PBP Commentary

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

Garcia
vs
Fantana

201 cm
25
276 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gabriel Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eddie Fantana!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Garcia gets the takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Garcia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Garcia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

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

Garcia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Garcia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Garcia has hold of Fantana's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Fantana tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Garcia cranks the arm and Fantana screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Fantana, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Gabriel Garcia!