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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between mr brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devon Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Devon Garcia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 cm
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175 lbs
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170 cm
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170 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, mr brown! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Devon Garcia! The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice sprawl there from Garcia as brown shoots in. Garcia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. brown looks for a takedown but Garcia sprawls well. brown closes the distance and clinches up with Garcia, looking for a takedown. brown pushes Garcia against the ropes but Garcia circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for mr brown. That's going to take a lot out of him. brown moves out of range as Garcia strikes. brown shoots in for a takedown but Garcia shows good takedown defense. brown darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Garcia is trying to stand up here but brown is controlling him well. brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. brown is pressing down on Garcia's thigh, looking to free his foot. Garcia is holding on for now.
That's one minute gone in the round. brown missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. brown wants to free his trapped foot but Garcia is holding on for dear life with his legs. Garcia is trying to stand up here but brown is controlling him well. Garcia looks gassed!
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground. brown shoots in for a double leg but Garcia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. brown closes the distance and clinches up with Garcia, looking for a takedown. brown pushes Garcia against the ropes but Garcia circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. brown fails with a takedown attempt. A head kick misses from Garcia.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. brown shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Garcia but Garcia pushes him off and we're back to square one. Garcia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
brown shoots in looking for a takedown. Garcia tries to sprawl out of it but brown keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Garcia manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Garcia swinging wilding here.
brown feints and then cracks Garcia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garcia down.
That's three minutes gone in the round. brown fails with a takedown attempt from distance. brown shoots in for a takedown but Garcia shows good takedown defense. brown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia. brown closes the distance and clinches up with Garcia, looking for a takedown. brown pushes Garcia against the ropes but Garcia circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. brown ducks under a wild hook from Garcia. brown shoots in but no luck this time. A big right from Garcia misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Garcia moves out of range of the body kick from brown.
brown looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Garcia is fending him off so far but brown persists. Nope, Garcia circles away and we're back to standing. brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garcia. brown takes one to the chin there. brown fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but brown moves away. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Garcia gets caught flat footed, as brown shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Garcia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Devon Garcia dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
brown shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Garcia as he avoids it easily. brown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia. brown ducks under a wild hook from Garcia. brown shoots for a takedown but Garcia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Garcia misses with a few strikes there.
brown fails with a takedown attempt from distance. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for mr brown. That's going to take a lot out of him. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. brown ducks under a wild hook from Garcia. Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by brown. Garcia is breathing heavily. brown will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round. brown looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Garcia! Garcia is squirming around, avoiding brown's attempts to control the action. Garcia is trying to stand up. brown looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Garcia is trying to stand up. brown trying to control but he's not successful this time. brown postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Garcia looks a forlorn figure.
Garcia wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. brown working Garcia over with strikes here. brown landing shots from mount. A nice elbow there by brown. brown scoring with strikes but Garcia is staying in there. brown can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Garcia is looking to escape. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, brown cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
brown with good strikes from the mount here! brown looking for a guillotine from mount but Garcia is having none of it. Garcia bucks up and throws brown to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
That's three minutes gone in the round. brown closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - brown lands in his opponent's guard. brown works a leg free and moves into half guard. brown missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. brown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
brown is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Garcia defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Garcia pushes brown off looking to stand but brown dives back in and keeps control.
brown thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Garcia's head. brown wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garcia keeps working. Garcia is looking to escape.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground. brown fails with the takedown. Garcia scores with a body shot.
brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garcia. brown misses with a takedown attempt - Garcia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
mr brown dominated that second round. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
brown avoids a punch combination nicely.
brown shoots in and drives through. Garcia sprawls well. Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss! A combination from Garcia does no damage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. brown scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. brown wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Garcia, who protects the arm well. Garcia is pushing brown's head away, looking to escape. brown manages to hold on to the position though. brown has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Garcia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round. brown tries to move to mount but Garcia blocks the move with his legs. brown tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no brown has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! brown tries to move to mount but Garcia blocks the move with his legs. Garcia wants to get back to his feet. brown working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Garcia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
brown shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. brown wants to finish this one by submission but Garcia is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from brown. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring. brown unloading with bombs! The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. brown is landing with some decent strikes but Garcia is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. brown lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
brown working away from the top, dropping strikes. Garcia is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
brown lands with some strikes. Garcia's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up. brown lands with some strikes. Garcia is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. brown with the ground and pound from mount. Garcia wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
brown is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! brown extends the arm and Garcia is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). mr brown!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
48% |
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