PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joaquin Guzman (ranked 2570 p4p, 340 weight class) and Jurgen Locadia (ranked 2998 p4p, 400 weight class). Jurgen Locadia told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Guzman
vs
Locadia

191 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joaquin Guzman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jurgen Locadia!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Locadia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Guzman at a distance.
Guzman misses with a lunging right hand
and Locadia counters with a nice uppercut.
A big left from Guzman misses.
Guzman lands a glancing blow to the side of Locadia's head.
Locadia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A jab from Locadia misses.
Locadia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Locadia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Locadia throws a body punch but Guzman moves out of range.
Locadia misses with a straight right.
Guzman misses with a looping right.
Guzman looks to throw the jab but Locadia is out of range.
Guzman jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Guzman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Locadia.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guzman walks into a left hand.
Locadia cracks Guzman with a good jab.
Guzman scores with a hook.
Locadia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Guzman on the side of the head.
Locadia defending well as Guzman loads up on a big left hand.
Locadia looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Guzman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Guzman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Locadia moves out of range of the strikes.
Guzman connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guzman throws a hook but Locadia avoids it easily.
Guzman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Locadia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Guzman throws out the jab.
Guzman throws a hook but Locadia avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Locadia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Guzman works the jab nicely.
Guzman moves away from the strike by Locadia.
It looked like Guzman was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Guzman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Guzman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guzman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Locadia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Guzman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
Locadia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Locadia struggles to land a body shot inside as Guzman controls his hands.
Guzman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
Locadia throws a punch but it's blocked by Guzman.
A head punch on the inside from Locadia fails to land.
Locadia misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guzman.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guzman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guzman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Guzman definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Guzman tries to land knees in the clinch but Locadia avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guzman lands a hook that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guzman.
Guzman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guzman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
Locadia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guzman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Locadia avoiding damage as Guzman throws knees to the body.
Guzman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Guzman digs a right hand into Locadia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Locadia's gas tank.
Locadia looks winded!
Guzman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Locadia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guzman lands with a light punch inside.
Guzman working aggressively here.
Guzman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guzman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Guzman lands with a short shot to the head.
Locadia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Guzman lands a shoulder strike.
Guzman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Locadia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Locadia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guzman lands with a light punch inside.
Locadia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Locadia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Locadia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guzman gets through Locadia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Guzman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Locadia tries to work over Guzman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Guzman.
A nice left hand lands by Guzman.
Guzman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guzman.
A shot in the inside from Guzman.
Locadia swings wildly with an uppercut but Guzman uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guzman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
Guzman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
Guzman misses with some punches.
Locadia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guzman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Guzman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guzman working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guzman pushes Locadia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Guzman gets through Locadia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guzman.
Locadia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Locadia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guzman.
Guzman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
Guzman lands a right hand.
Guzman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Locadia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guzman's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Guzman.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Guzman scores with a shot to the side of Locadia's head.
Guzman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Guzman lands a body shot in the clinch.
Guzman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guzman scores with a shot to the side of Locadia's head.
Locadia takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Guzman.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guzman.
Guzman lands with a left to the head.
Guzman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joaquin Guzman dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Guzman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Guzman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Locadia.
Guzman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Locadia.
Joaquin Guzman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Locadia staying out of range there.
Guzman misses with an uppercut. Locadia saw that one coming.
Guzman is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Locadia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Guzman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Locadia moves away from the strike by Guzman.
Locadia walks into a straight right hand from Guzman.
Locadia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Locadia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Guzman.
Locadia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Guzman.
Guzman lands a lovely overhand right.
Guzman looks to land a left hand but Locadia moved out of range nicely.
Guzman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guzman throws a poor cross that misses
and Locadia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guzman scores with a jab. Locadia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Guzman wants to clinch.
Locadia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guzman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guzman blocks a jab.
Locadia fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Locadia walks into a jab.
Guzman connects with the punch.
Locadia tries to bum rush Guzman with a series of wild strikes but Guzman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Guzman throws a jab but it's blocked by Locadia.
Guzman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Locadia.
It looked like Guzman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Guzman scores with a sloppy right hand. Locadia should have avoided that one.
Locadia moves away from the strike by Guzman.
A telegraphed right hand from Guzman misses the target.
Locadia throws a lazy right hand but Guzman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Locadia looks to land a combination but Guzman avoids it well.
Guzman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Guzman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Guzman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Joaquin Guzman is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Locadia throws a shot from downtown. Guzman moves away and avoids it.
Locadia slips a jab from Guzman.
Guzman throws a hook to the side of Locadia's head but Locadia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locadia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Guzman.
Locadia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Locadia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Guzman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Locadia misses with a few strikes there.
Guzman slips a jab from Locadia.
Locadia slips under a jab.
Locadia throws a hook but Guzman avoids it easily.
Locadia misses with a hook.
Guzman scores with a hook.
Guzman blocks a jab.
Locadia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Locadia throws a shot from downtown. Guzman moves away and avoids it.
Locadia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Guzman has managed to clinch.
Guzman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Locadia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Locadia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Guzman scores with a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on Locadia's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Locadia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Locadia is breathing heavily.
Locadia can't find room to land a body shot as Guzman controls the action.
Locadia tries a body shot but Guzman blocks it.
Guzman prevents a body shot from Locadia.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Guzman.
Guzman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Guzman gets through Locadia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Guzman lands a hook that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
Guzman trying to land knees to the body.
Guzman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Guzman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Locadia tries a body shot but Guzman blocks it.
Guzman prevents a body shot from Locadia.
Guzman is leaning against Locadia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Guzman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Locadia struggles to land a body shot inside as Guzman controls his hands.
Guzman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Locadia can do to turn this around?
Guzman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Guzman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Guzman on the inside.
Guzman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Guzman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Guzman.
Guzman lands a shot to the body.
Guzman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Guzman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Locadia is rocked!
Guzman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Locadia is still on wobbly legs! Can Guzman finish him?
Joaquin Guzman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Locadia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Guzman lands with a right to the head.
Guzman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Locadia backwards.
Guzman lands with a short shot to the head.
Guzman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Guzman throws a big uppercut that drops Locadia! More strikes from Guzman and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Locadia lies dazed against the cage as Guzman celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joaquin Guzman!