PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wade's entrance music is Dance Gavin Dance - Strawberry Swisher pt. III . A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Wade
vs
Garcia

205 cm
28
282 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

192 cm
20
282 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wayne Wade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodney Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Wade does no damage.
Wade misses with a looping left.
Wade takes one to the chin there.
Nice body punch from Wade.
Wade stalks Garcia and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Garcia's face. Garcia staggers backwards, shaken.

Wade clinches with his opponent.
Wade misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Wade.
Wade throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by Wade.
Garcia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wade lands a shoulder strike.
Wade has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia misses with a punch to the body.
Wade blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia scores with a hook to the body.
Wade misses with a punch on the inside.
Wade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Garcia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garcia tries a body shot but Wade blocks it.
Wade lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garcia taking a breather.
Wade doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garcia.
Garcia taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by Wade.
Wade blocks a body shot from Garcia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
A nice left hand lands by Garcia.
Wade scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wade is keeping busy.
Garcia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wade wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Garcia is pushing Wade up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wade throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by Wade.
Garcia stalls.
Wade taking a breather.
Garcia misses with a punch to the body.
Wade looking to slow down the pace here.
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 Wade walks away with a smile on his face. Garcia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wade lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Rodney Garcia has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garcia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia lands with a light punch inside.
Garcia misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Wade.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Wade uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Garcia.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garcia scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wade is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wade blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Garcia fails to land.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garcia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garcia misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wade.
Wade blocks an uppercut.
Garcia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wade backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short body shot lands from Garcia as the two fighters clinch.
Garcia content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Garcia lands a nice shot to the body.
Wade is breathing heavily.
Garcia presses Wade against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garcia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Garcia scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Garcia on the inside.
Garcia taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Garcia's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Garcia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodney Garcia's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Garcia throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Garcia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wade, pushing him back against the cage.
Wade wants to stall.
A hook to the body from Garcia.
Garcia misses with some punches.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wade to keep the fight standing.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garcia lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wade.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garcia.
Rodney Garcia seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Garcia works on Wade's body with a couple of short punches.
Wade blocking some punches.
Garcia lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Wade uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Garcia.
A short right from Garcia.
Garcia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wade.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garcia.
Garcia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wade throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wade blocks a body shot from Garcia.

Garcia manages to pull guard.

Wade has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Garcia to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Wade is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Garcia pulls down on the head and he's put Wade to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rodney Garcia!
A very excited looking Rodney Garcia made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.