PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Buhler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Garcia
vs
Buhler

192 cm
22
275 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

198 cm
30
265 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
SP Ultimate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rodney Garcia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marco Buhler!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buhler throws a body kick that misses.
Buhler throws a body kick that misses
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Marco Buhler has been cut.
Garcia misses with a hook.
Buhler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Buhler looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Buhler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garcia displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Buhler throws a hook but Garcia avoids it easily.
Buhler looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Buhler looks to throw the jab but Garcia is out of range.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick from Buhler.
Buhler has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia.
Buhler throws a body shot but no joy.
Garcia cracks Buhler with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A telegraphed right hand from Garcia misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buhler slips a straight right by Garcia.
Garcia lands with a slapping head kick.
A swing and a miss from Buhler.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Buhler.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Buhler gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Garcia to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Buhler is rocked!

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

Garcia is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Buhler is in trouble now - Garcia has advanced to mount!
Buhler tries to hold on but Garcia pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Garcia looking for a guillotine from mount but Buhler is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Garcia quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Garcia but it's paid off an Buhler is forced to tap! Nice work by Garcia.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rodney Garcia!
Rodney Garcia retains his heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Rodney Garcia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.