PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Toby Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Itagaki Fukuzawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fukuzawa has chosen Mustasch - Ratsafari as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Garcia
vs
Fukuzawa

170 cm
25
140 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

170 cm
20
153 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Blood Bank ($10)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Toby Garcia !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Itagaki Fukuzawa!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fukuzawa throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Toby Garcia has been cut.
Nice cross by Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa cracks a nice hook into Garcia 's ribs.
Garcia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fukuzawa connects with a leg kick. Garcia looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fukuzawa scores with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Fukuzawa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fukuzawa lands a nice looking body shot.
Itagaki Fukuzawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fukuzawa closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Fukuzawa working over Garcia with some ground and pound. Garcia looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fukuzawa is pressing down on Garcia 's thigh, looking to free his foot. Garcia is holding on for now.
Fukuzawa lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukuzawa is nestled in close to Garcia , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fukuzawa winds up and cracks Garcia with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fukuzawa working Garcia over with strikes.

Garcia is rocked!

Garcia actively working from the bottom here.
Fukuzawa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Garcia wants to improve his position but Fukuzawa is controlling well.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Fukuzawa is controlling the pace.
Fukuzawa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fukuzawa connects with a nice short shot to Garcia 's temple.

Garcia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fukuzawa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Garcia does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fukuzawa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fukuzawa passes to side control.
Fukuzawa in side control lands a decent elbow.
Fukuzawa landing a few strikes.
Fukuzawa lands a decent elbow from side control.
Garcia takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Oh Garcia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garcia is not content to let Fukuzawa control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa lands a few punches from side control.
Fukuzawa lands a strong strike to the head of Garcia . That's dazed him! Fukuzawa looking to finish here. Garcia is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Fukuzawa lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Itagaki Fukuzawa!
Itagaki Fukuzawa spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.