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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles BatzCastelmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). BatzCastelmore comes to the cage accompanied by Dogtanian France theme. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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220 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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192 cm
27
219 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles BatzCastelmore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rodney Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BatzCastelmore tries to work over Garcia's front leg with a kick but Garcia checks it.
A combination from BatzCastelmore does no damage.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
BatzCastelmore tried to counter with a leg kick but Garcia avoided it.
Garcia slips under a jab.
A good leg kick by Garcia.
BatzCastelmore checks a low kick from Garcia.
We've been told by BatzCastelmore's head coaches at North Star secret fist technique that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
BatzCastelmore lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
BatzCastelmore misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
BatzCastelmore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but BatzCastelmore manages to avoid it.
BatzCastelmore tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
BatzCastelmore just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia checks the leg kick.
Garcia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and BatzCastelmore is able to avoid easily.
Garcia scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
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!
BatzCastelmore is trying to stand.
BatzCastelmore is doing well to control the position and prevent Garcia from advancing to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Garcia is thwarting BatzCastelmore's attempts to control the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Garcia working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Garcia tries to pass to full mount but BatzCastelmore defends it.
BatzCastelmore is defending against the submission attempts here by Garcia.
Garcia is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Garcia not doing much here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Garcia seems to be looking for submissions.
Garcia is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and BatzCastelmore defends it well.
BatzCastelmore regains full guard. Nicely done.
BatzCastelmore has control of Garcia's left arm, preventing Garcia from doing any damage.
BatzCastelmore wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.
BatzCastelmore is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore 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 actively working from the bottom here.
Garcia has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. BatzCastelmore is working away from the top position though.
BatzCastelmore is controlling the pace.
Garcia tries to get to full guard but BatzCastelmore has control of the leg.
Garcia actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore controlling the action here.
BatzCastelmore prevents Garcia from improving his position.
BatzCastelmore is keen to just control but Garcia is a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garcia looking for submissions off his back.
Garcia looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rodney Garcia will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Garcia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but BatzCastelmore manages to avoid it.
BatzCastelmore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
BatzCastelmore is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.
BatzCastelmore scoring well with a low kick there.
Garcia misses with an attempted mid kick.
BatzCastelmore scores with a jab.
Garcia lands with a shot to the body.
Garcia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Charles BatzCastelmore has been cut.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia checks the leg kick.
BatzCastelmore connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
BatzCastelmore avoids the head kick by Garcia.
Garcia staying out of range there.
A combination from BatzCastelmore does no damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BatzCastelmore misses with a right hand
and Garcia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garcia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
BatzCastelmore connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore throws a low kick but Garcia avoids it.
Charles BatzCastelmore is winning the standup battle so far.
BatzCastelmore throws a leg kick but Garcia sees it coming and checks it nicely.
BatzCastelmore moves out of range of the strikes.
BatzCastelmore ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Garcia throws a leg kick but BatzCastelmore sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Garcia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garcia blocks a leg kick.
BatzCastelmore tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on BatzCastelmore if he has to take too many more of those.
A jab from BatzCastelmore misses.
BatzCastelmore ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
BatzCastelmore pushes Garcia up against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
BatzCastelmore throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Garcia manages to pull guard.
Garcia looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. BatzCastelmore defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BatzCastelmore stopping the sweep attempt from Garcia.
BatzCastelmore trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but BatzCastelmore can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Garcia is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! BatzCastelmore has his hands clasped together but Garcia extends and breaks BatzCastelmore's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Garcia.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rodney Garcia!
After the fight, Rodney Garcia was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
The defeated Charles BatzCastelmore had this to say: 'Merde!'.
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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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