QFC Tournament 1120 Round 4 PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Fontes (ranked 3967 p4p, 3923 weight class) and James Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas Fontes could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to James Garcia's chin.

Fontes
vs
Garcia

189 cm
24
191
3 - 0 - 0

194 cm
24
185
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Fontes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fontes.
Fontes tries for a takedown but Garcia circles away easily
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Lucas Fontes has been cut.
Fontes fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Garcia avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucas Fontes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Fontes closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Garcia did well to prevent Fontes getting side control.
Garcia keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fontes 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.
Fontes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Garcia pushes Fontes off but Fontes dives into side control.
Garcia gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
A nice elbow there by Fontes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fontes lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fontes looking to control but Garcia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fontes postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Garcia badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Fontes around the waist but Fontes pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Fontes is the winner by TKO! Fontes jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucas Fontes!
After winning the bout, Lucas Fontes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.