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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Garnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wendell Sailor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garnett comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls. Sailor has chosen Blackalicious - It's Going Down as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 cm
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224 lbs
34 - 24 - 0 |
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192 cm
39
224 lbs
28 - 24 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
34 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Kelvin Garnett! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
28 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wendell Sailor! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sailor swings and misses with a shot to the body and Garnett counters with a nice uppercut. Sailor misses with an uppercut. Garnett saw that one coming. Sailor punishes Garnett's body with a nice straight punch. Garnett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sailor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Sailor needs to keep his hands up - Garnett had a free shot at his head there. Garnett tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Sailor lands the left hand.
It looks like Kelvin Garnett has been cut. Sailor lands a nice shot to the body.
Sailor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Garnett looks to land a combination but Sailor avoids it well. Garnett throws a low kick, looking for Sailor's leg but Sailor calmly moves out of range. Sailor now looks to counter with a shot at the body. A decent looking body kick lands there for Garnett. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Sailor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. A looping hook to the body misses from Sailor. Garnett does a little dance to reset his feet. A clash of legs there as Sailor blocks the low kick. Sailor checks a leg kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sailor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Garnett takes a shot right to the bread basket. Garnett throws a sloppy head kick and Sailor moves out of range easily. Garnett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sailor was well out of range. Poor timing from Garnett. Sailor swings for the body but Garnett moves out of range.
Sailor throws a body punch but Garnett moves out of range. Garnett thinks about countering with a head kick. Garnett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garnett throws a quick counter head kick but Sailor was just out of range. Garnett throws a big shot that misses. Sailor throws a right hand that Garnett ducks under and follows up with a left that Garnett also avoids with ease. Sailor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garnett. Sailor lands a nice hook to Garnett's body. Garnett takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Sailor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garnett moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Garnett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Garnett misses with a straight right. Garnett swings widly with a right hand
and Sailor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round. 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! Garnett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sailor is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Garnett rather than just go for the knockout. Garnett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sailor misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Garnett misses the target. Garnett lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sailor circles away quickly and effectively. Sailor looks to score with a jab to the body but Garnett is just out of range. Garnett lands an overhand right. Sailor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garnett scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sailor in his tracks. Garnett jabs at Sailor's body. Oooooh!!! Sailor has knocked Garnett down with a huge combo! Sailor steps away and waves a wobbly Garnett back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Garnett is rocked! Sailor misses with a body punch
and Garnett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Oh Garnett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Garnett lands with a right hand. Garnett seems to have got his legs back now. Garnett works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Sailor jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sailor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garnett.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Garnett cracks Sailor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Sailor thows a left - swing and a miss! Garnett throws a head kick that misses. Sailor bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garnett's head. Sailor misses with a hook. Garnett connects with a body shot that sends Sailor's belly button to the back. Garnett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sailor. Garnett throws a right hand that Sailor ducks under and follows up with a left that Sailor also avoids with ease. A little jabbing left from Sailor on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Garnett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sailor was well out of range. Poor timing from Garnett. Garnett swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Sailor. Sailor misses the shot to the body. Sailor connects with a crisp jab. Garnett goes for a high kick. It partially lands. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Garnett avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A punch combination from Sailor misses. Sailor throws out a loose jab but Garnett uses good head movement to avoid it. Garnett throws a front kick that sends Sailor stumbling back into the cage. Garnett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Garnett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sailor.
Garnett looks to land a right hand but Sailor moved out of range. A countering left hand to the body from Sailor misses. Sailor avoids the head kick by Garnett.
Sailor is clearly looking to counter with head kicks. Sailor slips a jab from Garnett. Garnett throws a head kick that misses. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Garnett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sailor sees it coming and avoids it easily. Garnett moves forwards but Sailor connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kelvin Garnett's cut is getting worse. Sailor throws a jab but it's blocked by Garnett. Sailor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garnett. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Wendell Sailor will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Kelvin Garnett's cut. That's time! Back to the action!
A punch combination from Garnett misses. Some bone on bone action there as Sailor checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Wendell Sailor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Sailor throws a shot from downtown. Garnett moves away and avoids it. Sailor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sailor avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Left hook, right uppercut from Garnett. Sailor blocks the body kick.
Garnett throws a lazy right hand but Sailor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Sailor cracks a nice hook into Garnett's ribs. Garnett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Sailor with a nice cross. Sailor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Garnett tries to land a leg kick but Sailor saw it coming and moves away.
Sailor lands a jab-cross combination. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Sailor throws a body punch but Garnett moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Garnett scores with a hook. Garnett misses with a straight right. Sailor throws a jab but it's blocked by Garnett. Garnett looks for the body kick but Sailor saw that one coming. Sailor was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind. Garnett tests Sailor's chin there with a solid looking shot. Garnett pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sailor is out of range and Garnett settles back down. Sailor misses the body punch and Garnett counters with a nice uppercut. Sailor takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sailor swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Garnett. Garnett throws an overhand right that lands on Sailor's shoulder, as Sailor tries to avoid the shot. Sailor let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Garnett misses with the combination.
Sailor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Sailor misses with an uppercut
and Garnett counters with a head kick. Sailor swings for the body but Garnett moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This has been an exciting period of action! Sailor throws a chopping leg kick but Garnett manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Sailor avoids the head kick by Garnett.
Garnett moves away from the strike by Sailor. Sailor staying out of range there. Sailor connects with a superb combination that knocks Garnett out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Sailor before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Garnett!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Wendell Sailor! After winning the bout, Wendell Sailor 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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