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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trin Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Justus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia's entrance music is Adios Amor. A fine choice. Justus has chosen Release Yo Delf - Method Man as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trin Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, King Justus!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justus throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Garcia gets caught flat footed, as Justus shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justus would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Justus postures up.
Justus is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Justus wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Garcia wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Justus wants to stand but Garcia is controlling his posture from full guard.
Justus slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Justus trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia is pulling down on Justus's head. It's preventing any offense from Justus, at least for the moment.
Justus is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Justus trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Justus must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Garcia looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Garcia pushes Justus off and gets back to his feet.
Garcia decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is looking to take a break and control but Justus is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Garcia tries to stand but can't do so whilst Justus controls his leg.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Garcia content to control rather than advance.
Justus looks like he's trying to stand up.
Garcia trying to control from half guard but Justus is working away.
Garcia stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Justus is not content to let Garcia control the position.
Justus regains full guard. Nicely done.
Justus keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Justus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trin Garcia dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Garcia misses with a combination
and Justus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Justus connects with the punch.
Justus scores with a nice strike.
Trin Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt
and Justus counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Garcia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Justus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Justus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Justus wants to clinch.
Justus is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A low kick from Garcia is predictable there
and Justus counters with a straight right hand.
Trin Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Justus counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Garcia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Justus misses with a head kick.
Garcia tries to clinch
and Justus counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Justus decides to stand up.
Garcia wants to clinch but Justus slips to the side
and Justus counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Justus.
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!
Garcia trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justus trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Justus decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Garcia, up you get!
Garcia connects with a high kick.
Justus lands a two punch combo.
Justus with a lazy takedown attempt
and Garcia makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Garcia fails with the takedown
and Justus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Justus.
Garcia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Justus manages to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justus keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Justus pulls Garcia in to control the position.
Justus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Garcia looking to pass the guard.
Garcia stands up and waves to Justus to follow him.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Justus as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trin Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Justus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.
Garcia misses with a takedown
and Justus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garcia fails with the takedown
and Justus counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
King Justus has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justus wants to stand but Garcia has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Justus wants to pass the guard but Garcia is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Justus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Garcia with a lazy takedown attempt
and Justus counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Justus won't allow Garcia to sweep him here.
Garcia is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Garcia can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Justus controls the pace.
Justus trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Justus stays in close to Garcia's body and controls the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garcia looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Justus from controlling successfully.
Garcia is working an open guard so Justus takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Garcia feints and as Justus raises his hands in defense, Garcia changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Garcia controls from within his opponent's guard.
Justus not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Garcia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Justus is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justus is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Justus working a defensive guard but Garcia passes into half guard.
Justus is staying active underneath Garcia, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Justus wants to control but Garcia is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Still in half guard, Garcia seems content to control.
Justus has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Garcia is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, King Justus just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Garcia clinches but Justus breaks the clinch
and Justus counters with a three punch combo that has Garcia backing up. Garcia nods at Justus to acknowledge the strikes.
Garcia gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Justus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Garcia is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Garcia pulls Justus into guard.
Justus postures up.
Justus prevents Garcia from getting back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Justus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Garcia is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Justus dives into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is looking for a sweep.
Garcia regains half guard.
Justus is looking to take a break and control but Garcia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Garcia throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Justus is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Garcia has managed to free his arm - good work.
Garcia wants to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to King Justus.
Well Justus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Justus!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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