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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyler Foster has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Foster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julio Garcia!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Foster looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Foster avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Garcia.
The fighters are battling for position here. Foster manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Foster not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Garcia scoring with some ground and pound.
Garcia stands up over Foster, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Garcia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garcia trying to control but Foster is working from the bottom.
Garcia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Foster's head.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Foster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia works over Foster with some ground and pound from guard.
Garcia postures up in Foster's guard and throws a big left but Foster blocks it.
Garcia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garcia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Foster working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garcia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia trying to control but Foster is working from the bottom.
Garcia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Foster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia is looking to work some ground and pound but Foster has wrist control.
Garcia slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Foster keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Garcia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Garcia lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Garcia connects with a couple of short punches.
Garcia throwing strikes but missing.
Garcia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Garcia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Garcia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Foster keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Garcia with a nice head shot there.
Garcia working some strikes from top position.
Garcia is in close to Foster's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garcia stands up over Foster, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Garcia postures up and lands a big shot to Foster's brow.
Garcia works over Foster with some ground and pound from guard.
Garcia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Garcia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Garcia working some strikes from top position.
Garcia slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Foster is keeping the position.
Garcia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Garcia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Garcia trying to control but Foster is working from the bottom.
Garcia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Garcia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garcia connects with a couple of short punches.
Foster not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Garcia connects with a couple of short punches.
Garcia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Garcia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garcia is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Garcia looking to pass the guard.
Garcia thows a big elbow that misses.
Garcia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garcia lands a couple of elbows.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Foster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Foster is keeping the position.
Garcia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garcia landing with the ground and pound.
Garcia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Garcia dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Garcia lands with a nice combination. Foster backs away looking to recover.
Foster takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Foster takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garcia drives through with a takedown into guard.
Garcia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Garcia is looking to work some ground and pound but Foster has wrist control.
Garcia throwing strikes but missing.
Garcia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Foster keeps moving.
Garcia throwing strikes from guard but Foster blocks nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Foster's head.
Garcia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Foster is keeping the position for now.
Foster trying to keep a closed guard but Garcia is proving a slippery customer.
Garcia's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Garcia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Garcia works over Foster with some ground and pound from guard.
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garcia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Foster's head.
Garcia distracts Foster with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Garcia is in close to Foster's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Foster preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Garcia throws a big right hand that misses.
Garcia trying to control but Foster is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia working some strikes from top position.
Garcia postures up in Foster's guard and throws a big left but Foster blocks it.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Foster is keeping the position.
Garcia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garcia scoring with some ground and pound.
Julio Garcia has got the better of the ground game so far.
Garcia controls from within his opponent's guard.
Garcia cracks Foster with a solid left hand.
Garcia with a nice head shot there.
Garcia's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster is trying to control the position but Garcia postures up.
Garcia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Garcia with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Garcia is in close to Foster's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garcia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Garcia connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garcia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Garcia is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Foster keeps moving.
Garcia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Foster is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Foster is keeping the position.
Foster looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garcia is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Garcia landing some decent shots from guard.
Garcia stands up over Foster, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Garcia lands a couple of digs.
Garcia scoring with some ground and pound.
Garcia stands up over Foster, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Garcia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Foster is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Garcia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Foster's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Garcia scores with a nice head shot.
Garcia lands with an uppercut that bounces Foster off the cage and back into rage.
Garcia lands a glancing blow to the side of Foster's head.
The fighters circling - Foster throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Foster takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Garcia closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Garcia working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Garcia working the head with strikes.
Garcia working the head and body with strikes.
Garcia cracks Foster with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Garcia working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Foster is not content to let Garcia control the position.
Garcia lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia landing a few strikes.
Garcia lands a decent elbow from side control.
Garcia creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Garcia trying to control the action but Foster is working from the bottom.
Garcia in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Garcia working the head and body with strikes.
Garcia lands an elbow.
Garcia grinds an elbow into Foster's temple.
Garcia scores with punches from side control.
Foster is letting Garcia control him for a moment.
Garcia grinds an elbow into Foster's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia cracks Foster with a big right hand but Foster just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Foster tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Garcia cracks Foster with a big right hand but Foster just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Garcia is putting a hurting on Foster here, landing some big shots from side control.
Garcia scores with a couple of short elbows.
Garcia lands some shots froms side control.
Garcia scoring with punches from side control.
Foster is pushing Garcia's head away, looking to escape. Garcia manages to hold on to the position though.
Foster on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Garcia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garcia is chipping away with strikes.
Garcia working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Foster struggling a bit here.
Foster is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Garcia scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Foster to see if he's OK.
Garcia lands some shots froms side control.
Garcia cracks Foster with a big elbow.
Foster is not content to let Garcia control the position.
Foster is trying to get back to half guard.
Garcia in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Foster is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands a decent elbow from side control.
Garcia working the ground and pound.
Garcia working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Garcia is looking to take a break and control but Foster is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Garcia scoring with punches from side control.
Garcia cracks Foster with a big elbow.
Garcia creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Foster takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Foster is trying to escape the position but Garcia is controlling the position.
Tyler Foster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garcia lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that's the end of the fight!
Julio Garcia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Garcia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julio Garcia!
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hype
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