PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Garcia (ranked 1040 p4p, 1162 weight class) and Joe Smo (ranked 167 p4p, 181 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Diego Garcia has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Diego Garcia seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Garcia
vs
Smo

190 cm
27
192
6 - 3 - 0

193 cm
36
196
18 - 16 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diego Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Smo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garcia lands a right hook to the body.
Garcia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smo.
Smo throws a big counter head kick but Garcia avoids it with no problem.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smo moves away.
Smo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garcia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smo staying out of range there.
Smo tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garcia avoids it.
Smo told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Smo tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.

Garcia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garcia avoids the head kick by Smo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smo moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Garcia fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smo moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Garcia lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Garcia throws a jab when Smo was well out of range.
Smo wants to clinch
and Garcia counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smo throws a head kick that misses.
Garcia misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smo counters with a nice uppercut.

Smo moves into range and clinches up with Garcia.
Garcia lands with a short shot to the head.
Garcia stalling against the cage.
Smo trying to land knees to the body.
Garcia lands with a light punch inside.
Smo missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Garcia.
Smo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcia is defending well for now.
Smo lands a good knee to the midsection. Garcia won't want to take too many of those.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Smo tries to score a body lock takedown but Garcia shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but Smo has him pressed against the cage.

Garcia breaks from the clinch.

Smo clinches up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A knee to the head by Smo.

It looks like Diego Garcia has been cut.
Smo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcia is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia blocks a body shot from Smo.
Smo crunches a lovely knee into Garcia's ribcage.
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Smo.
Garcia fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Smo trying to stall but Garcia improves his position.
A short left from Garcia.
Garcia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Garcia manages to break the clinch.

Smo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garcia, pushing him back against the cage.
Smo tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
Smo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
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.
Smo tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Smo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcia is defending well for now.
Smo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smo wants a takedown but no success here.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia pushes Smo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garcia avoids it.
Garcia lands with a light punch inside.
Smo wants to take the fight to the mat but Garcia manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Diego Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Smo.
Smo throws a punch but it's blocked by Garcia.
Garcia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garcia avoids it.
Smo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garcia misses with the head strike.
Garcia misses with some punches.
Garcia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Garcia misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Garcia.
Garcia throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Smos head.
Smo blocking some punches.
Garcia scores with a hook to the body.
Garcia looking to slow down the pace here.
Garcia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smo backwards.
Garcia gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Smo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smo being controlled against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Smo.
A short right from Garcia on the inside.
Garcia is working Smo over against the cage.

Garcia breaks from the clinch.
Smo throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Smo darts in trying to clinch
and Garcia counters with a nice uppercut.

Smo rushes Garcia and presses him up against the cage.
Smo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by Smo.

Garcia pulls guard effortlessly.
Garcia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diego Garcia's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Garcia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garcia misses with a hook.
Smo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Garcia with a body shot.
Smo fails with an attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Garcia misses the target.
Smo checks a leg kick nicely.
An inside leg kick from Garcia misses.
That kick from Garcia tenderised Smo's leg. Smo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Joe Smo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Smo checks a low kick from Garcia.
Garcia circles away from the clinch attempt.

Smo drives through and clinches with Garcia against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smo backwards.
Smo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Garcia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Smo jumps guard but Garcia turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Garcia fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia can't find room to land a body shot as Smo controls the action.
Smo tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
Smo jumps guard but Garcia stands there with Smo around his waist. Smo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Garcia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smo slips under a jab from Garcia.
Smo throws a counter combo.
Smo takes one on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia throws a jab when Smo was well out of range.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Garcia.

Smo clinches.
Garcia misses with some punches.
Garcia misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia misses with some punches.
Garcia tries to work over Smo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garcia lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia has Smo pressed against the cage.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia lands a shot to the body.
Garcia stops a takedown attempt from Smo.
Diego Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Smo.
Garcia pressing his opponent against the cage.
Smo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garcia.
Garcia lands an uppercut.

Smo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia throws the left hand but Smo avoids the punch easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Garcia.

Smo is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smo missing with knees to the body.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garcia avoids it.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garcia avoids it.
Come on Garcia - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Garcia lands an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smo can do to turn this around?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garcia.
Smo is still on wobbly legs! Can Garcia finish him?
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Garcia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smo connects with a high kick.
Garcia is looking to slow Smo down with leg kicks.
Smo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smo is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.
Garcia lands with a cross.
Garcia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smo doesn't seem bothered though.
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!
Smo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Garcia. Garcia obviously looking to wear him down.
Smo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia clobbers Smo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Garcia fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Smo to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Smo looks to clinch but Garcia throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Smo taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Diego Garcia!
Diego Garcia thanked the fans post fight for their support.