PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olivier Levasseur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Garcia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 2Pac – Only Fear Of Death. Johnny Garcia could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Olivier Levasseur's chin.

Garcia
vs
Levasseur

175 cm
34
170 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

176 cm
25
169 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olivier Levasseur!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Levasseur shoots in looking for a takedown but Garcia manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Levasseur's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Levasseur doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Garcia counters with a left and a right that stings Levasseur.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garcia, right into the meat.
Olivier Levasseur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Levasseur throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Garcia tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Levasseur is in Garcia's guard.
Levasseur missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Levasseur is looking to work some ground and pound but Garcia has wrist control.
Levasseur with a flurry of punches that miss.
Levasseur postures up in Garcia's guard and throws a big left but Garcia blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Levasseur accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Levasseur throwing strikes from guard but Garcia blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Levasseur trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Levasseur throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garcia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garcia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Levasseur wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Levasseur stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garcia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Levasseur trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Levasseur throwing strikes but missing.

Garcia uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Garcia stuffs the takedown attempt from Levasseur. Levasseur gets slowly back to his feet.
Johnny Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Olivier Levasseur.
Nice uppercut lands for Garcia. That snapped Levasseur's head back.
Garcia throws a lazy uppercut
and Levasseur counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garcia misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Levasseur shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Garcia sprawls well. Garcia wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Levasseur gets slowly back to his feet.
Garcia cracks Levasseur with an open hand slap.

It looks like Olivier Levasseur has been cut.
Levasseur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia lands with a straight right. Levasseur didn't see that one coming.
Garcia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Levasseur scores with a takedown into Garcia's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Levasseur accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Levasseur postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Levasseur working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Levasseur is looking to work some ground and pound but Garcia has wrist control.
Garcia keeping full guard, as Levasseur tries to pass.
Levasseur throws a big elbow that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Levasseur postures up in Garcia's guard and throws a big left but Garcia blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Olivier Levasseur will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Olivier Levasseur's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Garcia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Levasseur dives in for a single leg takedown but Garcia sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Garcia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garcia stuffs the takedown.
Garcia misses with a low kick.
Levasseur shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Garcia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnny Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Olivier Levasseur.
Levasseur shoots in for a double leg but Garcia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia throws a lazy uppercut
and Levasseur counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garcia misses with the combination.
Garcia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Levasseur decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Garcia's guard.
Levasseur throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garcia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Levasseur stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garcia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garcia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Levasseur postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Levasseur trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Levasseur in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Levasseur wants to get up but he can't break Garcia's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Levasseur postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia is looking to stand up but Levasseur isn't so interested in that idea.
Levasseur loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Levasseur connects with a couple of short punches.
Levasseur lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Levasseur tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcia is retaining full guard.
Levasseur is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Levasseur trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Olivier Levasseur hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Levasseur doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Garcia counter with a right hand.
Garcia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garcia lands a jab to the head.
Johnny Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Levasseur.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcia stuffs the takedown attempt from Levasseur. Levasseur gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olivier Levasseur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Olivier Levasseur's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Levasseur looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Garcia!
My spies in Gentlemanly Scholars Fight Club Gym(4 Sprbt 4*+)(1 inform me that Levasseur has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Garcia is not content to let Levasseur control the position.
Garcia is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Levasseur has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Levasseur is looking to take a break and control but Garcia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Levasseur tries to score with some ground and pound. Garcia controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Levasseur lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Garcia down.
Garcia is trying to buck Levasseur off.
Levasseur working the ground and pound but Garcia is defending the strikes.
Garcia is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Levasseur has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Garcia takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
An elbow from Levasseur crashes against the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Levasseur working the ground and pound but Garcia is defending the strikes.
Levasseur throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Garcia works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Levasseur missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Levasseur not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Levasseur throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Levasseur scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Levasseur trying to control from Garcia's half guard. Garcia has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Levasseur throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garcia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Levasseur from controlling successfully.
Levasseur stands up over Garcia, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Garcia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Levasseur works over Garcia with some ground and pound from guard.
Levasseur postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Levasseur is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Levasseur with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnny Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garcia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Garcia trying to strike off his back.
Olivier Levasseur is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Levasseur accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Levasseur working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Levasseur looking to pass the guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Levasseur passes into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Olivier Levasseur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Levasseur winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olivier Levasseur!
Olivier Levasseur decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.