PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Garcia (ranked 5042 p4p, 499 weight class) and Benoit Loyer (ranked 7828 p4p, 606 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Garcia
vs
Loyer

169 cm
19
165 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

171 cm
19
165 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benoit Loyer!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garcia connects with a good right hand that stumbles Loyer. Loyer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

It looks like Benoit Loyer has been cut.
Loyer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia with a hook.
Garcia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Loyer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Garcia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Loyer misses the jab.
Loyer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Loyer connects with a jab.
Loyer misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia throws a body punch but Loyer moves out of range.
Loyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Loyer blocks the low kick.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loyer.

Garcia gets tackled into the cage by Loyer. Loyer maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loyer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Loyer misses with a punch to the body.
Loyer tries to work over Garcia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garcia tries to throw a body punch but Loyer avoids it by throwing Garcia back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Garcia.
Loyer misses with the head strike.
Loyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Loyer.
Garcia can't find room to land a body shot as Loyer controls the action.
Loyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Loyer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Loyer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Loyer.
Loyer pushes Garcia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Loyer lands a shot to the body.
Loyer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Loyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Loyer.
Loyer working aggressively here.
Loyer misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia takes a shot to the head.
Garcia lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Loyer.
Garcia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garcia.
Loyer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Garcia - that landed with a thud.
Loyer lands a hook that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Loyer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garcia.
A body shot lands from Loyer.
Loyer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia is looking to break free of the clinch but Loyer has double underhooks.
Garcia lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garcia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Loyer prevents a body shot from Garcia.
Garcia lands with a left to the head.
Loyer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Loyer struggles to land a body shot inside as Garcia controls his hands.
Loyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Loyer fails to land.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by Loyer.
Nice body punch from Loyer - that landed with a thud.
Garcia is working Loyer over against the cage.
Garcia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Loyer misses with some punches.
Loyer misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Garcia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia misses with the head strike.
Loyer misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loyer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Loyer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garcia's efforts to push away.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by Loyer.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Loyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loyer misses with some punches.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Garcia tries to break the clinch but Loyer is controlling the position.
Loyer lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garcia.
Garcia digs a right hand underneath Loyer's ribcage. Loyer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garcia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Loyer.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Loyer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Loyer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Benoit Loyer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Benoit Loyer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Loyer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Garcia is looking to wear down Loyer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garcia.
Loyer misses with an uppercut
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Loyer throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Loyer lunges at Garcia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garcia's hand.
Garcia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Loyer on the side of the head.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Loyer moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Garcia throws a body shot but no joy.
Garcia slips a straight right by Loyer.
Loyer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
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 misses with a body shot.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Loyer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Loyer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by Loyer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loyer manages to avoid it.
A big left from Loyer misses.
Garcia misses with a body shot
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Loyer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Loyer misses with an uppercut.
Garcia throws a hook but Loyer blocks it.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Loyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Loyer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Garcia scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Garcia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benoit Loyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loyer blocks a jab.
Loyer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Loyer clinches up with Garcia and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loyer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garcia misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garcia blocks an uppercut.
Garcia blocks a body shot from Loyer.
Garcia stalling the fight.
Garcia is leaning against Loyer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Loyer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Loyer lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Loyer has a couple of punches blocked by Garcia.
Nice body punch from Loyer - that landed with a thud.
Loyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Loyer lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Garcia fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Loyer fails to land.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Loyer in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Loyer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loyer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Loyer.
Loyer scores with a hook to the body.
A shot in the inside from Loyer.
Loyer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Loyer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Loyer fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Loyer.
Loyer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia tries to work over Loyer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Loyer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garcia or not.
Loyer misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia tries to break free but Loyer pushes him back against the cage.
Loyer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Loyer working aggressively here.
Loyer throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loyer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Loyer lands a right hand.
Garcia tries to throw a body punch but Loyer avoids it by throwing Garcia back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Loyer lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Loyer fails to land.
Loyer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benoit Loyer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Garcia breaks from the clinch.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Loyer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice defenses there by Garcia.
A slow jab from Loyer misses its intended target.
Garcia throws a body punch but Loyer moves out of range.
Loyer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A punch lands to the side of Garcia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Loyer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Garcia throws a low kick but Loyer avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benoit Loyer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Benoit Loyer'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 misses the shot to the body.
Loyer swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but Loyer ducks down to avoid it.
Garcia connects with a body shot that sends Loyer's belly button to the back.
Loyer throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Loyer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Garcia walks into a jab.
Loyer throws a hook but Garcia blocks it.
Loyer throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Loyer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Garcia.
Loyer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Loyer throws a hook to the side of Garcia's head but Garcia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia tries to move into range but Loyer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Good leg kick by Garcia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Garcia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Loyer in his tracks.
Garcia lands a jab to the nose.
Garcia scores with a nice right hand.
Garcia lands with a hook. Loyer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Loyer is just out of range.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loyer manages to avoid it.
Loyer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jorge Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
Loyer misses with a straight right.
Garcia throws a hook but Loyer blocks it.
Loyer throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Loyer.
Loyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Loyer! But no joy.
Garcia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Loyer.
Loyer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loyer avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Loyer slips a jab from Garcia.
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 keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Loyer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garcia on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Loyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Loyer tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Garcia. That snapped Loyer's head back.

Loyer drives through and clinches with Garcia against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garcia.
Loyer misses with the head strike.
Garcia tries a body shot but Loyer blocks it.
Garcia blocking some punches.
Garcia working hard to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Loyer.
A short uppercut from Loyer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garcia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Loyer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Loyer misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loyer.
Garcia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Loyer is looking to clinch.
Loyer wants to clinch.
Garcia seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jorge Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benoit Loyer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Garcia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Loyer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garcia counters with a straight right hand.
Garcia throws a big shot that misses.
Loyer tries to clinch up.
Garcia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loyer manages to avoid it.
Loyer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Loyer misses with a looping right.
Garcia is looking to counter punch.
Loyer slips a straight right by Garcia.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Loyer moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Loyer throws a hook to the side of Garcia's head but Garcia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Loyer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Loyer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab lands there for Garcia.
Loyer throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garcia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Loyer throws out the jab.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Loyer punishes Garcia's body with a nice straight punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jorge Garcia.
I think Loyer 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Benoit Loyer!
Our winner, Benoit Loyer, 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.