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Event:
MMAHelsinki - 23
Date: Nov 24, 2018 |
#R1##CL2#
Banda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Banda misses with a punch to the body.
Banda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garling or not. #BC#
Garling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL2#
Banda closes the distance and clinches.
Banda lands with a short punch from the clinch.
#CUT2#
It looks like Luke Garling has been cut.
Banda works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Banda lands a shot to the body.
Garling has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Garling is breathing heavily.
Banda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Banda slowing the pace effectively.
Banda lands with a light punch inside.
Banda lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Banda lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Banda works on Garling's body with a couple of short punches.
Banda lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Banda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #ROC2#
Garling is rocked!
A short right from Banda.
Oh Garling is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Banda creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Garling with a big uppercut! Garling tries to clinch up but Banda pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Garling to the mat! Garling covers up and Banda unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lexington Banda!
A victorious Lexington Banda thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Event:
MMAHelsinki - 19
Date: Nov 04, 2018 |
#R1##CL#
Conda gets tackled into the cage by Garling. Garling maintains the clinch. #BC#
Garling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garling is looking to clinch but Conda is avoiding it.
Garling swings and misses with a shot to the body#CL2#
and Conda counters into the clinch. Nicely done. #TD2#
Conda has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Garling regains guard immediately.
Garling seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Conda is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Conda seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Conda stops Garling from standing up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conda sitting in guard here, content to control.
Conda advances position into side control!#T1#
Conda taking a breather here.
Garling throws a few strikes from the bottom but Conda takes advantage and mounts!
Garling's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up. #SUB2#
Conda is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Conda extends the arm and Garling is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ana Conda!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Oct 15, 2018 |
#R1#
Garling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelley moves away.#CL2#
Kelley gets tackled into the cage by Garling. Garling maintains the clinch.
Garling wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kelley could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.#TD#
Kelley gets control of Garling's arms and successfully pulls guard. Kelley will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Kelley has Garling pulled in close to control his posture. #SUB#
Kelley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kelley striking from the bottom.
Garling must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garling wants to stand and escape but instead Kelley has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. #REVR#
Garling tries to strike from the bottom.
#T1#
Kelley working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kelley stands up over Garling, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kelley slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Kelley cracks Garling with a solid left hand.
Garling is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kelley landing with the ground and pound. #SUB#
Kelley is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Kelley is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. #T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kelley seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Garling for as long as he can get away with.
Kelley scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garling wants to get back to his feet but Kelley passes into half guard.
Kelley looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kelley working the head and body with strikes.
Garling is trying to stand up here but Kelley is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kelley lands strikes from half guard.#T3##SUB#
Kelley seems to be looking for submissions.
Garling taking some punishment here, with Kelley in his half guard.
Kelley is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kelley prevents Garling from standing back up.
Garling throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Kelley working Garling over with strikes. #SU#
Kelley gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Garling scores with the left hand. Kelley knows he should have avoided that one. #CUT2#
It looks like George Kelley has been cut.#TD2#
Garling closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kelley did well to prevent Garling getting side control.#ES#
Kelley makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!#T4#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kelley moves away.
Garling cracks Kelley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.#CL2#
Garling closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kelley prevents Garling from breaking the clinch.
Kelley prevents Garling from breaking the clinch.
Kelley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garling's efforts to push away.
Kelley is trying to pull guard but Garling has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kelley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Garling misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Kelley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Kelley's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Garling looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelley is just out of range.#TD2#
Garling bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.#ES#
Kelley throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Kelley gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Garling gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Garling!
Luke Garling tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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