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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riber Funkyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riber Funkyama will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ White 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 Rio de Janeiro, John Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Riber Funkyama!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Funkyama.
Garcia shoots in but no luck this time.
Garcia shoots in looking for a takedown. Funkyama tries to sprawl out of it but Garcia keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Funkyama manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Garcia with a poor takedown
and Funkyama counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Garcia is defended easily by Funkyama.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Funkyama circles away easily
and Funkyama counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garcia's knee momentarily.
Garcia fails with the takedown
and Funkyama counters with a head kick.
Garcia with a poor takedown
and Funkyama counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Funkyama but Funkyama pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Funkyama as he jumps to the side.
Garcia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Funkyama throws out the jab.
Funkyama misses with a head kick.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt
and Funkyama counters with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Funkyama is fending him off so far but Garcia persists. Nope, Funkyama circles away and we're back to standing.
Garcia shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Funkyama defends it nicely.
John Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a takedown
and Funkyama counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Funkyama lands a nice looking body kick.
Funkyama lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
It looks like John Garcia has been cut.
Funkyama feints and then cracks Garcia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garcia down.
Garcia shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Funkyama counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Funkyama misses with a head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Funkyama.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Funkyama. Funkyama obviously looking to wear him down.
Funkyama scores with a spinning back kick!
Funkyama works the jab nicely.
Funkyama lands a head kick. Garcia smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Garcia is rocked!
Funkyama throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Oh Garcia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Funkyama lands with an overhand left.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Funkyama! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Riber Funkyama!
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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
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