QFC Tournament 199 Round 4 PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sloan Picard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyan Garamonde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cyan Garamonde will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Picard
vs
Garamonde

180 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
192 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sloan Picard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cyan Garamonde!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Picard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Picard wants to clinch
and Garamonde counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garamonde throws out a powerful jab.
Picard tries to clinch up
and Garamonde counters with a nice uppercut.
Picard darts in trying to clinch
and Garamonde connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Picard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garamonde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Picard tries to clinch but Garamonde moves away
and Garamonde counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Picard takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Picard tries to clinch but Garamonde moves away
and Garamonde counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Garamonde scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Garamonde. That snapped Picard's head back.
Garamonde scores with a jab to the body.
Garamonde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Donk. Garamonde catches Picard right on the button with a cross.
Garamonde fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Picard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Garamonde manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Picard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garamonde fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Picard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sloan Picard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garamonde with a hook.

Picard is rocked!
Picard staying out of range there.
Oh Picard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garamonde misses with an uppercut. Picard saw that one coming.
A big right from Garamonde misses.
Garamonde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Picard tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Garamonde counters with a big right hand! Oh Picard is in trouble here! Garamonde follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cyan Garamonde!