PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liliano Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albion Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Garcia
vs
Rocha

220 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

210 cm
21
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Liliano Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Albion Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Garcia shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

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

Garcia shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rocha manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Rocha wants to stand and escape but Garcia is having none of it.
Rocha is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rocha working a defensive guard but Garcia passes into half guard.
Rocha wants to control the action here but instead Garcia manages to pass to full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Garcia is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Garcia shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Rocha napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Garcia easily slips into full mount!
Rocha is trying to reverse the position but instead Garcia has taken his back - oops!
Rocha looks gassed!
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Rocha tries to escape but Garcia has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

Garcia stands up from back control! Strange decision that!
Liliano Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Garcia looking to score a takedown here. Rocha is defending well but Garcia drives through and ends up in Rocha's guard.

Rocha looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Garcia passes into side control.

Garcia decides to stand back up. Garcia steps back and let's Rocha 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!
Garcia fails to land the takedown.

Garcia shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Garcia showed some decent athleticism there.

Garcia decides to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garcia shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rocha wants to control the action here but instead Garcia manages to pass to full mount!
Rocha working to try and regain half guard.
Rocha tries to improve his position but instead Garcia has taken his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia gets his hands free as Rocha looks to control.
Rocha is trying to break free.
Rocha is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Garcia gets to his feet! The crowd go wild in anticipation of a knockout!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Garcia shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rocha manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Garcia gets to his feet. Rocha looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Garcia shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rocha manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Rocha is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rocha wants to control the position but Garcia says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

Garcia decides to stand up.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Rocha sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Garcia shoots in and bounces Rocha off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Garcia dives into side control.

Garcia has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Rocha looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Garcia!
Garcia flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Rocha 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.
Garcia swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rocha looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Rocha tries to control but Garcia wriggling away.
Garcia throwing punches despite being mounted.
Garcia throwing punches despite being mounted.
Liliano Garcia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Garcia has decided that throwing punches whilst being mounted is the best he can manage just now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rocha. What's that going to do exactly?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Rocha looking to control but Garcia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Garcia is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Garcia throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Garcia sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha blocks the strikes from Garcia.
Rocha wants to stand up but Garcia has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Garcia throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Garcia lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Rocha trying to pass the guard but Garcia defending well.
Garcia manages to get to full guard.
Garcia keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Garcia striking off his back.
Rocha trying to stand up but can't free himself from Garcia's guard.
Garcia throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Garcia doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Garcia lands a decent shot there.
Garcia tries to strike from the bottom.
Garcia throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Garcia lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Rocha trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Garcia thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Garcia striking off his back but it's not causing Rocha any problems.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Rocha drops back looking for a leg! Garcia is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Garcia manages to kick Rocha off! Rocha jumps back into Garcia's guard.
Garcia striking off his back but it's not causing Rocha any problems.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liliano Garcia dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Garcia drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Garcia decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Garcia dives in and grabs Rocha's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rocha pushes down on Garcia's head and hops out.
Rocha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garcia avoids the head kick by Rocha.

Rocha takes the fight into the clinch.

Garcia manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Rocha from controlling successfully.
Garcia trying to strike off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rocha wants to stand but Garcia is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Garcia throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Garcia throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Garcia throws a couple of heel strikes.
Rocha trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Garcia tries to strike from the bottom.
Garcia striking from his own guard.
Garcia throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rocha stands up out of Garcia's guard for a moment - Garcia manages to land a nice upkick.
Garcia throwing short punches from the bottom.
Garcia trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocha wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Garcia scores with a nice shot.
Garcia throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Garcia lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Garcia trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Garcia striking off his back but it's not causing Rocha any problems.
Garcia throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia tries to strike from the bottom.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Rocha from controlling successfully.
Garcia trying to strike off his back.
Garcia punching from the bottom.
Rocha must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Garcia trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Rocha from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Garcia striking from the bottom here.
Garcia throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Garcia tries to strike from the bottom.
Rocha throws a big elbow that misses.
Garcia trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Garcia tries to strike from the bottom.
Rocha trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Garcia thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Garcia 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.
Garcia throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Garcia lands an upkick as Rocha stands over him.
Rocha has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Garcia is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocha trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia lands an upkick as Rocha stands over him.
Garcia thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Garcia trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Rocha trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Rocha is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Albion Rocha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Albion Rocha wasn't active enough on the ground.
Garcia dives in and grabs Rocha's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rocha pushes down on Garcia's head and hops out.
Garcia fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liliano Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rocha moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liliano Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Garcia, 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liliano Garcia!