PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stanton Garza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard David (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Garza
vs
David

210 cm
21
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
24
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stanton Garza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard David!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
David misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garza went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
David looks to land a combination but Garza avoids it well.
Garza half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
David tries to bum rush Garza with a series of wild strikes but Garza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
David falls off balance throwing a combination

and Garza moves into the clinch.

Garza has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics David uses from the top position.
David won't allow Garza to get back to his feet.
David is looking to work some ground and pound but Garza has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Garza is adopting a defensive guard.
David really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garza. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garza is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garza postures up in David's guard and throws a big left but David blocks it.
Garza is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garza distracts David with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
David preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
David tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garza chips away with some ground and pound.
Garza is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Garza landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garza's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
David is pulling down on Garza's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garza keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of David's head.
Garza makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garza with a nice head shot there.
Garza will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
David not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Garza lands a couple of digs.
Garza chips away with some ground and pound.
David throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Garza is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Garza makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garza 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.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Garza throws a big right hand that misses.
Garza with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Garza lands a couple of digs.
Garza is looking to work some ground and pound but David has wrist control.
Garza with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
David looking to control.
Garza is in close to David's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garza's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Garza lands a couple of elbows.
Garza working some strikes from top position.
Garza really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
David working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garza.
Garza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Garza landing some decent shots from guard.
Garza content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
David has momentary wrist control but Garza slips an elbow through the middle.
Garza is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Garza drops back looking for a leg! David is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and David manages to kick Garza off! Garza jumps back into David's guard.
Garza scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garza's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garza scoring with punches to the head and body.
Garza distracts David with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Garza lands a couple of elbows.
Garza content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Garza working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
David throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
David doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Garza scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garza postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Garza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as David works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garza lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Garza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Garza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Garza with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanton Garza dominated that round.
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.

David tries to clinch there but Garza circles away.
Garza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that David can do to turn this around?
David misses the body punch
and Garza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A combination from David does no damage.
Garza is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
David throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garza throws a quick counter kick to the body but David avoids it.
No joy there for David, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garza dodges the punch combination from David.
Garza shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as David sprawls well. David wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Garza gets slowly back to his feet.
Richard David seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
David fails to land with a series of punches.
Garza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from David.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David looks to land a combination but Garza avoids it well.
David just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromGarza.
David is breathing heavily.
David swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
David throws a combination that misses
and Garza counters with a two punch combo.
David swings widly with a right hand
and Garza counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
David misses with a hook.
Garza wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Garza shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. David defends it nicely.

Garza shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
David taking some punishment here, with Garza in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garza winds up and cracks David with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Garza looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks David with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Garza winds up and cracks David with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
David is trying to maintain the position but Garza is very close to passing his half guard.
Garza working David over with strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Garza working the head and body with strikes.
We've been informed that David has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Garza lands strikes from half guard.
David has hold of Garza's hands but Garza slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Garza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Garza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if David can do anything to dispel that myth.
Garza seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Garza takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garza looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks David with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Garza lands with a punch from half guard.

Garza is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and David defends it well.
Garza lands with a punch from half guard.

Garza is working for a kimura but David is defending it quite comfortably.
Ground and pound from Garza.
Garza working David over with strikes.
David on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Garza slips a nice elbow through David's hands, connecting with David's forehead.
Garza blocks the strikes from David.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Garza there.
David on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Garza is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Garza is sneakily working for an arm triangle but David sees it coming and defends easily.
Garza seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Garza looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks David with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
David is controlling Garza's trapped leg to prevent Garza from advancing to side control.
Garza scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Garza scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Garza is working for a submission of some sort.
Stanton Garza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Garza lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stanton Garza dominated that second round.
That's time! Garza's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

David comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from David. Those never looked like landing.
Garza dodges the punch combination from David.
Garza quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
David avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
David throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garza attempts a counter takedown but David avoids it well and moves away.
A jab from David misses.
Garza tries to counter with a takedown but David is quick to defend against it.
Garza moves out of range as David strikes.
David swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Garza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garza jumps guard but David turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
David takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Garza manages to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
David looking to sit in guard and control but Garza gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Garza lands a couple of elbows.
Garza scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garza landing some decent shots from guard.
Garza lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Garza connects with a couple of short punches.
Garza works over David with some ground and pound from guard.
Garza lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Garza makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garza landing with the ground and pound.
Garza postures up and lands a big shot to David's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garza chips away with some ground and pound.
Garza stands up over David, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Garza working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of David's head.
Garza is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Garza cracks David with a solid left hand.
Garza is in close to David's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garza connects with a couple of short punches.
Garza lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Garza works over David with some ground and pound from guard.
David trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
David wants to sweep here but Garza controlling him for the moment.
Garza scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
David doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garza postures up and lands a big shot to David's brow.
Garza landing with the ground and pound.
Garza distracts David with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Garza keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of David's head.
Garza postures up and lands a big shot to David's brow.
Garza is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Garza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garza's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Garza scoring with some ground and pound.
Garza is in close to David's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garza cracks David with a solid left hand.
Garza is in close to David's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garza is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Garza chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garza is in close to David's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garza lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Garza is in close to David's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garza landing some decent shots from guard.
Garza content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Garza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Garza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Garza drops back looking for a leg! David is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and David manages to kick Garza off! Garza jumps back into David's guard.
Garza landing some decent shots from guard.
Richard David has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stanton Garza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garza is in close to David's body, working some short punches and elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stanton Garza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Garza, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stanton Garza!