PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bj Blyant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armando Garcilaza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Blyant
vs
Garcilaza

180 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

187 cm
25
207 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Fight Club Clothing™
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bj Blyant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Armando Garcilaza!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blyant drives through and clinches with Garcilaza against the cage.
Garcilaza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Garcilaza jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Blyant walks away with a smile on his face. Garcilaza gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Garcilaza gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Blyant is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Blyant throws a big right hand that misses.
Garcilaza controls Blyant momentarily but Blyant frees himself.

Blyant is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Blyant wants to pass the guard but Garcilaza is keeping the position.
Garcilaza controls Blyant momentarily but Blyant frees himself.
Garcilaza controlling the position.
Blyant trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcilaza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcilaza looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Armando Garcilaza was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Garcilaza is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcilaza misses with a hook. Blyant ducked under it nicely.

Garcilaza clinches up against the cage.
Blyant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Blyant gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Blyant tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcilaza is retaining full guard.
Garcilaza wants to stand and escape but Blyant is having none of it.
Blyant engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Blyant works over Garcilaza with some ground and pound from guard.
Blyant working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blyant wants to pass the guard but Garcilaza is keeping the position.
Blyant postures up in Garcilaza's guard and throws a big left but Garcilaza blocks it.
Blyant trying to control but Garcilaza is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blyant is really struggling to control Garcilaza but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Blyant loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Blyant has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Garcilaza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Garcilaza moves to clinch but Blyant breaks away

and Blyant counters by clinching up.
Garcilaza pushes off an throws an elbow but Blyant leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Garcilaza pushes off an throws an elbow but Blyant leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Blyant blocks an elbow strike.
Garcilaza tries to pull guard but Blyant holds him up against the cage and eventually Garcilaza drops back down to his feet.
Garcilaza trying to control the position but instead, Blyant has worked for underhooks and has pushed Garcilaza into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blyant.
Garcilaza can't break the clinch.

Blyant manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blyant closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garcilaza is trying to break the clinch but Blyant has him pressed against the cage.
Garcilaza jumps guard but Blyant stands there with Garcilaza around his waist. Garcilaza gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bj Blyant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Armando Garcilaza.
Garcilaza tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Blyant smiles and moves away.

Blyant looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Blyant wants to pass the guard but Garcilaza is keeping the position.
Garcilaza is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Garcilaza is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Blyant sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Blyant has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bj Blyant wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Blyant scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Blyant is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Garcilaza knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Blyant tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Blyant has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Blyant tries for a kimura but Garcilaza is defending well.
Garcilaza on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcilaza is looking to regain half guard here but Blyant keeps moving and retains side control.

Blyant is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Garcilaza is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcilaza can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bj Blyant dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Garcilaza misses the body punch

and Blyant counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Blyant seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Blyant keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Blyant uses his free foot to push down on Garcilaza's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Garcilaza.
Blyant unloads with some shots from mount but Garcilaza bucks and avoids them well.
Garcilaza is desperately trying to improve his position but Blyant has a good base and remains in mount.
Blyant dominating with strikes here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Blyant looking to control but Garcilaza is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Garcilaza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Garcilaza holds on to Blyant as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blyant landing shots from mount.
Garcilaza is trying to escape the mount.
Garcilaza tries to buck Blyant off but he can't manage it.
Garcilaza is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcilaza is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Blyant controlling the position easily from mount.

Blyant looking to secure an arm triangle but Garcilaza defends it well.
Blyant looking to finish Garcilaza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Garcilaza!
Blyant pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Blyant wants to control the pace but Garcilaza is squirming around nicely.
Blyant landing strikes from the mount and Garcilaza is in trouble!

Blyant looking to isolate an arm here. Garcilaza doesn't see it coming and as Blyant extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Blyant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bj Blyant!