PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Justin Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Gelardie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Gelardie is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Garcia
vs
Gelardie

187 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
166 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justin Garcia !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Gelardie!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Garcia misses.
Gelardie leaves Garcia with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Gelardie pushes Garcia up against the cage in a clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Garcia has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Garcia leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gelardie is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Garcia is defending well.

Gelardie has Garcia pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Gelardie pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Garcia tumbling to the mat - Gelardie dives into Garcia 's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Garcia is trying to keep Gelardie in close.
Gelardie scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gelardie lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gelardie really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garcia . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gelardie working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gelardie is looking to work some ground and pound but Garcia has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gelardie works over Garcia with some ground and pound from guard.
Gelardie postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Garcia is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gelardie arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Garcia 's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ryan Gelardie!
Our winner, Ryan Gelardie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.