PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Helios Garcius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Dash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcius
vs
Dash

183 cm
30
190 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

188 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Helios Garcius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Dash!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dash tries a head kick but it misses.
Garcius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dash misses with a head kick.
Dash looks to land a body kick but Garcius moved away.

Garcius scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Dash throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Garcius looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Garcius is nestled in close to Dash, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Garcius content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Garcius 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.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Garcius 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dash is looking to improve his position.
Garcius looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dash with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dash is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Garcius scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dash wants to get back to his feet.
Dash is in trouble now - Garcius has advanced to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcius controlling the position easily from mount.
Garcius has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dash's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcius takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
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!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Garcius is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Dash to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Dash shrugs it off.
Dash is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Garcius pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Garcius connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Garcius with good strikes from the mount here!

Dash is rocked!
Garcius lands a big shot to the head and Dash winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Helios Garcius!