PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Carlos (ranked 1474 p4p, 2230 weight class) and Haislan Garcia (ranked 173 p4p, 249 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Carlos
vs
Garcia

170 cm
36
158
11 - 8 - 1

175 cm
37
155
27 - 15 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Ramon Carlos !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Haislan Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Carlos misses with a straight right.
Carlos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Carlos scores with a nice strike.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Carlos .
Carlos misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.
Carlos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garcia.
Sloppy strikes from Carlos . Those never looked like landing.
Garcia throws a body punch but Carlos moves out of range.
Garcia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Garcia lands a nice hook to Carlos 's body. Carlos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Garcia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carlos .
Carlos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Garcia catches Carlos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ramon Carlos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carlos looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia is just out of range.
Garcia scores with a nice head shot.
Carlos misses with a takedown
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia scores with a body shot.
Carlos scores with a three punch combo!
Garcia is looking to slow Carlos down with leg kicks.
Garcia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Carlos checks it well.
Garcia throws a leg kick but Carlos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Carlos works Garcia's body with a nice hook.
Carlos slips a straight right by Garcia.
A shot to the liver by Garcia. Beautiful body shot.
Carlos feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garcias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Garcia throws an off balance right hand
and Carlos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Carlos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Carlos .
Garcia throws a hook to the side of Carlos 's head but Carlos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia throws a jab when Carlos was well out of range.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Carlos .
Garcia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Garcia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Carlos .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but Carlos ducks down to avoid it.
Carlos shoots in looking for a takedown but Garcia manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Carlos 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramon Carlos . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carlos moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Carlos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Carlos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Carlos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Carlos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab, jab by Carlos - just one landing.
Carlos misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia tries to move into range but Carlos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Carlos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carlos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick from Carlos .
Garcia throws a hook but Carlos avoids it easily.
Carlos lands a right hook to the body.
Carlos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carlos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carlos swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Carlos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Garcia throws a jab when Carlos was well out of range.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carlos tries to land a body kick
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Carlos .
A little jabbing left from Garcia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Carlos throws a big shot that misses.
Carlos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
It looks like Carlos has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Garcia throws a hook but Carlos avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Garcia misses.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Garcia misses with a left hand
letting Carlos counter with a right hand.
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 tries to work over Carlos 's front leg with a kick but Carlos checks it.
Haislan Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carlos moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Nice shot by Garcia.
Garcia cracks Carlos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Garcia closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Carlos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
A little jabbing left from Garcia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Carlos .
Carlos scores with the left hand. Garcia knows he should have avoided that one.
Garcia finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Carlos tries to counter by clinching up but Garcia breaks away and moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia moves out of range as Carlos strikes.
Carlos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
Carlos misses with a wild body shot.
Carlos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Carlos fails to land with a series of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ramon Carlos will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Carlos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Carlos is looking to clinch.
A good leg kick by Garcia.
Carlos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Carlos slips under a jab from Garcia.
Carlos misses with a body shot.
Carlos just misses with a punch to the body.
Carlos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garcia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Carlos misses with a double jab
and Garcia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garcia misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carlos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Carlos is looking to counter with a body kick.
Jab, jab by Carlos - just one landing.
Garcia throws a leg kick but Carlos checks it.
Carlos misses with a left hand
and Garcia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garcia throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Carlos lands with an uppercut that bounces Garcia off the cage and back into range.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Carlos .
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but Carlos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carlos appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Carlos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Carlos misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.
Garcia feints and then cracks Carlos 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carlos down.
Garcia throws a hook to the side of Carlos 's head but Carlos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Garcia wants it to stay on the feet.
Garcia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Carlos doesn't seem bothered though.
Garcia with a nice calf kick.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses
and Carlos counters with a nice uppercut.
Garcia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Carlos misses the target.
Garcia gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carlos throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a hook but Carlos blocks it.
A shot to the liver by Carlos . Beautiful body shot.
Garcia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Carlos . That did some damage!
Carlos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Garcia throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Garcia throws a shot from downtown. Carlos moves away and avoids it.
Carlos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Carlos throws a nice looking combination but Garcia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carlos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Garcia.
Carlos throws a big shot that misses.
A low kick from Garcia is predictable there
and Carlos counters with a one-two to the body.
Garcia digs a good body shot into Carlos 's ribs.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Garcia moves out of range as Carlos throws a body kick.
Garcia flicks out a counter leg kick but Carlos steps away.
Crunch! Garcia slams his shin into Carlos 's torso.
A head kick by Garcia misses
enabling Carlos to counter with a crisp jab.
Carlos misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garcia tries to work over Carlos 's front leg with a kick but Carlos checks it.
Carlos thows a body kick. Garcia tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Carlos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Garcia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garcia throws a leg kick that misses.
Carlos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garcia slips a jab from Carlos .
Carlos misses with a combination
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garcia tries to work over Carlos 's front leg with a kick but Carlos checks it.
Garcia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Carlos is able to avoid easily.
A big right from Garcia misses.
The crowd cheers as Garcia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Carlos doesn't seem phased though.
A good leg kick by Garcia.
Garcia takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlos scores with a spinning back kick!
Garcia wants to clinch up but Carlos keeps it at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia throws the left hand but Carlos avoids the punch easily.
Nice cross by Carlos .
Carlos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
Carlos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Carlos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Garcia.
Carlos tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garcia lands with a shot to the body.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Carlos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carlos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia takes one to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Carlos . Those never looked like landing.
Garcia only half commits to the counter leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ramon Carlos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carlos .
Garcia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Carlos .
Garcia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Carlos lunges at Garcia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garcia's hand.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carlos throws a big counter combination but Garcia scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Carlos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Garcia scores with a spinning back kick!
Garcia slips a straight right by Carlos .
Garcia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carlos misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Carlos .
Carlos thuds his shin into the meat of Garcia's side.
Carlos tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick from Carlos .
Garcia wants to land a leg kick but Carlos is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlos loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Carlos throws a wild body kick that Garcia sees coming a mile off.
Carlos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carlos looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia is just out of range.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Carlos misses with a kick to the body.
Ramon Carlos is winning the standup battle so far.
Garcia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Carlos closes the distance and clinches.
Garcia scores with a nice hook to the head.
Carlos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garcia blocking some punches.
Carlos blocking some punches.
Carlos blocks an uppercut.
Garcia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carlos lands with a left to the head.
Carlos is trying to drag Garcia to the mat but Garcia just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Carlos has Garcia pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Carlos pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Garcia tumbling to the mat - Carlos dives into Garcia's guard.
Garcia wants to get back to his feet but Carlos passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Carlos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Carlos tries to pass to full mount but Garcia defends it.
Carlos wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Carlos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is looking for a sweep. Carlos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Garcia is looking to escape.
Still in half guard, Carlos seems content to control.
Garcia wants to improve his position but Carlos is controlling well.
Carlos content to control rather than advance.
Haislan Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garcia is trying to get back to full guard.
Carlos is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Garcia moves out of range as Carlos strikes.
Garcia lands a lovely overhand right.
Carlos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Garcia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Carlos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ramon Carlos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carlos lands with an uppercut that bounces Garcia off the cage and back into range.
Garcia lands with a kick to the ribs.
Carlos throws out a loose jab but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carlos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ramon Carlos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Carlos , 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramon Carlos !
A relieved looking Ramon Carlos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.