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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paul Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kolt Ganger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia comes to the cage accompanied by Better Off Dead - Death From Above 1979. This should be a great matchup!
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160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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151 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kolt Ganger!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws a jab when Ganger was well out of range.
Garcia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A cross from Ganger lands.
Ganger lands a jab.
Ganger digs a good body shot into Garcia's ribs.
Ganger connects with a crisp jab.
Ganger digs a good body shot into Garcia's ribs.
Garcia lands a really nice looking cross but Ganger seems unphased.
Garcia has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ganger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ganger fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garcia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Ganger.
Ganger is looking to land body kicks.
A shot to the liver by Ganger. Beautiful body shot.
Ganger cracks the inside of Garcia's front leg.
Ganger throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ganger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garcia's sensitive parts.
Garcia tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ganger defends well and Garcia ends up having to push Ganger into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Ganger finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Garcia tries to clinch but Ganger moves out of range.
Ganger moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Ganger lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ganger paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ganger fakes the leg kick and cracks Garcia in the body.
Ganger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garcia's sensitive parts.
Nice shot by Garcia.
Garcia looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia wants to control from the top but Ganger keeps moving.
Garcia is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ganger is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ganger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ganger is controlling Garcia's posture.
Ganger looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garcia is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ganger keeps trying to improve his position.
Garcia trying to control but Ganger is working from the bottom.
Garcia won't allow Ganger to sweep him here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Ganger pushes him off.
Ganger flicks out a counter leg kick but Garcia steps away.
Kolt Ganger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ganger blocks a jab.
Ganger throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Garcia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ganger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ganger staying out of range there.
Ganger throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice body kick from Ganger.
Ganger has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ganger ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
No joy there for Garcia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ganger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ganger buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Garcia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ganger lands with a shot to the body.
Garcia takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
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!
Ganger blocks a jab.
Ganger rushes Garcia and presses him up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ganger lands a body punch.
Ganger works on Garcia's body with a couple of short punches.
Ganger lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ganger digs a right hand into Garcia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garcia's gas tank.
A short right from Ganger on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Ganger lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ganger lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Ganger.
Ganger lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ganger.
Ganger lands a right hand.
Ganger lands a nice shot to the body.
Ganger lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Ganger lands a hook that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Garcia tries to pull guard but Ganger holds him up against the cage and eventually Garcia drops back down to his feet.
Ganger lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
A right hand to the body from Ganger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kolt Ganger dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ganger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garcia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ganger.
Garcia is rocked!
Garcia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oh Garcia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garcia circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Ganger. Garcia falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Ganger!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kolt Ganger!
During a confident post fight interview, Kolt Ganger thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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