PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zulu Zulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haislan Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Zulu
vs
Garcia

170 cm
21
158 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
21
155 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Venom Combat Sports
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zulu Zulu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Haislan Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws a hook but Zulu avoids it easily.
Garcia throws a nice looking combination but Zulu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zulu slips under a jab from Garcia.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Zulu working Garcia over with knees to the body.
Garcia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Garcia blocks an uppercut.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by Zulu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garcia.
Zulu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garcia blocks it with crossed arms.
Garcia effectively controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia is pushing Zulu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zulu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Garcia's face.

It looks like Haislan Garcia has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia misses with the head strike.
Garcia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garcia pressing his opponent against the cage.
Garcia lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zulu looking to throw knees to the head but Garcia is blocking nicely.
Zulu 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 will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Zulu up against the cage.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by Zulu.
Garcia's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Zulu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garcia blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu misses with a knee to the head.
Zulu scores with a knee to the head.
Zulu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zulu tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Garcia takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garcia avoiding damage.
Garcia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zulu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Zulu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zulu misses with a knee to the head.

Garcia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zulu moves to clinch but Garcia breaks away
and Zulu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zulu looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Zulu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Zulu moves into the clinch successfully.

Garcia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcia misses with a hook.
A low kick from Zulu misses
letting Garcia counter with a right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zulu. That's going to slow Garcia down.

Zulu takes the fight into the clinch.
Garcia is leaning against Zulu and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zulu throws a head punch that misses.
Zulu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
A short right from Garcia.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garcia creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zulu throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zulu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garcia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
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!
Garcia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zulu backwards.
Zulu tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Zulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garcia trying to control the position but instead, Zulu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Garcia into the cage.
Zulu lands a nice knee to the body.
Garcia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zulu connects with a knee to the head.
Zulu looking to throw knees to the head but Garcia is blocking nicely.
Zulu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Zulu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zulu Zulu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Haislan Garcia's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by Zulu.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zulu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zulu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zulu moves away.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A big left from Garcia misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Garcia.
Zulu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zulu is looking to clinch.
Zulu tries to clinch but Garcia is having none of it.
Zulu wants to clinch up but Garcia keeps it at a distance.
Zulu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Garcia changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garcia throws a body punch but Zulu moves out of range.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zulu.
Zulu is looking to score with low kicks.
Haislan Garcia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zulu wants to clinch but Garcia slips to the side
and Garcia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Garcia swings widly with a right hand
and Zulu counters with a head kick.
Zulu tries to clinch but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Zulu's shoulder, as Zulu tries to avoid the shot.
Some wild striking there from Garcia.
Zulu throws a big counter combination but Garcia scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Zulu tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Zulu tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Garcia counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Garcia misses.
Zulu tries to clinch up
and Zulu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zulu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Zulu clinches up with Garcia and pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zulu tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Zulu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garcia blocks it with crossed arms.
Zulu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zulu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zulu looking to throw knees to the head but Garcia is blocking nicely.
Garcia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zulu backwards.
Garcia misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zulu.
Garcia pushes Zulu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garcia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zulu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Zulu misses with a knee to the head.
Garcia is trying to break free.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zulu looking to throw knees to the head but Garcia is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Zulu.
Garcia lands a hook that snaps the head of Zulu backwards.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Garcia misses with some punches.
Garcia stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zulu with a knee to the head.
Garcia working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu blocking some punches.
Garcia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia controlling the action here for a moment.
Garcia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zulu misses with a knee to the head.
Zulu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zulu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Garcia lands a nice uppercut.
Garcia tries a body shot but Zulu blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Garcia fails to land.
Zulu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Garcia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zulu tries to land a knee to the head but Garcia blocks with his arms.
Garcia takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haislan Garcia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Haislan Garcia's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Zulu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zulu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garcia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Zulu does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Garcia misses the target.
Zulu closes the distance looking to clinch
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As Garcia backs away, Zulu returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Garcia lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zulu tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
Zulu tries to clinch up.
Garcia doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zulu misses with a hook
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Zulu misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Zulu moves out of range of the strikes.
Zulu doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcia circles away.
Garcia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Zulu counters by moving into the clinch.
Garcia is trying to push Zulu away but Zulu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zulu Zulu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zulu misses with a knee to the head.
Zulu misses with the head strike.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Zulu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Garcia tries a body shot but Zulu blocks it.
Garcia tries to throw a body punch but Zulu avoids it by throwing Garcia back against the cage.
Zulu throws a head punch that misses.
Zulu prevents Garcia from breaking the clinch.
Garcia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Garcia tries to work over Zulu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries a body shot but Zulu blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zulu.
A frustrated look appears on Garcia's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Garcia looking to slow down the pace here.
Garcia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Garcia as the two fighters clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Garcia.
Zulu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zulu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Garcia tries to break the clinch but Zulu is controlling the position.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garcia misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zulu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garcia avoids it.
Zulu tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Zulu.
Zulu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zulu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zulu trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Garcia - that landed with a thud.
Garcia lands a right hand.
Garcia tries to throw a body punch but Zulu avoids it by throwing Garcia back against the cage.
Zulu with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Garcia wants to get back to striking at distance but Zulu won't allow it.
Garcia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zulu backwards.
Zulu swings wildly with an uppercut but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Garcia on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garcia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garcia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garcia looking to stall.
Garcia lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia tries to circle away but Zulu has him pinned against the cage.
Garcia misses with a punch to the body.
Zulu working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Garcia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Zulu drives through and clinches with Garcia against the cage.
Garcia is trying to force a seperation but Zulu has the dominant position.
Zulu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Garcia in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Garcia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zulu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garcia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haislan Garcia really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Haislan Garcia's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Garcia throws a body shot but no joy.
Zulu lands with a thumping leg kick.
A lazy left from Garcia finds it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zulu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zulu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia feints a counter leg kick.
Zulu looks to clinch
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Zulu throws a combination that misses
letting Garcia counter with a right hand.
Zulu cracks Garcia with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia throws a body shot but no joy.
As Garcia tries to get set, Zulu tries to push him back and clinch up but Garcia manages to avoid the attempt.
Zulu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zulu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zulu is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia takes a swing at Zulu's ribcage but misses.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zulu.
Zulu seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Garcia throws a jab when Zulu was well out of range.
Garcia checks a low kick from Zulu.
Garcia misses with a right hand

and Zulu counters by moving into the clinch.
Garcia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia trying to stall but Zulu improves his position.
Zulu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garcia leaning against his opponent.
Garcia is trying to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Garcia.
Zulu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Garcia breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Garcia to score with a decent uppercut.
An inside leg kick from Zulu misses.
Zulu blocks a leg kick.
Zulu tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zulu ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Garcia swings for the body but Zulu moves out of range.
Garcia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zulu wants to clinch.
Garcia tests Zulu's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu thows a leg kick but Garcia checks it
and Garcia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zulu moves away.
A big right from Garcia misses.
Zulu tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zulu throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Zulu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia scores with the left hand. Zulu knows he should have avoided that one.
Zulu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garcia let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Garcia is looking to score with low kicks.
Garcia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Zulu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu misses the shot to the body.
Garcia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Zulu is looking to slow Garcia down with leg kicks.
Zulu misses with a right hand
letting Garcia counter with a right hand.
Zulu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Garcia connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zulu scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zulu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Zulu's shoulder, as Zulu tries to avoid the shot.
Zulu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Zulu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garcia.
Garcia's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Zulu is just out of range.
Zulu wants to clinch up but Garcia keeps it at a distance.

Zulu moves into the clinch.
Zulu throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haislan Garcia dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Haislan Garcia's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Zulu moves into range and clinches up with Garcia.

Garcia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zulu blocks a jab.
Zulu seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Garcia misses with a straight left.
Zulu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zulu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Zulu is just out of range.

Zulu has closed the distance and engaged Garcia in a clinch.
Garcia scores with a hook to the body.
Zulu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Garcia breaks from the clinch.
Zulu tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
Garcia throws a hook to the side of Zulu's head but Zulu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia loads up on a big right hand but Zulu slips the punch.
Zulu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia misses with an uppercut. Zulu saw that one coming.
Garcia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Garcia looks to land a right hand but Zulu moved out of range.
Garcia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Zulu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Zulu missing with knees to the body.
Zulu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garcia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zulu lands a good knee to the midsection. Garcia won't want to take too many of those.
Zulu landing knees to the body.
Garcia is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Zulu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Zulu misses with the head strike.
Garcia has Zulu pushed against the cage.
Zulu Zulu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.

Garcia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Zulu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zulu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zulu misses with a knee strike.
Zulu throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garcia.
A bit of stalling here from Garcia.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Zulu has him pressed against the cage.
Garcia stalling in the clinch.
Zulu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zulu lands an uppercut.
Garcia stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu takes a shot to the head.
Garcia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Garcia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia lands a jab to the nose.

Zulu clinches up against the cage.
Garcia tries to circle away but Zulu has him pinned against the cage.
Zulu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garcia blocks it with crossed arms.
Garcia lands a hook that snaps the head of Zulu backwards.
Garcia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garcia lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zulu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garcia blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zulu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Garcia breaks from the clinch.
Garcia dips to his left and cracks Zulu with an uppercut!
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zulu manages to avoid it.
Zulu tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Zulu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Zulu cracks the inside of Garcia's front leg.
Zulu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Garcia ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zulu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garcia scores with a jab.
Zulu moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Haislan Garcia.
I think Garcia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 47:49
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 46:49
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Haislan Garcia!
Haislan Garcia is the new featherweight champion!