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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Llavicrep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Johnny Llavicrep was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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198 cm
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287 lbs
10 - 12 - 0 |
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195 cm
24
280 lbs
2 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Garcia! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Llavicrep! The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Garcia shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Llavicrep as he avoids it easily. Garcia lands with a right hand. Llavicrep lands a glancing blow to the side of Garcia's head. Llavicrep has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Llavicrep jabs Garcia to the body, keeping him at a distance. Garcia lands a lovely overhand right. 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! Llavicrep lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Garcia backs up against the cage.
It looks like Brian Garcia has been cut. Garcia dips to his left and cracks Llavicrep with an uppercut! Llavicrep keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Llavicrep shoots in and bounces Garcia off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace. Garcia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Llavicrep is one step ahead there. Llavicrep avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Llavicrep scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Llavicrep distracts Garcia with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Garcia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Llavicrep is one step ahead there. Llavicrep slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Llavicrep lands a couple of decent looking shots. Llavicrep working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Llavicrep stays in close to Garcia's body and controls the position. Garcia trying to control the position.
Llavicrep controlling from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Llavicrep keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Garcia's head. Garcia definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Llavicrep controlling from the top position. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Garcia is trying to control the position but Llavicrep postures up. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Llavicrep seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Johnny Llavicrep has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet. Garcia is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Llavicrep. Llavicrep ducks under a wild hook from Garcia. Llavicrep throws a combination. Garcia tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Llavicrep takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Llavicrep misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Llavicrep misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Llavicrep tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Llavicrep. Llavicrep scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice takedown defense from Garcia. No joy for Llavicrep on that attempt. Llavicrep misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Llavicrep shoots in looking for a takedown but Garcia manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Llavicrep's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. Brian Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Llavicrep. Llavicrep looks winded! Llavicrep uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia. Garcia lands a leg kick that knocks Llavicrep off balance momentarily. Brian Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. 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! A big right from Garcia misses. Garcia shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Llavicrep eats them both and turns towards Garcia to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. Garcia moves into range and clinches up with Llavicrep. Garcia has hold of one of Llavicrep's legs. Llavicrep is fighting the takedown attempt but Garcia gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Llavicrep looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Llavicrep can't keep his opponent in guard - Garcia advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount. Garcia trying to pass the guard but Llavicrep defending well. Garcia is working hard here to advance position. Garcia sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Llavicrep defending well though. Llavicrep moves into full guard.
Llavicrep has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Garcia won't allow Llavicrep to sweep him here. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Llavicrep dominated that round. The cut man is working on Brian Garcia's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Llavicrep shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Garcia eats them both and turns towards Llavicrep to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. Garcia blocks a leg kick. Garcia lands a jab to the head.
Llavicrep will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Llavicrep uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garcia. Garcia swings for the body but Llavicrep moves out of range.
Garcia cracks Llavicrep with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Johnny Llavicrep is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A shot to the body from Garcia misses and Llavicrep makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Llavicrep's shoulder, as Llavicrep tries to avoid the shot. Johnny Llavicrep seems to be getting the better of the standup. Llavicrep walks into a stiff left hand from Garcia. Garcia gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Garcia lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Llavicrep pulls Garcia in close to prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Llavicrep throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Garcia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Llavicrep is keeping the position for now. Llavicrep tries to land a sweep but no joy. Johnny Llavicrep has got the better of the ground game so far. Llavicrep has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Garcia doesn't defend quickly enough and Llavicrep has managed to lock this one up! Can Garcia escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Llavicrep on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Johnny Llavicrep!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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