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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Garland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Ganador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ganador's choice of entrance music: We Will Rock You. Luis Ganador has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Andrei Garland's chin.
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191 cm
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265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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200 cm
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240 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrei Garland! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Luis Ganador! The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ganador throws a shot to the body.
Garland closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ganador to the mat! Ganador manages to get full guard. Ganador looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Garland drops back looking for a leg! Ganador is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ganador manages to kick Garland off! Garland jumps back into Ganador's guard. Garland controls from within his opponent's guard. Ganador is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Garland not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Garland pushing down on Ganador's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. Ganador is in trouble now - Garland has advanced to mount!
That's one minute gone in the round. Garland throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage. Ganador is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Garland looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Garland throwing strikes here but Ganador is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Garland wants to control the pace but Ganador is squirming around nicely. Garland jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ganador manages to avoid the submission attempt. Ganador is not content to let Garland control the position. Ganador has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it. Garland working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Garland is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ganador is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Ganador defending against the ground and pound. We've been hearing good reports from Garland's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today. A lull in the action here. Ganador wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Garland tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Garland staying calm. Garland thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Garland in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Ganador is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andrei Garland!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
34% |
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