PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rudy Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Deere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Cypress Hill - Mexican Rap . 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
Deere

185 cm
18
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rudy Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Deere!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia tries for a takedown but Deere sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Garcia has a takedown stuffed.
Deere misses with a hook to the body
and Garcia counters with a left and a right that stings Deere.
Deere connects with a jab.
Garcia shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Deere defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rudy Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Deere but Deere pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Deere dodges the punch combination from Garcia.
Deere misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Deere misses.
Deere swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Deere.
A jab from Deere misses.
No luck for Garcia with that takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Deere is fending him off so far but Garcia persists. Nope, Deere circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Deere avoids them all with ease.
Garcia moves out of range of the strikes.
Garcia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Deere throws out the jab.
Garcia throws a right hand that Deere ducks under and follows up with a left that Deere also avoids with ease.
Garcia lands a jab-cross combination.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Deere throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
Deere takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Garcia.
Deere misses with a series of wild punches.
Deere throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garcia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
No joy there for Deere, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garcia fails to land the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Deere as Garcia shoots in.
A looping hook to the body misses from Deere. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Deere stuffs the takedown.
Deere cracks Garcia with a good jab.
Garcia dives in for a single leg takedown but Deere sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Deere's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Deere tries to circle away but Garcia has him pinned against the cage.
Deere tries to circle away but Garcia has him pinned against the cage.

Deere breaks from the clinch.

Deere drops Garcia with a beautiful combination! Garcia stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Deere is looking for the KO!

Garcia is rocked!
Deere misses with the combination.
Oh Garcia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Deere misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deere misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia shoots in and drives through. Deere sprawls well.
John Deere is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Deere fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Deere, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Deere tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Deere.
Garcia seems to have got his legs back now.
Deere lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcia circles away quickly and effectively.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Garcia. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Deere throws a left and a right that both miss

and Garcia counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garcia.
Garcia has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Deere after a bit of a struggle.
Deere is trying to break the clinch but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Deere tries to break free but Garcia pushes him back against the cage.

Deere escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Deere tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garcia looks for a takedown but Deere sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Deere to score with a decent uppercut.
Deere looks to land a combination but Garcia avoids it well.
Garcia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Deere avoids it really well and circles away.
Deere throws a right hand that Garcia ducks under and follows up with a left that Garcia also avoids with ease.
Deere just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia throws a right and a left that Deere avoids nicely.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
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 Deere has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Deere and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Deere loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Deere swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Deere circles away quickly and effectively.
Deere misses with an uppercut
and Garcia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Deere swings for the body but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia closes the distance and clinches up with Deere, looking for a takedown. Garcia pushes Deere against the cage but Deere circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.
Deere leaves Garcia with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Garcia dives in for a single leg takedown but Deere sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rudy Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Deere pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deere is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Deere misses with a jab, cross combination.
Deere throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Deere misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deere fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
Rudy Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Deere.
Deere fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garcia shoots in and drives through. Deere sprawls well.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A punch combination from Deere misses.
Rudy Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Deere looks to land a combination. Garcia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Deere throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia looks for a takedown but Deere sprawls well.
A punch combination from Deere misses.
Deere misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia shoots in looking for a takedown but Deere manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Garcia's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
John Deere seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deere throws a hook to the side of Garcia's head but Garcia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
No joy there for Deere, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Deere throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Deere falls off balance throwing a combination
and Garcia counters with a three punch combo that has Deere backing up. Deere nods at Garcia to acknowledge the strikes.

Garcia gets a double leg takedown into Deere's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Garcia drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Garcia jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Garcia sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Deere 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Deere keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rudy Garcia wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A combination from Deere does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt.
Garcia shoots in but no luck this time.
Deere throws a big shot that misses.
Deere looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia is just out of range.
Garcia is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Deere.
Deere misses with a double jab.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Deere but Deere pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Deere throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia shoots in and drives through. Deere sprawls well.
Garcia changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Deere tries to avoid it but Garcia manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Deere to the ground. Deere escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Deere rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garcia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Deere showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Deere misses the target.
Deere misses with a series of wild punches.
Deere throws a nice looking combination but Garcia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garcia looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Decent striking displayed by Garcia there.
Deere misses with a combination
and Garcia counters with a two punch combo.
Garcia lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Deere rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garcia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Deere throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Deere stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Deere does no damage.
Deere blocks a leg kick.
Garcia slips under a jab.
Deere scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Deere keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rudy Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed right hand from Deere misses the target.
Deere throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
No luck for Garcia with that takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Garcia.
Deere misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garcia slips a straight right by Deere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Deere does no damage.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Deere.
Garcia looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Deere is fending him off so far but Garcia persists. Nope, Deere circles away and we're back to standing.
Deere throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Deere misses the shot to the body.
Garcia fails with the takedown.
Deere tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice takedown defense from Deere. No joy for Garcia on that attempt.
Deere tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia tried to score with a low kick but Deere checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deere scores with a hook to the body. Garcia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garcia tries to land a front kick but Deere steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Garcia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Deere.
Deere throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garcia tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Deere swivels and escapes.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Deere.
A combination from Deere does no damage.
Garcia shoots in looking for a takedown but Deere manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Garcia's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Garcia goes for a double leg but Deere avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Deere continues to drive forward.
Deere wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Deere is trying to break free.
Deere can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia wants a takedown but no success here.
Deere wants to get back to striking at distance but Garcia won't allow it.
Deere is trying to force a seperation but Garcia has the dominant position.
Deere is trying to push Garcia away but Garcia has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Deere tries to break free but Garcia pushes him back against the cage.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Deere manages to get underhooks.
Rudy Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia prevents Deere from breaking the clinch.
Garcia prevents Deere from breaking the clinch.
John Deere is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Deere manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Deere comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Deere 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Deere!
After winning the bout, John Deere thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.