PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Castle Irons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia's entrance music is The Slam. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcia
vs
Irons

183 cm
24
169 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

176 cm
26
168 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Milwaukee's Best $48 - 159's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alejandro Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Castle Irons!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Irons was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Irons scores with a decent looking hook.
Garcia misses with a lunging right hand
and Irons counters with a solid body kick.
Irons just misses with a punch to the body.
Irons tests Garcia's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice defenses there by Irons.
Irons has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Garcia finds it's way round the side to connect with Irons's head.

Irons tries to sprawl but Garcia drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Irons is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Irons is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Garcia's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Garcia's back!
Irons punches the canvas rather than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons throwing strikes and Garcia squirms under the pressure, ending up mounted.
Garcia avoids a series of strikes thrown by Irons.
Irons throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Garcia in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Irons looking to land elbow strikes but Garcia uses the position to regain half guard.
Irons thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Garcia regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Irons.
Irons must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Irons throwing strikes but missing.
Irons won't allow Garcia to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irons throwing strikes but missing.
Irons scoring with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Irons missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Irons throwing strikes but missing.
Garcia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Irons throws a strike but Garcia rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Irons working a defensive guard but Garcia passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Irons blocking the ground and pound attempt from Garcia.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia working Irons over with strikes.
Garcia controlling the pace.
Irons regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Garcia.
Garcia controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irons looking to control.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Irons is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia throws a big right hand that misses.
Garcia looking to sit in guard and control but Irons gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Irons working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Irons postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Irons would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Castle Irons dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Irons misses with a body shot.
Irons misses with an uppercut.
Nice cross by Garcia.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Irons swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Irons throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garcia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Irons wants to slow Garcia down by chopping away at his legs.
Castle Irons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irons throws a shot from downtown. Garcia moves away and avoids it.
Irons defending well as Garcia loads up on a big left hand.
Irons throws a head kick that misses.

Irons clinches up against the cage.
Irons tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garcia's elbow.
Come on Irons - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcia is trying to trip Irons. He has hold of a leg but Irons is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Garcia persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Garcia throwing strikes from guard but Irons blocks nicely.
Irons is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Garcia postures up in Irons's guard and throws a big left but Irons blocks it.
Irons pulls Garcia in close to his closed guard and prevents Garcia from doing any damage or advancing position.
Garcia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Irons tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Irons is trying to control the position but Garcia postures up.
Castle Irons has got the better of the ground game so far.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Irons keeps moving.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Garcia stopping the sweep attempt from Irons.
Irons looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Castle Irons was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Irons.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Irons.
Garcia fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Castle Irons is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia blocks a jab.

Irons gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Garcia is looking to work some ground and pound but Irons has wrist control.
Irons not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Garcia thows a big elbow that misses.
Garcia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Irons swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garcia trying to control but Irons is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia thows a big elbow that misses.
Garcia throwing strikes but missing.
Garcia seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Irons not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcia works a leg free and moves into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Irons is looking for a sweep. Garcia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alejandro Garcia dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Irons misses the jab.
Irons tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garcia blocks a body shot from Irons.
Irons throws a punch but it's blocked by Garcia.
Irons throws a head punch that misses.

Garcia works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Irons has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Garcia has passed into side control.
Garcia working the ground and pound but Irons is defending the strikes.
Irons controls the position for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons can't do much from the bottom here.
Irons trying his best to control but Garcia has mounted him.
Garcia avoids the attempt from Irons to control.
Garcia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Irons avoids a series of strikes thrown by Garcia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irons is wriggling around trying to escape.
Irons is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Garcia lands a nice shot to the head.
Garcia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Irons?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia content just to control the position here.
Garcia looking to finish Irons with some ground and pound. This is bad for Irons!

Irons is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia controlling his opponent.
Garcia in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Irons is still in real trouble! Can Garcia finish him?
Garcia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Irons seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia with a couple of short strikes.
Irons in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Garcia working Irons over with strikes here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irons holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Garcia tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Irons keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcia controlling from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alejandro Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Garcia has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28

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