PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Jcool (ranked 24108 p4p, 5745 weight class) and Miguel Garces (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jcool comes to the cage accompanied by Eye of the tiger. Garces is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Light into the Darkness. This should be a great matchup!

Jcool
vs
Garces

195 cm
21
195
8 - 20 - 0

183 cm
23
198
5 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 8 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abdul Jcool!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miguel Garces!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Garces forces Jcool back against the cage and clinches.

Garces decides to pull guard.
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.
Garces has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jcool won't allow Garces to sweep him here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Garces holds on and takes a little breather.
Jcool preventing the sweep.

Garces is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jcool stopping the sweep attempt from Garces.
Jcool has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Garces is controlling Jcool's posture.
Jcool trying to control but Garces is working from the bottom.
Garces is adopting a defensive guard.
Jcool will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jcool got a little sloppy there for a moment and Garces has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jcool has managed to get both his arms back between Garces's legs - danger averted.
Garces looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jcool is one step ahead there.
Jcool trying to control the position from guard on top but Garces is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garces is pulling down on Jcool's head. It's preventing any offense from Jcool, at least for the moment.

Garces has an active guard here but Jcool has managed to pass into half guard.
Garces wants to improve his position but Jcool is controlling well.

That's two 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Garces gets back to full guard.
Garces controlling the position.
Jcool trying to control but Garces is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garces controlling the position.
Jcool tries to free his leg and advance position but Garces is retaining full guard.

Garces is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jcool lands a couple of digs.

Garces has his foot on Jcool's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jcool works his way back into a safe position though.
Garces pulls Jcool in close to prevent any damage.

Garces is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Garces is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jcool is aware though and is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Garces working for a triangle but Jcool defends it easily.

Garces is looking for a triangle but Jcool pushes his legs off easily.
Jcool postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Garces controlling Jcool's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jcool postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Garces is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Jcool, into his guard.

Garces throwing strikes but missing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Garces dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A low kick lands for Garces.
A solid body kick from Garces.
Jcool shoots and misses
and Garces counters with a series of strikes. Jcool will be more careful next time no doubt.
Garces lands with a kick to the ribs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garces landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Garces breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Garces gets a clinch.
Garces lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garces is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garces scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garces lands a good knee to the midsection. Jcool won't want to take too many of those.
Garces utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Garces lands an elbow inside.

Garces jumps into guard, dragging Jcool to the mat.

Garces throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Garces is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Jcool frees his head nicely. Oh but Garces has switched to an armbar! Jcool is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Miguel Garces!
Our winner, Miguel Garces, 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.
In defeat, Abdul Jcool stepped up to the mic, saying '"Everybody out there know I beat him, I controlled the fight, he was missing, I hit him plenty more times. I beat him.Let me talk something... I want to thank the whole hood who came out here. I love y'all. I did this for the hood, you know I beat that boy.'.