PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Garcia (ranked 919 p4p, 3253 weight class) and Herlock Von Ryan (ranked 123 p4p, 402 weight class). Garcia comes into the arena with S.G. Sinnicks - St Patrick Battalion blaring out of the sound system. Von Ryan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Crystal Method - Play For Real (Dirtyphonics Remix). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcia
vs
Von Ryan

180 cm
23
185
10 - 2 - 0

185 cm
30
185
10 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Finnish Elite Extreme Science

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Herlock Von Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Garcia.
Garcia stuns Von Ryan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Von Ryan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mickey Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Von Ryan is avoiding it.
A jab from Von Ryan misses.
A shot to the body from Von Ryan misses
and Garcia counters with a straight right hand.
Von Ryan misses the shot to the body.
Von Ryan throws a big shot that misses.
Garcia swings for the body but Von Ryan moves out of range.
Von Ryan tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia scores with a jab to the head.
Von Ryan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garcia digs a good hook to Von Ryan's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Garcia lands an elbow inside that Von Ryan shrugs off.
Garcia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Garcia pulls guard effortlessly.
Garcia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Von Ryan's guard.

Garcia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garcia throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Von Ryan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Von Ryan keeps moving.
Garcia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Garcia is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Von Ryan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Garcia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Von Ryan's head.
Garcia lands a couple of digs.
Garcia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia landing with the ground and pound.
Garcia postures up and lands a big shot to Von Ryan's brow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia with a nice head shot there.
Von Ryan trying to control the position.
Garcia seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Garcia is pushing down on Von Ryan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Von Ryan is fighting to maintain full guard but Garcia has managed to sneak the leg through.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Garcia connects with a nice short shot to Von Ryan's temple.
Ground and pound from Garcia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Garcia.
Garcia throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Von Ryan has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Von Ryan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Garcia looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Garcia looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Garcia winds up and cracks Von Ryan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Garcia trying to control from half guard but Von Ryan is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Ryan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Garcia scores with a couple of nice shots.
Garcia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Von Ryan's head.
Garcia keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Garcia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Garcia thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia lands with a punch from half guard.
Von Ryan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Garcia scores with a couple of nice shots.
Garcia seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Von Ryan is rocked!
Garcia looks to land a strike but Von Ryan avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Von Ryan is still in real trouble! Can Garcia finish him?
Garcia postures up in Von Ryan's guard and throws a big left but Von Ryan blocks it.
Von Ryan seems to have recovered his senses.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Von Ryan is keeping the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Garcia dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Garcia dips to his left and cracks Von Ryan with an uppercut!
Garcia swings for the body but Von Ryan moves out of range.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Von Ryan can do to turn this around?
Von Ryan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Garcia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Von Ryan throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Garcia swinging wildly here.
Von Ryan with the counter takedown but Garcia avoids it easily.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Von Ryan tries to keep at a distance but Garcia has taken the fight into the clinch.
Von Ryan misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia lands a nice elbow.
Garcia blocks a body shot from Von Ryan.
I was talking to Garcia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ryan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Garcia as Von Ryan tries to tie him up.
Von Ryan misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Garcia - that landed with a thud.
Von Ryan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia prevents a body shot from Von Ryan.

Garcia jumps guard.
Garcia is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Von Ryan postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Garcia wants to sweep but no luck.
Garcia wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Von Ryan is now in half guard.
Garcia trying to control but Von Ryan postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to roll over but Von Ryan keeps him under control.
Garcia works his way to full guard. Good work.
Garcia is trying to keep Von Ryan in close.
Garcia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Von Ryan manages to get himself to full guard.

Garcia looking to sit in guard and control but Von Ryan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Garcia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Von Ryan is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Von Ryan from controlling successfully.
Von Ryan stopping the sweep attempt from Garcia.
Von Ryan trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Von Ryan's guard.

Garcia chips away with some ground and pound.

Von Ryan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Garcia can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Garcia stands up over Von Ryan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garcia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Garcia is pushing down on Von Ryan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Von Ryan is fighting to maintain full guard but Garcia has managed to sneak the leg through.
Garcia drops an elbow to the side of Von Ryan's head.
Garcia sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Von Ryan defending well though.
Garcia missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Garcia looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Von Ryan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Garcia thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Von Ryan's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garcia missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Garcia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Garcia looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Garcia dominated that second round.
That's time! Garcia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Garcia misses with a body shot
and Von Ryan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Garcia connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Von Ryan's hands.
Garcia misses with a shot to the body
and Von Ryan counters with a right hand to the body.
Garcia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Von Ryan is looking for the big counter here.
Mickey Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
Garcia looks to land a right hand but Von Ryan moved out of range.
Garcia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Von Ryan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Von Ryan glances at the clock... BAM! Garcia nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Von Ryan crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Von Ryan is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mickey Garcia!
A very excited looking Mickey Garcia made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.