PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Booger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaius Garcius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcius has chosen Destroy Everything as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Booger
vs
Garcius

185 cm
44
185 lbs
31 - 23 - 0

183 cm
42
184 lbs
29 - 29 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 31 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Booger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jaius Garcius!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Booger dives in and grabs Garcius's left leg, looking for a takedown. Garcius pushes down on Booger's head and hops out.
Garcius tries to clinch but Booger moves out of range.

Garcius scores with a takedown into Booger's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcius controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Booger bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Garcius's guard.

Garcius is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Booger is controlling him.
Booger being controlled here momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Booger accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Booger throws a big right hand that misses.
Garcius is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Booger trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Booger 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booger stands up out of Garcius's guard for a moment - Garcius manages to land a nice upkick.
Garcius wants to sweep here but Booger controlling him for the moment.
Booger working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Garcius's head.
Garcius manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Booger manages to get himself to full guard.

Garcius stands and throws Booger's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Booger gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Booger really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Garcius connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Booger tries to reverse the position but Garcius maintains control.
Booger takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Garcius breaks from Booger's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Booger working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcius avoids the attempt from Booger to control.
Booger is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcius lands with some strikes.
Booger keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Garcius working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Booger is looking to get to half guard.
Garcius looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcius looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Garcius trying to control but Booger is having none of it.
Booger working to try and regain half guard.
Booger tries to hold on but Garcius postures up.
Booger is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Garcius lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Booger working to try and regain half guard.
Booger squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcius landing punches.
Booger is wriggling around trying to escape.
Garcius wants to control the action but instead Booger gets a body lock and reverses into Garcius's guard! Nice work!
Booger prevents Garcius from getting back to his feet.
Garcius is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Booger cracks Garcius with a solid left hand.

Garcius pushes Booger off and scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcius moves in looking to clinch but Booger pushes him off.
A jab from Booger does it's job there.
Garcius dives in and grabs Booger's left leg, looking for a takedown. Booger pushes down on Garcius's head and hops out.
Booger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Booger fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaius Garcius dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Booger bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garcius's head.

Garcius rushes Booger and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Booger tries to pull guard but Garcius won't allow it.
Garcius is working for takedown but Booger is calmly controlling the position for now.
Booger tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Garcius is trying to trip Booger. He has hold of a leg but Booger is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Garcius persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Garcius wants to control from the top but Booger keeps moving.
Booger has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Booger utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Booger is pulling down on Garcius's head to control his posture.

Booger working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Garcius doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Garcius manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booger wants to sweep here but Garcius controlling him for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Booger is on top in guard.

Booger throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcius trying to control the position.

Garcius uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Booger misses with a looping left.
Garcius tries to clinch up but Booger circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Booger misses.
Booger lands a nice hook to Garcius's body. Garcius takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Garcius moves into the clinch successfully.
Garcius is working for takedown but Booger is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Booger tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Garcius just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Booger. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Booger drags the fight down to the ground.
Garcius won't allow Booger to sweep him here.
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!
Garcius throws a big elbow that misses.
Garcius must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Garcius trying to control the position from guard on top but Booger is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Booger is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Booger missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Garcius holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Garcius trying to control but Booger postures up.
Booger throwing shots but Garcius is blocking nicely.

Booger is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Garcius is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chris Booger!
A very excited looking Chris Booger made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Jaius Garcius spoke after the fight, saying 'STOCKTON 1,2,5!'.