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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arto Jarvinen (ranked 601 p4p, 867 weight class) and Bo Garrett (ranked 86 p4p, 128 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arto Jarvinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Bo Garrett!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jarvinen tries to clinch up but Garrett circles away and keeps his distance.
Garrett let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bo Garrett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garrett scores with a decent looking hook.
Garrett shoots in for a takedown but Jarvinen shows good takedown defense.
As Garrett tries to get set, Jarvinen tries to push him back and clinch up but Garrett manages to avoid the attempt.
Jarvinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garrett throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garrett. Jarvinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jarvinen. Garrett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garrett lands with an uppercut that bounces Jarvinen off the cage and back into range.
Jarvinen looks to throw the jab but Garrett is out of range.
Garrett throws a body punch but Jarvinen moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarvinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Garrett bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jarvinen's head backwards.
Jarvinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Garrett is just out of range.
Garrett shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Garrett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jarvinen.
And Garrett tries to counter it with a takedown but Jarvinen pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett avoids the body shot from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
Garrett slips under a jab from Jarvinen.
And Garrett tries to counter it with a takedown but Jarvinen pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Garrett digs a good body shot into Jarvinen's ribs.
Garrett loads up on a big right hand but Jarvinen slips the punch.
Garrett scores with a hook to the body. Jarvinen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garrett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Garrett keeps the fight on the outside.
Garrett misses with a wild body shot.
Jarvinen tries to counter by clinching up but Garrett breaks away and moves out of range.
Jarvinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jarvinen misses with an uppercut
and Garrett counters with a stiff right hand.
Garrett throws a big shot that misses.
Jarvinen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett gets a clinch.
Jarvinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garrett tries to throw a body punch but Jarvinen avoids it by throwing Garrett back against the cage.
Garrett misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jarvinen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Garrett.
Arto Jarvinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bo Garrett.
Jarvinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jarvinen prevents a body shot from Garrett.
Jarvinen lands a nice uppercut.
Garrett lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jarvinen backwards.
Jarvinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jarvinen has a couple of punches blocked by Garrett.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garrett.
A short body shot lands from Garrett as the two fighters clinch.
Jarvinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jarvinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Garrett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jarvinen can't find room to land a body shot as Garrett controls the action.
Jarvinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garrett or not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen can't find room to land a body shot as Garrett controls the action.
Jarvinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garrett can't find room to land a body shot as Jarvinen controls the action.
Jarvinen misses with the head strike.
Jarvinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garrett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garrett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jarvinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garrett cracks Jarvinen with a nice body shot.
Jarvinen misses with the head strike.
Garrett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jarvinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Garrett controls his hands.
Jarvinen has a couple of punches blocked by Garrett.
Garrett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garrett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garrett swings wildly with an uppercut but Jarvinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jarvinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jarvinen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Garrett swings wildly with an uppercut but Jarvinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett blocks a body shot from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garrett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garrett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jarvinen misses with a punch to the body.
Jarvinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jarvinen tries a body shot but Garrett blocks it.
Garrett throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Garrett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jarvinen's elbow.
Jarvinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jarvinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jarvinen misses with a punch to the body.
We've been informed that Garrett has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Garrett digs a right hand underneath Jarvinen's ribcage. Jarvinen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jarvinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Garrett.
Garrett tries to work over Jarvinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Garrett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garrett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garrett tries to throw a body punch but Jarvinen avoids it by throwing Garrett back against the cage.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bo Garrett dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Garrett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jarvinen wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Garrett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garrett misses with an uppercut.
Jarvinen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Garrett.
Nice body punch from Garrett.
Jarvinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garrett misses with a looping right.
Garrett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jarvinen keeps the fight on the outside.
Jarvinen stuns Garrett with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jarvinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garrett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jarvinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett looks to land a left hand but Jarvinen moved out of range nicely.
Jarvinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Jarvinen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garrett. Jarvinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jarvinen is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Jarvinen throws a big shot that misses.
A punch lands to the side of Jarvinen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jarvinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrett.
Arto Jarvinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garrett takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jarvinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jarvinen throws a shot from downtown. Garrett moves away and avoids it.
Garrett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garrett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jarvinen fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Garrett counters with a nice uppercut.
Garrett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jarvinen manages to avoid it.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Garrett. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Garrett slips under a jab from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Garrett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jarvinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jarvinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jarvinen.
Garrett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garrett swings for the body but Jarvinen moves out of range.
Garrett lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jarvinen at a distance.
Garrett takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Garrett clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jarvinen.
Nice body punch from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen tries to work over Garrett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jarvinen misses with a punch to the body.
Jarvinen lands a body shot.
Jarvinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Garrett takes a shot to the head.
Garrett lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jarvinen or not.
Jarvinen throws a head punch that misses.
Jarvinen blocking some punches.
Jarvinen blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garrett.
Garrett throws a head punch that misses.
Garrett has a couple of punches blocked by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen can't find room to land a body shot as Garrett controls the action.
Jarvinen can't find room to land a body shot as Garrett controls the action.
Garrett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jarvinen has a couple of punches blocked by Garrett.
Jarvinen scores with a hook to the body.
Garrett lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jarvinen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett lands with a left to the head.
Garrett lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jarvinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jarvinen lands a shot to the body.
Garrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Jarvinen controls his hands.
Jarvinen tries to throw a body punch but Garrett avoids it by throwing Jarvinen back against the cage.
Jarvinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garrett prevents a body shot from Jarvinen.
Garrett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jarvinen's elbow.
A body shot lands from Jarvinen.
Garrett trying to control the position but instead, Jarvinen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Garrett into the cage.
Garrett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jarvinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Garrett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garrett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jarvinen lands a nice uppercut.
Jarvinen lands a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bo Garrett will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A jab from Jarvinen misses.
Nice defenses there by Garrett.
Garrett looks to land a right hand but Jarvinen moved out of range.
Jarvinen wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Garrett throws a jab but it's blocked by Jarvinen.
Garrett looks to score with a jab to the body but Jarvinen is just out of range.
Garrett throws a looping overhand right but Jarvinen ducks down to avoid it.
Jarvinen takes one to the side of the head.
A jab lands there for Garrett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett jabs at Jarvinen's body.
Garrett takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Garrett stuns Jarvinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bo Garrett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garrett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Garrett misses the target.
Jarvinen misses with a straight left.
Jarvinen misses with a hook. Garrett ducked under it nicely.
Jarvinen jabs at Garrett's body.
Jarvinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Garrett.
Nice uppercut lands for Garrett. That snapped Jarvinen's head back.
Garrett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jarvinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jarvinen catches Garrett with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett staying out of range there.
Garrett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen connects with a nice looking jab.
Garrett just misses with a punch to the body.
Garrett misses the shot to the body.
Jarvinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garrett lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jarvinen at a distance.
Jarvinen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Garrett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bo Garrett is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett slips under a jab.
Jarvinen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Garrett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen clobbers Garrett with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A jab from Jarvinen misses.
Jarvinen slips under a jab from Garrett.
Jarvinen throws a lazy right hand but Garrett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jarvinen takes one on the button.
Garrett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jarvinen manages to avoid it.
Jarvinen wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Jarvinen thuds his right hand into Garrett's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Garrett lands a nice looking body shot.
Jarvinen moves forwards but Garrett connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen defending well as Garrett loads up on a big left hand.
Jarvinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Garrett momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrett throws a lazy right hand but Jarvinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garrett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Garrett misses with an uppercut. Jarvinen saw that one coming.
Garrett cracks a nice hook into Jarvinen's ribs.
Arto Jarvinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garrett looks to throw the jab but Jarvinen is out of range.
Jarvinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jarvinen misses with a wild body shot.
Jarvinen takes a swing at Garrett's ribcage but misses.
Jarvinen slips under a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bo Garrett.
I've got Garrett winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Bo Garrett!
Our winner, Bo Garrett, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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