PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed Zulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Zulu
vs
Garcia

188 cm
18
209 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

199 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mohamed Zulu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Omar Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zulu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garcia.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but Zulu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zulu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Garcia.
A jab from Zulu finds it's way through Garcia's defenses.
Zulu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garcia.
Garcia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zulu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Zulu.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Zulu circles away.
Zulu lands a glancing blow to the side of Garcia's head.
Zulu missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zulu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Garcia throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Zulu was covering up waiting for the punch and Garcia finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Zulu keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia stays in close to Zulu's body and controls the position.
Zulu is looking to stand up but Garcia isn't so interested in that idea.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Omar Garcia wasn't active enough on the ground.
Garcia throws a head kick but Zulu moves out of range.
Zulu takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Zulu moves forwards but Garcia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zulu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Zulu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zulu.
Garcia tries a low kick but Zulu avoids it.
Garcia looks gassed!
Garcia gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Zulu displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garcia.
Zulu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zulu works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Garcia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zulu goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Garcia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Zulu lands a big uppercut and Garcia crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Garcia looks OK. Zulu 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 still on wobbly legs! Can Zulu finish him?
Zulu is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Garcia looks up at the clock. Bad move! Zulu lands a right hand from hell, dropping Garcia. Zulu pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mohamed Zulu!