PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hector Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sasha Dragan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcia
vs
Dragan

185 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
212 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hector Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sasha Dragan!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Garcia's waist but Garcia gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dragan off to one side.
Dragan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Garcia scores with a jab.
Garcia throws a low kick, looking for Dragan's leg but Dragan calmly moves out of range.
Dragan throws a hook but Garcia avoids it easily.
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Garcia does it's job there.

It looks like Sasha Dragan has been cut.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Garcia and Dragan goes tumbling to the canvas! Garcia follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Dragan is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Garcia is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dragan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Garcia.
Dragan is still in real trouble! Can Garcia finish him?

Garcia is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Garcia looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dragan seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia passes to side control.

Garcia tries for a kimura but Dragan is defending well.
Garcia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dragan keeps working.

Garcia is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dragan knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Garcia thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Garcia is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dragan wants to control but Garcia postures up.
Dragan is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Garcia is staying active.
Dragan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Garcia.
Garcia tries to advance to mount but Dragan denies him.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Horrible takedown by Dragan or perhaps it was just good defense by Garcia which made him look bad.
Hector Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sasha Dragan.
Dragan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hector Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia takes a swing at Dragan's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragan misses with a wild combination.
Garcia fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dragan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hector Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dragan tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
Garcia stuffs the takedown.
Garcia lands with a nice combination. Dragan backs away looking to recover.

Dragan is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dragan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dragan is still on wobbly legs! Can Garcia finish him?
Garcia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dragan seems to have recovered his senses.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dragan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Garcia is fending him off so far but Dragan persists. Nope, Garcia circles away and we're back to standing.
Dragan shoots in and drives through. Garcia sprawls well.
Dragan doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcia circles away.
Garcia scores with a sloppy right hand. Dragan should have avoided that one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Garcia!
Dragan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Garcia throws a jab when Dragan was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragan shoots for a takedown but Garcia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dragan shoots for a takedown but Garcia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Garcia connects with a crisp jab.
Garcia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dragan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dragan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dragan misses with a wild combination.
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but Dragan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garcia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dragan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dragan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fighters circling - Garcia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jab by Garcia.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcia moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dragan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dragan is trying desperately to land a takedown but Garcia is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Dragan.
Garcia scores with the left hand. Dragan knows he should have avoided that one.
Dragan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sasha Dragan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Garcia drops Dragan with a straight right hand, right on the button! Garcia follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Garcia!