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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rico Garza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garza comes to the cage accompanied by Run This Town. Thomas has chosen Lets Go as his entrance music. Rico Garza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
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154 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rico Garza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jake Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas drives through with a takedown into Garza's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Thomas looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Garza manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Garza tries to bum rush Thomas with a series of wild strikes but Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garza throws a leg kick
and Thomas counters with a single leg into guard. Garza didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garza wants to stand and escape but Thomas is having none of it.
Garza keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas controls from within his opponent's guard.
Garza pushes Thomas off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Garza connects with a leg kick. Thomas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A punch combination from Garza misses.
Garza misses with a jab, cross combination.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Garza enables Thomas to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Garza manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Garza, up you get!
Garza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thomas.
Thomas closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Thomas lands in his opponent's guard.
Garza pushes Thomas off and gets back to his feet.
Garza gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Garza wants to stand but Thomas is controlling the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Garza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Garza pushes Thomas off and gets back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garza closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Thomas feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Garza keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Garza is looking to stand up but Thomas isn't so interested in that idea.
Thomas slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Thomas connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garza keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Thomas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Garza manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Garza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Garza throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Thomas gets a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Thomas is looking for a kimura here.
Garza wants to get back to his feet.
Garza is defending against the submission attempts here by Thomas.
Thomas is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garza pushes Thomas off looking to stand but Thomas dives back in and keeps control.
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!
Thomas working the head and body with strikes.
Garza is trying to stand back up but Thomas is controlling him
Thomas decides to stand up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garza throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Thomas dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Thomas shoots in and bounces Garza off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Thomas is looking to work some ground and pound but Garza has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garza pushes Thomas off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Garza scoring well with a low kick there.
Garza lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Garza.
Garza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thomas closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas is working for a submission of some sort.
Garza pushes Thomas off and gets back to his feet.
Rico Garza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas checks a low kick from Garza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garza thows a leg kick but Thomas checks it
and Thomas counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Garza!
Garza misses with a combination
and Thomas counters with a big head kick but Garza shrugs it off.
Thomas looking to score a takedown here. Garza is defending well but Thomas drives through and ends up in Garza's guard.
Thomas scoring with punches to the head and body.
Thomas stops Garza from standing up.
Thomas drops back looking for a leg! Garza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Garza manages to kick Thomas off! Thomas jumps back into Garza's guard.
Garza wants to stand but Thomas is controlling the position.
Thomas is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Thomas postures up in Garza's guard and throws a big left but Garza blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas drops back looking for a leg! Garza is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Garza manages to kick Thomas off! Thomas jumps back into Garza's guard.
Garza uses the cage to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Garza manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Garza is working an open guard so Thomas takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Garza tries to keep at a distance but Thomas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Thomas drags the fight down to the ground.
Garza stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Thomas shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Garza really wants to buck Thomas off and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas landing strikes from the mount and Garza is in trouble!
Thomas seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Garza is holding on tight.
Garza is bucking up trying to escape but Thomas cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Thomas tries to control but Garza wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Thomas cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Thomas tries to control but Garza wriggling away.
Garza defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Thomas.
Garza squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Thomas dominating with strikes here.
Garza is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Thomas moves to the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garza is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Garza is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garza is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Garza defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Garza.
Garza tries to land a leg kick but Thomas saw it coming and moves away.
Thomas checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Thomas shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jake Thomas has got the better of the ground game so far.
Garza pushes Thomas off and gets back to his feet.
Garza misses with a double jab
and Thomas counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garza looks like he's trying to stand up.
Garza has one foot on Thomas's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Thomas decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Thomas winds up and cracks Garza with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Thomas has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Garza defend it? Thomas steps over the head and cranks it - Garza is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Thomas!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jake Thomas!
Jake Thomas thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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