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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Garcia (ranked 1066 p4p, 149 weight class) and Blake Justice (ranked 2098 p4p, 278 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Blake Justice was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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217 lbs
30 - 18 - 2 |
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206 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
30 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Rodney Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blake Justice!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Justice checks it well.
Justice changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Garcia throws a nice looking combination but Justice bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garcia swings for the body but Justice moves out of range.
Garcia closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Justice quickly recovers to half guard.
Justice is looking to improve his position.
Justice gets full guard.
Garcia trying to control but Justice is working from the bottom.
Garcia showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Garcia manages to get himself to full guard.
Garcia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice throwing strikes but missing.
Garcia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Justice.
Justice passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Garcia tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Justice presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Garcia tries to hold on but Justice pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia is squirming around, avoiding Justice's attempts to control the action.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Justice working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Justice landing shots from mount.
Justice trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Garcia is looking to improve his position but Justice isn't that keen on the idea.
Garcia wants to control but Justice is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Garcia is looking to escape.
Garcia regains half guard.
Justice wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Garcia wants to get back to full guard.
Justice trying to control from half guard but Garcia is working away.
Justice throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Justice prevents Garcia from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Justice lands a nice short elbow.
Justice seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Garcia does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Garcia trying to control from the bottom.
Garcia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Garcia is trying to control but can't.
Garcia is pressing down on Justice's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Garcia looking for a guillotine here but Justice defends easily.
Garcia is adopting a defensive guard.
Justice wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia trying to control the position here.
Justice trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Garcia is trying to control the position but Justice postures up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Garcia has his foot on Justice's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Justice works his way back into a safe position though.
Justice working some strikes from top position.
Justice controls from within his opponent's guard.
Justice working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Garcia's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Justice is working Garcia over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Justice controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Justice dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Garcia feints and as Justice raises his hands in defense, Garcia changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Justice is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Garcia dives into side control.
Garcia cracks Justice with a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justice is not content to let Garcia control the position.
You can see the frustration on Justice's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Garcia working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia cracks Justice with a big right hand but Justice just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Garcia scores with punches from side control.
Justice tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Garcia working away.
Justice tries to buck Garcia off but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Garcia connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Justice some visible discomfort.
Justice tries to control but Garcia manages to take his back.
Justice can't escape the position.
Justice is trapped and Garcia is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Garcia tries to get the hooks in deep but Justice pushed the leg off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia doesn't have the hooks in and Justice manages to turn into his guard.
Garcia wants to sweep here but Justice controlling him for the moment.
Justice pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garcia is keeping the position for now.
Justice lands a couple of elbows.
Garcia is looking for a triangle but Justice pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia is looking for a triangle but Justice pushes his legs off easily.
Garcia trying to control the position.
Garcia lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garcia showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Justice is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Garcia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Justice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Justice is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Garcia postures up and lands a big shot to Justice's brow.
Justice keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Justice is trying to control the position but Garcia postures up.
Justice looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Garcia won't allow Justice to sweep him here.
Justice looking to control.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Justice keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Nice sprawl there from Garcia as Justice shoots in.
It looked like Garcia wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garcia drives through with a takedown into Justice's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Justice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodney Garcia dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Garcia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Justice gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Garcia pushes down on Justice's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Garcia moves nicely into side control.
Garcia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Justice keeps working.
Justice is trying to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice is trying to control Garcia's posture but Garcia avoids it.
Justice is looking to regain half guard here but Garcia keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice struggling a bit here.
Justice is trying to improve his position.
Garcia is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Justice will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Justice is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Justice manages to work his way to half guard, despite Garcia's best efforts.
Justice tries to roll over but Garcia keeps him under control.
That's two 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.
Garcia working the head and body with strikes.
Garcia stalling.
Justice wants to improve his position but Garcia is controlling well.
Justice trying to control but Garcia postures up.
Justice might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Garcia haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Justice is positioning himself well to prevent Garcia advancing to mount.
Garcia slips a nice elbow through Justice's hands, connecting with Justice's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands strikes from half guard.
Garcia is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Garcia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Justice is staying active underneath Garcia, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Garcia looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Garcia performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Garcia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands with a punch from half guard.
Garcia winds up and cracks Justice with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Garcia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Justice is pressing down on Garcia's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Garcia throws a big right hand that misses.
Justice looking to control but Garcia passes into half guard.
Garcia is trying to control. Justice wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Garcia is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Justice can do to turn this around?
Garcia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Justice is rocked!
Garcia perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Justice is still in real trouble! Can Garcia finish him?
Garcia lands with a punch from half guard.
Garcia prevents Justice from improving his position.
Garcia lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Garcia is taking a breather. Justice says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Garcia seems to be looking for submissions.
Justice is trying to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodney Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garcia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodney Garcia!
Our winner, Rodney Garcia, 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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mgr
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RATING
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