PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Garcia (ranked 5298 p4p, 5340 weight class) and Ganzorig Khan (ranked 508 p4p, 514 weight class). Khan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Chinggis khaanii Magtaal - Batzorig Vaanchig. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Garcia
vs
Khan

181 cm
18
162
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
18
155
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlos Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ganzorig Khan!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Khan sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Khan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Garcia defends it well.

Khan seems to be working for a kimura but Garcia defends the submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Garcia has managed to free his arm - good work.

Khan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Garcia doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Khan.
Well, if Khan is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Khan seems to be working for a kimura but Garcia defends the submission attempt.

Khan is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Garcia sees it coming and defends easily.
Garcia is trying to stand.

Khan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Khan is working for a kimura but Garcia is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looks like he's trying to stand up.

Khan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Khan is trying for a kimura here. Garcia looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Khan wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ganzorig Khan!
Ganzorig Khan was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.