PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eguardo Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eguardo Garcia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garcia
vs
Drake

183 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
6 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eguardo Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Al Drake!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.
Drake tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Drake lands a jab to the head.
Garcia dives in and grabs Drake's left leg, looking for a takedown. Drake pushes down on Garcia's head and hops out.
Drake is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Garcia shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Drake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Eguardo Garcia has been cut.

Drake rushes Garcia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Drake tries to break free but Garcia pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Drake.
Garcia wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eguardo Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Drake gets underhooks to prevent Garcia's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake stops a takedown attempt from Garcia.
Garcia has Drake pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Drake manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Drake has Garcia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Garcia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Garcia is trying to trip Drake. He has hold of a leg but Drake is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Garcia persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Drake had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Garcia defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Drake working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Garcia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Garcia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Drake 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.
Drake keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass.
Garcia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Garcia scoring with some ground and pound.
Garcia connects with a couple of short punches.
Drake utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Garcia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Garcia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is in close to Drake's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garcia throws a big elbow that misses.
Drake is trying to control the position but Garcia postures up.
Drake avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Garcia throwing strikes from guard but Drake blocks nicely.
Garcia cracks Drake with a solid left hand.
Garcia chips away with some ground and pound.
Garcia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Garcia postures up in Drake's guard and throws a big left but Drake blocks it.
Garcia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Garcia throwing strikes but missing.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Drake is looking for a triangle but Garcia pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Garcia connects with a nice short shot to Drake's temple.
Drake is looking to control Garcia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Drake avoid being mounted?
Drake is trying to stand.
Garcia looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Drake with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Drake is trying to maintain the position but Garcia is very close to passing his half guard.
Garcia working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Drake is rocked!
Garcia lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Drake is still in real trouble! Can Garcia finish him?
Garcia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Garcia lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Drake! More strikes land and this one is all over! Garcia jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eguardo Garcia!
Our winner, Eguardo Garcia, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.