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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darth Sidious (ranked 686 p4p, 111 weight class) and Michael Garibaldi (ranked 297 p4p, 40 weight class). Garibaldi has chosen Resist and Bite - Sabaton as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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204 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
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207 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darth Sidious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Garibaldi!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sidious misses the shot to the body.
Sidious fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sidious blocks a leg kick.
Sidious throws a body shot but no joy.
Garibaldi fakes the leg kick and cracks Sidious in the body.
Sidious scores with a decent looking hook.
Garibaldi moves away from the strike by Sidious.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sidious. Garibaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garibaldi misses with a looping left.
Garibaldi scoring well with a low kick there.
Sidious throws a looping overhand right but Garibaldi ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sidious's head.
Sidious looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Darth Sidious seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garibaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sidious.
Sidious throws a body shot but no joy.
Sidious is looking to wear down Garibaldi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sidious misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garibaldi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Sidious misses the target.
Sidious missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sidious fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi lands with a shot to the body.
Sidious swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
Sidious lands a nice looking body kick.
Sidious looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Sidious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sidious avoids the body shot from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi throws a low kick but Sidious moves out of range easily.
Garibaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sidious throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Garibaldi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sidious's sensitive parts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sidious misses the jab.
Garibaldi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sidious.
Sidious throws a shot to the body.
Sidious scores with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sidious connects with a right hand. Garibaldi shakes it off.
Sidious shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sidious checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sidious was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garibaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Garibaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good standup being displayed there by Sidious as he connects with a hook.
Sidious looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Garibaldi 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.
Garibaldi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Garibaldi defending well as Sidious loads up on a big left hand.
Sidious misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garibaldi. Sidious does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sidious stuns Garibaldi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sidious fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sidious looks to score with a jab to the body but Garibaldi is just out of range.
Sidious throws an overhand right that lands on Garibaldi's shoulder, as Garibaldi tries to avoid the shot.
Sidious takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garibaldi avoids a kick to the body.
Sidious throws a body shot but no joy.
Garibaldi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sidious lands a nice shot to the body.
Sidious fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi throws a poor cross that misses
and Sidious counters with a one-two to the body.
Sidious swings for the body but Garibaldi moves out of range.
A big right from Sidious misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sidious throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garibaldi tries to counter with a clinch but Sidious shakes him off and moves away.
Sidious takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sidious thuds a left hand into Garibaldi's body.
Sidious misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Sidious fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garibaldi manages to avoid it.
Garibaldi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Garibaldi misses with a head kick.
Garibaldi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sidious scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sidious connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sidious misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Garibaldi moves into range and clinches up with Sidious.
Garibaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sidious.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darth Sidious dominated that round.
That's time! Sidious's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sidious misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garibaldi.
Sidious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sidious lands a right hook to the body.
Sidious misses with a looping right.
Sidious is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garibaldi can do to turn this around?
Garibaldi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sidious lands a nice looking body shot.
Garibaldi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sidious. Sidious circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garibaldi, right into the meat.
Sidious takes a swing at Garibaldi's ribcage but misses.
Sidious checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garibaldi misses with a right hand
and Sidious connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sidious throws a hook to the side of Garibaldi's head but Garibaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sidious lands a head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garibaldi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garibaldi is looking to clinch.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Sidious.
A telegraphed right hand from Garibaldi misses the target.
Sidious tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garibaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Sidious.
Garibaldi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sidious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sidious lands a jab.
Sidious bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sidious punishes Garibaldi's body with a nice straight punch.
Sidious lands a really nice looking cross but Garibaldi seems unphased.
Sidious takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sidious rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garibaldi counters by clinching up.
A short right from Sidious on the inside.
Garibaldi tries to pull guard but Sidious forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sidious tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garibaldi is trying to pull guard but Sidious turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sidious lands a hook that snaps the head of Garibaldi backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garibaldi tries to throw a body punch but Sidious avoids it by throwing Garibaldi back against the cage.
Sidious scores with a shoulder strike.
Sidious lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sidious blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garibaldi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garibaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garibaldi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sidious backwards.
Sidious misses with a body punch.
Garibaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Garibaldi fails to land.
Garibaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Garibaldi has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sidious seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Garibaldi can turn it around.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garibaldi.
Garibaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sidious lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garibaldi or not.
A short left from Sidious.
Sidious swings wildly with an uppercut but Garibaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sidious manages to break the clinch.
Sidious throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sidious looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Garibaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sidious.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sidious is looking to land body kicks.
Sidious misses with a wild body shot.
Garibaldi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garibaldi avoids the body shot from Sidious.
Garibaldi misses with a hook. Sidious ducked under it nicely.
Garibaldi moves out of range as Sidious throws a body kick.
Sidious ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sidious throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Garibaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Sidious throws a sloppy body shot
and Garibaldi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sidious swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garibaldi! But no joy.
Some wild striking there from Sidious.
Sidious throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garibaldi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sidious swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garibaldi counters with a nice uppercut.
Sidious misses with a hook to the body
and Garibaldi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sidious closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Garibaldi lands a nice shot that snaps Sidious's head back.
Sidious is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darth Sidious dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Sidious slips a jab from Garibaldi.
Sidious scores with a jab to the body.
Sidious works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sidious missing with a left hand there. Garibaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sidious misses with a wild combination.
Garibaldi connects with a nice looking jab.
Oh Sidious is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sidious takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Garibaldi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garibaldi circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Sidious to the canvas! Sidious doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Garibaldi keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Garibaldi!
A relieved looking Michael Garibaldi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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