PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devil Anse Hatfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcia
vs
Anse Hatfield

192 cm
30
217 lbs
26 - 11 - 1

182 cm
33
210 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Bullet Proof System
Hellbent

Aspire Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rodney Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Devil Anse Hatfield!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatfield throws a shot to the body.
Garcia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garcia seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hatfield looks to land a left hand but Garcia moved out of range nicely.
Hatfield scores with a punch to the head.
Hatfield connects with a body shot that sends Garcia's belly button to the back.
Garcia paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hatfield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garcia is looking to land body kicks.
Hatfield shoots in for a takedown but Garcia shows good takedown defense.
Garcia throws a counter high kick but Hatfield was just alert enough to avoid it.
Hatfield throws a hook to the side of Garcia's head but Garcia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Garcia fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hatfield to the ground. Garcia is now in Hatfield's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hatfield working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Garcia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Garcia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hatfield looks winded!
Garcia is in close to Hatfield's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hatfield avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Garcia is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Garcia is working Hatfield over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia lands a couple of elbows.
Hatfield seems keen to control Garcia's posture.
Hatfield trying to keep a closed guard but Garcia is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Garcia landing some decent shots from guard.
Garcia stands up over Hatfield, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Garcia postures up in Hatfield's guard and throws a big left but Hatfield blocks it.
Hatfield is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Hatfield thows a huge punch but Garcia dodges it nicely.
Hatfield prevents Garcia from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hatfield seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Garcia does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hatfield winds up and cracks Garcia with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Garcia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Garcia has hold of Hatfield's hands but Hatfield slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hatfield scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Hatfield 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! Garcia is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Devil Anse Hatfield!