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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sai Fukuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia comes into the arena with Ratamahatta by Sepultura blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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163 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm
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155 lbs
4 - 7 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adriano Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sai Fukuta!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fukuta misses with a double jab.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Fukuta rushes Garcia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fukuta moves into range and clinches up with Garcia.
Fukuta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcia throws a nice looking combination but Fukuta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Fukuta moved out of range nicely.
Fukuta looks to land a right hand but Garcia moved out of range.
Fukuta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fukuta looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fukuta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fukuta throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garcia counters with a nice uppercut.
Fukuta misses with a body punch
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Fukuta wants to clinch.
Fukuta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sai Fukuta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Garcia frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Garcia trying to control but Fukuta is having none of it.
Fukuta really wants to buck Garcia off and get back to his feet.
Fukuta can't escape the position.
Garcia avoids the attempt from Fukuta to control.
Garcia wants to control the pace but Fukuta is squirming around nicely.
Fukuta is trying to escape the mount.
Fukuta prevents Garcia from taking his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fukuta is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fukuta wants to hold on but Garcia pushes him away.
Fukuta'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.
Garcia is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Fukuta to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Fukuta shrugs it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia lands a big shot there that rocks Fukuta but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fukuta wants to control but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia working for a submission but Fukuta is keeping him at bay.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fukuta really wants to buck Garcia off and get back to his feet.
Garcia avoids the attempt from Fukuta to control.
Garcia looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Garcia avoids the attempt from Fukuta to control.
Fukuta wants to get back to his feet.
Garcia is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Fukuta can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Garcia punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fukuta really wants to buck Garcia off and get back to his feet.
Garcia controlling from the full mount.
Fukuta wants to control but Garcia is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Fukuta is looking to escape.
Fukuta is desperately trying to improve his position but Garcia has a good base and remains in mount.
Garcia lands a big elbow.
Garcia postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fukuta looks a forlorn figure.
Garcia unloading with bombs!
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!
Fukuta is squirming around, avoiding Garcia's attempts to control the action.
Garcia wants to take Fukuta's back here but Fukuta is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fukuta wants to get back to his feet.
Fukuta somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adriano Garcia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Garcia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fukuta looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Garcia paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fukuta goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fukuta takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
Sai Fukuta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fukuta swinging wildly here.
Fukuta misses with a double jab.
Garcia shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fukuta manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fukuta keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Fukuta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fukuta escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Garcia gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fukuta looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukuta doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Garcia is standing up over Fukuta. Fukuta looks to escape but Garcia dives into side control.
Garcia working away.
Fukuta is trying to work for a sweep but Garcia has mounted him!
Fukuta regains half guard.
Garcia stalling.
Fukuta is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Fukuta is trying to control but can't.
Fukuta is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Garcia is trying to control. Fukuta wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fukuta throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia throws a body punch but Fukuta moves out of range.
Garcia closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia tries for a kimura but Fukuta is defending well.
Fukuta is not content to let Garcia control the position.
Garcia is really struggling to control Fukuta but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fukuta pushes Garcia away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Garcia gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Fukuta tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Garcia presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Fukuta wants to hold on but Garcia pushes him away.
Fukuta takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Garcia in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Garcia working Fukuta over with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Garcia cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Garcia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fukuta tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to control but Fukuta wriggling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fukuta taking shots to the head.
Fukuta is wriggling around trying to escape.
Garcia trying to control but Fukuta is having none of it.
Fukuta is just holding on here. Garcia manages to take his back.
Fukuta covers up after that shot from Garcia.
Fukuta is covering up but some of the strikes from Garcia are getting through and doing damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fukuta is trying to get back to his feet but Garcia has full control of the position and if anything, Fukuta has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Garcia lands shots from the back.
Garcia is punishing Fukuta with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adriano Garcia dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Garcia dodges the punch combination from Fukuta.
Garcia drops his hands momentarily and Fukuta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Garcia with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fukuta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Fukuta misses with a few strikes there.
Nice sprawl there from Garcia as Fukuta shoots in.
Fukuta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good work by Garcia as he checks the leg kick.
Garcia slaps away a takedown attempt from Fukuta, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Fukuta shoots for a double leg takedown but Garcia sprawls well. He's pushed Fukuta's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Adriano Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sai Fukuta.
Left hook, right uppercut from Garcia.
Garcia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fukuta takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia lands with a punch from half guard.
Fukuta is looking to improve his position.
Garcia working over Fukuta with some ground and pound. Fukuta looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Garcia uses his free foot to push down on Fukuta's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Fukuta.
Garcia with the ground and pound from mount.
Garcia cracks Fukuta with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! Garcia connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Garcia controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia with good strikes from the mount here!
Sai Fukuta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garcia controlling the position easily from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fukuta wants to hold on but Garcia pushes him away.
Fukuta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Garcia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fukuta is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fukuta can't escape the position.
Fukuta is squirming around, avoiding Garcia's attempts to control the action.
Garcia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fukuta trying desperately to get to his feet.
Adriano Garcia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fukuta is desperately trying to improve his position but Garcia has a good base and remains in mount.
Garcia sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Garcia scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Garcia prevents Fukuta from getting the reversal.
Garcia 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Fukuta manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Garcia cracks Fukuta with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Garcia is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Fukuta is trying to escape and Garcia transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Fukuta is forced to tap! Nice work there by Garcia! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Adriano Garcia!
A victorious Adriano Garcia thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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