PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Garcia (ranked 4178 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sveti Ioan (ranked 4779 p4p, 0 weight class). Sveti Ioan acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Garcia
vs
Ioan

190 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diego Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sveti Ioan!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ioan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Garcia is fending him off so far but Ioan persists. Nope, Garcia circles away and we're back to standing.
Garcia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Garcia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Sveti Ioan has been cut.
Nice jab there from Garcia.

Garcia drops Ioan with a beautiful combination! Ioan stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Garcia is looking for the KO!
Diego Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ioan.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Ioan got wobbled bad by a big combination! Garcia presses forward with punches and knees until Ioan stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Ioan closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Garcia!