gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Quiononez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quiononez breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt
and Quiononez counters with a series of strikes. Garcia will be more careful next time no doubt.
Garcia tries to bum rush Quiononez with a series of wild strikes but Quiononez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quiononez throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Quiononez tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marcelo Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Quiononez circles away easily
letting Quiononez counter with a right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Quiononez.
Garcia with a poor takedown
and Quiononez counters by moving into the clinch.
Garcia prevents Quiononez from breaking the clinch.
Quiononez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Garcia keeps control of Quiononez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quiononez has had enough of the clinch but Garcia keeps him there for the moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Quiononez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Quiononez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia with a poor takedown
and Quiononez counters with a two punch combo.
Quiononez has closed the distance and engaged Garcia in a clinch.
Quiononez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Quiononez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garcia with a poor takedown
and Quiononez counters with a stiff right hand.
Quiononez misses with a double jab
and Garcia counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Quiononez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
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 Marcelo Garcia.
I think Garcia 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Marcelo Garcia!
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