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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nihat Ryu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Garner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nihat Ryu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ash Garner!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garner closes the distance but Ryu moves to the side
and Ryu counters with a nice body kick.
Garner moves to clinch but Ryu breaks away
and Ryu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A head kick misses from Ryu.
Ryu rushes Garner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ryu manages to break the clinch.
Garner doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ryu counters with a series of strikes. Garner will be more careful next time no doubt.
Garner fails with the takedown
and Ryu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ryu gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garner pulls guard.
Ryu trying to control the position from guard on top but Garner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryu works over Garner with some ground and pound from guard.
Garner is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Garner is looking to stand up but Ryu isn't so interested in that idea.
Garner being controlled here, momentarily.
Ryu has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ryu with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ryu distracts Garner with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ryu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ryu throws a big elbow that misses.
Ryu scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ryu postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ryu throws a strike but Garner rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garner preventing the sweep.
Ryu being controlled here, momentarily.
Garner won't allow Ryu to get back to his feet.
Ryu keeping moving, preventing Garner from controlling successfully.
Garner is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryu looking for a sweep. Not yet Ryu, not yet.
Garner trying to control the position from guard on top but Ryu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garner won't allow Ryu to sweep him here.
Garner trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ryu's guard.
Ryu is pulling down on Garner's head. It's preventing any offense from Garner, at least for the moment.
Ryu on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ryu tries to get out of the position.
Ash Garner has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Ryu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garner shoots in looking for a takedown. Ryu tries to sprawl out of it but Garner keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ryu manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nihat Ryu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ash Garner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryu throws a combination. Garner tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Garner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ryu keeps Garner at a distance using the push kick.
Garner looks winded!
Ryu moves into the clinch.
Garner misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Garner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ryu's brow.
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!
Ryu lands an elbow inside.
Garner is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ryu to keep the fight standing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garner is trying to pull guard but Ryu turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ryu is working for takedown but Garner is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ryu has Garner pressed against the cage, preventing Garner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nihat Ryu dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ryu forces Garner back against the cage and clinches.
Ryu goes for a takedown attempt but Garner pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Garner tries to close the distance and clinch but Ryu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nihat Ryu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ryu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ryu thuds a left hand into Garner's body.
Garner shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ryu counters with a big head kick but Garner shrugs it off.
Garner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ryu keeps the fight on the outside.
Ryu moves into the clinch.
Garner missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryu has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Garner clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Garner is trapped and Ryu is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Garner is breathing heavily.
Ryu lands punches and elbows.
Ryu is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Garner up.
Ryu is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Garner up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryu wants to control but Garner is keeping busy.
Ryu gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Garner is rocked!
Garner covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Garner is still in real trouble! Can Ryu finish him?
Ryu cracks Garner with a big right hand from the back mount! Garner immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Ryu takes this one by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nihat Ryu!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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