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00:00I expect a good clean fight, protect yourselves at all times, obey my commands at all times,
00:08touch them up.
00:09This crowd's on fire tonight for Mike Kimble, right?
00:13If he gets a knockout here, this place may erupt.
00:15The roof might come off Mulligan's son.
00:17Is this the main event?
00:19You would think with this reaction that Kimble, and you know something, he could be very close
00:22to main eventing a local regional card sometime in the near future.
00:26I wouldn't put it past him.
00:27The way he has fought and the way he keeps progressing.
00:30I wouldn't want him to, by the way.
00:32No.
00:33Keep him nice and slow.
00:34Keep him on the end of the card.
00:35For selfish reasons, I want to see it, but of course, for the actual natural progression
00:39of a fighter, he's obviously far too inexperienced and raw to do that, but with that being said,
00:44he continues to step up, as we mentioned, with each fight, and now taking on Ian Garcia
00:48from Springfield.
00:49Garcia had a pretty good amateur career, born and bred as a boxer.
00:53Kimble again, continuing to make that transition from the cage to the squared circle.
00:57This is a mass versus Connecticut here.
01:01Sure is.
01:02You know, crowd was great for this, and I think it's going to end in a knockout somehow,
01:08but I'd like to see it go all six rounds, split decision, and let's get a rematch.
01:14Sure.
01:15Wouldn't be the first time we've had that happen.
01:16We had Gary Batman Belletto in his last title fight against Laverne Humes, and that fight
01:21ended in a draw.
01:22That was for a title, so maybe running that back one very soon, and perhaps we'll see
01:26how this one goes tonight, if this warrants a second trip down the road.
01:31Mike Kimble in the red and black trunks, taking on Ian Garcia in the black and green.
01:37Kimble trying to let those hands go early.
01:39I like how Garcia, you know, understands the first round, but he's very patient.
01:49He's a veteran.
01:50He's one of the more amateur bouts, so he's probably prepared for this, but let Kimble
01:54make the mistakes.
01:56Let him rush in and make the mistakes.
01:58Not rush in.
01:59Take your time.
02:00Kimble, even on the MMA circuit, didn't have a lot of amateur experience.
02:03He went in there, and he was anointed a star very early on, fighting for Bellator fighting
02:09championships very early in his career, showcased right here at this very arena, had some big
02:14wins in front of big crowds, and really get off to a good start as he lands a nice combination
02:19there.
02:20That was a beautiful double right-handed through there.
02:24As far as boxing is concerned, what may have started out as a way to just learn the trade
02:29a little bit more and keep busy has kind of become a transition in his career.
02:32It's been a little bit more than a year since he's fought mixed martial arts, and it was
02:35actually for CES MMA, which is CES Boxing's MMA wing.
02:41Like I said before, I think Kimble pulled something over us.
02:44I think it was the boxers trying to be MMA guys.
02:47May have had us fooled all along.
02:48And just to tell you how strong he is, you look at his legs, you just see the strength
02:52there.
02:53I saw him defeat somebody via knockout on leg kicks.
02:57The man's legs went out from under him and could not stand back up because of the strength
03:01of Kimble's leg kicks.
03:02Leg kicks are sometimes a distance finder.
03:04It's like a jab in MMA, ended up being a knockout for Kimble as he backs Garcia up again.
03:11I was wondering earlier too, was he going to come out lefty or righty for this fight?
03:16You know, he came out orthodox, but right there he switched to lefty a little bit, which
03:21way he landed his right hook, and then he went back to orthodox.
03:28First of six rounds in the books, good start for both fighters.
03:31You saw a little bit of everything there.
03:32You saw some of Kimble's aggressiveness, but you also noted Garcia's patience and how he's
03:38trying to use that veteran ring savvy to his advantage.
03:40Exactly.
03:41You know, he's going six rounds here today, so he's ring savvy.
03:45Let that first round go.
03:47You can see Kimble here, that double right hand over the top, but Garcia is very patient.
03:55He's very patient.
03:57He's not letting the crowd get to him every time he throws a punch out there.
04:01He's patient.
04:02He's calm in there.
04:04Ian Garcia also brings a pretty good crowd wherever he goes.
04:08He's been noted for pushing a lot of tickets in his neck of the woods and having the crowd
04:14really come out to cheer him on.
04:16They're here tonight to see him in this very big bout against the young Mike Kimble.
04:20I'll tell you something too.
04:21I think some of the boxers take it kind of personal when an MMA fighter gets in there
04:25and starts to dominate and perhaps say, hey, this is my sport.
04:29And you've heard it.
04:30You've heard a few fighters say it.
04:31Devon Shelton, who fought Mike Kimble, said the same thing.
04:33You hear that common refrain.
04:34This is not MMA.
04:35It's boxing.
04:36But Kimble goes in there, and he's stopped them all.
04:38No, he has.
04:39But you are right.
04:41When somebody comes to our sport, and I say I'm the boxer, when my MMA comes here, we
04:48do want to say this is our sport.
04:50We've been doing this.
04:51You're trying it.
04:52We've done it.
04:53I think some of those opponents have come in with a little bit of a chip on their shoulder,
04:57and rightfully so.
04:58And I think it makes for great talking points coming in, and it leads to a little bit of
05:02aggression once the bell rings.
05:03And I'll tell you what, great storylines drive fights.
05:06And these have all been great whenever Mike Kimble's been in there.
05:09Nice body work by Kimble.
05:14I'd love to see Garcia back up Kimble.
05:16You know, that's the thing I want to see.
05:18A lot of fighters look beautiful coming forward, but can they back up?
05:23And with Garcia with the more experience, I would want him to see back up Kimble.
05:28Make him really box.
05:29Coming forward, it's easy to do.
05:31Let's see if he can fight going backwards.
05:33Garcia's been sneaky fast in this round.
05:35He's landed a few good shots.
05:39Seems like he's buying his time.
05:40There he goes again with that right hand.
05:43I think as the rounds go on, Garcia's going to pick up more on this, because like I said,
05:46he's got more of a hands-on experience.
05:49But I'd love to see him keep backing up Kimble.
05:51Don't let him back you up.
05:59And again, you mentioned Ray, this is a six rounder.
06:02It's not four.
06:03You've got a little time to establish a pace and maybe pick up on some of the rhythm of your opponent.
06:08Maybe pick up on some of the trends.
06:10Yes.
06:12See, as he's coming forward, Garcia is connecting more, much, much better.
06:17But Kimble, again, takes ground and comes forward.
06:22I believe Kimble is definitely the harder puncher here.
06:26It was clearly seen that way as Garcia nicely lands a right hook on the way out of the break.
06:33See, he's waiting.
06:34He's waiting.
06:35You've got to let those hands go.
06:40He does seem content this round to land one punch and sort of get back out there
06:44and back into circling around his opponent.
06:47Not a lot of combinations from Garcia, but some good shots nonetheless in this round.
06:54See, I love Kimble, but the mistakes he makes is he throws his punches like a kick.
06:58They come around.
06:59They're not straight down the middle.
07:01So Garcia, with just that right hand down the middle, he landed all day, but he's backing up.
07:09See, he's head up high.
07:10Kimble's got his head up high.
07:11He's head up high.
07:12He's head up high.
07:13He's vulnerable for that straight right hand over the top.
07:18Final ten seconds of round two.
07:29And there's the bell.
07:30So far, so good.
07:31We've got a lot of great action and plenty more to come.
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08:29Very interesting.
08:30Between rounds, Ian Garcia electing to not take a break on the stool.
08:34He's bouncing on his feet.
08:35He's feeling good after that second round.
08:37and perhaps has a little more confidence going forward.
08:39He definitely found something in that second round.
08:41I got Kimba winning both rounds,
08:44but Garcia did a little bit better that second round.
08:47He found his rhythm.
08:49He'd seen that he could land punches by backing up Kimba,
08:52but he has to continue doing it.
08:57Nice exchange here in the center of the ring.
09:01Kimba goes down to the body.
09:03Garcia's got those hands held high,
09:05leaving that ribcage exposed and Kimba taking advantage.
09:10Love to see Garcia throw out Kimba's stone.
09:13And then throw it down the middle.
09:14Don't go around the fence.
09:16Just throw it down the middle.
09:24There he goes, waiting again.
09:25And Kimba's just picking him apart.
09:27Pick the body and come back to the head.
09:29Kimba throwing that triple jab,
09:31then going back down to the body.
09:33Just staying busy.
09:34There he goes to the body a second time.
09:43I don't like Garcia's waiting too much.
09:45If Kimba's still gonna wait, I might as well pick up my points.
09:49It's a point system in the pros.
09:52That's what Kimba's doing.
09:53He's just really piling him up here, Ray.
09:56Flipping that jab.
09:58There he goes with the uppercut followed by the left hook.
10:05Garcia, you gotta come forward and let those hands go,
10:07but as soon as he does, Kimba just backs him back up.
10:20He's waiting. He's waiting.
10:25Has Kimba been by past three rounds yet?
10:29If he has, I don't certainly remember it.
10:31May have been a flash.
10:33I believe the last fight did go the distance.
10:35The last one here in Mohegan Sun.
10:39Yes, you're right.
10:40This last one did go the distance.
10:41That was the fight against Steven Davis,
10:43the very tough fighter from Brockton.
10:46So Kimba did get some work there.
10:47He took a nice right hand by Garcia on the way in.
10:52But he got those hands going, Garcia.
10:54He's waiting.
10:55I agree with you, Ray.
10:56It's been one and done for Garcia.
10:58It just seems like he's waiting for something
11:00and waiting for an opening that may never come.
11:03I mean, he does have two KOs and three wins,
11:05but you know, that's against a different kind of opponent.
11:08Kimba's not that kind of opponent.
11:10You gotta let those hands go.
11:11You may be fooled into thinking you have
11:13one-punch knockout power
11:14depending on the opponent you fight.
11:17The reality is Kimba's a tough guy to get out of there
11:19and certainly not someone who seems susceptible
11:22to a one-punch KO.
11:24Final 10 seconds here.
11:30He's trying to walk him down,
11:32but he's not letting those hands go again.
11:35Another round in the books.
11:36We are halfway through.
11:39But I definitely gave it to Kimba.
11:40Yeah, I mean, Garcia's landed some of those shots here,
11:43but again, I think Kimba, as you said, Ray,
11:46has just been more aggressive.
11:47Take a look at some of the replay action.
11:49He's coming around the outside.
11:51All Garcia can do is straight down the middle,
11:53but he's throwing one punch at a time.
11:55He's walking him down, no punches.
11:57Here goes one punch after Kimba's three punches.
12:00Three punches from Kimba again.
12:02One punch for Garcia.
12:04And even there, you had a nice right hand by Garcia,
12:06but didn't follow through or follow up with it.
12:09And you're right, Ray, it's been the ratio's been off.
12:11Kimba's landing three for every one that Garcia lands,
12:14and it's just not gonna add up well enough
12:16if Garcia doesn't start letting his hands go
12:18coming into round four.
12:19Now we're at the halfway point,
12:21and if the judges have it the same way you do,
12:23it could be a 30-27 fight on the cards.
12:26Again, we don't know, and maybe you can make a case
12:28for the second round for Garcia,
12:29and maybe one or two of the judges have done that.
12:32We'll find out if it does indeed go six,
12:35but here we are now, round number four.
12:37Mike Kimball in the red trunks,
12:38taking on Ian Garcia in the black and green.
12:42And Kimba comes back out again with his hands going.
12:44Coming out firing again here is Michael Parente
12:47and Sucre, Ray Oliveira bring you all the action.
12:51Father's Day weekend here on Swerve Combat TV.
12:53We thank you for joining us,
12:55and you have been treated to a very good one
12:57so far here in the super lightweight division.
13:04He's just waiting, Garcia's just waiting,
13:06and Kimba's just picking him apart.
13:07You want to wait.
13:09I don't care if I punch you in the arms or the shoulders,
13:12they're going to be points for me.
13:15And if you are waiting to do something,
13:16it's got to be more than one punch.
13:18I mean, you would expect a three or four punch combo.
13:20Good shot there again by Garcia, but...
13:23He has to pick it up now.
13:24He does have to pick up that pace.
13:25If he's down 3-3-3-0, like I believe he is,
13:29he's got to get the last three rounds.
13:31At best, could be down 2-1, we don't really know.
13:35I would certainly say Kimba has been the aggressor
13:38and by all accounts is winning the fight.
13:41But Garcia's got a lot on the tank,
13:43and Garcia's been in these kind of fights before,
13:45as Kimba lands another two-punch combo.
13:48We mentioned Garcia's amateur pedigree.
13:51He's certainly more experienced as a boxer than Kimba.
13:53However, Kimba continues to learn on the job
13:55in every fight, and you and I have pointed that out
13:57numerous times as we've seen him fight.
13:59Have you seen his videos of him working out?
14:01Phenomenal.
14:02The stuff he does is crazy.
14:04I ain't doing that.
14:05He's just a gifted... I'm not doing it either.
14:07He is just a gifted athlete,
14:09and that's really what it comes down to,
14:10and he's been able to use that athletic ability
14:13to apply himself no matter the platform,
14:15whether it's been mixed martial arts
14:16or whether it's been boxing.
14:17And, you know, the true great athletes
14:19can excel in almost any arena.
14:21One minute to go in round four.
14:25I don't know what Garcia's waiting for.
14:27Kimba is letting those hands go,
14:28and he's just looking for that one-punch knockout.
14:31You haven't heard him yet.
14:32What makes you...
14:34If that's what he thinks,
14:35what makes you think you're gonna knock him out now?
14:39Sometimes the corner has a different perspective.
14:41They may see Garcia landing five or six good clean shots
14:44and thinking that's enough to win the fight.
14:46But Kimba's got a lot of experience,
14:47and he's got a lot of experience in the ring.
14:50So sometimes the judges are looking at these shots
14:52and thinking that's enough to win the round
14:55and maybe thinking that what Kimba's throwing
14:56is not getting through,
14:58but you have to think about what the judges are thinking.
15:00Yes. What style did he like?
15:03Yes, Kimba again.
15:05Five-six punch combo.
15:06He ends up blocking, yeah,
15:08but he ends up getting through that.
15:10Exactly.
15:12So the judges sometimes don't see that.
15:13They see the flurry, they see the volume of punches.
15:16And if you're Garcia, you have to match that volume.
15:19Like I said, you got to fight like those 4 or 5 punchers.
15:21Answer it after that. Don't wait.
15:23Answer right away. Let them know that
15:25those 4 punch hominids didn't win.
15:26It mean nothing to my one big win.
15:29Let the judges see you doing the same amount of work
15:31as your opponent is doing.
15:37Another round in the double square.
15:384-6.
15:40Ray, how do you have it?
15:42I have. Kimbrough winning all 4 rounds there, you know.
15:46Did Garcia start looking better in a couple of rounds?
15:49Yes, but he's still landing one punch
15:52off of Kimbrough's 4, 5 combinations.
15:56Is he blocking his punches?
15:57Yeah. Are 2 or 3 getting in?
15:59Yes, again.
16:01I believe you can't win a fight mobbing Shirei Lenny.
16:06A lot of people think mobbing won, I say all the time.
16:09Lenny was landing 6. He was landing 1.
16:12It's a point system.
16:14Well, that's a great point, Ray.
16:16The more you throw, the greater the likelihood
16:18that a couple are going to get through.
16:20It's almost inevitable.
16:20You just can't block everything on the way in.
16:23I don't care if you're a Cornell Whitaker
16:24with that kind of defense.
16:25I mean, shots do get through occasionally.
16:28And there are very few that have the defensive acumen to do it.
16:31Take a look at some of the replay action
16:32real quick here from round 5.
16:33I'm sorry, we're actually going to round 5.
16:36We just completed 4.
16:38I was a little bit ahead of myself there.
16:40No, I thought I was replaying myself.
16:41You both got there.
16:43Championship jackpot.
16:44Michael Parente, Sucre, Ray Oliveira
16:46bringing you this exciting, super lightweight bout.
16:49Mike Kimble in the red and black trunks
16:51taking on Ian Garcia in the black and green.
16:56All action from start to finish so far.
16:59There goes Kimble again, trying to...
17:02What I've been saying all day, I'm thinking,
17:05Garcia's waiting for Kimble to make a mistake.
17:08I think so, too. He hasn't made one yet.
17:11I think you're right.
17:11I think he wants to see him perhaps leave himself open
17:14and there he can land the big shot.
17:15Kimble's trying to get off,
17:16but it's hard to hit that walk-off home run all the time.
17:19Yeah, you got to make Kimble make a mistake
17:21by letting those hands go, putting the pressure on
17:24and touching him some ways.
17:26Then he'll make a mistake,
17:27but if you ain't throwing no punches,
17:29Kimble's saying, why I got to make a mistake?
17:31I'm just going to continue what I'm doing.
17:33It ain't broke, why fix it?
17:34Well, that's another great point.
17:35Kimble can continue to fight and be,
17:37I don't want to say cautiously aggressive,
17:39but you know what I mean.
17:40He can still be aggressive but not get too crazy
17:42and I think he perhaps talks himself
17:45into making that kind of mistake
17:46where Garcia could take advantage.
17:48He's fighting at a very comfortable pace
17:50and it's working.
17:51Very little incentive to change it.
17:53No, you don't have to change it.
17:54Everything we did in the gym was a game plan
17:57and game plan's working well, so let's not change it.
17:59Just keep doing what you're doing.
18:01He's going to wait for the big punch
18:03and it's not going to come.
18:05This is also great on-the-job training for both fighters
18:08as we go into the fifth round.
18:10This is the first time in Kimble's career
18:11that he's been scheduled to pass four.
18:13First time he's been scheduled to pass four
18:14and he's already in the fifth now,
18:16so potential for him to possibly go six
18:19and continue to work that cardio,
18:21work on that endurance as he climbs that ladder.
18:24Fights like this, when you got guys,
18:26you got Kimble who's 5-0, Garcia who's 3-0,
18:30and they got a good crowd.
18:31It's a great fight for a promoter
18:33to see guys like this fight,
18:35but when someone takes a loss,
18:38usually don't get back in the gym.
18:41It works on them.
18:42This is where their mind works on them.
18:45No, you're right, and that's why a lot of fighters
18:47don't take these kind of fights
18:48because of the risk involved
18:50and what the fallout might be.
18:54Whoever loses today, get back in that gym.
18:58Get back in that gym and come back for another round.
19:01That was a beautiful left hook by Kimble.
19:03Yes.
19:05Buck Garcia,
19:07and now we have a perhaps inadvertent headbutt.
19:09Both guys bump each other in the heads.
19:11Both guys banging heads
19:13and look a little bit sore because of it,
19:14but we have 25 seconds to go in the fifth round.
19:17We'll try to close this one out.
19:25Kimble missing wildly here.
19:27Final 10 seconds.
19:30But he's putting the pressure
19:31instead of Garcia putting the pressure.
19:33Kimble's fighting like he's losing.
19:35Absolutely right. I agree 100%.
19:37Kimble continues to apply that pressure,
19:40and there is the bell for round five.
19:42It's been an exciting fight.
19:43The crowd loves it, and we've got one more to go.
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20:34Welcome back to Mohegan Sun Arena.
20:37Michael Parente, Sucre, Ray Oliveira
20:40bringing you this super lightweight showdown
20:42between Mike Kimble in the red and black trunks
20:45and Ian Garcia in the green and the black.
20:47We are in the sixth and final round.
20:49It's go time for both fighters,
20:50but specifically Garcia, Ray,
20:52who really needs to let it go here.
20:54I really believe he thinks...
20:56I could be wrong. He's winning this fight.
21:00I think he thinks he's winning.
21:02I think he thinks that, you know,
21:05he may have landed some big shots,
21:08but not more big shots as Kimba has landed.
21:11And Kimba's coming out like he's losing the fight.
21:13No, I wouldn't say it's far-fetched at all.
21:16You and I have been here in this seat before
21:18where the opposing fighter has thought he has won that fight,
21:20and then is almost surprised when the scorecards are red.
21:23And perhaps you wonder, did they think that all along?
21:25Did that temper their aggressiveness?
21:27Did that change their style?
21:29I'm of the camp where I would almost tell my fighter
21:31that he's losing the fight, even if I think it's close
21:33and I think he's winning, just to keep that mindset.
21:36You are so correct. You know, when a fight's close,
21:39you want to tell your fighter, hey, it's close.
21:41You go either way. You need this last round.
21:44And Kimba's coming out like he needs this last round.
21:48Well, I think I got him ahead all five rounds,
21:51maybe four rounds.
21:53At worst, 4-1 Kimba on the cards.
21:55And he is, again, like you said, Ray,
21:57coming out super aggressive here against Garcia
22:00as if he's the one who needs to score the knockout.
22:02And, hey, there's a chance that maybe you and I are both wrong.
22:05We don't really know.
22:07We'll see if it goes all six, how it turns out.
22:09But I think Kimba's done a great job.
22:10And Garcia's showing some pretty good ring savvy
22:14from time to time, but really just not enough volume,
22:17I think, to hang with Kimba tonight.
22:19Kimba switched lefty.
22:20The first minute goes out, he was left-righty,
22:23and then he went back to lefty.
22:25Now he goes back to orthodox again.
22:30Nice exchange by both fighters, putting on the inside.
22:33What I'm noticing, a lot of these fighters
22:35are looking at the TV to see the time.
22:39Yeah, I'm watching their eyes,
22:40and they're looking at that clock to see their time,
22:43you know, how much time they got left.
22:44Don't worry about the time.
22:45Just let them hands go.
22:47It's one of the advantages and disadvantages
22:49of the Mohegan Sun Arena is that big jumbotron
22:52above section 20 in the foreground
22:54where you can look up and the score and the time
22:57is large enough where you can read it
22:58from the corner of your eye.
23:00I never realized it was there
23:01until I started doing compensating.
23:03If I knew it was there when I fought,
23:06maybe I would have looked up a couple of times.
23:08We sit directly across from it,
23:09so we're kind of treated to both angles.
23:12Yeah.
23:13Final 30 seconds here.
23:14Kimba lands a nice overhand right.
23:16And Garcia's calling him on instead
23:17of letting those hands go.
23:19You can't call somebody on without letting
23:21your own hands go.
23:25He's going to be angry with himself
23:26when he watches a video of this.
23:27I don't care.
23:28Win or lose, he's going to be angry.
23:30He's going to do a lot more, I believe.
23:32Kimball taking a little jumper, a little fadeaway J
23:35here in the final seconds.
23:38Garcia clips him briefly with a short right.
23:41Kimball dancing.
23:42Oh, boy.
23:44We got quite a finish there.
23:45A little bit of a dance-off at the end.
23:47But hey, we've seen worse.
23:51Good fight.
23:52Real good fight.
23:53I loved it in there, you know?
23:55The last round, I didn't like it.
23:58But the rest of the fight, I liked it.
24:00Those last 30 seconds don't go viral.
24:02Nothing will.
24:04Once again, the patented backflip by Mike Kimball.
24:06It's very interesting to see the reaction
24:08as the scorecards are read.
24:12Chad Dawson is conning him.
24:15He better win this fight.
24:17Sometimes I forget that bad Chad Dawson is there.
24:20And you don't even realize what a treat
24:22it is to have him in building.
24:23Oh, my God.
24:24As we take a look at some of the replays,
24:26Chad Dawson, for what it's worth, 2005, 2006, 2007,
24:30pound-for-pound top five fighter in the world, no question.
24:33But here are some of the replays.
24:34Kimball, again, just the aggressor here.
24:36Kimball just letting those hands go.
24:37And Garcia, just covering up.
24:39Just covering up, thinking that he was
24:41doing something by covering up.
24:42Yeah, you did do something.
24:44You got hit.
24:45I don't care if it was the arms or in the forearms
24:48or the gloves, you got hit.
24:50And to me, if you're throwing one punches
24:52and I'm throwing six punches and landing it somewheres,
24:55I won the fight.
24:59And you're right.
25:00He may have done something, and perhaps it
25:02may have cost him the fight on the scorecards.
25:04We're going to find out real soon how this one went here.
25:06But a great effort by both fighters.
25:08Dean Garcia, credit to him for stepping up.
25:10It's been a few months, about seven to be exact,
25:13since he fought.
25:14And he stepped in there with a very good rising star.
25:16And Mike Kimball put on a great show tonight.
25:18Kimball over there giving the walk to his crowd
25:21from Waterbury.
25:23They came out big time tonight to see him go.
25:25And I'll tell you, it was a great show, a great fight
25:28from start to finish.
25:29And with that said, let's find out who won this one.
25:31We're going to send it back out to our ring announcer,
25:34Margaret Presta.
25:44Ladies and gentlemen, after six tough rounds of boxing,
25:49we go to the judges' scorecards.
25:52Judge Robin Hayes, Judge Peter Harry,
25:55and Judge Waleska Rowland all say about the same.
25:58At 59-55, for your winner, Mike, the Savage, Kimball!
26:13So there it is, 59-55 across the board from Mike Kimball.
26:17I think the judges nailed it right on the nose with that one.
26:20Kimball, aggressive.