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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Garcia (ranked 4027 p4p, 2298 weight class) and Worf Mogh (ranked 478 p4p, 307 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manuel Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Worf Mogh!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
Mogh with the counter takedown but Garcia avoids it easily.
Mogh slips under a jab.
And Mogh tries to counter it with a takedown but Garcia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Garcia finds it's way through Mogh's defenses.
Garcia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Garcia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mogh with the counter takedown but Garcia avoids it easily.
Garcia tries to clinch but Mogh moves out of range.
Mogh with the counter takedown but Garcia avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Garcia. Those never looked like landing.
Mogh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Mogh uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mogh keeps the fight on the outside.
And Mogh tries to counter it with a takedown but Garcia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mogh.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mogh moves away.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Mogh moved out of range nicely.
Mogh dodges the punch combination from Garcia.
And Mogh tries to counter it with a takedown but Garcia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mogh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mogh with the counter takedown but Garcia avoids it easily.
Mogh moves away from the strike by Garcia.
Mogh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Garcia fails to land with a series of punches.
Mogh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mogh napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Garcia tries to score with some ground and pound. Mogh controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Mogh is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia laying and praying for a moment but Mogh takes advantage and regains half guard.
Garcia is keen to just control but Mogh is a slippery customer.
Mogh tries to kick Garcia off but Garcia keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Garcia missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Garcia is just content to waste time from the top position. Mogh takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Mogh wants to stand and escape but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garcia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mogh keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Garcia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garcia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Garcia throws an elbow that misses. Mogh uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Garcia's guard. Nice move by Mogh!
Mogh trying to stand up but can't free himself from Garcia's guard.
Garcia looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Mogh passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia trying to get back to full guard but Mogh takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Garcia is trying desperately to improve position.
Mogh is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel Garcia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Garcia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mogh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia connects with a crisp jab.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Mogh moves out of range.
Garcia takes a swing at Mogh's ribcage but misses.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Mogh.
Mogh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Garcia looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mogh can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mogh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mogh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Mogh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garcia.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown but Mogh shows good takedown defense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Manuel Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circling - Garcia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mogh feints the counter takedown.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mogh moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Garcia looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Mogh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a straight right.
Mogh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A swing and a miss from Garcia.
Garcia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mogh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.
Mogh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Mogh moves out of range of the strikes.
Mogh feints the counter takedown.
Mogh uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And Mogh tries to counter it with a takedown but Garcia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Mogh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Mogh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Garcia defends it well.
Garcia misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Mogh circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
And Mogh tries to counter it with a takedown but Garcia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Mogh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mogh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Garcia defends it well.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Mogh is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manuel Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia misses with a hook. Mogh ducked under it nicely.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mogh avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Manuel Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Mogh moved out of range nicely.
Mogh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Garcia defends it well.
Garcia throws a body punch but Mogh moves out of range.
Mogh feints the counter takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Mogh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mogh moves away.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mogh circles away quickly and effectively.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Mogh slips a straight right by Garcia.
Mogh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Garcia defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mogh blocks a jab.
And Mogh tries to counter it with a takedown but Garcia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Mogh moved out of range nicely.
Garcia misses with a low kick.
Garcia tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mogh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And Mogh tries to counter it with a takedown but Garcia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A swing and a miss from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mogh.
Mogh with the counter takedown but Garcia avoids it easily.
Garcia misses with a double jab.
Mogh feints the counter takedown.
Garcia looks to land a combination but Mogh avoids it well.
Mogh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mogh takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Mogh avoids them all with ease.
Mogh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel Garcia dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Garcia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mogh avoids it really well and circles away.
Garcia misses with a body kick.
Garcia swinging wildly here.
Mogh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Garcia throws the left hand but Mogh avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Mogh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia has a takedown stuffed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garcia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mogh on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Mogh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Garcia defends it well.
Mogh tries to move into range but Garcia moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Garcia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Mogh circles away and keeps his distance.
And Mogh tries to counter it with a takedown but Garcia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Garcia throws a body punch but Mogh moves out of range.
Mogh with the counter takedown but Garcia avoids it easily.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Mogh's shoulder, as Mogh tries to avoid the shot.
Mogh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Garcia shoots in for a double leg but Mogh sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manuel Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mogh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manuel Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No joy there for Garcia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Garcia tries to bum rush Mogh with a series of wild strikes but Mogh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mogh slips a jab from Garcia.
Mogh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mogh staying out of range there.
Mogh blocks a jab.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but Mogh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Mogh avoids them all with ease.
Garcia misses with an uppercut. Mogh saw that one coming.
Mogh feints the counter takedown.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mogh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mogh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Garcia fails in his attempt to clinch.
And Mogh tries to counter it with a takedown but Garcia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a wild combination.
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt.
Mogh with the counter takedown but Garcia avoids it easily.
Mogh defending well as Garcia loads up on a big left hand.
Mogh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Mogh avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mogh moves away.
Garcia throws a body punch but Mogh moves out of range.
Mogh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Garcia defends it well.
Mogh moves away from the strike by Garcia.
Mogh changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A big right from Garcia misses.
And Mogh tries to counter it with a takedown but Garcia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mogh circles away quickly and effectively.
Mogh is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Mogh moved out of range nicely.
Garcia misses with a hook. Mogh ducked under it nicely.
Mogh tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Mogh avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Mogh feints the counter takedown.
Mogh swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Mogh drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Garcia defends it well.
Garcia swings widly with a right hand
and Mogh counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mogh.
Garcia wants to get back to his feet but Mogh passes into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mogh tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Worf Mogh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mogh seems to be working for a kimura but Garcia defends the submission attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manuel Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Garcia, 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manuel Garcia!
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