PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hadi Ozturk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Garcia
vs
Ozturk

192 cm
29
217 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

186 cm
29
206 lbs
16 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hellbent
Bullet Proof System

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rodney Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Hadi Ozturk!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozturk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ozturk takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garcia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ozturk connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garcia scrambles back to his feet.
Garcia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ozturk looks for the body kick but Garcia saw that one coming.
Garcia connects with a nice looking jab.
A head kick misses from Garcia.
Garcia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Ozturk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ozturk is out of range.
Ozturk throws a body kick that misses.
Rodney Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Garcia.
Garcia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ozturk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab lands there for Garcia.

It looks like Hadi Ozturk has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ozturk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozturk throws a leg kick which misses Garcia's front leg but catches the back leg as Garcia tries to avoid it.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ozturk as he jumps to the side.
Ozturk is looking for the big counter here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ozturk.
Garcia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Garcia avoids the head kick by Ozturk.
Ozturk gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Garcia.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ozturk moves away.
Ozturk counters with a body kick.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia is looking to wear down Ozturk with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Garcia plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ozturk moves out of range of the body kick.
Garcia swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Ozturk counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia tries a head kick but it misses.
Garcia slips under a jab.
Garcia connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garcia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia looks to land a body kick but Ozturk moved away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garcia.
Ozturk moves out of range of the body kick from Garcia.
Ozturk throws a leg kick but Garcia checks it.
Ozturk lands a head shot.
Garcia checks the leg kick nicely there.
An attempted straight right counter from Garcia misses the target.
Garcia fails to land with a series of punches.
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia throws a sloppy head kick and Ozturk moves out of range easily.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ozturk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Garcia.
Ozturk misses with a low kick as Garcia jumps back.
A head kick misses from Garcia.
Ozturk tries a quick counter leg kick but Garcia is wise to it.
Ozturk on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt.
Garcia looks to throw the jab but Ozturk is out of range.
Ozturk throws a head kick that misses.
Ozturk misses with a low kick.
Garcia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A lazy left from Garcia finds it's target.
Ozturk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Garcia connects with a crisp jab.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Garcia swings for the body but Ozturk moves out of range.
Ozturk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ozturk lands with an uppercut that bounces Garcia off the cage and back into range.
Ozturk thows a leg kick but Garcia checks it

and Garcia counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ozturk controls Garcia momentarily but Garcia frees himself.
Ozturk has momentary wrist control but Garcia slips an elbow through the middle.
Garcia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ozturk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ozturk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garcia.
Ozturk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garcia.
Garcia connects with a couple of short punches.
Garcia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hadi Ozturk's cut.
That's time! Garcia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Garcia doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ozturk counters with a straight right hand.
Ozturk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses.

Ozturk clinches.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Ozturk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia lands a body shot.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Ozturk uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ozturk throws an elbow but misses.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ozturk throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ozturk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Garcia as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Garcia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garcia tries to work over Ozturk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ozturk can do to turn this around?
Ozturk prevents a body shot from Garcia.
Ozturk lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozturk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garcia tries a body shot but Ozturk blocks it.
Ozturk throws an elbow that misses.
Garcia is trying to push Ozturk away but Ozturk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Garcia pushes Ozturk back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ozturk misses with a body punch.
Ozturk lands an uppercut.
Ozturk blocking some punches.
Ozturk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ozturk misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ozturk.
Garcia wants a takedown.
Ozturk lands a nice shot to the body.
Ozturk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.

Ozturk manages to break the clinch.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses
and Ozturk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garcia takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ozturk takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hadi Ozturk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ozturk throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ozturk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Hadi Ozturk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ozturk throws a body kick that misses.
Ozturk ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Ozturk throws a shot to the body.
Garcia shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodney Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ozturk throws a wild body kick that Garcia sees coming a mile off.
Garcia misses with a body kick.
Garcia works Ozturk's body with a nice hook.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garcia cracks the inside of Ozturk's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is looking to chop away at Ozturk's legs.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Garcia shoots for a takedown but Ozturk saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Ozturk finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ozturk throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia looks to land a body kick but Ozturk moved away.
Garcia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ozturk only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Garcia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ozturk will feel that in the morning.
Garcia connects with an inside leg kick.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia backing away here, and Ozturk unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Garcia misses with a right hand
and Ozturk counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ozturk fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garcia.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ozturk at a distance.
A head kick misses from Garcia.
Rodney Garcia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ozturk connects with a right hand. Garcia shakes it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia throws a sloppy head kick and Ozturk moves out of range easily.
Ozturk ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Ozturk steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Garcia looks for a takedown but Ozturk sprawls well.

Garcia shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Garcia showed some decent athleticism there.
Ozturk is looking to get back to is feet but Garcia passes into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hadi Ozturk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 19:19
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 19:19
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 19:19

The fight is ruled a draw!