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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henry Huynh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alejandro Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Garcia's choice of entrance music: The Slam. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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156 lbs
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169 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Huynh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alejandro Garcia!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huynh displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Huynh is looking to score with low kicks.
Garcia loads up on a big right hand but Huynh slips the punch.
Huynh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garcia looks to land a right hand but Huynh moved out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Huynh.
Crunch! Huynh slams his shin into Garcia's torso.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Huynh looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Garcia is fending him off so far but Huynh persists. Nope, Garcia circles away and we're back to standing.
Huynh throws a solid leg kick but Garcia takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Huynh.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Huynh lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garcia's sensitive parts.
Nice shot lands for Huynh.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Huynh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huynh scores with a crisp jab that stopped Garcia in his tracks.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Huynh.
Huynh tried to score with a low kick but Garcia checks it.
Huynh looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Huynh misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia blocks a low kick nicely.
Huynh misses with a head kick.
Garcia stalks Huynh and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Huynh's face. Huynh staggers backwards, shaken.
Garcia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Huynh has time to react.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Huynh.
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Garcia throws a body punch but Huynh moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looks to land a right hand but Huynh moved out of range.
Huynh misses with a low kick.
Huynh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Huynh misses with a kick to the body.
Huynh takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Garcia swings for the body but Huynh moves out of range.
Garcia checks a leg kick nicely.
Huynh throws a leg kick but Garcia sees it coming and moves out of range.
Alejandro Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Huynh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huynh fails with the takedown.
Garcia thuds a left hand into Huynh's body.
Garcia throws the left hand but Huynh avoids the punch easily.
Garcia lands a nice looking body shot.
Huynh throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Huynh lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Garcia has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Garcia and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Huynh lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Alejandro Garcia has been cut.
Garcia throws a poor cross that misses
and Huynh counters with a right hand to the body.
Huynh moves away from the strike by Garcia.
Huynh looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia is just out of range.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Huynh throws a leg kick which misses Garcia's front leg but catches the back leg as Garcia tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Huynh.
Huynh misses the shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Huynh.
Huynh missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but Huynh ducks down to avoid it.
Huynh throws a half hearted mid kick.
Garcia walks forward, straight into a front kick from Huynh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Huynh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alejandro Garcia's cut.
That's time! Huynh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Garcia lands a nice shot to the body.
Huynh throws a head kick that misses.
A cross from Huynh lands.
Huynh lands a right hook to the body.
Garcia avoids a kick to the body.
Huynh misses with a body kick.
Garcia throws the left hand but Huynh avoids the punch easily.
Huynh throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
Huynh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Huynh does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Garcia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Huynh. Huynh obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huynh slips a straight right by Garcia.
Garcia moves away from the strike by Huynh.
Garcia avoids a kick to the body.
Huynh throws a head kick that half lands.
Huynh tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Garcia swivels and escapes.
Garcia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Huynh connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garcia scrambles back to his feet.
Huynh misses with a hook. Garcia ducked under it nicely.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Huynh.
Henry Huynh is winning the standup battle so far.
Huynh keeps Garcia at a distance using the push kick.
Garcia looks to land a combination but Huynh avoids it well.
Huynh drives through with a takedown into Garcia's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Huynh might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Huynh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Huynh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Huynh from controlling successfully.
Huynh pushing down on Garcia's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Huynh is controlling the pace.
Huynh working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Huynh 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Huynh is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Huynh thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Garcia's head.
Huynh trying to control the action but Garcia is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Huynh seems content to control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Henry Huynh.
Huynh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Garcia lands with a shot to the body.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick from Huynh.
Huynh misses with a wild body shot.
Huynh jabs at Garcia's body.
Garcia throws a hook to the side of Huynh's head but Huynh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Huynh rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huynh lands a right hook to the body.
Huynh throws the kick towards the body but Garcia avoids it.
Huynh staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Huynh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alejandro Garcia's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Good work by Garcia as he checks the leg kick.
Garcia takes a swing at Huynh's ribcage but misses.
Huynh cracks the inside of Garcia's front leg.
Huynh throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia throws a shot from downtown. Huynh moves away and avoids it.
Huynh fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Huynh looks to land a right hand but Garcia moved out of range.
Huynh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garcia.
Garcia throws the left hand but Huynh avoids the punch easily.
Garcia moves out of range as Huynh throws a body kick.
Garcia has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Huynh.
Garcia lunges at Huynh with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Huynh's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huynh connects with a looping right hand.
Huynh on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Huynh explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Garcia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Huynh.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia throws a body punch but Huynh moves out of range.
Huynh lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garcia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Huynh slips under a jab from Garcia.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Huynh.
Huynh misses with an uppercut.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Huynh moves away.
Huynh throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Huynh as Garcia shoots in.
Garcia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Huynh lands a nice looking kick to the body. Garcia takes a step back to recover.
Garcia has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Huynh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Huynh ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Huynh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Huynh looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huynh looks to land a body kick but Garcia moved away.
Huynh lands with a straight right. Garcia didn't see that one coming.
Huynh looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garcia misses with a hook. Huynh ducked under it nicely.
Huynh lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Huynh cracks the inside of Garcia's front leg.
Garcia is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Huynh throws a leg kick that misses.
Garcia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Huynh misses with a body kick.
Garcia's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Garcia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Huynh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Huynh feints and then cracks Garcia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garcia down.
Garcia closes this distance looking for a takedown but Huynh circles away.
Henry Huynh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alejandro Garcia.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but Huynh ducks down to avoid it.
Garcia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Huynh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Huynh throws a sloppy head kick and Garcia moves out of range easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot to the liver by Huynh. Beautiful body shot.
Huynh lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garcia throws a right and a left that Huynh avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Huynh clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Alejandro Garcia's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Huynh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garcia has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Huynh.
Garcia lands with a hook. Huynh tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick.
Garcia throws a right hand that Huynh ducks under and follows up with a left that Huynh also avoids with ease.
Huynh moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Crunch! Huynh slams his shin into Garcia's torso.
Huynh throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Huynh bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Garcia misses with an uppercut
and Huynh makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Garcia really felt that one!
Garcia is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Garcia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Huynh can pounce on him.
Huynh goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Huynh. That's going to slow Garcia down.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Huynh.
Huynh punishes Garcia's body with a nice straight punch.
Huynh scores with a nice body kick.
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but Huynh sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Huynh lands with a thumping leg kick.
Huynh ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Huynh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Garcia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Huynh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Huynh swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A solid leg kick lands there for Huynh.
Huynh throws a leg kick but Garcia sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Huynh changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Garcia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huynh is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Garcia looks calm but he's in trouble here. Huynh gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Garcia is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Huynh lets go of the hold and Garcia can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Henry Huynh!
Henry Huynh retains his lightweight title!
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