PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinbad Baba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baba comes to the cage accompanied by King of Seven Seas. Garcia is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gnars Barkley - Crazy. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Baba
vs
Garcia

183 cm
27
185 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

175 cm
40
170 lbs
21 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

KAISER
Sun-Tzu

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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sinbad Baba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Johnny Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baba misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Garcia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Baba misses with a wild combination.
Garcia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Baba gets a clinch.
Baba throws a head punch that misses.
Baba misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garcia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia blocking some punches.
Baba lands a body shot.
Garcia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Baba breaks the clinch.

Baba closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Baba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Baba blocks a low kick nicely.
A head kick from Garcia lands but Baba takes it in his stride.
Nice takedown defense from Baba. No joy for Garcia on that attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba leaves Garcia with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sinbad Baba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Garcia.
Garcia thows a leg kick but Baba checks it
and Baba counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garcia's knee momentarily.
Baba keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Baba digs a good hook to Garcia's body.

Baba has Garcia up against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garcia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A frustrated look appears on Garcia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Garcia avoiding damage.
Garcia is looking to control Baba's arms but Baba gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garcia has his back to the cage.
Baba is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Garcia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Baba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcia misses with a wild combination.
Garcia wants to clinch up but Baba keeps it at a distance.
Garcia throws a body punch but Baba moves out of range.
Baba will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garcia closes the distance looking to clinch
and Baba counters with a straight right hand.
Garcia darts in looking for a takedown but Baba gets double underhooks and turns Garcia into the cage.
An attempted straight right counter from Baba misses the target.
Baba fails with an attempt to clinch.
Despite the aggression on Garcia's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Garcia shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Baba is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Miletich Xtreme Fighting Systems that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Garcia lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a strike but Baba avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Baba avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Baba keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Baba preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Baba utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Garcia with a flurry of punches that miss.

Baba pushes Garcia off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Baba misses with a looping right.
Nice shot by Garcia.
Sinbad Baba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Baba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Baba. Those never looked like landing.
Baba scores with a crisp jab that stopped Garcia in his tracks.
Baba throws a leg kick but Garcia checks it.
Nice defenses there by Baba.
Garcia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Baba appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Garcia shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Garcia was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baba wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Garcia misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Garcia lands a decent elbow from side control.
Garcia in side control, throwing shots but Baba defends.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinbad Baba dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Baba throws out a loose jab but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baba misses with a straight right.
Baba misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garcia shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Baba lunges at Garcia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garcia's hand.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garcia goes for a double leg but Baba avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Baba continues to drive forward.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Baba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garcia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia scores with a body shot.
Garcia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garcia shoots in looking for a takedown but Baba manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Garcia's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garcia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia throws a push kick but Baba slaps the foot to one side.
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baba is looking to slow Garcia down with leg kicks.
Baba connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Garcia misses with a kick to the body.
Garcia is looking to land body kicks.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Baba as he jumps to the side.
Sinbad Baba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Garcia.

Garcia clinches up against the cage.

Baba breaks from the clinch.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Baba keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Baba went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Baba avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Garcia does no damage.
Baba lands a head shot.
A leg kick checked by Baba.
Sinbad Baba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Baba moves into range and clinches up with Garcia.
Garcia looking to throw knees to the head but Baba is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Baba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baba.
Garcia wants to clinch up but Baba keeps it at a distance.
Sinbad Baba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia throws out a leg kick but Baba moves out of range and Garcia only half commits.
Baba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice straight punches there by Baba. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Baba.
Garcia looks to land a combination but Baba avoids it well.
Baba lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Johnny Garcia has been cut.
Garcia misses with a double jab.
Baba is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.

Garcia looking to score a takedown here. Baba is defending well but Garcia drives through and ends up in Baba's guard.

Baba scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A low kick from Garcia is predictable there
and Baba counters with a left to the body.

Baba closes the distance and clinches.
Baba takes an elbow to the temple.
Baba can't find room to land a body shot as Garcia controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baba lands a hook that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Baba blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Baba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Garcia tries to keep at a distance but Baba has taken the fight into the clinch.
Garcia scores with a hook to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Baba.
Baba tries to work over Garcia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Baba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.

Baba has closed the distance and engaged Garcia in a clinch.
Garcia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Baba gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Garcia tries for a takedown. No joy.
Baba digs a right hand into Garcia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garcia's gas tank.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Garcia is looking to break free of the clinch but Baba has double underhooks.
Sinbad Baba has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Baba.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Baba breaks the clinch.
Garcia is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baba tries to clinch up.
Baba tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Baba misses with a body shot.
Garcia tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Baba swivels and escapes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Garcia misses with an uppercut. Baba saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinbad Baba dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Garcia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Garcia tries to clinch but Baba moves out of range.
Baba throws a hook but Garcia avoids it easily.

Baba clinches.
Baba is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Baba has him pressed against the cage.
Baba scores with a shot to the side of Garcia's head.
Garcia is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Baba is keeping busy.
Baba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Baba scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garcia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Baba.
Baba lands a left hand.
Garcia misses with an elbow strike.

Baba breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Garcia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Baba moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Garcia shoots in for a double leg but Baba sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Garcia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garcia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Baba tries to clinch up.
Baba scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Garcia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Baba.
Sinbad Baba is winning the standup battle so far.
Garcia shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Garcia dodges the punch combination from Baba.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baba circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba keeps the fight on the outside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baba moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Garcia is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Garcia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Baba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcia lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baba scores with a hook.
Baba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garcia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Baba has closed the distance and engaged Garcia in a clinch.
Garcia lands an uppercut.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia missing with knees to the body.

Garcia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcia misses with a wild combination.

Baba darts in and clinches Garcia up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baba struggles to land a body shot inside as Garcia controls his hands.
Baba is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Baba managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia.
With the fighters up against the cage, Garcia throws an elbow but misses.
Baba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Baba as Garcia tries to tie him up.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Baba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Baba keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garcia's efforts to push away.
Sinbad Baba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Baba breaks the clinch.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt
and Baba counters with a low kick, right behind Garcia 's knee.
Sinbad Baba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Garcia.
Baba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Baba tried to counter with a leg kick but Garcia avoided it.
Baba tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
Baba tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baba throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
A punch combination from Garcia misses.
Garcia takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice shot by Baba.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baba circles away quickly and effectively.
Garcia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Baba checks it well.
Baba scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baba moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnny Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Garcia throws a sloppy body shot
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garcia takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Baba avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garcia tries to clinch there but Baba circles away.
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Garcia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Baba finds it's way through Garcia's defenses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sinbad Baba showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Baba has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sinbad Baba!
Our winner, Sinbad Baba, 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.