PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia comes to the cage accompanied by AnSchanz. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcia
vs
Cullen

188 cm
22
195 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
201 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leon Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Cullen!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Cullen.
Cullen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cullen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cullen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cullen manages to avoid it.
A jab from Cullen misses.
Cullen lands with a nice body punch.
Garcia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Garcia throws a push kick but Cullen slaps the foot to one side.
Garcia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cullen throws out the jab.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
Cullen thows a body shot but no joy.
Cullen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garcia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Garcia tries a head kick but it misses.
Garcia throws a head kick but Cullen moves out of range.
Cullen misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cullen.
Garcia tries to work over Cullen's front leg with a kick but Cullen checks it.
Richard Cullen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Garcia lands but Cullen takes it in his stride.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garcia.
Nice jab there from Cullen.
A slow jab from Cullen misses its intended target.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Cullen.
Cullen looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia is just out of range.
Garcia throws a head kick that half lands.
Garcia throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cullen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garcia.
Cullen fails to land with a series of punches.
Garcia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cullen just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia lands a head kick!
Cullen throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
Cullen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Garcia counters with a nice kick to the body.
Garcia jabs Cullen right on the nose. Cullen blinks but takes it well.
Cullen is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Garcia staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cullen. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses.
Cullen avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Cullen connects with a body shot.
Cullen thows a body shot but no joy.
Garcia tries a head kick but it misses.

Garcia darts in and clinches Cullen up against the cage.
Garcia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cullen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Garcia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cullen's brow.
Garcia stalls.
Cullen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Cullen blocks an elbow strike.
Garcia throws an elbow that misses.
Garcia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cullen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cullen blocks an elbow strike from Garcia.
Garcia is looking to control Cullen's arms but Cullen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garcia has his back to the cage.
Garcia misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws an elbow but it misses.
Garcia effectively controlling the action here.
Garcia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Garcia misses with an elbow strike.
Garcia throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cullen digs a right hand underneath Garcia's ribcage. Garcia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cullen dodges an elbow strike from Garcia.
Garcia throws an elbow that misses.
Garcia displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cullen up against the cage.
Garcia throws an elbow but it misses.
Cullen stalls.
Cullen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Cullen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A head kick from Garcia lands but Cullen takes it in his stride.
Cullen checks a leg kick.
Garcia attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the body from Cullen misses
and Garcia counters with a good low kick that Cullen was not able to check.
Garcia has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cullen just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Garcia throws a head kick but Cullen moves out of range.
Garcia takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A punch combination from Cullen misses.
Cullen throws a sloppy body shot
and Garcia counters with a low kick, right behind Cullen 's knee.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cullen.
Garcia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cullen's head.
Cullen misses with a body shot.
A solid body kick from Garcia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Garcia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cullen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garcia throws a nice head kick!
Cullen throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia throws a sloppy head kick and Cullen moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garcia.
Nice body punch from Cullen.
Garcia tries a head kick but it misses.
Garcia pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cullen is out of range and Garcia settles back down.
Cullen swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Cullen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cullen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cullen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cullen. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body kick from Garcia.
Cullen misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen lands a right hook to the body.
Garcia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garcia attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia throws a head kick but Cullen moves out of range.
Cullen misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Leon Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
Cullen throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
Garcia tries to clinch there but Cullen circles away.
Garcia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
Garcia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Richard Cullen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cullen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Cullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cullen takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
Cullen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Garcia gets a clinch.
Cullen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Garcia scores with a knee to the head.
Cullen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garcia.
A knee to the head by Garcia.
Garcia lands a good knee to the midsection. Cullen won't want to take too many of those.
Cullen is breathing heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Garcia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cullen's brow.

Cullen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cullen's head.
A punch combination from Cullen misses.
Garcia scores with a kick to the body.
Cullen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garcia.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cullen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia works Cullen's body with a nice hook.
Garcia throws a body kick that misses.
Cullen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garcia throws a body kick that misses.
Cullen misses with a wild body shot.
Cullen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garcia is looking to wear down Cullen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garcia wants to clinch.
Cullen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cullen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Garcia.
Garcia throws a sloppy head kick and Cullen moves out of range easily.
A big right from Cullen misses.
Cullen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a head kick.
Cullen throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garcia.
Cullen throws a big shot that misses.
Garcia misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Garcia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cullen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Garcia has Cullen up against the cage in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Garcia keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cullen's efforts to push away.
Garcia creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cullen's defenses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Garcia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cullen.
Garcia being controlled against the cage.
Garcia slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Garcia for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leon Garcia dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Garcia tries a low kick but Cullen avoids it.
Cullen avoids the head kick by Garcia.
Cullen digs a good body shot into Garcia's ribs.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Cullen is just out of range.

Garcia gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Garcia trying to stall but Cullen improves his position.
Cullen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Cullen breaks from the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garcia. That's going to slow Cullen down.
Garcia connects with a solid leg kick.
Cullen just misses with a punch to the body.
Cullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
Cullen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Garcia.
Garcia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cullen.
Cullen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A big left from Cullen misses.
Cullen blocks a head kick by Garcia.
Cullen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcia circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
Cullen lands a jab to the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garcia.
Cullen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garcia.
Cullen misses the jab.

Garcia gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Garcia misses with an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Garcia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Garcia utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Garcia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cullen is defending well for now.
Richard Cullen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Cullen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Garcia missing with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Cullen.
Garcia has Cullen pressed against the cage.
Garcia looking to stall.

Cullen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cullen misses with a wild combination.
Garcia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cullen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Cullen. Those never looked like landing.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leon Garcia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen misses with the combination.
Garcia throws a head kick that Cullen semi-blocks.
Garcia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Garcia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cullen throws a sloppy body shot
and Garcia counters with a slapping leg kick.
Garcia tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cullen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but Cullen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia throws a head kick that Cullen semi-blocks.
Cullen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia scores with a hook.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cullen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garcia.
Cullen misses with a few strikes there.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Cullen pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garcia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cullen's sensitive parts.
Cullen misses with a straight right.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Cullen does no damage.
Garcia is looking to land body kicks.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Cullen.
Cullen misses with a body punch
and Garcia counters with a nice body kick.
Cullen throws a big shot that misses.
Cullen misses with a combination
and Garcia counters with a head kick.
Garcia throws a sloppy head kick and Cullen moves out of range easily.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cullen moves away.
A slow jab from Cullen misses its intended target.
Cullen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garcia connects with a high kick.
Cullen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Garcia.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leon Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garcia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Garcia!