PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bob Michigan (ranked 5310 p4p, 5323 weight class) and Ryan Garcia (ranked 359 p4p, 361 weight class). Garcia has chosen Oceans as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Michigan
vs
Garcia

169 cm
18
155
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
145
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Kore Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Michigan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michigan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Garcia wants to clinch up but Michigan keeps it at a distance.
Michigan throws a hook but Garcia blocks it.
Garcia tries to clinch but Michigan is having none of it.

Garcia gets caught napping as Michigan dives in and scores a takedown. Garcia manages to retain guard.
Garcia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Michigan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Michigan lands a couple of elbows.
Michigan has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Michigan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Michigan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Garcia for as long as he can get away with.
Michigan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michigan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Michigan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Garcia's head.
Michigan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Michigan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michigan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Garcia looking for a sweep. Not yet Garcia, not yet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Michigan lands a couple of elbows.
Michigan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Michigan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Michigan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Michigan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Garcia's head.
Garcia is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Michigan stands and throws Garcia's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michigan staying calm.
Michigan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Michigan cracks Garcia with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Garcia is rocked!
Garcia takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Garcia is still in real trouble! Can Michigan finish him?
A lull in the action here.
Michigan landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michigan cracks Garcia with a big elbow.
Garcia on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Michigan working the body and head with strikes.
Michigan working the ground and pound from side control.
Michigan scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Garcia is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Michigan can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Michigan!
After winning the bout, Bob Michigan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.