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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Magri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Titus Garner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garner is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Main Event. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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140 lbs
22 - 9 - 0 |
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160 cm
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143 lbs
27 - 13 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Charlie Magri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Titus Garner!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Magri jabs Garner right on the nose. Garner blinks but takes it well.
Jab, jab by Magri - just one landing.
Garner walks into a jab.
Garner misses with a straight right.
Garner connects with a body shot.
Garner gets a clinch.
Garner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garner.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magri blocks a body shot from Garner.
Magri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garner misses with a punch to the body.
Magri throws a head punch that misses.
Magri manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Magri misses with a punch to the body.
Garner lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Magri wants to stall.
Magri lands with a short shot to the head.
Magri misses with a punch to the body.
Garner throws a punch but it's blocked by Magri.
Magri lands with a left to the head.
Garner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Magri lands a body shot.
Garner blocks a body shot from Magri.
Garner lands an uppercut.
Magri blocking some punches.
Garner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Magri tries to work over Garner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garner has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Magri clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garner throwing sloppy strikes.
Magri is trying to get back to his feet but Garner has full control of the position and if anything, Magri has just worked his way into a worse spot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garner throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Garner struggling to land strikes to the head as Magri covers up.
Garner misses with punches from the back.
Garner looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Garner somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Garner lands punches and elbows.
Garner scores with punches and elbows.
Garner missing with punches from the back.
Garner lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Garner.
Magri looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magri trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Garner thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Even with his hooks in, Garner manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Garner lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Magri hold on?!
Magri wants to get back to his feet.
Magri covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Magri prevents Garner from getting a body triangle.
Magri controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garner thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Magri holding both Garner 's hands and preventing any damage.
Garner has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Magri.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magri is taking damage to the body and head.
Garner missing with strikes from the back.
Garner throwing wild punches that miss their target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Titus Garner dominated that round.
That's time! Magri's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Magri misses with a hook.
Magri takes a swing at Garner's ribcage but misses.
Garner is looking to clinch.
Garner lunges at Magri with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Magri's hand.
Garner drops his hands momentarily and Magri takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Magri fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Magri throws a looping overhand right but Garner ducks down to avoid it.
Garner tries to score a power double leg takedown but Magri sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Garner somewhat.
Magri takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Magri is rocked!
Magri throws the left hand but Garner avoids the punch easily.
Magri takes a swing at Garner's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner fails with a takedown attempt.
Magri scores with a jab.
A cross from Magri lands.
Garner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Magri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garner manages to avoid it.
Magri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garner misses with an uppercut. Magri saw that one coming.
Garner connects with a looping right hand.
Magri throws a hook to the side of Garner's head but Garner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Magri blocks the body kick.
Garner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Magri sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Charlie Magri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Titus Garner.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garner throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Magri keeps the fight on the outside.
Magri misses with a straight left.
Garner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garner looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Magri misses with a straight right.
Garner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magri clobbers Garner with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Magri throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Magri fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from Magri.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magri stuffs the takedown attempt from Garner. Garner gets slowly back to his feet.
Magri lands a jab to Garner's midsection.
Jab, jab by Magri - just one landing.
Garner throws an overhand right that lands on Magri's shoulder, as Magri tries to avoid the shot.
Magri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Garner misses.
Magri blocks a head kick by Garner.
Magri looks to land a right hand but Garner moved out of range.
Garner attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Magri looks to score with a jab to the body but Garner is just out of range.
Magri keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garner misses with a straight right.
Magri thuds a left hand into Garner's body.
A jab from Magri misses.
Magri uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garner has time to react.
Magri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garner gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Magri.
Magri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garner.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Magri rushes Garner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Garner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garner misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Magri dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Garner. Magri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Magri misses with an uppercut.
Garner scores with a body shot.
Garner throws a shot to the body.
Magri connects with a nice looking jab.
Magri moves into range and connects with a jab.
Garner ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Magri moves away.
Garner moves in looking to clinch but Magri pushes him off.
Magri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garner manages to avoid it.
Magri takes a swing at Garner's ribcage but misses.
Magri moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Magri moves out of range of the strikes.
Charlie Magri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magri doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Magri comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Magri.
Garner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magri pushes Garner up against the cage in a clinch.
Garner lands a left hand.
Garner avoiding damage.
Garner is working for takedown but Magri is calmly controlling the position for now.
Magri is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Garner throws a head punch that misses.
Garner tries to work over Magri's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Magri can't find room to land a body shot as Garner controls the action.
Garner throws a punch but it's blocked by Magri.
Garner swings wildly with an uppercut but Magri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Titus Garner seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Garner has a couple of punches blocked by Magri.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garner tries to throw a body punch but Magri avoids it by throwing Garner back against the cage.
Garner tries to throw a body punch but Magri avoids it by throwing Garner back against the cage.
Garner gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magri wants to get back to his feet.
Garner looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Garner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Magri defending well though.
Garner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Garner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Garner passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magri is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Garner is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Garner looking to ground and pound but Magri is blocking nicely.
Garner connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Garner thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Magri is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Garner putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Titus Garner has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garner throws some wild stikes that Magri manages to avoid easily.
Garner is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Magri can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oh Magri is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magri is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garner lands a big shot to the head and Magri winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Titus Garner!
Titus Garner seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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