PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dimi King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauro Garza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garza has chosen Donde estan perros as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Dimi King has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dimi King seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

King
vs
Garza

195 cm
23
193 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dimi King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mauro Garza!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garza fails with a takedown attempt.
King throws out a powerful jab.
Garza wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.

Garza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Garza looking to control but King is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
King trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Garza wants to control the pace but King is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
King reaches up to try and control the position but Garza seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! King rolls and tries to escape and now Garza has his back!
Garza controlling the position well here. King rolled but Garza kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
King wants to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garza keeps control of the position easily here as King tries to buck him off.
King trying to get back to his feet but Garza is in full control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Garza's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mauro Garza will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King.
Garza slips under a jab from King.
King stuffs the takedown attempt from Garza. Garza gets slowly back to his feet.
Garza fails with the takedown.
Mauro Garza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garza takes one to the chin there.
Garza staying out of range there.
Garza shoots in but no luck this time.
Dimi King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mauro Garza.

Garza rushes King and presses him up against the cage.
King is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
King has had enough of the clinch but Garza keeps him there for the moment.
King is trying to break free.
King is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Garza prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garza jumps into guard, dragging King to the mat.
King tries to stand but Garza is controlling from the bottom.
Garza looking to control.
Garza manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. King manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
King is controlling Garza's posture.

King manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garza throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around King's waist but King gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Garza off to one side.
Garza on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garza is breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from King as Garza shoots in.
Garza fails to land the takedown.
Left hook, right uppercut from King.
King drops Garza with a big left hand! Garza is injured, injured bad! King jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dimi King!