PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forrest Bickleback (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia comes to the cage accompanied by Akon - Champion. Bickleback comes into a darkened arena with his song building. You're the best! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Garcia
vs
Bickleback

190 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
205 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Santiago Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Forrest Bickleback!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Garcia stuffs the takedown.

Garcia forces Bickleback back against the cage and clinches.
Garcia avoiding damage.
Bickleback gets underhooks to prevent Garcia's takedown attempt.
Garcia has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bickleback avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santiago Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bickleback is defending well.
Garcia is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bickleback is defending well.
Garcia tries to pull guard but Bickleback holds him up against the cage and eventually Garcia drops back down to his feet.
Bickleback keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garcia's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia lands a good knee to the midsection. Bickleback won't want to take too many of those.
Garcia putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bickleback in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Garcia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bickleback is fending him off so far but Garcia persists. Nope, Bickleback circles away and we're back to standing.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Garcia. Bickleback shrugs it off though.
Garcia changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bickleback tries to avoid it but Garcia manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bickleback to the ground. Bickleback escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bickleback stuffs the takedown.

Garcia gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Bickleback is controlling him.
Garcia struggles to land a body shot inside as Bickleback controls his hands.
Garcia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bickleback.

Garcia successfully pulls guard.

Garcia looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Bickleback has picked Garcia up and slammed him! Garcia can't keep hold of the triangle and Bickleback manages to pass to side control!
The ground and pound from Bickleback seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Garcia is letting Bickleback control him for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bickleback's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Bickleback is looking to take a break and control but Garcia is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bickleback looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia wants to control but Bickleback postures up.
Garcia tries to buck Bickleback off but Bickleback is having none of it.

Garcia throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!

Garcia gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bickleback to score an easy takedown into full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Garcia holds on and takes a little breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bickleback really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garcia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bickleback landing with the ground and pound.
Garcia trying to keep a closed guard but Bickleback is proving a slippery customer.
Garcia pulls Bickleback in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Santiago Garcia wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A thudding body kick lands there by Garcia!
Bickleback displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garcia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santiago Garcia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Garcia clinches up against the cage.
Garcia wants to break free but Bickleback has control.
Garcia jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bickleback walks away with a smile on his face. Garcia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bickleback tries to score a power double leg takedown but Garcia sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bickleback somewhat.
Bickleback fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Garcia avoids it really well and circles away.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. Bickleback looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bickleback is breathing heavily.
Bickleback shoots in but Garcia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Santiago Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Forrest Bickleback.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcia darts in and clinches Bickleback up against the cage.
Bickleback tries for a takedown but Garcia manages to get underhooks.
Garcia putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bickleback in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Garcia stalling in the clinch but Bickleback improves position.
Garcia lands a good knee to the midsection. Bickleback won't want to take too many of those.
Garcia looking for a takedown.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Garcia prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Garcia jumps guard.
Bickleback trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Garcia is looking for a triangle but Bickleback pushes his legs off easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Garcia has his feet on Bickleback's thighs here. He's pushed Bickleback off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Bickleback screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Santiago Garcia!
As Santiago Garcia got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: i just wanna take a moment out to thank everyone thats helped me get where i am my trainers my manager sponsor and gary coffey for giving me my shot :D'.