PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hester has chosen George Clinton-Atomic Dog as his entrance music. Dave Hester has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garcia
vs
Hester

180 cm
26
200 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

195 cm
21
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dave Hester!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia misses with a hook. Hester ducked under it nicely.
Hester tries to clinch up.
Garcia wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Garcia misses.
Hester bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Garcia's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hester under the eye.
Frank Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Garcia misses the target.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Garcia throws a lazy uppercut

and Hester counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hester.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hester.

Garcia manages to break the clinch.
Garcia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hester doesn't seem bothered though.
Good shot there by Hester.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hester.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hester.
Garcia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hester misses with a looping left.
Garcia connects with a crisp jab.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hester slips a jab and a cross from Garcia.
Sloppy strikes from Garcia. Those never looked like landing.
Garcia jabs Hester right on the nose. Hester blinks but takes it well.
Hester fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Hester moves out of range.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hester avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a hook. Hester ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Garcia. That snapped Hester's head back.
Hester wants to clinch.
Garcia cracks Hester with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Garcia cracks Hester with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garcia lands a nice looking body shot.
Garcia connects with a body shot that sends Hester's belly button to the back.
Hester fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hester scores with a jab to the head.
A punch combination from Garcia misses.
Hester throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but Hester sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
Garcia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice straight punches there by Garcia. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Garcia.
Garcia looks to throw the jab but Hester is out of range.
Hester keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Garcia throws a hook but Hester avoids it easily.
Hester doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcia circles away.
Hester looks to land a combination but Garcia avoids it well.
Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by Hester.
Hester moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hester is out of range and Garcia settles back down.
Hester lands a nice hook to Garcia's body. Garcia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Garcia swings for the body but Hester moves out of range.
Hester throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Hester's shoulder, as Hester tries to avoid the shot.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia loads up on a big right hand but Hester slips the punch.
Danga de danga de dang - Garcia scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.

Hester clinches.

Garcia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hester keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Garcia lands a body shot.
Garcia misses with an uppercut
and Hester counters with a nice uppercut.
Garcia dodges the punch combination from Hester.
Hester tries to clinch up.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garcia misses with the combination.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hester.
Hester throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hester manages to avoid it.
Hester tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hester fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hester uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Garcia scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Garcia scores with the left hand. Hester knows he should have avoided that one.
Hester doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcia circles away.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia takes a swing at Hester's ribcage but misses.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hester ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Hester misses with a straight left.
Hester ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hester slips under a jab.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hester walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Garcia misses with a lunging right hand
letting Hester counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Hester moved out of range nicely.
Hester tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Hester.
No joy there for Hester, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hester takes one on the button.
Hester moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Garcia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hester looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hester misses with a few strikes there.
Hester throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Garcia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hester doesn't seem phased though.
Hester uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Garcia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hester sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice jab there from Garcia.

Hester is rocked!
Garcia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hester looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Garcia drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Hester right on the button. Hester goes down! Garcia follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Garcia gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Garcia!