PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zheng Ming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Ming
vs
Garcia

180 cm
26
280 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

192 cm
19
285 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zheng Ming!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodney Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Ming uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Garcia misses with a hook. Ming ducked under it nicely.

Garcia closes the distance and pushes Ming back into the cage.
Garcia blocking some punches.
Garcia misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Garcia.
Ming throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia lands a shoulder strike.
Garcia tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A head punch on the inside from Ming fails to land.
Garcia prevents a body shot from Ming.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garcia can't find room to land a body shot as Ming controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garcia lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ming.
Ming swings wildly with an uppercut but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Ming looking to slow down the pace here.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garcia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by Ming.
A head punch on the inside from Garcia fails to land.
Garcia misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Ming.
Ming takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Zheng Ming has been cut.
Ming misses with some punches.
Ming is leaning against Garcia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Garcia jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ming walks away with a smile on his face. Garcia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ming swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Ming throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Jab from Garcia.
Ming ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ming takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garcia clobbers Ming with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Garcia throws a left and a right that both miss

and Ming moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ming blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Garcia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garcia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Garcia misses with some punches.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Garcia.

Garcia has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Ming uses from the top position.
Garcia managing to control the position.
Garcia tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ming wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Garcia has Ming pulled in close to control his posture.

Garcia has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Ming doesn't defend quickly enough and Garcia has managed to lock this one up! Can Ming escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Garcia on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rodney Garcia!
Rodney Garcia is the new heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Rodney Garcia thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Zheng Ming was interviewed post fight and said 'I did my best but sadly, it wasn't enough.'.