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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaius Garcius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nigel McHughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcius comes to the cage accompanied by Destroy Everything. McHughes has chosen Welcome To My Hood as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 lbs
34 - 37 - 1 |
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191 lbs
28 - 25 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 37 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jaius Garcius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nigel McHughes!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcius scores with a one two! McHughes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Garcius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garcius misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Garcius does no damage.
Garcius will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garcius takes one on the button.
McHughes scores with a jab.
Garcius drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McHughes is trying to improve his position.
Garcius controlling from side mount.
McHughes tries to improve position but can't.
Garcius working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Garcius works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
McHughes can't do much from the bottom here.
McHughes is not content to let Garcius control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McHughes is looking to reverse the position.
Garcius working away.
Garcius slows the pace down.
McHughes is looking to regain half guard here but Garcius keeps moving and retains side control.
Garcius happy to just control the position for now.
You can see the frustration on McHughes's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Garcius lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McHughes down.
McHughes is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
McHughes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
McHughes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcius is thwarting McHughes's attempts to control the position.
Garcius trying to control the pace.
McHughes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcius lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Garcius is thwarting McHughes's attempts to control the position.
McHughes tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Well, if Garcius is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
McHughes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
McHughes controlling the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHughes wants to improve his position but Garcius is controlling well.
McHughes looking for submissions off his back.
McHughes is controlling Garcius's position as best he can from this difficult position.
McHughes is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Garcius scores with a couple of nice shots.
Garcius lands with a punch from half guard.
McHughes is staying active underneath Garcius, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Garcius is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, McHughes manages to get to full guard.
Garcius slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
McHughes is trying to keep Garcius in close.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcius keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of McHughes's head.
Garcius sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Garcius's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Garcius is posturing up here but McHughes has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Garcius tries to roll out but it's too tight and Garcius has to tap! Slick submission there by McHughes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nigel McHughes!
After winning the bout, Nigel McHughes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Jaius Garcius spoke after the fight, saying 'STOCKTON 1,2,5!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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