PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Postiga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davi Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Postiga comes to the cage accompanied by Sexy and i Know It. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Postiga
vs
Garcia

177 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Postiga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Davi Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Garcia rushes Postiga and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the head but Postiga blocks with his arms.
Garcia fails to pull guard.
Garcia looking for a takedown.
Postiga missing with knees to the body.
Garcia is trying to drag Postiga to the mat but Postiga just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sergio Postiga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davi Garcia.
Postiga tries to land a knee to the head but Garcia blocks with his arms.
Postiga can't break the clinch.
Come on Postiga - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Garcia wants a takedown but no success here.
Postiga wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Postiga pressing his opponent against the cage.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Postiga manages to get underhooks.
Postiga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Garcia is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Postiga pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Garcia prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the head but Postiga blocks with his arms.
Garcia has Postiga pressed against the cage, preventing Postiga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Postiga has Garcia pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Postiga scores with a nice short uppercut.
Postiga lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Postiga takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Postiga.
Garcia tries a knee to the head but Postiga blocks it.
Garcia looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Garcia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Garcia looks gassed!
Postiga stalling against the cage.
Garcia misses with a knee strike.
Postiga is struggling to control the position.
Postiga misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Postiga has had enough of the clinch but Garcia keeps him there for the moment.
Garcia creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Postiga's defenses.
A right hook to the body lands for Postiga.
Postiga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garcias head.
Garcia stops a takedown attempt from Postiga.
Postiga working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Postiga wants to break free but Garcia has control.
Garcia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Garcia is trying to force a seperation but Postiga has the dominant position.
A short right from Postiga on the inside.
Postiga tries to throw a body punch but Garcia avoids it by throwing Postiga back against the cage.
Postiga just leaning against Garcia, taking a breather.
Postiga pushes Garcia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Postiga works on Garcia's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice elbow from Garcia.
Postiga lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Postiga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Postiga is looking to control Garcia's arms but Garcia gets an underhook and turns him. Now Postiga has his back to the cage.
Postiga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Postiga scores with a nice hook to the head.
Garcia fails to pull guard.
Postiga digs a right hand underneath Garcia's ribcage. Garcia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Postiga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Postiga wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Postiga blocks the elbow strike.
Postiga is trying to force a seperation but Garcia has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Postiga's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Postiga misses with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Postiga.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Postiga will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Garcia up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia tries a knee to the head but Postiga blocks it.
Postiga pushes Garcia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Postiga as the two fighters clinch.
Garcia prevents Postiga from breaking the clinch.
Postiga pushes Garcia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Postiga lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Postiga pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Davi Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Postiga connects with a body shot.

Postiga drives through and clinches with Garcia against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Postiga.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Postiga lands a hook to the side of the head.
Postiga is trying to force a seperation but Garcia has the dominant position.
Garcia pushes off an throws an elbow but Postiga leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Postiga stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Postiga scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Garcia doesn't seem bothered though.

Postiga clinches up against the cage.
Postiga keeps control of Garcia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Garcia being controlled against the cage.
Garcia lands an elbow inside.
Garcia has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Postiga avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Garcia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Postiga blocks it with crossed arms.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Postiga gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Garcia.
Postiga presses Garcia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Postiga pushes Garcia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Postiga lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Postiga has Garcia pushed against the cage.
Postiga stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Postiga.
Postiga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Postiga lands a body punch in the clinch.
Postiga tries for a takedown. No joy.
Garcia fails to pull guard.
Sergio Postiga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davi Garcia.
Postiga wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Postiga manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Postiga.
Garcia tries to break the clinch but Postiga is controlling the position.
A short uppercut from Postiga.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Postiga.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Postiga.
Postiga lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Postiga lands with a left to the head.
Garcia keeps control of Postiga as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Postiga slows down the pace here.
Garcia prevents Postiga from breaking the clinch.
Postiga makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Garcia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Postiga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia being controlled against the cage.
Sergio Postiga has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sergio Postiga.
Left hook, right uppercut from Postiga.
Good work by Garcia as he checks the leg kick.
Garcia closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Garcia.

Postiga gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Postiga leaning his opponent against the cage.
Postiga pushes Garcia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Postiga.
Postiga tries to break the clinch but Garcia is controlling the position.
Postiga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Postiga throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Postiga pressing his opponent against the cage.

Postiga pulls guard successfully.
Garcia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Postiga utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Postiga looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Garcia trying to stand up but can't free himself from Postiga's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Postiga dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Postiga clinches with his opponent.
Garcia jumps guard but Postiga stands there with Garcia around his waist. Garcia gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Garcia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Garcia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Postiga blocks it with crossed arms.
Postiga wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Postiga lands a body shot.
Postiga lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Postiga digs a right hand into Garcia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garcia's gas tank.
Postiga lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Postiga.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Postiga works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Garcia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Postiga is looking to break free of the clinch but Garcia has double underhooks.
Postiga is trying to break the clinch but Garcia is controlling him.
Postiga lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Postiga lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Postiga has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Postiga lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garcia is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Postiga pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Postiga is trying to push Garcia away but Garcia has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Garcia fails to pull guard.
Sergio Postiga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davi Garcia.
Postiga tries to circle away but Garcia has him pinned against the cage.
Garcia being controlled against the cage.
Postiga has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Garcia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Postiga.
Postiga lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Postiga.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Postiga gets through Garcia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Postiga.
Garcia avoiding damage as Postiga throws knees to the body.
Postiga presses Garcia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Postiga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia prevents Postiga from breaking the clinch.
Postiga wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Postiga digs a right hand underneath Garcia's ribcage. Garcia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Postiga is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Postiga lands with a light punch inside.
Postiga wants to break the clinch but can't.
Postiga lands with a right to the head.
Postiga lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Postiga is struggling to control the position.
Still in the clinch, Postiga scores with a nice short uppercut.
Davi Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Postiga blocks an elbow strike from Garcia.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Postiga.
Postiga is leaning against Garcia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Postiga is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Postiga scores with a hook to the body.
Postiga is working Garcia over against the cage.
Postiga lands a nice shot to the body.
Postiga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Postiga lands a shoulder strike.
Postiga lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garcia.
Postiga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garcia keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Postiga's efforts to push away.
Still in the clinch, Postiga scores with a nice short uppercut.

Postiga's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Postiga cracks a nice hook into Garcia's ribs.
Postiga lands an overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Postiga closes the distance and pushes Garcia back into the cage.
Garcia prevents Postiga from breaking the clinch.
Postiga scores with a hook to the body.
Postiga lands an uppercut.
Postiga presses Garcia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garcia misses with a knee strike.
A body shot lands from Postiga.
A right handed body shot lands from Postiga.
Postiga is looking to break free of the clinch but Garcia has double underhooks.
Postiga lands a shot to the body.
The referee calls for Postiga to work.
Garcia keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Postiga's efforts to push away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Postiga can't break the clinch.
Sergio Postiga is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garcia takes a shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Postiga showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Postiga, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Postiga!