PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Garcia (ranked 6150 p4p, 3267 weight class) and King Ipitan (ranked 500 p4p, 362 weight class). Gabe Garcia had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Garcia
vs
Ipitan

190 cm
28
280
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
24
245
1 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gabe Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, King Ipitan!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt
and Ipitan counters with a left and a right that stings Garcia.

Ipitan drives through and clinches with Garcia against the cage.
Ipitan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Garcia's defenses.

It looks like Gabe Garcia has been cut.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but Ipitan has him pressed against the cage.
Garcia jumps guard but Ipitan turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabe Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ipitan to keep the fight standing.
Ipitan landing knees to the head.

Ipitan lands an uppercut that drops Garcia! Ipitan follows him to the canvas looking to finish.

Garcia is rocked!
Garcia is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia is looking to reverse the position.
Oh Garcia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ipitan wants to stand but Garcia is controlling his arm.
Garcia is trying to improve his position.
Ipitan tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Garcia tries to improve position but can't.
Ipitan wants to stand but Garcia has his arm trapped.
Garcia seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia manages to get back to half guard.
Ipitan tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Garcia is looking to improve his position.
Ipitan tries to stand and escape but Garcia is controlling the position.
Garcia trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ipitan tries to stand and escape but Garcia is controlling the position.
Garcia is trying is best to control the position here.
Garcia has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ipitan is working away from the top position though.

Garcia actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Garcia is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Ipitan has Garcia up against the cage in a clinch.
Ipitan lands a damaging elbow.
Ipitan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garcia is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Garcia is looking for a takedown.
A short right from Ipitan on the inside.
A short uppercut from Ipitan.
Ipitan with a knee to the head.
Ipitan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ipitan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garcia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Garcia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ipitan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garcia blocks it with crossed arms.
Ipitan lands with a right to the head.
Ipitan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ipitan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ipitan creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Garcia with a big uppercut! Garcia tries to clinch up but Ipitan pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Garcia to the mat! Garcia covers up and Ipitan unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). King Ipitan!
During a confident post fight interview, King Ipitan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.