PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Haislan Garcia (ranked 693 p4p, 82 weight class) and Harry Baals (ranked 2045 p4p, 200 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcia
vs
Baals

175 cm
26
155 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
155 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Beer or Fear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Haislan Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Baals!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baals loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Baals misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia misses with a low kick.
Garcia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Garcia.
Baals throws a big shot that misses.
Garcia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Baals lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garcia at a distance.
Garcia lands a jab-cross combination.
Garcia tests Baals's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garcia swings for the body but Baals moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Baals. Beautiful body shot.
Baals lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baals does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A punch combination from Baals misses.
A little feinted left hand from Garcia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baals displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Garcia misses with a right hand
and Baals counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a right hand
enabling Baals to counter with a crisp jab.
Baals is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Garcia lands a nice looking body shot.
Baals keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Garcia takes a swing at Baals's ribcage but misses.
Baals tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Garcia defends well and Baals ends up having to push Garcia into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Baals misses with a right hand
and Garcia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garcia getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Baals thuds a left hand into Garcia's body.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Baals.
Good leg kick by Baals there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Baals scores with a jab.
Haislan Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baals looks to throw the jab but Garcia is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia tests Baals's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Baals throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to move into range but Baals moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Baals cracks Garcia with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garcia avoids a kick to the body.
Baals misses with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Garcia blocks the leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garcia, right into the meat.
Garcia lands a body shot.
Baals ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Baals appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garcia.
Baals avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Baals.
Haislan Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia tries to score with a low kick but Baals moves his leg out of the way.
Garcia misses with a leg kick

and Baals counters with a takedown into side control.
Garcia prevents Baals from improving position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia struggling a bit here.
Baals looks up at the clock and then as Garcia takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Baals smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Garcia is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Baals off and has taken his back!
Garcia controlling the position well here. Baals rolled but Garcia kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Garcia is not going to allow Baals to sit and survive in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia biding his time, looking for the opening.
Baals wants to escape the position.
Baals is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Garcia's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Harry Baals will probably get the nod.
That's time! Garcia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Baals slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Garcia scores with a jab.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garcia, right into the meat.
Garcia defending well as Baals loads up on a big left hand.
Garcia takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Garcia scores with a hook to the body. Baals takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baals attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Baals scores with a shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Baals as he connects with a hook.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Baals has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia swings away with a body shot that misses
and Baals counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Garcia throws a leg kick that misses.
Baals looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garcia throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Baals stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Garcia misses with a hook.
Garcia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garcia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garcia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garcia looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Baals.
Baals thuds his right hand into Garcia's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Baals uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baals slips under a jab from Garcia.
Garcia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baals.
Baals fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a hook to the side of Baals's head but Baals sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia misses with a hook. Baals ducked under it nicely.
Garcia slips a jab from Baals.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Baals shoots in but no luck this time.
Baals keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Baals avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Baals displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Garcia lands a really nice looking cross but Baals seems unphased.
Baals throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garcia was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Baals uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baals appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Baals was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A shot to the liver by Garcia. Beautiful body shot.
Garcia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Baals throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Baals misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Baals manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia misses with a hook to the body
and Baals counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia loads up on a big right hand but Baals slips the punch.
Baals throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by Baals.
Baals throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baals lands a jab to Garcia's midsection.
Baals throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Baals staying out of range there.
Baals looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baals has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Baals fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garcia checks it well.
Good standup being displayed there by Baals as he connects with a hook.
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 fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baals manages to avoid it.
Baals thinks about the counter body kick.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Garcia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Garcia appears to be looking for a big counter.
Baals takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia lands a slapping body shot.
Garcia misses with a straight right.
Garcia scores with a decent looking hook.
Garcia catches Baals with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haislan Garcia dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Garcia staying out of range there.
Baals connects with a body shot that sends Garcia's belly button to the back.
Haislan Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
A swing and a miss from Garcia.
Baals ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garcia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Baals checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A clash of legs there as Garcia blocks the low kick.
Baals fails to land the takedown.
Baals looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Baals.
Baals throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Baals throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
Garcia defending well as Baals loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baals needs to keep his hands up - Garcia had a free shot at his head there.
Baals misses with a head kick.
Garcia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Baals lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Garcia swings for the body but Baals moves out of range.
Garcia cracks Baals with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baals moves away.
Baals tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baals scores with a sloppy right hand. Garcia should have avoided that one.

Garcia pushes Baals up against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baals lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Baals.

Baals pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Baals blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baals wants to break the clinch but can't.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Garcia struggles to land a body shot inside as Baals controls his hands.

Baals's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baals throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Baals has Garcia up against the cage in a clinch.
Baals misses with a punch to the body.
Baals can't find room to land a body shot as Garcia controls the action.
Baals swings wildly with an uppercut but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baals has a couple of punches blocked by Garcia.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Baals blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baals will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Garcia up against the cage.
Garcia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Baals or not.
Garcia throws a punch but it's blocked by Baals.
Baals working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Garcia struggles to land a body shot inside as Baals controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Baals.
Harry Baals seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Baals tries a body shot but Garcia blocks it.
Garcia can't find room to land a body shot as Baals controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baals.
Baals misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baals misses with the head strike.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baals tries to throw a body punch but Garcia avoids it by throwing Baals back against the cage.
Garcia lands a nice uppercut.
Garcia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Baals is looking to control Garcia's arms but Garcia gets an underhook and turns him. Now Baals has his back to the cage.
Garcia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baals blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baals has a couple of punches blocked by Garcia.
Baals blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Garcia fails to land.
Baals blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baals has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Garcia seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Baals can turn it around.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Baals.
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!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garcia creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Baals misses with a punch to the body.
Baals pushes Garcia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garcia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baals's elbow.
Baals lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baals.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Harry Baals.
I think Baals 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Baals!
A relieved looking Harry Baals thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.