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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willie Garvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zoro Rronoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willie Garvin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zoro Rronoa!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rronoa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garvin. That did some damage!
Rronoa misses with a low kick.
Garvin avoids a kick to the body.
Rronoa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rronoa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Garvin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Garvin throws a jab when Rronoa was well out of range.
A head kick misses from Rronoa.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rronoa.
Garvin throws a head kick that misses.
Garvin looks to score with a jab to the body but Rronoa is just out of range.
Good leg kick by Rronoa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice defenses there by Rronoa.
Rronoa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rronoa tries to land a front kick but Garvin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Garvin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rronoa checks it well.
Garvin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rronoa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Garvin's head.
Garvin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garvin is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rronoa throws a sloppy head kick
and Rronoa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rronoa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rronoa thuds his shin into the meat of Garvin's side.
Rronoa misses with a body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rronoa.
Rronoa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Garvin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Garvin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rronoa throws a leg kick
and Garvin counters with a right hand to the body.
Rronoa looks gassed!
Garvin misses the shot to the body.
Rronoa drops his hands momentarily and Garvin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garvin is looking to land body kicks.
Rronoa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rronoa misses with the body kick
and Garvin counters with a nice body kick.
Rronoa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garvin.
Zoro Rronoa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garvin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garvin is looking to wear down Rronoa with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garvin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rronoa.
Garvin works Rronoa's body with a nice hook.
Rronoa slips a jab from Garvin.
Garvin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garvin digs a good body shot into Rronoa's ribs.
Garvin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Garvin has managed to clinch.
A shot in the inside from Garvin.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Garvin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Garvin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rronoa's face.
A left hand lands to the body for Garvin.
Garvin is pushing Rronoa up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rronoa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rronoa avoiding damage as Garvin throws knees to the body.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Garvin obliges.
Rronoa avoiding damage as Garvin throws knees to the body.
Rronoa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rronoa being controlled against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Garvin for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Rronoa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Garvin - that landed with a thud.
Garvin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rronoa or not.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Garvin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garvin lands with a hook. Rronoa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Danga de danga de dang - Garvin scores with a four punch combination!
Rronoa throws a sloppy head kick and Garvin moves out of range easily.
Garvin thows a leg kick but Rronoa checks it
and Rronoa counters with a body kick that stops Garvin in his tracks momentarily.
A head kick by Rronoa misses
and Garvin counters with a thumping low kick.
Garvin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rronoa tries to clinch up.
Rronoa throws a lazy head kick
letting Garvin counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garvin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rronoa.
Rronoa throws a head kick that misses.
Garvin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rronoa throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Garvin counters with a body kick.
Garvin catches Rronoa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Garvin throws a sloppy head kick and Rronoa moves out of range easily.
Garvin clinches up against the cage.
Garvin misses with a knee strike.
Garvin'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.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garvin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Garvin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garvin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rronoa is defending well for now.
Garvin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rronoa avoiding damage as Garvin throws knees to the body.
Garvin lands a nice elbow.
Rronoa prevents a body shot from Garvin.
Garvin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willie Garvin dominated that round.
That's time! Garvin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Garvin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Garvin throws a head kick but Rronoa moves out of range.
Garvin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garvin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garvin blocks a head kick by Rronoa.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rronoa.
Rronoa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Garvin will feel that in the morning.
Rronoa tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garvin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rronoa wants to clinch but Garvin slips to the side
and Garvin counters with a straight right hand.
Rronoa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garvin misses with the body kick
and Rronoa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garvin's knee momentarily.
Rronoa is breathing heavily.
Rronoa throws a sloppy head kick
and Garvin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rronoa throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Garvin counters with a nice body shot.
Garvin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rronoa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garvin throws a body kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Garvin.
Garvin wants to clinch up but Rronoa keeps it at a distance.
Rronoa slips under a jab from Garvin.
Garvin scores with a push kick.
Garvin throws a sloppy head kick
and Rronoa makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Garvin really felt that one!
Rronoa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A lazy body kick from Rronoa
and Garvin counters with a nice kick to the body.
Garvin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rronoa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Willie Garvin is winning the standup battle so far.
A cross from Garvin lands.
Rronoa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Garvin clinches up against the cage.
Garvin lands an elbow just above Rronoa 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garvin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rronoa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Garvin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rronoa tries to land knees in the clinch but Garvin avoids the damage to the body.
Garvin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rronoa as Garvin tries to tie him up.
Rronoa looking to throw knees to the head but Garvin is blocking nicely.
Garvin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rronoa.
Garvin lands a nice uppercut.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rronoa takes an elbow to the temple.
Rronoa has had enough of the clinch but Garvin keeps him there for the moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Garvin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A right hand to the body from Garvin.
Garvin presses Rronoa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rronoa looking to throw knees to the head but Garvin is blocking nicely.
Garvin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Garvin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rronoa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Garvin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rronoa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rronoa scores with a knee to the head.
Garvin lands a good knee to the midsection. Rronoa won't want to take too many of those.
Rronoa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Garvin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rronoa wants to get back to striking at distance but Garvin won't allow it.
Rronoa misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Garvin.
Rronoa stalling the fight.
Garvin cracks Rronoa with a nice body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Garvin.
Rronoa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Garvin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rronoa blocks it with crossed arms.
Rronoa breaks the clinch.
Garvin cracks Rronoa with a good jab.
Rronoa looks to throw a body kick
and Garvin counters with a good low kick that Rronoa was not able to check.
Rronoa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Garvin misses the shot to the body.
Garvin misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rronoa throws out a leg kick but Garvin moves out of range and Rronoa only half commits.
Garvin looks to land a combination but Rronoa avoids it well.
Rronoa closes the distance looking to clinch
and Garvin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rronoa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garvin avoids the head kick by Rronoa.
Rronoa throws a front kick aimed at Garvin's knee but Garvin avoids it well.
Rronoa misses with the body kick
and Garvin counters with an inside leg kick.
Garvin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rronoa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Garvin - the referee stops the clock and Rronoa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Garvin. Rronoa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garvin tries to clinch but Rronoa moves out of range.
Garvin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garvin clinches.
A right hand to the body from Garvin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willie Garvin dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Garvin scores with a leg kick.
Garvin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rronoa throws a lazy head kick
and Garvin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rronoa tries to work over Garvin's front leg with a kick but Garvin checks it.
Rronoa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garvin moves out of range of the body kick from Rronoa.
Rronoa throws a leg kick
and Garvin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rronoa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garvin tests Rronoa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garvin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rronoa if he has to take too many more of those.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garvin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Rronoa.
Rronoa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garvin works Rronoa's body with a nice hook.
Garvin stalks Rronoa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rronoa's face. Rronoa staggers backwards, shaken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rronoa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rronoa has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Garvin.
Rronoa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Garvin feints and then cracks Rronoa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rronoa down.
Garvin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Garvin is looking to clinch.
Garvin throws a head kick but Rronoa moves out of range.
Garvin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rronoa.
Garvin moves out of range of the leg kick from Rronoa.
Donk. Garvin catches Rronoa right on the button with a cross.
Rronoa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garvin can pounce on him.
Rronoa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garvin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rronoa moves away.
Garvin looks to score with a jab to the body but Rronoa is just out of range.
Garvin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garvin moves out of range of the body kick.
Zoro Rronoa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rronoa throws a leg kick
and Garvin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A head kick by Rronoa misses
and Garvin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rronoa avoids a kick to the body.
Garvin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garvin misses with a few strikes there.
Rronoa misses with a leg kick
and Garvin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rronoa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rronoa tries to land a front kick but Garvin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rronoa staying out of range there.
Nice shot lands for Garvin.
Garvin thows a body shot but no joy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rronoa.
Rronoa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rronoa circles away from the clinch attempt.
A lazy body kick from Rronoa
enabling Garvin to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rronoa tries a head kick but it misses.
Garvin scores with a leg kick.
Garvin tries a head kick but it misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rronoa.
Garvin throws a sloppy head kick and Rronoa moves out of range easily.
Rronoa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Garvin counters by clinching up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rronoa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rronoa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rronoa breaks from the clinch.
Garvin scores with a body shot.
Garvin looks to score with a jab to the body but Rronoa is just out of range.
Rronoa lands a head kick. Garvin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rronoa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rronoa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rronoa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garvin's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garvin moves into the clinch successfully.
Garvin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rronoa is defending well for now.
A right hand to the body from Garvin.
Rronoa misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Garvin.
Garvin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Garvin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garvin lands a nice shot to the body.
Garvin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garvin throws a sloppy head kick and Rronoa moves out of range easily.
Rronoa wants to clinch but Garvin slips to the side
and Garvin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rronoa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garvin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garvin blocks a head kick by Rronoa.
Garvin with a nice cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garvin. Rronoa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garvin wants to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Willie Garvin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garvin 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willie Garvin!
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hype
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