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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Gardens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gianfranco Sforza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gardens's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Not Tonight - Slaughterhouse. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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185 cm
21
192 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Gardens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gianfranco Sforza!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sforza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gardens.
Sforza connects with a crisp jab.
Gardens shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sforza as he jumps to the side.
Sforza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gardens circles away quickly and effectively.
Gardens fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sforza avoids it really well and circles away.
Gardens tries for a takedown but Sforza sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Gardens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sforza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gardens finds it's way round the side to connect with Sforza's head.
Sforza cracks Gardens with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Sforza has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Gardens to stand back up!
It looks like Marcus Gardens has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gardens fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gardens shoots for a takedown but Sforza saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardens throws a leg kick but Sforza moved away.
Sforza throws a series of punches but Gardens avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheers as Sforza lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gardens doesn't seem phased though.
Gardens dodges the punch combination from Sforza.
Gardens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sforza.
Gardens closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Gardens looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sforza can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gardens is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sforza has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardens in side control, throwing shots but Sforza defends.
Gardens trying to control the position but Sforza is working away.
Sforza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gardens. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gardens creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sforza sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ground and pound from Gardens seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sforza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
I wouldn't like to be where Sforza is right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardens throws an elbow but Sforza slips to the side and avoids it well.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sforza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gardens.
Gianfranco Sforza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sforza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sforza drops Gardens with a beautiful combination! Gardens stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sforza is looking for the KO!
Sforza slaps away a takedown attempt from Gardens, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Marcus Gardens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gardens takes a swing at Sforza's ribcage but misses.
Sforza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gardens circles away quickly and effectively.
Gardens looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sforza is fending him off so far but Gardens persists. Nope, Sforza circles away and we're back to standing.
Sforza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gardens.
Sforza throws a right and a left that Gardens avoids nicely.
Sforza lands a left and a right that send Gardens crashing to the mat, dazed. Sforza thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Gardens is rocked!
Sforza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gardens moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gardens misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sforza scores with a punch to the head.
Oh Gardens is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sforza misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gianfranco Sforza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Gardens's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gardens is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sforza sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gardens seems to have got his legs back now.
Sforza throws a jab when Gardens was well out of range.
Gardens shoots in and drives through. Sforza sprawls well.
Gardens takes a swing at Sforza's ribcage but misses.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Sforza has cracked Gardens with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Sforza lands another huge swinging hook and Gardens tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Gardens, before Sforza can land any more shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gianfranco Sforza!
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hype
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