PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcelinho Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Nalaban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcelinho Garcia has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Garcia
vs
Nalaban

184 cm
23
260 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

202 cm
19
280 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelinho Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Nalaban!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nalaban lands with a shot to the body.
Nalaban misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nalaban misses with a body shot.
Nalaban lands with a cross.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Nalaban.
Nalaban will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Nalaban throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Nalaban misses.
A punch combination from Nalaban misses.
Nalaban lands with a shot to the body.
Nalaban ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Nalaban missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia dives in and grabs Nalaban's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nalaban pushes down on Garcia's head and hops out.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Nalaban.
Nalaban throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Nalaban misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nalaban's waist but Nalaban gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Garcia off to one side.
Nalaban cracks Garcia with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nalaban lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Marcelinho Garcia has been cut.
Garcia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nalaban lunges at Garcia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garcia's hand.
Nalaban swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Nalaban as he connects with a hook.
Nalaban is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nalaban lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia dives in and grabs Nalaban's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nalaban pushes down on Garcia's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelinho Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nalaban connects with a looping right hand.
Nalaban uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garcia has time to react.

Nalaban lands a big uppercut and Garcia crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Garcia looks OK. Nalaban waves Garcia back to his feet!

Garcia is rocked!
Garcia takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Nalaban lands with a shot to the body.
Ricardo Nalaban is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nalaban connects with a body shot.
Ricardo Nalaban seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nalaban cracks Garcia with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oh Garcia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nalaban throws an overhand right that has Garcia reeling! Nalaban follows up with more punches and Garcia is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ricardo Nalaban!