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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Garbut (ranked 4620 p4p, 512 weight class) and Jesse Montgomery Iii (ranked 3737 p4p, 427 weight class). Montgomery Iii has chosen Bust A Move as his entrance music. Jesse Montgomery Iii has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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188 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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189 cm
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190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Garbut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Montgomery Iii!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garbut shoots in looking for a takedown. Montgomery Iii tries to sprawl out of it but Garbut keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Montgomery Iii manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Garbut shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Garbut slips nicely into half guard.
Garbut throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Montgomery Iii is staying active underneath Garbut, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Garbut not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Garbut throws a strike but Montgomery Iii avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garbut throwing strikes from guard but Montgomery Iii blocks nicely.
Garbut throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Montgomery Iii works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garbut with a flurry of punches that miss.
Montgomery Iii avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garbut tries to free his leg and advance position but Montgomery Iii is retaining full guard.
Garbut passes Montgomery Iii's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Montgomery Iii regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Garbut.
Garbut throws a big right hand that misses.
Garbut 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.
Garbut throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Garbut accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Garbut trying to control but Montgomery Iii is working from the bottom.
Garbut throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Montgomery Iii works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Montgomery Iii utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Garbut wants to control from the top but Montgomery Iii keeps moving.
Montgomery Iii is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garbut tries to get to full guard but Montgomery Iii has control of the leg.
Garbut is working hard here to advance position.
Garbut flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Garbut wants to improve his position but Montgomery Iii is controlling well.
Garbut gets full guard.
Montgomery Iii passes Garbut's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Garbut is looking for a sweep. Montgomery Iii is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Garbut might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garbut on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Garbut tries to get out of the position.
Garbut is looking to control Montgomery Iii's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Garbut avoid being mounted?
Montgomery Iii performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Garbut wants to get back to full guard.
Garbut throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garbut misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Garbut is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Montgomery Iii jumps into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Garbut tries to improve position but can't.
The referee asks Montgomery Iii politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Montgomery Iii prefers to stall for the moment though.
Garbut tries to improve position but can't.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Garbut tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Montgomery Iii takes a little break here. Garbut wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mark Garbut will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Montgomery Iii lands with an overhand left.
Montgomery Iii catches Garbut with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Horrible takedown attempt by Garbut or perhaps it was just good defense by Montgomery Iii, which made it look bad.
Garbut shoots and misses
and Montgomery Iii counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Montgomery Iii scores with a punch to the head.
Montgomery Iii scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Mark Garbut has been cut.
Montgomery Iii scores with a sloppy right hand. Garbut should have avoided that one.
Garbut shoots in for a takedown but Montgomery Iii shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Garbut. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garbut shoots in for a takedown but Montgomery Iii shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Garbut misses with a takedown
and Montgomery Iii cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garbut shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Montgomery Iii cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Montgomery Iii has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Montgomery Iii is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Montgomery Iii scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Montgomery Iii digs a good body shot into Garbut's ribs.
Decent striking displayed by Montgomery Iii there.
Garbut is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery Iii throws a pinpoint strike between Garbut's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Garbut crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Montgomery Iii scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jesse Montgomery Iii!
During a confident post fight interview, Jesse Montgomery Iii thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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