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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Helios Garcius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Walters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle Walters acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Helios Garcius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyle Walters!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walters doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcius circles away.
Walters is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcius gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Walters comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Helios Garcius has been cut.
Walters lands a knee to the head.
Garcius blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walters rushes Garcius and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The referee calls for Walters to work.
Walters breaks from the clinch.
Garcius looks to land a combination. Walters sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Walters leaves Garcius with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Walters tries to clinch up.
Garcius scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Garcius fails to land with a series of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walters is looking to clinch.
Walters decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcius is trying to maintain the position but Walters is very close to passing his half guard.
Walters thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Garcius is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Garcius wants to get back to his feet.
Garcius is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Walters scores with a couple of nice shots.
Garcius pushes Walters off and gets back to his feet.
Garcius has a takedown stuffed.
Garcius shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Walters is trying to defend but Garcius finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Walters is trying to stand.
Garcius landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Garcius wants to pass the guard but Walters is defending well.
Walters is pressing down on Garcius's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walters pushes Garcius off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walters closes this distance looking for a takedown but Garcius circles away.
Garcius tries to clinch but Walters is having none of it.
Walters scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Walters shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Garcius but Garcius pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Garcius throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Garcius fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Garcius. No joy for Walters on that attempt.
Helios Garcius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyle Walters.
Walters shoots for a double leg takedown but Garcius sprawls well. He's pushed Walters's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Garcius rushes Walters and presses him up against the cage.
Garcius wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garcius is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Walters is defending well.
Garcius takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walters tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Walters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcius looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Garcius is fending him off so far but Walters persists. Nope, Garcius circles away and we're back to standing.
Garcius swats away the attempt to clinch by Walters.
Walters is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walters shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Garcius defends it nicely.
Garcius misses with a takedown attempt - Walters sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Garcius tries for a takedown but Walters sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Walters. No joy for Garcius on that attempt.
Walters throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Garcius's waist but Garcius gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Walters off to one side.
Walters fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcius tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walters manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcius takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcius moves in looking to clinch but Walters pushes him off.
Walters shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walters thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Garcius's head.
Walters sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garcius defending well though.
Walters working Garcius over with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcius tries to kick Walters off but Walters keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Walters is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Walters seems to be working for a kimura but Garcius defends the submission attempt.
Walters throwing shots but Garcius is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcius wants to control but Walters is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Garcius on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Garcius tries to get out of the position.
Garcius is defending against the submission attempts here by Walters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Walters dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Helios Garcius's cut.
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.
Walters shoots in for a double leg but Garcius sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Garcius tries to clinch but Walters moves out of range.
Walters takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Walters gets a clinch.
Walters tries to land a knee to the head but Garcius blocks with his arms.
Garcius has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Walters avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Garcius fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Walters's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garcius doesn't manage to clinch there - Walters circles away.
Garcius throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Walters was covering up waiting for the punch and Garcius finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Garcius prevents Walters from getting back to his feet.
Garcius has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Garcius trying to control but Walters is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Walters looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Garcius trying to control the position from guard on top but Walters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Walters has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Walters throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Walters kicks Garcius off and gets to his feet.
Walters doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcius circles away.
Walters tries to clinch there but Garcius circles away.
Walters misses with a head kick.
Walters tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcius swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walters looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcius throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Walters's waist but Walters gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Garcius off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Helios Garcius. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walters tries to clinch up.
Garcius misses with a double jab.
Walters moves in looking to clinch but Garcius pushes him off.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Walters is defended easily by Garcius.
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!
Walters lands with a kick to the temple. Garcius shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Walters displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garcius.
Garcius shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Walters as he avoids it easily.
Walters tries to clinch but Garcius is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walters looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcius misses with a wild combination.
Walters shoots in and gets a takedown into Garcius's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcius looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walters is in close to Garcius's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garcius wants to get back to his feet but Walters is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Walters throwing strikes from guard but Garcius blocks nicely.
Walters passes into half guard.
Walters throwing shots but Garcius is blocking nicely.
Walters lands with a punch from half guard.
Walters not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Walters looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Garcius is looking to improve his position.
Walters wants to get back to his feet.
Kyle Walters has got the better of the ground game so far.
Walters is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Garcius sees it coming and defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters throws a strike but Garcius avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Walters postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Garcius utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcius wriggles free and stands up.
Garcius shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Walters as he avoids it easily.
Helios Garcius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcius swats away the attempt to clinch by Walters.
Garcius shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Walters is trying to defend but Garcius finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Walters is trying to stand up here but Garcius is controlling him well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walters is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Garcius's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Garcius's back!
Walters is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Garcius has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Walters showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Helios Garcius's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Garcius misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walters fails with a takedown attempt.
Walters tries to score a power double leg takedown but Garcius sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Walters somewhat.
Walters throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garcius scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Garcius shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walters pinned against the cage. Walters gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Walters fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walters gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Walters looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Walters is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Garcius frees his head nicely. Oh but Walters has switched to an armbar! Garcius is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Kyle Walters!
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