PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mac Gargan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Wooten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wooten has chosen Battle Cry- Judas Priest as his entrance music. Mac Gargan could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kevin Wooten's chin.

Gargan
vs
Wooten

190 cm
23
199 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

177 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mac Gargan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Wooten!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gargan throws a head kick that misses.
Gargan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gargan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wooten throws out the jab.
A clash of legs there as Gargan blocks the low kick.

Gargan closes the distance and clinches.
Gargan lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Kevin Wooten has been cut.
Gargan lands a damaging elbow.
Wooten blocks an elbow strike from Gargan.
Gargan tries to land a knee to the head but Wooten blocks with his arms.
Gargan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Gargan.
Gargan misses with an elbow over the top.
Wooten looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wooten is trying to push Gargan away but Gargan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gargan lands an elbow inside that Wooten shrugs off.
Gargan misses with a punch to the body.
Gargan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Gargan lands an uppercut that drops Wooten! Gargan follows him to the canvas looking to finish.

Wooten is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Wooten parries the strikes from Gargan easily there. Gargan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Wooten to escape.
Wooten is still in real trouble! Can Gargan finish him?
Gargan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gargan prevents Wooten from escaping the position.
Gargan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gargan in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wooten can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gargan working the ground and pound but Wooten is defending the strikes.
Gargan connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Wooten some visible discomfort.
A big shot lands for Gargan! That's hurt Wooten! Will he recover? Gargan fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mac Gargan!
The defeated Kevin Wooten had this to say: 'I'll be back stronger. I didn't really have a good camp, I'll be back, I promise.'.