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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Garavito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bawit Daba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garavito comes to the cage accompanied by Make Them Suffer. Daba has chosen Kid Rock - Bawitdaba as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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212 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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275 lbs
6 - 2 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luis Garavito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bawit Daba!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garavito checks a leg kick.
Garavito misses with a looping left.
A big right from Daba misses.
Garavito swats away the attempt to clinch by Daba.
Daba gets a clinch.
Garavito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garavito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garavito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Daba misses with a punch on the inside.
Garavito manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Garavito wants to improve his position but instead Daba has moved into half guard.
Garavito is looking to improve his position.
Daba content to control rather than advance.
Garavito tries to get to full guard but Daba has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daba takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Garavito wants to get back to full guard.
Daba slows the pace down in half guard.
Garavito might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Bawit Daba was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Daba throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good work by Daba as he checks the leg kick.
Garavito tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Daba. That's going to slow Garavito down.
Garavito lands a body shot.
Daba throws a leg kick
and Garavito counters with an outside leg kick.
Daba throws a body kick that misses.
Daba throws a leg kick which misses Garavito's front leg but catches the back leg as Garavito tries to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Garavito blocks the leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Garavito has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garavito tries to close the distance and clinch but Daba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
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!
Nice shot lands for Daba.
Garavito throws a wild body kick that Daba sees coming a mile off.
Daba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garavito manages to avoid it.
Daba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garavito has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garavito misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garavito walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Daba throws a body kick that misses.
Daba looks for the body kick but Garavito saw that one coming.
Daba connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Daba avoids the body shot from Garavito.
Daba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garavito.
Garavito connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Daba scores with a hook to the body. Garavito takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A leg kick checked by Garavito.
Garavito throws a sloppy head kick and Daba moves out of range easily.
Bawit Daba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garavito throws a leg kick but Daba moved away.
Garavito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daba checks a leg kick.
Garavito misses with a body kick.
Garavito throws a sloppy head kick
and Daba counters with a body kick that stops Garavito in his tracks momentarily.
Garavito is breathing heavily.
Daba takes a swing at Garavito's ribcage but misses.
Daba lands a two punch combo.
Daba keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A cross from Daba lands.
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!
Daba thuds his shin into the meat of Garavito's side.
Garavito on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Daba looks to land a combination but Garavito avoids it well.
Daba scores with a leg kick.
Luis Garavito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daba lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Luis Garavito has been cut.
Daba lands a jab to the head.
Daba lands a front kick.
Garavito circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daba feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Garavito's calf.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Daba there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garavito doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garavito gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice body punch from Garavito.
Daba has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Daba cracks a nice hook into Garavito's ribs.
Garavito misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garavito drops his hands momentarily and Daba takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Daba feints and then cracks Garavito's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garavito down.
Daba swings for the body but Garavito moves out of range.
Daba is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Garavito takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Both fighters circling a little - Daba finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Daba lands with a good body shot.
Daba is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Garavito rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Daba cracks Garavito with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Garavito looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Daba finish him?
Garavito is rocked!
Daba scores with a kick to the midsection.
Oh Garavito is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Daba steps in with a hook that catches Garavito right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Daba follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Garavito looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bawit Daba!
After winning the bout, Bawit Daba thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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