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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Misiek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Misiek comes to the cage accompanied by El Picante. Garcia has chosen 2Pac – Only Fear Of Death as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the cage it seems that Rafael Misiek has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Rafael Misiek seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rafael Misiek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Misiek clinches with his opponent.
Garcia stalls.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Misiek creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Misiek is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Garcia is keeping busy.
Misiek landing knees to the body.
Garcia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misiek just misses with a elbow thrown towards Garcia's brow.
Garcia looking to stall.
Misiek pushes off an throws an elbow but Garcia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Misiek lands a nice elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia goes for a takedown attempt but Misiek pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Garcia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice body kick from Garcia.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia scores with a nice right hand.
Garcia moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Misiek throws a low kick but Garcia avoids it.
Misiek throws a quick inside leg kick.
Misiek fails with the takedown.
As Misiek backs off Garcia throws a huge counter combo but Misiek manages to avoid it all.
Garcia closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Garcia clinches.
Garcia misses with a knee to the head.
Misiek prevents a takedown attempt there.
Garcia avoids the elbow strike from Misiek, against the cage.
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 short right from Misiek.
Garcia is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Misiek gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rafael Misiek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Garcia.
Garcia lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misiek tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Misiek manages to get underhooks.
Misiek takes a shot to the head.
Misiek trying to land knees to the body.
Garcia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Garcia is trying to force a seperation but Misiek has the dominant position.
Misiek lands with a right to the head.
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Misiek.
Misiek takes an elbow to the forehead.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Garcia lands an elbow inside.
Garcia is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Misiek pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Misiek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcia is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misiek throws an elbow but misses.
Garcia looking for a takedown.
Garcia is looking to control Misiek's arms but Misiek gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garcia has his back to the cage.
Misiek blocks an elbow strike.
Misiek misses with an elbow over the top.
Misiek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Garcia takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Misiek is controlling him.
Garcia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Garcia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Misiek checks the leg kick.
No joy there for Garcia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garcia dives in and scores a takedown into Misiek's guard.
Misiek has his feet on Garcia's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Misiek pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garcia is looking for the big counter here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Misiek circles away quickly and effectively.
Misiek misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Misiek throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garcia on the side of the head.
Misiek throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Misiek tries to keep at a distance but Garcia has taken the fight into the clinch.
Garcia tries to break free but Misiek pushes him back against the cage.
Garcia lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garcia creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Misiek throws an elbow that misses.
Misiek lands a good knee to the midsection. Garcia won't want to take too many of those.
Garcia misses with the head strike.
Misiek has Garcia pushed against the cage.
Misiek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Johnny Garcia will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Misiek lands a jab to the head.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Garcia now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Garcia crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Misiek - the referee stops the clock and Garcia gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Misiek. Garcia manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Misiek doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Misiek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Misiek.
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Misiek moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Misiek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Misiek tries to clinch
and Garcia counters with a one-two to the body.
Garcia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Garcia appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Garcia moves out of range as Misiek strikes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Misiek darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Garcia swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Misiek to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misiek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garcia.
The fight stays on the outside here - Misiek looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia walks into a left hand.
Misiek has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Misiek misses with a wild combination.
Good leg kick by Misiek there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Misiek moves out of range.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Misiek.
Misiek fails to land the takedown.
Garcia throws out a counter right but Misiek avoids it with no problem.
Garcia with a poor takedown
and Misiek counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Misiek slips a jab and a cross from Garcia.
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!
Misiek looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misiek misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Garcia throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Misieks head.
Misiek works on Garcia's body with a couple of short punches.
Misiek tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garcia's elbow.
Garcia manages to break the clinch.
Garcia moves out of range of the leg kick from Misiek.
Misiek darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Misiek working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Garcia is trying to get back to full guard.
Misiek is stalling here. Garcia is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Misiek seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Garcia has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Garcia.
Misiek defending against the ground and pound.
Misiek can't do much from the bottom here.
Garcia is looking to take a break and control but Misiek is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Check out the look on Garcia's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Garcia lands a decent elbow from side control.
Garcia is chipping away with strikes.
Garcia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garcia wants to control but Misiek is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia scoring with punches and elbows.
Misiek stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Garcia scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Misiek to see if he's OK.
Garcia working away.
Misiek parries the strikes from Garcia easily there. Garcia is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Misiek to escape.
Misiek struggling a bit here.
Misiek is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Garcia wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Misiek, who protects the arm well.
Garcia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Garcia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Johnny Garcia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Garcia tries to bum rush Misiek with a series of wild strikes but Misiek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garcia misses with a double jab.
Misiek scores with a jab. Garcia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Misiek pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Misiek drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rafael Misiek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia lands a nice shot that snaps Misiek's head back.
Misiek throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia connects with a nice looking jab.
Misiek connects with a jab.
Misiek fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garcia on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Garcia wants it to stay on the feet.
Garcia fails to land the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Misiek misses with a looping left.
Garcia motions for Misiek to come forward. Garcia throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Misiek avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Garcia clinches up against the cage.
Garcia can't get the takedown.
Garcia lands a shoulder strike.
Garcia blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Garcia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Misiek's brow.
Misiek dodges an elbow strike from Garcia.
Garcia avoids a wild elbow strike from Misiek.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Misiek.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Misiek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Misiek throwing short punches from the bottom.
Garcia postures up.
Misiek is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Garcia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Misiek throwing shots but Garcia is blocking nicely.
Misiek wants to pass to mount but Garcia is defending the position.
Garcia trying to hold on to Misiek's head to control him but Misiek postures up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Garcia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Misiek throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Misiek connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garcia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Misiek throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia throws a right and a left that Misiek avoids nicely.
Garcia clinches up against the cage.
Garcia wants to break the clinch but can't.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by Misiek.
Garcia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Misiek blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garcia.
Rafael Misiek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Misiek.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Misiek.
Misiek leaning his opponent against the cage.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Garcia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Misiek smiles and moves away.
Rafael Misiek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Garcia.
Misiek throws a shot to the body.
Misiek lands a head kick. Garcia smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Johnny Garcia is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johnny Garcia.
I've got Garcia winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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