PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cortez Garcia (ranked 3986 p4p, 3932 weight class) and Cero Dohbopavich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Garcia
vs
Dohbopavich

194 cm
24
183
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
191
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Northern Zombie

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cortez Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cero Dohbopavich!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dohbopavich takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Garcia rushes Dohbopavich and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia lands a good knee to the midsection. Dohbopavich won't want to take too many of those.
Garcia stops a takedown attempt from Dohbopavich.
Garcia lands a damaging elbow.
Dohbopavich has Garcia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Garcia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Dohbopavich drops down looking for an ankle pick but Garcia pulls his leg out and moves away.
Cortez Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cero Dohbopavich.

Dohbopavich fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Garcia sprawls well initially but Dohbopavich persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Garcia trying to hold on to Dohbopavich's head to control him but Dohbopavich postures up.
Dohbopavich working Garcia over with strikes.
Garcia is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dohbopavich lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Garcia is trying to get back to full guard.
Garcia is staying active underneath Dohbopavich, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Garcia on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Garcia manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dohbopavich passes into half guard.
Dohbopavich winds up and cracks Garcia with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dohbopavich lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dohbopavich seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Dohbopavich there.
Garcia is looking to improve his position.
Dohbopavich lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dohbopavich 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.
Dohbopavich lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dohbopavich is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Garcia is looking to improve his position.
Dohbopavich 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.
Dohbopavich working Garcia over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to stand back up but Dohbopavich is controlling him
Dohbopavich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Dohbopavich is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Garcia is rocked!
Dohbopavich working the head and body with strikes.
Oh Garcia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garcia tries to roll over but Dohbopavich keeps him under control.
Garcia seems to have got his legs back now.
Garcia on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dohbopavich lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Garcia quite badly. Garcia pulls Dohbopavich in close trying to recover. Dohbopavich postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Garcia on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Garcia doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cero Dohbopavich!