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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grigori Rasputin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Paul Garcon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rasputin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Symphony of Destruction. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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243 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
44 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grigori Rasputin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean Paul Garcon!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcon lands with a kick to the ribs.
Garcon misses with an uppercut
and Rasputin counters with a crisp right hand that drops Garcon! Rasputin lets Garcon back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Rasputin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Garcon goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Garcon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcon with a jab.
Rasputin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcon throws the kick towards the body but Rasputin avoids it.
Rasputin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Garcon finds it's way round the side to connect with Rasputin's head.
A punch combination from Garcon misses.
Garcon swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rasputin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garcon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garcon misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Rasputin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rasputin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garcon! But no joy.
Rasputin takes a kick to the side of the head.
Garcon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rasputin.
Garcon misses with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garcon.
Rasputin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Garcon misses with a shot to the body
and Rasputin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rasputin throws a leg kick which misses Garcon's front leg but catches the back leg as Garcon tries to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garcon.
Garcon staying out of range there.
Rasputin looks to throw the jab but Garcon is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Rasputin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Garcon has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rasputin throws a lazy body kick
and Garcon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcon jabs Rasputin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Garcon throws a hook to the side of Rasputin's head but Rasputin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rasputin missing with a left hand there. Garcon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcon connects with a solid leg kick.
Garcon smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Garcon looks to land a left hand but Rasputin moved out of range nicely.
Rasputin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garcon takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rasputin checks a leg kick.
Garcon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rasputin manages to avoid it.
Garcon ducks under a wild hook from Rasputin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin throws a jab when Garcon was well out of range.
Garcon is trying to counter with his kicks.
Garcon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garcon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rasputin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Rasputin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garcon appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Garcon throws an off balance right hand
letting Rasputin counter with a right hand.
Garcon misses with a wild body shot.
Garcon is looking to slow Rasputin down with leg kicks.
Rasputin connects with a single shot there.
Garcon works Rasputin's body with a nice hook.
Garcon misses with a hook to the body
and Rasputin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garcon connects with a jab.
Rasputin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garcon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcon connects with a body shot that sends Rasputin's belly button to the back.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garcon, right into the meat.
Garcon misses with an uppercut.
Rasputin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rasputin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garcon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Garcon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rasputin's calf.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcon lands a slapping body shot.
Garcon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Garcon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Paul Garcon 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.
Rasputin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rasputin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rasputin throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Rasputin misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rasputin might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rasputin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Garcon. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Garcon lands a jab to the nose.
Garcon cracks Rasputin with a good jab.
Garcon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcon throws a shot from downtown. Rasputin moves away and avoids it.
Rasputin moves out of range of the body kick from Garcon.
Garcon throws a body punch but Rasputin moves out of range.
Rasputin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garcon throws a looping overhand right but Rasputin ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin keeps the fight on the outside.
Rasputin is looking to counter punch.
Garcon misses with a kick to the body
and Rasputin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rasputin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Garcon feints and then cracks Rasputin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rasputin down.
Garcon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Garcon works the jab nicely.
Rasputin throws an off balance right hand
and Garcon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rasputin moves into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Garcon as the two fighters clinch.
Garcon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garcon throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Garcon fails to land.
Garcon has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Rasputin uses from the top position.
Garcon working for a triangle but Rasputin defends it easily.
Garcon is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcon is looking to cinch up a triangle. Rasputin throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Garcon's body to avoid the submission. Garcon has instead reached around Rasputin's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Garcon arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jean Paul Garcon!
Jean Paul Garcon is the new heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Jean Paul Garcon thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Grigori Rasputin was interviewed post fight and said 'Seems like i will need to get even more mad then i am and put on an immense, intense training camp for my next opponent.'.
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