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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Tauno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tauno comes to the cage accompanied by Pelican - Dead Between The Walls. Garcia has chosen Ballad Of A Dead Soulja as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Roberto Garcia acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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273 lbs
23 - 18 - 0 |
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193 cm
32
250 lbs
26 - 15 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
23 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Tauno! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
26 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Garcia! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tauno misses with a straight right. Tauno takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Garcia misses with an uppercut. Garcia misses with a body shot
and Tauno counters with a shoot takedown. Garcia fights it but they end up in guard. Tauno passes easily into side control. Nice work. 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! Tauno working away. Garcia avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tauno. Garcia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tauno wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Garcia can't do much from the bottom here. Tauno is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Garcia's shoulder. That is not cool. Tauno wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Garcia, who protects the arm well. Tauno wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garcia keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round. The strikes coming from Tauno are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Tauno wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Garcia, who protects the arm well. Tauno in side control, throwing shots but Garcia defends. Tauno lands some shots froms side control. Garcia tries to improve position but can't. You can see the frustration on Garcia's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Tauno misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Garcia takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Garcia avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tauno.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tauno prevents Garcia from escaping the position. Tauno tries for a kimura but Garcia is defending well. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Tauno lands an elbow. Tauno throws a strike aimed at the side of Garcia's head but Garcia avoids it well. Garcia parries the strikes from Tauno easily there. Tauno is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Garcia to escape.
Garcia is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Tauno has just dragged him back down to the mat. Garcia on the wrong end of some ground and pound. Tauno lands some shots froms side control. Tauno is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Garcia has escaped the position, nice work there. Tauno throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tauno looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. You can see the frustration on Garcia's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Garcia is trying to escape the position but Tauno is controlling the position. Tauno landing a few strikes. Tauno scores with a couple of short elbows. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Tauno in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Garcia taking punishment in the form of punches.
Tauno landing a few strikes. Tauno is chipping away with strikes.
Tauno goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Garcia has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Tauno but great work by Garcia. Tauno tries to buck Garcia off but Garcia is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Garcia taking a break here but Tauno is having none of it and regains half guard. Tauno is looking to control Garcia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tauno avoid being mounted? Tauno is not content to let Garcia control the position. Garcia gets to his feet - back to striking we go! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Garcia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Tauno dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Tauno does a little dance to reset his feet. Oooh a lovely combination from Tauno sends Garcia down but not out. Tauno dives into side control looking to finish.
Garcia is rocked!
It looks like Roberto Garcia has been cut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Tauno cracks Garcia with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Tauno immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Garcia is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Tauno!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Tauno!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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