PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Pudzianowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyrus Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyrus Garcia is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Pudzianowski
vs
Garcia

185 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
19
275 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut

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 St Petersburg, Mariusz Pudzianowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kyrus Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pudzianowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Pudzianowski.
Pudzianowski could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Pudzianowski closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Garcia to the mat! Garcia manages to get full guard.

Pudzianowski stands up from Garcia's guard - Pudzianowski perhaps looking for a knockout.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Pudzianowski throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Garcia tries to clinch but Pudzianowski moves out of range.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pudzianowski throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pudzianowski misses with a double jab.
Pudzianowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia avoids the head kick by Pudzianowski.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Pudzianowski circles away.
Pudzianowski throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.

Garcia gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Pudzianowski to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Garcia is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Pudzianowski stands and steps away. Garcia gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Garcia moves into range and clinches up with Pudzianowski.
Garcia tries to land knees in the clinch but Pudzianowski avoids the damage to the body.
Pudzianowski can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia tries to land knees in the clinch but Pudzianowski avoids the damage to the body.
Garcia keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pudzianowski's efforts to push away.
Garcia keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pudzianowski's efforts to push away.
Pudzianowski avoiding damage as Garcia throws knees to the body.
Pudzianowski managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia.
Garcia tries to land knees in the clinch but Pudzianowski avoids the damage to the body.
Pudzianowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pudzianowski tries to circle away but Garcia has him pinned against the cage.
Pudzianowski avoiding damage as Garcia throws knees to the body.
Pudzianowski avoiding damage as Garcia throws knees to the body.
Pudzianowski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pudzianowski avoiding damage as Garcia throws knees to the body.
Pudzianowski can't break the clinch.
Pudzianowski tries to break the clinch but Garcia is controlling the position.

Pudzianowski breaks from the clinch.
Garcia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pudzianowski.
Pudzianowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Pudzianowski misses with a two punch combination.
Pudzianowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Pudzianowski pushes him off.
Pudzianowski throws a head kick that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pudzianowski circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pudzianowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pudzianowski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pudzianowski tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pudzianowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pudzianowski throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Pudzianowski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Mariusz Pudzianowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia tries to clinch there but Pudzianowski circles away.
Pudzianowski misses with a head kick.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pudzianowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pudzianowski throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Pudzianowski with a jab.
Garcia looks gassed!
Pudzianowski misses with a few strikes there.
Pudzianowski goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pudzianowski looks to land a combination but Garcia avoids it well.
Pudzianowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Pudzianowski throws a sloppy head kick and Garcia moves out of range easily.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garcia takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pudzianowski.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski misses with a wild combination.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but Pudzianowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Pudzianowski scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Pudzianowski stands up and beckons Garcia to his feet.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pudzianowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pudzianowski throws a right hand that Garcia ducks under and follows up with a left that Garcia also avoids with ease.
Pudzianowski throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Pudzianowski.
Pudzianowski throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pudzianowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Pudzianowski is avoiding it.
Pudzianowski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Pudzianowski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Pudzianowski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pudzianowski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pudzianowski controlling the position easily from mount.
Pudzianowski trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pudzianowski stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Pudzianowski throws a sloppy head kick and Garcia moves out of range easily.
A left and a right from Pudzianowski both land. Nice combination.
Kyrus Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pudzianowski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Pudzianowski closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Garcia did well to prevent Pudzianowski getting side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Pudzianowski stands up and beckons Garcia to join him on the feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Garcia tries to clinch there but Pudzianowski circles away.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Pudzianowski circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mariusz Pudzianowski dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pudzianowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia tries to clinch up.
Pudzianowski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pudzianowski throws a head kick that misses.

Pudzianowski decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Garcia moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Pudzianowski gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Mariusz Pudzianowski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Pudzianowski circles away and keeps his distance.
Pudzianowski keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Pudzianowski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Pudzianowski scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia is desperately trying to improve his position but Pudzianowski has a good base and remains in mount.
Garcia is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pudzianowski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Garcia flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Pudzianowski stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Pudzianowski lands a nice shot that snaps Garcia's head back.
Pudzianowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Pudzianowski circles away.
Pudzianowski throws a sloppy head kick and Garcia moves out of range easily.
Pudzianowski throws a head kick that misses.
Pudzianowski throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pudzianowski displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Pudzianowski pushes him off.
A jab from Pudzianowski does it's job there.
Pudzianowski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Pudzianowski shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Pudzianowski decides to stand and escape the position.
Pudzianowski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pudzianowski keeps the fight on the outside.
Pudzianowski throws a head kick but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Pudzianowski is avoiding it.

Pudzianowski closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Garcia to the mat! Garcia manages to get full guard.
Garcia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pudzianowski is one step ahead there.

Pudzianowski stands up from Garcia's guard - Pudzianowski perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garcia has closed the distance and engaged Pudzianowski in a clinch.
Pudzianowski is trying to break the clinch but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Pudzianowski wants to break free but Garcia has control.
Garcia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pudzianowski is defending well for now.

Pudzianowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pudzianowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.

Garcia moves into the clinch successfully.

Pudzianowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pudzianowski throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Garcia drives through and clinches with Pudzianowski against the cage.
Pudzianowski tries to break free but Garcia pushes him back against the cage.
Garcia has Pudzianowski pressed against the cage, preventing Pudzianowski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Garcia crunches a lovely knee into Pudzianowski's ribcage.
Pudzianowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Garcia tries to land knees in the clinch but Pudzianowski avoids the damage to the body.
Pudzianowski managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia.
Pudzianowski blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski avoiding damage as Garcia throws knees to the body.
Garcia tries to land knees in the clinch but Pudzianowski avoids the damage to the body.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Pudzianowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pudzianowski avoids it.
Garcia missing with knees to the body.
Pudzianowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pudzianowski avoiding damage as Garcia throws knees to the body.
Pudzianowski avoiding damage as Garcia throws knees to the body.
Garcia tries to land knees in the clinch but Pudzianowski avoids the damage to the body.
Garcia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pudzianowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Pudzianowski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia tries to clinch but Pudzianowski is having none of it.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Pudzianowski circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia blocks a head kick by Pudzianowski.

Pudzianowski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Garcia!
Garcia is desperately trying to improve his position but Pudzianowski has a good base and remains in mount.
Pudzianowski trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mariusz Pudzianowski dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Garcia fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Pudzianowski.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pudzianowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pudzianowski misses with a head kick.
Pudzianowski throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Pudzianowski goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pudzianowski circles away from the clinch attempt.

Pudzianowski decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pudzianowski wants to stand up but Garcia is controlling the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Garcia manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Garcia throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Pudzianowski decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Garcia, up you get!
Pudzianowski keeps the fight on the outside.
Pudzianowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Pudzianowski misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia moves in looking to clinch but Pudzianowski pushes him off.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Pudzianowski circles away and keeps his distance.
Pudzianowski circles away from the clinch attempt.
A lazy left from Pudzianowski finds it's target.
Pudzianowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Pudzianowski shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Garcia is looking to get to half guard.
Garcia wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Pudzianowski trying to control but Garcia is having none of it.
Mariusz Pudzianowski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pudzianowski controlling his opponent.

Pudzianowski stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pudzianowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Pudzianowski scores a takedown into full mount!

Pudzianowski stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pudzianowski misses with a two punch combination.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Pudzianowski throws a right and a left that both miss.

Pudzianowski is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Garcia's half guard.
Garcia landing strikes from the bottom.

Pudzianowski decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Garcia takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pudzianowski can't break the clinch.
Pudzianowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Pudzianowski managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia.
Garcia missing with knees to the body.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Pudzianowski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Garcia lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pudzianowski blocks an elbow strike.
Pudzianowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pudzianowski is trying to break free.
Garcia tries to land knees in the clinch but Pudzianowski avoids the damage to the body.
Garcia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pudzianowski.
Pudzianowski managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia.
Pudzianowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pudzianowski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pudzianowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Garcia landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pudzianowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Garcia has double underhooks.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pudzianowski avoids it.
Pudzianowski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Pudzianowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garcia lands an elbow inside.
Pudzianowski is trying to break free.
Garcia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pudzianowski is defending well for now.
Garcia lands an elbow that stopped Pudzianowski in his tracks for a moment.
Kyrus Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pudzianowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pudzianowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garcia trying to land knees to the body.
Mariusz Pudzianowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garcia lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pudzianowski working hard to break the clinch.
Pudzianowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pudzianowski avoids it.
Pudzianowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Garcia has double underhooks.
Pudzianowski wants to break free but Garcia has control.
Pudzianowski managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia.
Garcia lands a good knee to the midsection. Pudzianowski won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Garcia.
Pudzianowski managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia.
Pudzianowski managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia.

Pudzianowski manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mariusz Pudzianowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pudzianowski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:26
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:26
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mariusz Pudzianowski!