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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lanny Burris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos Garcia will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lanny Burris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carlos Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia shoots for a double leg takedown but Burris sprawls well. He's pushed Garcia's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Garcia goes for a double leg but Burris avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Burris continues to drive forward.
As Garcia looks to move away, Burris throws a big counter combo but Garcia just gets out of the way.
Garcia shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Burris's guard.
Burris kicks Garcia off and gets to his feet.
Burris is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.
Burris takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It looks like Lanny Burris has been cut.
Carlos Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia wants to clinch
and Burris counters with a shoot takedown. Garcia fights it but they end up in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burris postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Garcia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Burris's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Garcia is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Burris keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Garcia's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burris drops back looking for a leg! Garcia is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Garcia manages to kick Burris off! Burris jumps back into Garcia's guard.
Burris is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Burris landing some decent shots from guard.
Burris with a flurry of punches that miss.
Burris really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Burris 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.
Burris 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.
Garcia wants to improve his position but instead Burris has moved into half guard.
Burris scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burris is looking for a kimura but Garcia is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Burris to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burris 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.
Burris lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burris is nestled in close to Garcia, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Burris scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Burris will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Garcia is controlling Burris's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Burris is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Burris winds up and cracks Garcia with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Burris sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garcia defending well though.
Burris drops an elbow to the side of Garcia's head.
Burris perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Burris prevents Garcia from improving his position.
Burris performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burris lands with a punch from half guard.
Burris looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Burris winds up and cracks Garcia with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Burris controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Burris there.
Burris is thwarting Garcia's attempts to control the position.
Burris perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Burris has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Garcia has hold of Burris's hands but Burris slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burris scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Burris trying to control the pace.
Nice strikes from Burris there.
Burris is working for a kimura but Garcia is defending it quite comfortably.
Burris is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Burris missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Burris looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lanny Burris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lanny Burris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Burris clinches.
Garcia breaks the clinch.
Garcia throws a leg kick
and Burris counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Burris.
Burris lands a couple of digs.
Garcia throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Burris postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Burris content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burris works over Garcia with some ground and pound from guard.
Garcia is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Burris is aware though and is defending well.
Burris controls from within his opponent's guard.
Burris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Burris working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burris working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Burris drops back looking for a leg! Garcia is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Garcia manages to kick Burris off! Burris jumps back into Garcia's guard.
Burris is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Burris makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garcia wants to sweep here but Burris controlling him for the moment.
Burris with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Burris stands up and waves to Garcia to follow him.
Garcia lands with a nice combination. Burris backs away looking to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia dodges the punch combination from Burris.
Garcia shoots in and drives through. Burris sprawls well.
Lanny Burris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Burris feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Burris tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown but Burris shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Garcia misses with a takedown
and Burris decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Garcia's guard.
Lanny Burris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carlos Garcia.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burris scoring with some ground and pound.
Burris lands a couple of digs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burris scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Burris lands a couple of elbows.
Burris postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Burris 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.
Burris lands a couple of digs.
Burris landing some decent shots from guard.
Burris stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Garcia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Garcia.
Burris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia gets tackled into the cage by Burris. Burris maintains the clinch.
Burris stops a takedown attempt from Garcia.
Burris ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Burris no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Garcia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Burris striking from his own guard.
Garcia tries to free his leg and advance position but Burris is retaining full guard.
Garcia throws an elbow that misses. Burris uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Garcia's guard. Nice move by Burris!
Burris thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Burris's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Garcia has momentary wrist control but Burris slips an elbow through the middle.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lanny Burris dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lanny Burris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Garcia wants to clinch.
Garcia with a poor takedown
and Burris counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Burris is controlling him.
Burris is looking for a takedown.
Burris tries to pull guard but Garcia forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Burris is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Garcia to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lanny Burris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burris fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Garcia tries to pull guard but Burris holds him up against the cage and eventually Garcia drops back down to his feet.
Garcia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Garcia with that takedown attempt.
Garcia lands with a good body shot.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Garcia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Burris throws a sloppy head kick and Garcia moves out of range easily.
Burris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burris rushes Garcia and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burris stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Burris stalling in the clinch.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but Burris turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Burris has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Garcia uses from the top position.
Lanny Burris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burris throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Garcia looking to sit in guard and control but Burris gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burris drops back looking for a leg! Garcia is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Garcia manages to kick Burris off! Burris jumps back into Garcia's guard.
Burris chips away with some ground and pound.
Burris landing with the ground and pound.
Burris postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Burris got a little sloppy there for a moment and Garcia has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Burris has managed to get both his arms back between Garcia's legs - danger averted.
Burris keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Garcia's head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garcia is on top in guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Burris is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burris keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Garcia's head.
Burris chips away with some ground and pound.
Burris content to stall in guard here.
Burris is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Burris is working Garcia over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burris keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Garcia's head.
Burris is in close to Garcia's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Carlos Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lanny Burris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garcia 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.
Burris distracts Garcia with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lanny Burris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Burris, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lanny Burris!
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