PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mac Garcia (ranked 20591 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyosuke Shibaraki (ranked 3194 p4p, 0 weight class). Shibaraki has chosen SAVAGE 101 as his entrance music. Kyosuke Shibaraki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garcia
vs
Shibaraki

165 cm
22
193 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

188 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mac Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kyosuke Shibaraki!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shibaraki with a lazy takedown attempt

and Garcia counters with a nice double leg into side control. Shibaraki won't be happy with that.
Garcia just content to control the position.
Shibaraki tries to buck Garcia off but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia takes a little break here. Shibaraki wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Shibaraki tries to buck Garcia off but Garcia is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Garcia is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Shibaraki is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Shibaraki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shibaraki is trying to escape the position but Garcia is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Shibaraki for as long as he can get away with.
Garcia could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Shibaraki tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Garcia presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Shibaraki working to try and regain half guard.

Garcia looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Garcia controlling his opponent.
Shibaraki throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Shibaraki keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Garcia takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shibaraki regains half guard.
Shibaraki flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Shibaraki is looking for a sweep. Garcia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Garcia is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Garcia looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Garcia continues to stall.
Garcia blocks the strikes from Shibaraki.
Garcia content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shibaraki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Garcia pulls his head out easily.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Shibaraki is defending well.
Shibaraki wants to get back to his feet.
Shibaraki wants to improve his position but Garcia is controlling well.
Garcia content to control rather than advance.

Shibaraki actively working from the bottom here.
Shibaraki looks winded!
Garcia stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
More hug and hope from Garcia.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Garcia gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Shibaraki to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Garcia wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shibaraki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Garcia dominated that round.
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.

Garcia gets the takedown into side control.

Shibaraki throws Garcia to one side and escapes!

Shibaraki clinches.
Shibaraki tries to pull guard but Garcia won't allow it.
Shibaraki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shibaraki is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Shibaraki fails to pull guard.
Mac Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyosuke Shibaraki.

Garcia turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Garcia manages to end up in side control.
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 in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Garcia controls the position.
Shibaraki is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Garcia just content to control the position.
Shibaraki is looking for a sweep.
Shibaraki is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Shibaraki wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Shibaraki tries to improve position but can't.
Shibaraki gets back to half guard.

Shibaraki actively working from the bottom here.
Mac Garcia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Garcia content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Garcia has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Shibaraki tries to kick Garcia off in order to stand up. Garcia Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
The referee asks Garcia politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Garcia prefers to stall for the moment though.
Shibaraki is trying to get back to his feet.
Garcia slows the pace down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shibaraki throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Shibaraki trying to remain calm as Garcia controls from the top position.
Shibaraki pushes Garcia away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Garcia gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Shibaraki being controlled for a moment.
Shibaraki is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Shibaraki throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Garcia looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Shibaraki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Garcia pulls his head out easily.
Garcia slows the pace down in half guard.
Garcia passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Shibaraki is working to get back to half guard.
Garcia controlling from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shibaraki is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mac Garcia dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Shibaraki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shibaraki jumps guard but Garcia stands there with Shibaraki around his waist. Shibaraki gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Garcia has hold of one of Shibaraki's legs. Shibaraki is fighting the takedown attempt but Garcia gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Shibaraki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Garcia is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Garcia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcia avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Shibaraki wants to get back to his feet but Garcia is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Shibaraki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Shibaraki working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Garcia has passed into half guard!

Shibaraki looking for submissions off his back.
Garcia performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
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.

That's two 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.

Shibaraki looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Garcia tries to pass to full mount but Shibaraki defends it.
Shibaraki misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Shibaraki looks like he's trying to stand up.

Shibaraki actively working from the bottom here.
Garcia takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Garcia shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Garcia seems content to control.
Shibaraki throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Shibaraki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Garcia pulls his head out easily.
Garcia content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shibaraki can do to turn this around?

Garcia wants to work for an arm triangle but Shibaraki is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Garcia is controlling the pace.
Further stalling from Garcia.
Kyosuke Shibaraki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.

Shibaraki actively working from the bottom here.
Garcia sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Garcia is working for a submission of some sort.

Shibaraki actively working from the bottom here.
Garcia perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Shibaraki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mac Garcia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garcia stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mac Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Garcia, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mac Garcia!
Kyosuke Shibaraki spoke after the fight, saying 'My bad,I wad bad today, but I will come back stronger...'.