PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brook Whitebeard (ranked 3173 p4p, 372 weight class) and Rafael Garcia (ranked 3822 p4p, 425 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Whitebeard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Remember The Name. Brook Whitebeard is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Whitebeard
vs
Garcia

185 cm
26
192 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

170 cm
26
192 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brook Whitebeard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rafael Garcia!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitebeard swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Whitebeard defends it well.
Garcia takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Rafael Garcia has been cut.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Whitebeard was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Whitebeard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garcia has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A left lands for Whitebeard.

Garcia closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Garcia is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Whitebeard knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Garcia is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Whitebeard is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
You can see the frustration on Whitebeard's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Garcia takes a little break here. Whitebeard wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

Garcia tries for a kimura but Whitebeard is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcia working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Garcia has hold of Whitebeard's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Whitebeard tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Garcia cranks the arm and Whitebeard screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Whitebeard, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Rafael Garcia!
A victorious Rafael Garcia thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.