PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kiryu Kazuma (ranked 33 p4p, 162 weight class) and Mickey Garcia (ranked 3 p4p, 24 weight class). Kazuma comes to the cage accompanied by Uroko by Dir En Grey. Garcia is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: S.G. Sinnicks - St Patrick Battalion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kazuma
vs
Garcia

182 cm
29
198
22 - 9 - 0

180 cm
31
185
26 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kiryu Kazuma!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Kazuma finds it's target.
Kazuma defending well as Garcia loads up on a big left hand.
Kazuma walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garcia staying out of range there.
A clash of legs there as Garcia blocks the low kick.
Kazuma throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garcia throws a series of strikes that have Kazuma backpedaling.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kiryu Kazuma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kazuma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kazuma tries to score with a low kick but Garcia moves his leg out of the way.

Kazuma has closed the distance and engaged Garcia in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garcia jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kazuma walks away with a smile on his face. Garcia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kazuma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice defenses there by Kazuma.
Kazuma misses with a hook.
A nice side step and Garcia releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Kazuma has Garcia up against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia scores with a shot to the side of Kazuma's head.
Garcia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kazuma backwards.
Garcia has a couple of punches blocked by Kazuma.
Garcia 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.
Kazuma misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but Kazuma has him pressed against the cage.
Kazuma misses with the head strike.
Kazuma scores with a shoulder strike.
Kazuma takes a shot to the head.
Garcia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kazuma backwards.
Kazuma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kazuma.
Kazuma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Garcia.
Kazuma takes a shot to the head.
Kazuma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kazuma lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Kazuma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kazuma lands with a right to the head.
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 misses with a body punch.
Garcia tries to pull guard but Kazuma holds him up against the cage and eventually Garcia drops back down to his feet.
Kiryu Kazuma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mickey Garcia.
Kazuma blocks a body shot from Garcia.
Kazuma swings wildly with an uppercut but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia digs a right hand into Kazuma's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kazuma's gas tank.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Garcia fails to land.
Kazuma misses with some punches.

Garcia pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia has a closed guard, preventing Kazuma from standing up.
Garcia looking for a sweep. Not yet Garcia, not yet.
Garcia lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Garcia working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kazuma's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Garcia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garcia trying to control but Kazuma is working from the bottom.
Kazuma is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Garcia is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia cracks Kazuma with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garcia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garcia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Garcia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kazuma keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass.
Garcia prevents Kazuma from getting back to his feet.
Garcia with a nice head shot there.
Garcia throws a big right hand that misses.
Garcia connects with a couple of short punches.
Garcia stops Kazuma from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia landing some decent shots from guard.
Kazuma has momentary wrist control but Garcia slips an elbow through the middle.
Kazuma is looking to stand back up but Garcia counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Kazuma.
Garcia is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kazuma!
Kazuma tries to buck Garcia off but he can't manage it.
Garcia with a couple of short strikes.
Garcia lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kazuma is bucking up trying to escape but Garcia cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kazuma is squirming around, avoiding Garcia's attempts to control the action.
A nice elbow there by Garcia.

Kazuma is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Garcia dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kazuma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garcia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Kazuma.

Kazuma takes the fight into the clinch.
Kazuma misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garcia fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Garcia lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kazuma backwards.
Kazuma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia tries to work over Kazuma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garcia is working Kazuma over against the cage.
Garcia misses with the head strike.
Kazuma has a couple of punches blocked by Garcia.
Kazuma lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia blocking some punches.
Garcia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garcia lands a body shot.
Garcia throws an elbow that misses.
Garcia digs a right hand into Kazuma's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kazuma's gas tank.
Kazuma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Garcia.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia gets through Kazuma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garcia lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garcia lands a shoulder strike.
Kazuma misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Garcia.
Garcia pushes Kazuma back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garcia lands a shoulder strike.
Garcia lands a hook that snaps the head of Kazuma backwards.

Garcia gets control of Kazuma's arms and successfully pulls guard. Garcia will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Garcia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kazuma is one step ahead there.
Garcia has a closed guard, preventing Kazuma from standing up.
Garcia is trying to keep Kazuma in close.
Kazuma wants to stand but Garcia is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
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.

Mickey Garcia has got the better of the ground game so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kazuma is staying active underneath Garcia, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Garcia stops Kazuma from getting back to his feet.
Garcia is pressing down on Kazuma's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kazuma is holding on for now.
Garcia frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Garcia lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Garcia cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Garcia landing strikes from the mount and Kazuma is in trouble!
Garcia lands a heavy elbow.
Kazuma wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Garcia connects with a bit shot that sees Kazuma covering up! More strikes from Garcia and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Garcia is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey Garcia!
Mickey Garcia is the new middleweight champion!
Our winner, Mickey Garcia, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.