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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Diviono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josaya Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia has chosen Go as his entrance music. Josaya Garcia is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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200 cm
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260 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
19
234 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Diviono! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josaya Garcia! The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Diviono clinches. Diviono scores with a shoulder strike. Diviono lands a nice uppercut. Diviono lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diviono stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Diviono gets through Garcia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. A short right from Diviono. Diviono works on Garcia's body with a couple of short punches. Garcia looks gassed! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Diviono scores with a shot to the side of Garcia's head. Diviono lands with a short head shot on the inside. A short right from Diviono. Diviono lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garcia or not. Good body shot from Diviono.
Diviono lands a nice uppercut. Diviono lands a body punch. A right hook to the body lands for Diviono.
Diviono softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Diviono lands with a left to the head. Diviono lands a hook that snaps the head of Garcia backwards. Diviono cracks Garcia with a nice body shot. Diviono lands with a short head shot on the inside. Nice body punch from Diviono. Diviono lands with a short shot to the head. Nice body punch from Diviono - that landed with a thud.
Diviono lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Diviono working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diviono creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Still in the clinch, Diviono scores with a nice short uppercut. Garcia takes a shot to the head. A short uppercut from Diviono. Diviono lands on the inside with an uppercut. Diviono lands an uppercut. Diviono lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. A hook to the body from Diviono.
Diviono lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Garcia takes a shot to the head. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diviono. Diviono lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Diviono working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Diviono lands a hook that snaps the head of Garcia backwards. Diviono is leaning against Garcia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Diviono lands a hook to the side of the head. A body shot lands from Diviono.
Diviono working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Diviono lands with a short head shot on the inside. Diviono lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garcia backwards. Diviono lands with a light punch inside. Still in the clinch, Diviono scores with a nice short uppercut. Garcia has Diviono pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Diviono manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Garcia can't get the takedown.
Garcia has clasped his hands together around Diviono's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done. You can see the frustration on Diviono's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Diviono tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Garcia wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Garcia trying to control the position but Diviono is working away. Garcia lands some shots froms side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Diviono is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Garcia trying to control the action but Diviono is working from the bottom. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Diviono tries to improve position but can't.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Diviono tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away. Garcia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Garcia is looking for a kimura here.
Garcia sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Diviono defending well though. Diviono knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Garcia on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Diviono is trying to control but can't.
Garcia lands strikes from half guard. Garcia throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Diviono is looking for a sweep. Garcia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Garcia wants to work for an arm triangle but Diviono is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Garcia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Diviono wants to improve his position but Garcia is controlling well.
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 working over Diviono with some ground and pound. Diviono looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Garcia is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Diviono is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Josaya Garcia!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
88% |
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