PBP Commentary

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

MacKregor
vs
Garcia

175 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
21
169 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Konor MacKregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Roberto Garcia!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacKregor takes one to the chin there.
Good work by MacKregor as he checks the leg kick.
MacKregor tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
MacKregor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Garcia lands with a good body shot.
MacKregor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garcia can pounce on him.
Garcia throws a body punch but MacKregor moves out of range.
Garcia lands a right hook to the body.
MacKregor tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
MacKregor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice sprawl there from Garcia as MacKregor shoots in.
Garcia looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Konor MacKregor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.

MacKregor rushes Garcia and presses him up against the cage.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
MacKregor tries to pull guard but Garcia forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Garcia is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Garcia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
MacKregor jumps guard but Garcia turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
MacKregor is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Garcia pulls him back up using the underhooks.
MacKregor tries to pull guard but Garcia holds him up against the cage and eventually MacKregor drops back down to his feet.
A short uppercut from Garcia.
MacKregor tries to pull guard but Garcia holds him up against the cage and eventually MacKregor drops back down to his feet.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Garcia misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
MacKregor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcia is defending well for now.
Garcia prevents a takedown attempt there.
Garcia misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Garcia misses with a knee strike.
Garcia struggles to land a body shot inside as MacKregor controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia gets underhooks to prevent MacKregor's takedown attempt.
Garcia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
MacKregor jumps guard but Garcia stands there with MacKregor around his waist. MacKregor gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
MacKregor jumps guard but Garcia turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
MacKregor tries to pull guard but Garcia won't allow it.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Garcia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia lands a left hand.

MacKregor manages to break the clinch.
Garcia connects with the punch.

It looks like Konor MacKregor has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
MacKregor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MacKregor goes for a double leg but Garcia avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Garcia continues to drive forward.
MacKregor walks into a jab.
MacKregor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garcia throws a wild body kick that MacKregor sees coming a mile off.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick.

MacKregor tries to keep at a distance but Garcia has taken the fight into the clinch.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and MacKregor avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garcia lands a good knee to the midsection. MacKregor won't want to take too many of those.
MacKregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Garcia is pressed up against the cage. MacKregor has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Garcia down to the mat. Garcia avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Garcia dips to his left and cracks MacKregor with an uppercut!
MacKregor has a takedown stuffed.
An inside leg kick from Garcia misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Garcia digs a good body shot into MacKregor's ribs.

MacKregor gets a takedown into half guard.
Garcia avoiding damage under a succession of punches from MacKregor.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia keeping hold of MacKregor's head, controlling as best he can.

MacKregor is looking for a kimura but Garcia is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for MacKregor to get the leverage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacKregor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacKregor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garcia defending well though.
Garcia trying to control here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Garcia regains full guard. Nicely done.
MacKregor might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing MacKregor from controlling successfully.
MacKregor won't allow Garcia to sweep him here.
Garcia looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
MacKregor trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Konor MacKregor's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Garcia lands a slapping body shot.
Garcia cracks MacKregor with a good jab.
Garcia lands with a shot to the body.
Garcia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck MacKregor on the side of the head.
MacKregor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcia scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

MacKregor shoots in and gets a takedown into Garcia's guard.

Garcia working for a triangle but MacKregor defends it easily.
Garcia wants to sweep here but MacKregor controlling him for the moment.
MacKregor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
MacKregor postures up and lands a big shot to Garcia's brow.
We've been hearing that MacKregor has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
MacKregor working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garcia pulls MacKregor in close to prevent any damage.

MacKregor is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

MacKregor thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Konor MacKregor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
MacKregor is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
MacKregor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
MacKregor lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
MacKregor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
MacKregor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garcia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garcia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
MacKregor controls from within his opponent's guard.
MacKregor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
MacKregor is looking to pass into half guard but Garcia pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Garcia is in guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia trying to control but MacKregor is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
MacKregor dives in and grabs Garcia's left leg, looking for a takedown. Garcia pushes down on MacKregor's head and hops out.
MacKregor has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from MacKregor there as he acknowledges the shot.
Garcia has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice shot lands for Garcia.
MacKregor fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacKregor closes the distance and clinches up with Garcia, looking for a takedown. MacKregor pushes Garcia against the cage but Garcia circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Konor MacKregor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia lands with a good body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Roberto Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
MacKregor moves forwards but Garcia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
MacKregor blocks the body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Garcia as he connects with a hook.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
MacKregor shoots in for a takedown but Garcia shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Garcia has closed the distance and engaged MacKregor in a clinch.
MacKregor has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Garcia after a bit of a struggle.
MacKregor changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Garcia fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia scores with a body shot.
Garcia is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
MacKregor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Garcia as he jumps to the side.
Garcia digs a good hook to MacKregor's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands with a right hand.
MacKregor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

MacKregor is rocked!
Konor MacKregor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
MacKregor walks straight into a right hand from Garcia - that's dropped him! Garcia jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save MacKregor from any more punishment! MacKregor complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Roberto Garcia!
After the fight, Roberto Garcia was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.