PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franz Kafka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patch Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kafka might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Heartbeats. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kafka
vs
Garcia

200 cm
28
265 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

203 cm
29
269 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Franz Kafka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patch Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kafka bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Good leg kick by Kafka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kafka fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Garcia is out of range.
Kafka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Garcia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kafka.
Kafka throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garcia.
Garcia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kafka.

Garcia has managed to clinch.
Garcia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kafka backwards.
Kafka misses with the head strike.
Kafka has had enough of the clinch but Garcia keeps him there for the moment.
Kafka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Garcia.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia controlling the action here for a moment.
Garcia is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kafka throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garcias head.
A nice left hand lands by Kafka.
Garcia looking to slow down the pace here.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kafka.
Kafka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia is trying to stall.
Kafka managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia.
Kafka swings wildly with an uppercut but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kafka looking to stall.
Kafka misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Garcia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kafka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garcia lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kafka misses with a knee to the head.
Kafka lands with a left to the head.
Kafka has a couple of punches blocked by Garcia.
Garcia stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short right from Kafka on the inside.
Garcia blocking some punches.
Kafka misses with a body punch.
Kafka works on Garcia's body with a couple of short punches.
Kafka throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Garcia looks gassed!
Garcia lands an elbow just above Kafka 's eye.
Kafka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kafka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kafka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Kafka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kafka misses with a knee strike.
Kafka lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kafka.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kafka creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kafka works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kafka throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garcias head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Kafka.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kafka comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kafka lands a hook that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Kafka blocking some punches.
Kafka lands a shoulder strike.
Garcia takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kafka creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Garcia prevents a body shot from Kafka.
Kafka lands a left hand.
Kafka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Garcia's face.
Kafka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.

Kafka manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kafka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kafka misses with a body kick.
Garcia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kafka misses with a wild combination.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Kafka.
Kafka scores with a sloppy right hand. Garcia should have avoided that one.
Garcia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kafka throws a right hand that misses
and Kafka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kafka throws a low kick but Garcia moves out of range easily.
Kafka jabs Garcia right on the nose. Garcia blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kafka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garcia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kafka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kafka swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franz Kafka dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

That kick from Garcia tenderised Kafka's leg. Kafka is trying to keep his angry face on.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kafka. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia jabs Kafka right on the nose. Kafka blinks but takes it well.
Garcia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kafka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garcia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Garcia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kafka throws a shot from downtown. Garcia moves away and avoids it.
Kafka lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garcia at a distance.
Kafka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but Kafka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kafka misses the shot to the body.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kafka circles away quickly and effectively.
Garcia fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kafka is out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Garcia lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kafka has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kafka and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kafka. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kafka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garcia attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kafka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Garcia on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
A lazy left from Kafka finds it's target.

Kafka closes the distance and clinches.
Garcia lands an elbow inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kafka.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia tries to stall but Kafka uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Franz Kafka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Garcia tries to circle away but Kafka has him pinned against the cage.
Garcia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Garcia trying to stall but Kafka improves his position.
Kafka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Kafka.
Garcia prevents a body shot from Kafka.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kafka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kafka gets through Garcia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kafka is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garcia.
Kafka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Garcia fails to land.
Kafka digs a right hand underneath Garcia's ribcage. Garcia let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kafka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kafka makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kafka makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kafka.
Kafka lands a nice elbow.
Kafka taking a breather.
Garcia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Garcia misses with the head strike.
Kafka trying to control the position but instead, Garcia has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kafka into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kafka pushes Garcia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kafka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garcia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kafka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Garcia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kafka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garcia checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Kafka circles away.
Kafka fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garcia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kafka swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kafka at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kafka. That's going to slow Garcia down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kafka connects with a body shot.
Kafka misses with a head kick.
A jab lands there for Kafka.
A jab lands there for Kafka.
Kafka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Kafka's shoulder, as Kafka tries to avoid the shot.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kafka moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Garcia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kafka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garcia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kafka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kafka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kafka.
Kafka avoids the body shot from Garcia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Franz Kafka dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A jab lands there for Kafka.
Kafka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kafka misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.
Garcia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kafka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kafka looks to throw a body kick
and Garcia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kafka lands with a nice body kick.
Kafka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Kafka takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kafka throws a low kick but Garcia avoids it.
Kafka misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kafka lands with an overhand left.
Kafka lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Garcia with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia wants to clinch.
Kafka connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Garcia momentarily.
Kafka misses with a few strikes there.
Kafka throws a leg kick but Garcia checks it.
Kafka looks to land a right hand but Garcia moved out of range.
Kafka looks to land a right hand but Garcia moved out of range.
Garcia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Garcia throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Garcia misses with a body kick.
Garcia throws the left hand but Kafka avoids the punch easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Garcia misses the target.
Kafka cracks Garcia with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Patch Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kafka just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Kafka.
Garcia swings for the body but Kafka moves out of range.
Garcia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kafka connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garcia scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Kafka's shoulder, as Kafka tries to avoid the shot.
Garcia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kafka throws a jab but it's blocked by Garcia.
Kafka looks for the body kick but Garcia saw that one coming.
Garcia throws an off balance right hand
letting Kafka counter with a right hand.
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but Kafka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garcia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kafka.
A head kick from Kafka lands but Garcia takes it in his stride.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kafka. That's going to slow Garcia down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a wild body kick that Kafka sees coming a mile off.
Kafka scores with a kick to the midsection.
Garcia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia misses with a double jab.
Franz Kafka is winning the standup battle so far.
Garcia misses with a looping left.
Nice uppercut lands for Kafka. That snapped Garcia's head back.
Nice shot by Kafka.
A punch combination from Garcia misses.
Garcia tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kafka lands with a hook. Garcia tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kafka instigates a clinch.
Kafka cracks Garcia with a nice body shot.
A hook to the body from Kafka.
Garcia blocks a body shot from Kafka.
Garcia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kafka tries to throw a body punch but Garcia avoids it by throwing Kafka back against the cage.
Franz Kafka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kafka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Kafka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Kafka scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kafka avoids a wild elbow strike from Garcia.
Garcia takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Patch Garcia has been cut.
Garcia tries to work over Kafka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Kafka.
Kafka trying to control the position but instead, Garcia has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kafka into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Garcia fails to land.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Kafka lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garcia or not.
Kafka lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcia is trying to push Kafka away but Kafka has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kafka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garcia.
Kafka slows down the pace here.
Kafka lands an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Franz Kafka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kafka has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Franz Kafka!
Franz Kafka decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.