PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Abubakar Magomedsharipov (ranked 25203 p4p, 5678 weight class) and Jose Garcia (ranked 674 p4p, 588 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Magomedsharipov
vs
Garcia

168 cm
18
180
0 - 2 - 0

182 cm
19
181
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

SMESH Nutrition 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Abubakar Magomedsharipov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jose Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia digs a good body shot into Magomedsharipov's ribs.
Nice body punch from Garcia.
Garcia lands a nice hook to Magomedsharipov's body. Magomedsharipov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jose Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia cracks Magomedsharipov with a good jab.
Garcia keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Garcia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Magomedsharipov feinted with a counter takedown.
Garcia scores with a body shot.
Garcia throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Magomedsharipov crashing down! Magomedsharipov tries to stagger back to his feet but Garcia just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Magomedsharipov asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Garcia!
After the fight, Jose Garcia was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.