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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Roger Wabbit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia has chosen Eminem - Not Afraid as his entrance music. 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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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Wabbit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wabbit is trying to control Garcia's posture but Garcia avoids it.
Garcia wants to control but Wabbit is keeping him busy.
Wabbit is trying to improve his position.
Garcia grinds an elbow into Wabbit's temple.
Wabbit tries to bench press Garcia off him but Garcia keeps the position.
Garcia misses with the ground and pound.
Wabbit regains half guard, as Garcia was trying to land strikes.
Wabbit is trying to maintain the position but Garcia is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wabbit is controlling Garcia's trapped leg to prevent Garcia from advancing to side control.
Garcia missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Garcia is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Garcia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wabbit keeps working.
Garcia working over Wabbit with some ground and pound. Wabbit looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Garcia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wabbit's head.
Wabbit gets back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wabbit working a defensive guard but Garcia passes into half guard.
Garcia misses with a head shot. Wabbit uses the momentum to regain guard.
Garcia content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wabbit looking for a sweep. Not yet Wabbit, not yet.
Garcia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Garcia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wabbit is looking to sweep but instead, Garcia has passed into half guard.
Garcia with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wabbit is looking for a sweep. Garcia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Garcia stalling away here and it's allowed Wabbit to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Garcia postures up.
Wabbit keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Garcia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Garcia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Garcia passes Wabbit's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wabbit trying to control but Garcia postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Garcia not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wabbit is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at AD Sparring Emporium, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Wabbit is trying to get back to full guard.
Garcia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wabbit's head.
Wabbit tries to get to full guard but Garcia has control of the leg.
Garcia seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wabbit does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wabbit has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Garcia is working away from the top position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia is trying to control. Wabbit wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Garcia dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Wabbit moves out of range of the body kick from Garcia.
Wabbit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wabbit.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Garcia 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 Wabbit has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wabbit and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Wabbit shoots in but Garcia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wabbit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garcia misses with a combination
letting Wabbit counter with a right hand.
Wabbit throws a low kick, looking for Garcia's leg but Garcia calmly moves out of range.
Garcia stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Garcia wants it to stay on the feet.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Wabbit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wabbit swinging wildly here.
Garcia falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wabbit decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Garcia's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia trying to keep a closed guard but Wabbit is proving a slippery customer.
Garcia working for a triangle but Wabbit defends it easily.
Wabbit controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Garcia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wabbit manages to get himself to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wabbit is on top in guard.
Wabbit wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wabbit wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Johnny Garcia has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wabbit controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Wabbit preventing the sweep.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Roger Wabbit.
Garcia lunges at Wabbit with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wabbit's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia scores with a spinning back kick!
Wabbit darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wabbit thows a huge punch but Garcia dodges it nicely.
Garcia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garcia tries to kick Wabbit off but Wabbit keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Garcia pushes Wabbit off but Wabbit dives into side control.
Garcia regains half guard, as Wabbit was trying to land strikes.
Wabbit lands strikes from half guard.
Garcia keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Garcia blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wabbit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wabbit lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wabbit lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Wabbit.
Wabbit looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Garcia is trying to stand back up but Wabbit is controlling him
Garcia tries to roll over but Wabbit keeps him under control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wabbit working over Garcia with some ground and pound. Garcia looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wabbit throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wabbit missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roger Wabbit dominated that second round.
That's time! 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.
No joy there for Garcia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wabbit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wabbit takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wabbit slips a jab and a cross from Garcia.
Garcia scores with a jab.
Wabbit misses with a left hand
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Garcia!
Wabbit fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wabbit drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wabbit working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wabbit postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Garcia wants to stand and escape but Wabbit is having none of it.
Garcia is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wabbit defends well.
Wabbit wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to keep Wabbit in close.
Wabbit distracts Garcia with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Garcia working a defensive guard here.
Wabbit prevents Garcia from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wabbit postures up.
Wabbit throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garcia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garcia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Garcia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia has momentary wrist control but Wabbit slips an elbow through the middle.
Wabbit showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Garcia is trying to control the position but Wabbit postures up.
Garcia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wabbit's guard.
Wabbit keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Wabbit wants to sweep but no luck.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Wabbit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wabbit wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.
Garcia is in close to Wabbit's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wabbit pulls Garcia in close to prevent any damage.
Garcia lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Garcia stopping the sweep attempt from Wabbit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia trying to control but Wabbit is working from the bottom.
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wabbit wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.
Garcia trying to control but Wabbit is working from the bottom.
Wabbit wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wabbit wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johnny Garcia.
I think Garcia 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Garcia!
Johnny Garcia looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'This is most important victory in my career now! Thanks to all my fans, my manager, to my amazing team MMA Gods!Thank to everybody!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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