PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Garcia (ranked 108 p4p, 69 weight class) and Kiryu Kazuma (ranked 18 p4p, 11 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Garcia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to S.G. Sinnicks - St Patrick Battalion. Kazuma has chosen Uroko by Dir En Grey as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Garcia
vs
Kazuma

180 cm
31
185
27 - 10 - 1

182 cm
30
198
23 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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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 27 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kiryu Kazuma!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazuma lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcia circles away quickly and effectively.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Garcia tries to clinch but Kazuma is having none of it.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.

Garcia moves into the clinch.
Garcia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kazuma or not.
Garcia blocks an uppercut.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Kiryu Kazuma has been cut.
Garcia lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kazuma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kazumas head.
Kazuma throws a punch but it's blocked by Garcia.
Kazuma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kazuma backwards.
Garcia lands with a good tight uppercut 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!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garcia.
A head punch on the inside from Kazuma fails to land.
Garcia throws an elbow but it misses.

Garcia jumps into guard, dragging Kazuma to the mat.
Kazuma wants to get up but he can't break Garcia's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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.

Kazuma really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garcia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazuma looks like he's trying to stand up.
Garcia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Garcia trying to control from half guard but Kazuma is working away.
Garcia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kazuma is trying to stand back up but Garcia is controlling him
Kazuma avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Garcia.
Garcia is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Garcia drops an elbow to the side of Kazuma's head.
Kazuma is looking to escape.
Kazuma is refusing to be controlled, as Garcia sits in half guard.
Garcia working over Kazuma with some ground and pound. Kazuma looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We've been hearing that Garcia has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazuma pushes Garcia off looking to stand but Garcia dives back in and keeps control.
Garcia 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.
Garcia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Kazuma has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Garcia is on him like a limpet, forcing Kazuma back against the cage.
Kazuma lands with a left to the head.
Garcia lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kazuma takes an elbow to the temple.
Garcia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garcia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kazuma.
Garcia tries to pull guard but Kazuma forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Garcia.
Kazuma misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garcia tries to pull guard but Kazuma forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Garcia misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garcia.
Kazuma avoids a wild elbow strike from Garcia.
A short left from Garcia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Kazuma fails to land.
Kazuma misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kazuma misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garcia.
Kazuma working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Garcia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Garcia drags the fight down to the ground.
Garcia has a closed guard, preventing Kazuma from standing up.
Garcia is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Garcia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kazuma manages to get himself to full guard.

Garcia with a nice head shot there.

Kazuma kicks Garcia off and gets to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kazuma 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.
Garcia defending well as Kazuma loads up on a big left hand.
Garcia lands a slapping body shot.
Garcia with a hook.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kazuma darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Garcia scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kazuma missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia connects with a jab.
Garcia lands a body shot.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Kazuma throws a hook but Garcia blocks it.
Kazuma throws a leg kick
and Garcia counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia jabs at Kazuma's body.
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Kazuma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kazuma lands a lovely overhand right.
Kazuma rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garcia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kiryu Kazuma's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Garcia scores with a nice right hand.
Garcia lands a slapping body shot.
Kazuma shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kazuma throws a shot from downtown. Garcia moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Garcia was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kazuma.
Garcia lands a jab to Kazuma's midsection.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kazuma can do to turn this around?
Garcia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kazuma throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
Garcia is looking to wear down Kazuma with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Garcia lands a glancing blow to the side of Kazuma's head.
Garcia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Garcia.
Garcia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kazuma.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kazuma scores with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Garcia. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Garcia.

Kazuma is rocked!
Kazuma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kazuma is still on wobbly legs! Can Garcia finish him?
Garcia cracks Kazuma with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Kazuma falls to his knees and Garcia doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey Garcia!
Mickey Garcia seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.