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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between JJ Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia comes to the cage accompanied by Amorphosis. The key to victory for JJ Garcia has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, JJ Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael James!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
James looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
Garcia tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
Garcia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
James shoots for a double leg takedown but Garcia sprawls well. He's pushed James's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Garcia wants to clinch.
James misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
JJ Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael James.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but James paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia tries to clinch there but James circles away.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
JJ Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
James shoots in looking for a takedown. Garcia tries to sprawl out of it but James keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Garcia manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
James shoots in for a double leg but Garcia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James has a takedown stuffed.
Garcia tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
Garcia wants to clinch.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but James paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
James has a takedown stuffed.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
James 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 lands a hook that snaps the head of James backwards.
Garcia working aggressively here.
James blocks an uppercut.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
James blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by James.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by James.
A head punch blocked on the inside by James.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Garcia misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Garcia fails to land.
Garcia misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia misses with some punches.
Garcia misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garcia.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by James.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by James.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia lands a right hand that snaps the head of James backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JJ Garcia dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Garcia tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
James tries for a takedown but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
Garcia wants to clinch.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia tries to clinch there but James circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
James is breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from James.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James fails with a takedown attempt.
JJ Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael James.
Garcia tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
JJ Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garcia tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
James misses with a takedown attempt - Garcia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Garcia tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
Garcia is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
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.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia wants to clinch.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
Garcia is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia tries to clinch there but James circles away.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice sprawl there from Garcia as James shoots in.
Garcia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia wants to clinch.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garcia wants to clinch.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Garcia. No joy for James on that attempt.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
JJ Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
James swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
Garcia tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garcia wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JJ Garcia dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
Garcia tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but James paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
James gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Garcia lands an uppercut.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Garcia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
James takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by James.
Garcia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
James blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Garcia gets the underhooks and prevents it.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by James.
A head punch blocked on the inside by James.
Garcia misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
James blocking some punches.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Garcia misses with a short punch on the inside.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by James.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia working some nice short punches in the clinch.
James blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
James blocks an uppercut.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
James has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Garcia avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garcia lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia working aggressively here.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Garcia misses with some punches.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
James changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Garcia fights it off and pushes away nicely.
JJ Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael James.
Garcia tries to clinch but James moves away
and James counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
James wants to pass to mount but Garcia is defending the position.
Garcia is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of James's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take James's back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
James rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Garcia tries to pass the half guard into mount. James knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
James looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
James tries to roll over but Garcia keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia passes to full mount!
Garcia wants to take his opponent's back but James doesn't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. James can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
James is desperately trying to improve his position but Garcia has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Garcia is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, James has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Garcia with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
James is trying desperately to improve position.
Garcia working for a submission but James is keeping him at bay.
Michael James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
JJ Garcia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garcia quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Garcia but it's paid off an James is forced to tap! Nice work by Garcia.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). JJ Garcia!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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