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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Garelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garelli is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Patriarch on a Vespa. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 lbs
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184 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adam Dixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Garelli!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dixon misses with a takedown
and Garelli counters with a single leg into guard. Dixon didn't expect that.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Garelli is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Garelli trying to control the position from guard on top but Dixon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garelli passes Dixon's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Garelli is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Garelli is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Garelli trying to control but Dixon is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Garelli advances to half guard.
Dixon has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Garelli seems to be looking for submissions.
Garelli takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Garelli wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dixon keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garelli is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Dixon looking for submissions off his back.
Garelli trying to control the action but Dixon is working from the bottom.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Joe Garelli wasn't active enough on the ground.
Dixon has his takedown stuffed
and Garelli counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garelli is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Garelli tries to free his leg and advance position but Dixon is retaining full guard.
Garelli slips nicely into half guard.
Garelli tries to pass to full mount but Dixon defends it.
Garelli is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Dixon reverses the position - he's now on top in Garelli's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garelli manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dixon slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Garelli is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Dixon reverses the position - he's now on top in Garelli's guard.
Garelli looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Garelli trying to control the position here.
Dixon looking to sit in guard and control but Garelli gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Garelli pushing down on Dixon's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Garelli looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Garelli stalling away here and it's allowed Dixon to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Garelli got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dixon has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Garelli has managed to get both his arms back between Dixon's legs - danger averted.
Garelli trying to control the position from guard on top but Dixon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garelli is looking to advance position but Dixon has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Garelli really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Garelli is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dixon seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Garelli is holding on tight.
Garelli tries to lock up and control but Dixon gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dixon trying to control but Garelli is having none of it.
Garelli has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Garelli really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dixon takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Garelli is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dixon moves to his opponent's back but Garelli bucks him off and ends up in guard. A bit of a disaster there for Dixon.
Dixon keeping moving, preventing Garelli from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Joe Garelli was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Garelli will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dixon misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Dixon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dixon scores with a takedown into Garelli's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dixon trying to control but Garelli is working from the bottom.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Garelli wants to sweep here but Dixon controlling him for the moment.
Garelli is trying to control the position but Dixon postures up.
Dixon forces his way into half guard.
Dixon is trying to control. Garelli wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Garelli wants to improve his position but Dixon is controlling well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dixon seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Garelli does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Garelli dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dixon displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garelli.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Garelli napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dixon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garelli keeps working.
Dixon working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dixon is looking to take a break and control but Garelli is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Garelli can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garelli keeps working.
Dixon is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Garelli is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Garelli tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dixon wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dixon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Garelli is not content to let Dixon control the position.
Dixon tries for a kimura but Garelli is defending well.
Garelli regains half guard.
Dixon is looking to take a break and control but Garelli is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dixon sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon is keen to just control but Garelli is a slippery customer.
Dixon is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Garelli is defending against the submission attempts here by Dixon.
Dixon prevents Garelli from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garelli is still trying to improve position.
Garelli trying to control from the bottom.
Dixon trying to control the action but Garelli is working from the bottom.
Garelli is defending against the submission attempts here by Dixon.
Garelli looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dixon is looking for a kimura but Garelli is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dixon to get the leverage.
Dixon moves into full mount! Garelli won't be happy about that!
Garelli slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Garelli is trying to maintain the position but Dixon is very close to passing his half guard.
Dixon is looking to take a break and control but Garelli is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dixon is working for a kimura but Garelli is defending it quite comfortably.
Dixon is pressing down on Garelli's thigh, looking to free his foot. Garelli is holding on for now.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Garelli is in trouble now - Dixon has advanced to mount!
Dixon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Garelli is looking to escape.
Dixon is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Garelli to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Garelli shrugs it off.
Garelli wants to hold on but Dixon pushes him away.
Dixon prevents Garelli from getting the reversal.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dixon working for a submission but Garelli is keeping him at bay.
Garelli is trying to escape the mount.
Dixon avoids the attempt from Garelli to control.
Dixon moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Garelli has worked his arm free - good work by Garelli!
Garelli is looking for a sweep.
Garelli struggling a bit here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dixon wants to control but Garelli is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on Garelli's face as Dixon controls the position.
Dixon thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Garelli tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dixon wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Garelli can't do much from the bottom here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Garelli gets back to half guard.
Dixon is thwarting Garelli's attempts to control the position.
Garelli holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Dixon wants to pass the guard but Garelli is defending well.
Garelli wants to control but Dixon is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Garelli is doing well to control the position and prevent Dixon from advancing to side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Garelli is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Dixon dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Nice sprawl there from Dixon as Garelli shoots in.
Dixon tries to sprawl but Garelli drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Dixon wants to improve his position but Garelli is controlling well.
Garelli is trying to control. Dixon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Joe Garelli has got the better of the ground game so far.
Garelli works his way into full mount!
Garelli wants to control the pace but Dixon is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Garelli.
Garelli controlling his opponent.
Garelli trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garelli mounts Dixon! Really nice guard pass there!
Garelli wants to take Dixon's back here but Dixon is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garelli sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Garelli is working for a guillotine from mount but Dixon frees his head quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garelli with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Garelli is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Dixon has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Dixon!
Dixon trying to control but Garelli is working from the bottom.
Dixon is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Garelli is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dixon passes Garelli's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dixon tries to pass the half guard into mount. Garelli knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Garelli is refusing to be controlled, as Dixon sits in half guard.
Garelli actively working from the bottom here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Garelli has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dixon is working away from the top position though.
Dixon is controlling the pace.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Garelli wants to control but Dixon is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dixon is trying to control. Garelli wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Garelli tries to get to full guard but Dixon has control of the leg.
Garelli gets full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dixon trying to control the position from guard on top but Garelli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dixon preventing the sweep.
Garelli keeping full guard, as Dixon tries to pass.
Garelli 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.
Dixon trying to control but Garelli is working from the bottom.
Adam Dixon has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Garelli gets the takedown into side control.
Garelli is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dixon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Garelli takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Garelli is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dixon is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Garelli swings around for an armbar but Dixon sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Garelli's guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Garelli controlling Dixon's posture.
Garelli is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dixon trying to control the position from guard on top but Garelli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garelli being controlled here, momentarily.
Garelli is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dixon trying to control but Garelli is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Garelli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Garelli has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight for Joe Garelli!
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight for Joe Garelli!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Joe Garelli!
Joe Garelli wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Joe Garelli thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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