PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brad Pitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brad Pitt has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pitt
vs
Garcia

185 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

BeatDown MMA

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brad Pitt!
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, Juan Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Garcia checks a low kick from Pitt.
Pitt finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Garcia feints and as Pitt raises his hands in defense, Garcia changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pitt has a closed guard, preventing Garcia from standing up.
Garcia wants to stand and escape but instead Pitt has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Garcia has a closed guard, preventing Pitt from standing up.
Pitt tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcia is retaining full guard.
Pitt trying to stand up but can't free himself from Garcia's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pitt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garcia is keeping the position for now.
Garcia trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pitt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pitt wants to clinch.
Pitt is looking to score with low kicks.
Garcia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brad Pitt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia blocks a low kick nicely.
Garcia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pitt pinned against the cage. Pitt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pitt misses with a low kick.
Pitt throws and low kick but Garcia moves out of range easily.
Pitt swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Garcia closes the distance but Pitt moves to the side

and Pitt counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pitt.
Pitt can't get the takedown.
Pitt is breathing heavily.
Garcia stops a takedown attempt from Pitt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Pitt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pitt has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Garcia is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Garcia pulls guard.

Garcia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pitt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pitt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Garcia wants to stand and escape but Pitt is having none of it.
Pitt has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Garcia throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pitt stops Garcia from standing up.
Pitt trying to stand up but can't free himself from Garcia's guard.
Garcia has Pitt pulled in close to control his posture.
Garcia wants to stand up but Pitt is controlling him.
Garcia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pitt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pitt looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Garcia is fending him off so far but Pitt persists. Nope, Garcia circles away and we're back to standing.
Garcia has a takedown stuffed.
Pitt feints and then cracks Garcia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garcia down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Garcia works over Pitt's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Brad Pitt has been cut.
Pitt shoots in but no luck this time.
Pitt misses with a few strikes there.
Garcia fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice combination there by Garcia.
Pitt throws a right hand that Garcia ducks under and follows up with a left that Garcia also avoids with ease.
Pitt moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Pitt circles away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Pitt tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
Pitt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garcia checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pitt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Pitt circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia blocks a leg kick.
Garcia darts in trying to clinch
and Pitt counters with an inside leg kick.
Garcia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pitt pinned against the cage. Pitt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pitt throws a sloppy head kick and Garcia moves out of range easily.
Garcia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pitt pinned against the cage. Pitt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pitt throws a leg kick which misses Garcia's front leg but catches the back leg as Garcia tries to avoid it.
Pitt misses with a leg kick.
Garcia connects with a solid leg kick.
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt.
Pitt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pitt wants to clinch
and Garcia counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Garcia clinches with his opponent.
Garcia is trying to maintain a safe position but Pitt gets an underhook and turns Garcia into the cage.
Pitt taking a breather.
Pitt wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Pitt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Garcia cracks Pitt with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia prevents Pitt from breaking the clinch.
Pitt wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garcia is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Garcia gets underhooks to prevent Pitt's takedown attempt.
Pitt trying to stall but Garcia improves his position.
Pitt throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garcia blocks it with crossed arms.
Garcia is pressed up against the cage. Pitt has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Garcia down to the mat. Garcia avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Juan Garcia will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brad Pitt's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pitt misses with a double jab
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garcia checks a leg kick.
Pitt explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Pitt misses with a low kick.
Garcia closes the distance looking to clinch

and Pitt counters with a series of strikes that sends Garcia to the canvas! Pitt follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Garcia is rocked!

Pitt stands up from Garcia's guard - Pitt perhaps looking for a knockout.
Garcia is still on wobbly legs! Can Pitt finish him?
Pitt tries to work over Garcia's front leg with a kick but Garcia checks it.
Good work by Garcia as he checks the leg kick.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pitt fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pitt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick misses from Pitt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pitt checks a leg kick.
Garcia seems to have recovered his senses.
Brad Pitt is winning the standup battle so far.
Pitt misses with a leg kick
and Garcia counters with a low kick, right behind Pitt 's knee.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcia blocks a head kick by Pitt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pitt as he avoids it easily.
Pitt scores with a push kick.
Pitt thows a leg kick but Garcia checks it
and Garcia counters with a one-two to the body.
Pitt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Garcia takes the fight into the clinch.

Pitt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pitt misses with a kick to the body.
Garcia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia tries to clinch but Pitt is having none of it.
Pitt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Garcia shoots in but Pitt avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brad Pitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Garcia.
Pitt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pitt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pitt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Pitt is looking to clinch.
Pitt tries to score with a low kick but Garcia moves his leg out of the way.

Pitt has Garcia up against the cage in a clinch.
Pitt is pressed up against the cage. Garcia has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pitt down to the mat. Pitt avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pitt wants to slow Garcia down by chopping away at his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitt throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Pitt tries to land a leg kick but Garcia saw it coming and moves away.
Pitt tries to clinch but Garcia is having none of it.
Pitt swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Brad Pitt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pitt keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pitt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Pitt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Pitt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Garcia is trying to control Pitt's posture but Pitt avoids it.
Garcia regains half guard.
Garcia trying to control here.
Garcia controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Pitt is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Garcia.

Pitt decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pitt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Pitt shoots in but Garcia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pitt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garcia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcia tries a head kick but it misses.
Pitt shoots for a takedown but Garcia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pitt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia wants to clinch.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Pitt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A right-left combo lands from Garcia.
Garcia throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Garcia stuffs the takedown.
Garcia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pitt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pitt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Garcia but Garcia pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pitt tries to score with a low kick but Garcia moves his leg out of the way.
Pitt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Garcia as he jumps to the side.
Pitt throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pitt swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.

Pitt changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Garcia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pitt stands up.
Nice sprawl there from Pitt as Garcia shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Pitt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brad Pitt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pitt keeps the fight on the outside.
Pitt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Garcia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pitt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Pitt rushes Garcia and presses him up against the cage.
Garcia wants a takedown but no success here.
A knee to the head by Pitt.

It looks like Juan Garcia has been cut.
Pitt tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.

Pitt manages to break the clinch.
Pitt wants to clinch up but Garcia keeps it at a distance.
Pitt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Garcia lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Garcia.
Pitt lands with a slapping head kick.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pitt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pitt throws a leg kick but Garcia checks it.
Pitt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Garcia is out of range and Pitt settles back down.
Garcia tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pitt counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice combination there by Garcia.
Pitt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garcia wants to clinch but Pitt slips to the side
and Pitt counters with a slapping leg kick.
A nice combination there by Garcia.
Pitt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pitt tries to avoid it but Garcia manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pitt to the ground. Pitt escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia lands a head kick!
Nice sprawl there from Garcia as Pitt shoots in.
Pitt steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Garcia. That one must have hurt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garcia checks a leg kick.

Garcia gets a clinch.
Pitt throws an elbow that misses.

Pitt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pitt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Garcia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pitt is fending him off so far but Garcia persists. Nope, Pitt circles away and we're back to standing.
Brad Pitt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Garcia.
Garcia shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pitt misses with the body kick

and Garcia counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pitt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garcia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pitt wants to break free but Garcia has control.
Pitt has had enough of the clinch but Garcia keeps him there for the moment.

Pitt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garcia checks a leg kick.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Pitt pushes him off.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Pitt looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pitt throws a leg kick
and Garcia counters with an inside leg kick.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but Pitt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pitt!
Pitt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pitt lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Garcia can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Pitt and Garcia drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Pitt.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brad Pitt!