PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Fitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fitch comes into the arena with HEALTH - TEARS blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Garcia's choice of entrance music: Don Omar - Danza Kuduro. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Fitch
vs
Garcia

190 cm
21
220 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

185 cm
20
217 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Fitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Fernando Garcia!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitch ducks right into an uppercut from Garcia.
Fitch throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garcia swings widly with a right hand

and Fitch counters with a crisp one two that drops Garcia! Fitch thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Garcia to his feet! Garcia is in big trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fitch doesn't seem bothered though.
Fitch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fitch on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Adam Fitch has been cut.

Fitch tries to keep at a distance but Garcia has taken the fight into the clinch.
Garcia's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Garcia manages to break the clinch.
Garcia lands a nice hook to Fitch's body. Fitch takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Fitch circles away.
Fitch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcia circles away quickly and effectively.
Garcia fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fitch throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fitch stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Garcia lands with a right hand.
Fitch misses with a few strikes there.
Fitch takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Garcia misses with a straight left.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but Fitch ducks down to avoid it.
Garcia with a hook.
Garcia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sloppy strikes from Fitch. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fitch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Garcia.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garcia.

Fitch is rocked!
No joy there for Fitch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Oh Fitch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fitch throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
Fitch seems to have got his legs back now.
Garcia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fitch doesn't seem bothered though.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Garcia lands a nice hook to Fitch's body. Fitch takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fitch is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Garcia lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcia cracks Fitch with a hook to the temple - Fitch is on wobbly legs here! Garcia swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Fitch falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Garcia wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Fernando Garcia!
Fernando Garcia 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.