PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcelio Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pound Mcgee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mcgee's choice of entrance music: Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Garcia
vs
Mcgee

184 cm
37
185 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

182 cm
35
178 lbs
26 - 12 - 1

BJJ Red Belt
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcelio Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pound Mcgee!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Mcgee.
Mcgee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garcia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mcgee counters with a one-two to the body.
Garcia misses with a head kick.
Mcgee scores with a hook to the body. Garcia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mcgee tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Mcgee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mcgee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garcia's sensitive parts.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mcgee was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Mcgee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garcia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia throws a hook but Mcgee avoids it easily.
Mcgee throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mcgee wants to clinch up but Garcia keeps it at a distance.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mcgee.
Mcgee lands with a nice combination. Garcia backs away looking to recover.
Garcia throws a head kick but Mcgee moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Garcia misses
and Mcgee counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Marcelio Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mcgee.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia misses with a jab to the body

and Mcgee counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Garcia successfully pulls guard.

Garcia looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Garcia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mcgee is looking to control Garcia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mcgee avoid being mounted?

Garcia is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Mcgee doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Garcia.
Mcgee wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcgee felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Garcia controlling the pace.

Garcia is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Mcgee defends it well.
Garcia not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mcgee 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.
Mcgee is looking for a sweep. Garcia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Garcia maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Mcgee could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Garcia has cracked it and Mcgee is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Garcia!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcelio Garcia!