PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bo Garrett (ranked 1357 p4p, 919 weight class) and Diego Garcia (ranked 208 p4p, 134 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Garrett
vs
Garcia

175 cm
28
185
13 - 6 - 2

190 cm
28
192
7 - 3 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Bo Garrett!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Diego Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garrett was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
A low kick from Garcia is predictable there
and Garrett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garrett's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Garcia connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garrett scrambles back to his feet.
Garcia throws a solid leg kick but Garrett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garcia.
Garcia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
It looked like Garrett wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Garcia is looking to chop away at Garrett's legs.
Garcia misses the jab.
Garrett ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Garcia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garcia slips under a jab.
Garrett misses with an uppercut.
Garrett lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett works the jab nicely.
Garrett checks a low kick from Garcia.
Garrett looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A nice leg kick from Garcia, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garrett misses with a body shot.
Garcia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Garcia throws a poor cross that misses
letting Garrett counter with a right hand.
Garrett on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Garcia is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garcia looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Garrett misses with a wild body shot.
Garrett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garrett. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia tries a head kick but it misses.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garrett moves away.
Diego Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia staying out of range there.
Garcia appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Garcia looks to throw the jab but Garrett is out of range.
Garrett throwing a counter right hand but Garcia manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Garrett fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Garcia sprawls well initially but Garrett persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Garrett not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Garrett throws a strike but Garcia avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Garcia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Garcia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Garrett keeping hold of Garcia's head, controlling as best he can.
Garrett makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Garrett.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett managing to control the position.
Garrett keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass.
Garcia slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

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.
Garrett is not content to let Garcia control the position.
Garrett is trying to get back to half guard.
Garcia has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Garcia is trying to control here but Garrett has managed to regain half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Garcia dominated that round.
That's time! Garrett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Garcia misses with an uppercut
and Garrett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Garrett does it's job there.
Garrett lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcia with the inside leg kick.
Garcia drops his hands momentarily and Garrett takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Garrett has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia.
Garrett throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garcia wants to slow Garrett down by chopping away at his legs.
Garcia looks to land a right hand but Garrett moved out of range.
Garcia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Garcia throws a low kick but Garrett avoids it.
A shot to the liver by Garcia. Beautiful body shot.
Garcia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Garrett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Garrett.
Garrett swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garrett. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garcia! But no joy.
Garrett misses the jab.
Garcia throws a big counter head kick but Garrett avoids it with no problem.
Garcia throws a solid leg kick but Garrett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garcia.
Garrett takes a kick to the side of the head.
Garrett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Garrett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.

Garrett clinches up with Garcia and pushes him back against the cage.
Garrett tries a body shot but Garcia blocks it.
Garrett misses with a body punch.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garcia prevents a body shot from Garrett.

Garcia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia swings for the body but Garrett moves out of range.
Garrett misses with a wild body shot.
Garrett missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia feints and then cracks Garrett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garrett down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Garrett gets a takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

It looks like Diego Garcia has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garrett looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Garcia makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Garcia.
Garrett scoring with some ground and pound.
Garrett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Garrett cracks Garcia with a solid left hand.

Garcia has his foot on Garrett's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Garrett works his way back into a safe position though.
Garrett cracks Garcia with a solid left hand.
Garcia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garrett.
Garrett is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Garrett with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Garrett working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Garcia's head.
Garrett lands a couple of elbows.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garcia is on top in guard.

Garrett keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Garrett tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Garrett is trying to keep Garcia in close.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Garcia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garrett swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garrett keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Garrett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Diego Garcia's cut.
That's time! Garrett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A bone on bone clash there as Garrett blocks the leg kick.
Garrett misses with a looping left.
Garcia scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Garrett ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
An attempted straight right counter from Garrett misses the target.
Garrett's corner calls for a 1-2. Garrett obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Garcia bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garrett's head.
Garcia misses with a low kick as Garrett jumps back.
Garrett with a hook.
Diego Garcia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garrett misses with a body shot.
Garcia throws a wild body kick that Garrett sees coming a mile off.
Garrett is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garrett takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice uppercut lands for Garrett. That snapped Garcia's head back.
Garrett misses with a looping left.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garrett is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett scores with a nice head shot.
Garrett misses with a hook to the body
and Garcia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garrett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garrett sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Garrett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Garrett lands a lovely overhand right.
Garcia attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
Garcia slips under a jab from Garrett.
Garrett lands with a straight right. Garcia didn't see that one coming.
Garcia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garcia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garrett is able to avoid easily.
Garrett shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Garcia as he jumps to the side.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garcia! But no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garrett.
Garcia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Garrett on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Garrett misses its intended target.
Garcia dips to his left and cracks Garrett with an uppercut!
Garrett misses with a two punch combination.
Good exchange - Garcia coming out on top.
Garcia throws a body punch but Garrett moves out of range.
Garrett just misses with a punch to the body.
Garrett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Garrett misses the shot to the body.
Garrett throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garcia! But no joy.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Garcia throws a hook but Garrett blocks it.
Garcia misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Garrett throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia looks to land a right hand but Garrett moved out of range.
Garrett misses the body punch
and Garcia counters with a right hand to the body.
Garrett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garcia only half commits to the counter leg kick.

Garrett drives through and clinches with Garcia against the cage.

Garcia pulls Garrett into guard.
Garcia wants to sweep here but Garrett controlling him for the moment.
Garrett lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Garrett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garrett lands a couple of digs.

Garcia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Garrett doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Garrett manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett postures up and lands a big shot to Garcia's brow.
Garcia has momentary wrist control but Garrett slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Garrett accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Garrett throws a big right hand that misses.
Garrett cracks Garcia with a solid left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garrett postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Garrett makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garcia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Garcia trying to control the position.
Garcia has momentary wrist control but Garrett slips an elbow through the middle.
Garrett makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Bo Garrett did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Diego Garcia's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Garrett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garrett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garcia.
Garrett misses with a right hand
and Garcia counters with a right hand to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garcia.
Garcia throws a body shot but no joy.
A quick step to the side and Garrett tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Garrett misses its intended target.
Garrett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An inside leg kick from Garcia misses.
Garrett moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Garrett tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Garcia swivels and escapes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Garrett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garcia.
Garrett dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Garcia.
A right handed body shot lands from Garrett.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garrett moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Garrett slips under a jab.
Garcia with a nice calf kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Garrett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garrett throws a jab but it's blocked by Garcia.
Garcia thinks about the counter body kick.
Garrett takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Garcia is looking to chop away at Garrett's legs.
Diego Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Garcia lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Garrett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia lands with a cross.
Garcia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garrett misses with a lunging right hand
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Garrett ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Garcia walks into a stiff left hand from Garrett.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Garrett's head backwards.
Garcia looks to land a right hand but Garrett moved out of range.
Garrett swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garrett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Garcia! But no joy.
Garcia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garrett on the side of the head.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garcia misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Garrett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Garcia swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Garrett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garcia slaps away a takedown attempt from Garrett, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Garrett darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Garcia slips under a jab.
Garrett tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Garrett manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Garcia on his heels. He'll look to pass Garcia's guard now, I'm sure.
Garrett stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garcia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Garrett is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Garcia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Garcia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Garrett works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Garrett missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Garrett thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Garcia's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Garcia with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Garcia is looking to control Garrett's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Garcia avoid being mounted?
Garrett is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Garrett working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Garrett not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia regains full guard. Nicely done.
Garcia is trying to keep Garrett in close.
Garrett might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Garcia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Garrett stands up over Garcia, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Garrett postures up and lands a big shot to Garcia's brow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Diego Garcia will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Diego Garcia's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Garrett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Garrett misses with an uppercut.
Garcia cracks Garrett with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A swing and a miss from Garrett.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Garcia throws a body punch but Garrett moves out of range.
Garrett moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Garcia misses with a straight right.
Garrett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Garrett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia scoring well with a low kick there.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia throws a leg kick but Garrett moved away.
Garrett looks to land a left hand but Garcia moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Garrett blocks the leg kick.
Garrett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Garrett was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Garrett keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garrett swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia looks to throw the jab but Garrett is out of range.
Garcia takes one to the chin there.
Garcia slips under a jab.
Garrett dives in for a single leg takedown but Garcia sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Garcia is looking for the big counter here.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Garrett to keep the fight standing.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Garrett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garcia's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia is trying to maintain a safe position but Garrett gets an underhook and turns Garcia into the cage.
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garrett swings wildly with an uppercut but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.

Garcia decides to pull guard.
Garrett is in close to Garcia's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garrett stopping the sweep attempt from Garcia.
Garrett lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrett distracts Garcia with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Garcia working a defensive guard here.

Garrett drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Garcia dives on top into guard.

Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Garrett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett controlling Garcia's posture.
Garcia pushes down on Garrett's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Garrett is refusing to be controlled, as Garcia sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Garcia passes to side control.
Garcia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garrett keeps working.
Garcia controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garcia wants to control but Garrett is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Garcia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Garcia has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 47:48
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 48:47
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Diego Garcia!
Diego Garcia is the new middleweight champion!
Diego Garcia thanked the fans post fight for their support.