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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brabo Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urijah Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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140 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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168 cm
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138 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brabo Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Urijah Faber!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws the kick towards the body but Faber avoids it.
Garcia drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Garcia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Faber working for a triangle but Garcia defends it easily.
Faber keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Faber is looking for a triangle but Garcia pushes his legs off easily.
Faber working for a triangle but Garcia defends it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garcia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Garcia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Garcia showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber working for a triangle but Garcia defends it easily.
Faber controls Garcia momentarily but Garcia frees himself.
Faber looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garcia is one step ahead there.
Faber is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Garcia trying to control but Faber is working from the bottom.
Garcia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Garcia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber has his foot on Garcia's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Garcia works his way back into a safe position though.
Faber is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Faber keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Faber is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Garcia is aware though and is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faber preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Garcia slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Faber keeps moving.
Garcia is looking to work some ground and pound but Faber has wrist control.
Faber is trying to control the position but Garcia postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Faber is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Faber keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Faber is looking to cinch up a triangle. Garcia throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Faber's body to avoid the submission. Faber has instead reached around Garcia's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Faber arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Urijah Faber!
After winning the bout, Urijah Faber 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
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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