PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dre Garcilazo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Adams
vs
Garcilazo

173 cm
27
142 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

175 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Bryan Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dre Garcilazo!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Adams enables Garcilazo to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Adams manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Adams has his feet on Garcilazo's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Garcilazo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Adams to the mat! Adams manages to get full guard.
Garcilazo tries to stand but Adams is controlling from the bottom.

Adams is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Garcilazo is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Adams can't fight it off and eventually Garcilazo manages to take the fight to the floor. Adams looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcilazo tries to stand but Adams is controlling from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcilazo looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adams wriggles free and stands up.

Garcilazo scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcilazo is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.

Adams bucks Garcilazo off and manages to get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcilazo circles away quickly and effectively.
Adams swinging wildly here.

Garcilazo manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Adams on his heels. He'll look to pass Adams's guard now, I'm sure.
Garcilazo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Adams uses the cage to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Garcilazo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Adams was covering up waiting for the punch and Garcilazo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Garcilazo wants to stand and escape but instead Adams has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Garcilazo wants to stand and escape but Adams is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Adams stands up from Garcilazo's guard - Adams perhaps looking for a knockout.

Garcilazo shoots in and bounces Adams off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Garcilazo trying to stand up but can't free himself from Adams's guard.
Garcilazo wants to stand and escape but instead Adams has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adams gets to his feet. Garcilazo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Adams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A right-left combo lands from Adams.

Garcilazo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Adams has his feet on Garcilazo's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Adams tries to sprawl but Garcilazo drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Adams makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Adams lands with a nice combination. Garcilazo backs away looking to recover.

Garcilazo looking to score a takedown here. Adams is defending well but Garcilazo drives through and ends up in Adams's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dre Garcilazo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Garcilazo slips a jab and a cross from Adams.

Garcilazo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Adams has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Garcilazo off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Garcilazo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Adams looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Garcilazo tries to get to his feet but Adams is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Garcilazo in his guard.

Adams pushes Garcilazo off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Garcilazo is breathing heavily.
Garcilazo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adams gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Adams pushes Garcilazo off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Adams throws a combination. Garcilazo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Garcilazo looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Adams!
Dre Garcilazo has got the better of the ground game so far.

Adams bucks Garcilazo off and manages to get back to his feet!

Garcilazo scores a takedown into full mount!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Adams somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Adams there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dre Garcilazo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Garcilazo feints and as Adams raises his hands in defense, Garcilazo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Adams has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Garcilazo off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Garcilazo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Adams scores with a three punch combo!

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

Adams manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Adams duly obliges.
Adams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Garcilazo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Garcilazo wants to stand and escape but instead Adams has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Adams stands up from Garcilazo's guard - Adams perhaps looking for a knockout.

Garcilazo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Adams pushes Garcilazo off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adams closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Adams misses with a two punch combination.

Adams gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Adams scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Garcilazo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcilazo wants to stand but Adams is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dre Garcilazo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Adams throws a combination. Garcilazo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Garcilazo gets a takedown into half guard.

Adams pushes Garcilazo off and gets back to his feet.

Garcilazo closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Adams did well to prevent Garcilazo getting side control.
Garcilazo wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Adams uses the opportunity to regain full guard.

Adams wriggles free and stands up.
A nice combination there by Adams.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcilazo closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Adams quickly recovers to half guard.

Adams kicks off Garcilazo and gets to his feet.
Adams throws a right and a left that Garcilazo avoids nicely.

Garcilazo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Adams looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Garcilazo tries to stand but Adams controls the position and pulls Garcilazo into his guard.

Adams pushes Garcilazo off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Garcilazo feints and as Adams raises his hands in defense, Garcilazo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Adams pushes Garcilazo off and scrambles back to his feet.
Adams looks to land a combination but Garcilazo avoids it well.
Adams cracks the inside of Garcilazo's front leg.

Garcilazo feints and as Adams raises his hands in defense, Garcilazo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Garcilazo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Adams is proving hard to escape from.
Garcilazo wants to stand and escape but instead Adams has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Garcilazo is working an open guard so Adams takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adams throws a one two combo.

Garcilazo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Adams manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Adams scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Adams throws a one two combo.
Adams scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Adams gets caught napping as Garcilazo dives in and scores a takedown. Adams manages to retain guard.

Adams scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Garcilazo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Adams has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Garcilazo off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Adams misses with a wild combination.
Bryan Adams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Garcilazo drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcilazo wants to stand and escape but instead Adams has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dre Garcilazo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Garcilazo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dre Garcilazo!