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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roland Begovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Garbutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Begovic comes to the cage accompanied by Cavoglave. Garbutt is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law. Kevin Garbutt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
13 - 9 - 1 |
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215 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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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
13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roland Begovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Garbutt!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Begovic misses with a combination
and Garbutt decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Begovic's guard.
Garbutt trying to control the position from guard on top but Begovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Begovic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Garbutt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garbutt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Begovic swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garbutt with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garbutt with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Garbutt with a flurry of punches that miss.
Begovic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garbutt.
Garbutt with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garbutt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Begovic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Begovic takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Roland Begovic has been cut.
Begovic wants to clinch.
Begovic cracks Garbutt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Garbutt connects with a leg kick. Begovic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Garbutt moves out of range of the strikes.
Garbutt misses with a wild combination.
Begovic tries to clinch there but Garbutt circles away.
Garbutt gets the takedown into side control.
Garbutt misses with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begovic can't do much from the bottom here.
Begovic on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
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!
The strikes coming from Garbutt are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Garbutt throwing strikes but Begovic manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Begovic looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Garbutt is avoiding damage well.
Garbutt manages to work his way to half guard, despite Begovic's best efforts.
Garbutt is positioning himself well to prevent Begovic advancing to mount.
Garbutt makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Garbutt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garbutt is on top in guard.
Garbutt postures up in Begovic's guard and throws a big left but Begovic blocks it.
Garbutt throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garbutt trying to control the position from guard on top but Begovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garbutt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Begovic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Begovic looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garbutt is one step ahead there.
Garbutt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garbutt trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Begovic lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Begovic is fighting to break Garbutt's control of his arms but Garbutt is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Garbutt is continuing to stall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garbutt's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Garbutt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roland Begovic's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Begovic moves out of range as Garbutt throws a body kick.
Begovic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garbutt tried to score with a low kick but Begovic checks it.
Begovic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Garbutt throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Garbutt tries a head kick but it misses.
Begovic misses the shot to the body.
Begovic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Begovic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Begovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Begovic checks the leg kick nicely there.
Begovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garbutt manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Begovic.
Garbutt misses with a head kick.
Begovic moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Garbutt.
Garbutt has a couple of punches blocked by Begovic.
Begovic lands a body punch.
Begovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garbutt tries a low kick but Begovic avoids it.
Begovic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kevin Garbutt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garbutt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Begovic has closed the distance and engaged Garbutt in a clinch.
Garbutt looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Garbutt breaks from the clinch.
Garbutt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Begovic tries to clinch but Garbutt moves out of range.
Begovic tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Garbutt counters with a single leg into guard. Begovic didn't expect that.
Begovic pushes Garbutt off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking cross lands there for Begovic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Begovic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Garbutt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from Garbutt.
Garbutt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garbutt is looking to slow Begovic down with leg kicks.
Begovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Garbutt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garbutt misses with a hook. Begovic ducked under it nicely.
Begovic misses with a lunging right hand
and Begovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Begovic on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Garbutt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garbutt looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Begovic!
Begovic is rocked!
Garbutt in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Begovic looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Garbutt turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Garbutt!
Our winner, Kevin Garbutt, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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