PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Roman Garcie (ranked 4303 p4p, 4301 weight class) and Andy Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Garcie
vs
Lee

175 cm
23
145
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
23
145
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roman Garcie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andy Lee!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Garcie drives through and clinches with Lee against the cage.
Lee is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Garcie fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Garcie is trying to pull guard but Lee has him pressed against the cage.
Garcie fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roman Garcie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcie tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lee smiles and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lee has closed the distance and engaged Garcie in a clinch.
Garcie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Garcie has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lee uses from the top position.
Lee must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcie is looking to cinch up a triangle. Lee throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Garcie's body to avoid the submission. Garcie has instead reached around Lee's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Garcie arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Roman Garcie!