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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mateush Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sosni Menya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sosni Menya will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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210 lbs
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193 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mateush Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sosni Menya!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Menya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Menya has taken the fight to the clinch.
Menya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garcia blocks it with crossed arms.
Garcia stalling in the clinch but Menya improves position.
Menya pulls guard effortlessly.
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garcia won't allow Menya to get back to his feet.
Garcia stands and steps away. Menya gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Menya is looking to clinch.
Menya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Menya tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia closes the distance and pushes Menya back into the cage.
Garcia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Menya gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Garcia tries to stall but Menya uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Menya is pressed up against the cage. Garcia has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Menya down to the mat. Menya avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Menya closes the distance looking to clinch
so Garcia counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Garcia decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Menya, up you get!
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Menya darts in trying to clinch
and Garcia counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Menya is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia gets to his feet. Menya looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menya closes the distance looking to clinch
and Garcia counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Garcia wants to pass to mount but Menya is defending the position.
Menya kicks off Garcia and gets to his feet.
Menya looks gassed!
Menya shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Garcia decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Menya's guard.
Garcia drops back looking for a leg! Menya is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Menya manages to kick Garcia off! Garcia jumps back into Menya's guard.
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.
Garcia slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Garcia stands and steps away. Menya gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Garcia throws the kick towards the body but Menya avoids it.
Menya closes the distance looking to clinch
so Garcia counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Garcia controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Garcia prevents Menya from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mateush Garcia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Menya dodges the punch combination from Garcia.
Menya moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Menya closes the distance looking to clinch
and Garcia counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Garcia fails to pull guard.
Menya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Menya throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia takes an elbow to the forehead.
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 Menya walks away with a smile on his face. Garcia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mateush Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Menya clinches with his opponent.
Menya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Menya.
Menya pulls Garcia into guard.
Menya pushes Garcia off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Menya tries to clinch up
and Garcia counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Garcia is looking to stand up but Menya won't let him.
Menya is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Garcia defends well.
Garcia content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menya is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Garcia dives into side control.
Menya is not content to let Garcia control the position.
Garcia working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Menya wants to get back to his feet but Garcia drags him back down.
A lull in the action here as Garcia stalls from top position.
Garcia decides to stand back up. Garcia steps back and let's Menya get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mateush Garcia will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt
and Menya counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Garcia has his hands clasped together around Menya's back. He's all about the action.
Menya wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Garcia uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Menya tries to stand but Garcia is controlling from the bottom.
Garcia might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Garcia lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garcia controls Menya momentarily but Menya frees himself.
Menya trying to stand up but can't free himself from Garcia's guard.
Garcia has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Menya doesn't defend quickly enough and Garcia has managed to lock this one up! Can Menya escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Garcia on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mateush Garcia!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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