PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jaius Garcius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haryy Houdini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcius comes into the arena with Here we are Juggernaut by Coheed and Cambria blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcius
vs
Houdini

183 cm
31
184 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

179 cm
28
179 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jaius Garcius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Haryy Houdini!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Houdini shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Garcius's guard.
Houdini postures up.
Garcius has control of Houdini's left arm, preventing Houdini from doing any damage.
Garcius lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Houdini!
Houdini tries to hold on but Garcius pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcius thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Garcius avoids the attempt from Houdini to control.
Houdini holds on for dear life.
Garcius looking to ground and pound but Houdini is blocking nicely.
Garcius throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Houdini because Garcius loaded up on that one.
Houdini tries to hold on but Garcius pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcius thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Houdini tries to hold on but Garcius postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Houdini wants to get back to his feet.
Garcius looking to finish with strikes here!
Garcius in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Houdini is looking to improve his position but Garcius isn't that keen on the idea.
Garcius pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Houdini wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Garcius postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Houdini looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Houdini holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Garcius tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Garcius lands a couple of good shots and Houdini has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Garcius throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Garcius somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Houdini wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.
Houdini wants to hold on but Garcius pushes him away.
Houdini taking shots to the head.
Garcius with a couple of short strikes.
Garcius lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Houdini hang on?
Garcius scoring with strikes but Houdini is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houdini tries to hold on but Garcius postures up.
Garcius is landing with some decent strikes but Houdini is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Houdini gets back to half guard.
Houdini trying to control from the bottom.
Garcius lands strikes from half guard.
Garcius missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Garcius thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Houdini's head.
Houdini is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Garcius sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Houdini defending well though.
Houdini blocking the ground and pound attempt from Garcius.
Garcius is looking to take a break and control but Houdini is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Houdini has hold of Garcius's hands but Garcius slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcius missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Garcius looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Houdini with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Garcius not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Garcius thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Garcius trying to pass the guard but Houdini defending well.
Houdini wants to get back to his feet.
Houdini is trying to control but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcius lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Garcius seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaius Garcius dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Garcius stuffs the takedown.

Houdini shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Garcius's guard.
Garcius is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Garcius throws a strike but Houdini avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Garcius trying to control the position from guard on top but Houdini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcius stands up over Houdini, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Garcius postures up in Houdini's guard and throws a big left but Houdini blocks it.
Garcius wants to control from the top but Houdini keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Houdini is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Garcius with a nice head shot there.
Houdini is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Garcius throwing strikes from guard but Houdini blocks nicely.
Garcius has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Garcius wants to control from the top but Houdini keeps moving.
Garcius throwing strikes from guard but Houdini blocks nicely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Garcius scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcius working the ground and pound.
Garcius scoring with punches from side control.
Houdini defending against the ground and pound.
Garcius is trying to ground and pound but Houdini uses the momentary lack of control by Garcius to regain half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice strikes from Garcius there.
Garcius prevents Houdini from improving his position.
Garcius is looking to take a break and control but Houdini is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Houdini is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcius looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Garcius stops Houdini from getting back to his feet.
Garcius throwing shots but Houdini is blocking nicely.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Garcius in particular looking to stall.
Houdini avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Garcius.
Garcius thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Houdini's head.
Nice strikes from Garcius there.
Houdini is trying to control but can't.
Garcius landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Houdini trying to control but Garcius postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Houdini manages to get to full guard.
Garcius trying to control the position from guard on top but Houdini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcius is looking to work some ground and pound but Houdini has wrist control.
Houdini preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Houdini preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Houdini avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Houdini throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Garcius landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaius Garcius dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Houdini changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Garcius tries to avoid it but Houdini manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Garcius to the ground. Garcius escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Garcius is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Houdini's half guard.
Garcius throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Garcius is keen to just control but Houdini is a slippery customer.
Garcius slips a nice elbow through Houdini's hands, connecting with Houdini's forehead.
Garcius winds up and cracks Houdini with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Houdini on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jaius Garcius overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Houdini is controlling Garcius's trapped leg to prevent Garcius from advancing to side control.
Garcius wants to lay and pray for a moment but Houdini keeps working.
Houdini is trying to control but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Houdini is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Garcius scores with a couple of nice shots.
Garcius thows a huge punch but Houdini dodges it nicely.
Garcius looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Houdini with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Garcius is trying to control the action in half guard but Houdini is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Houdini blocking the ground and pound attempt from Garcius.
Garcius not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Garcius is pressing down on Houdini's thigh, looking to free his foot. Houdini is holding on for now.
Houdini avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Garcius.
Houdini is trying to maintain the position but Garcius is very close to passing his half guard.
Ground and pound from Garcius.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houdini wants to control but Garcius is keeping busy.
Garcius is just content to waste time from the top position. Houdini takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Houdini avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Garcius throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Houdini works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garcius postures up and lands a big shot to Houdini's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Houdini wants to stand up but Garcius is controlling him.
Garcius lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Houdini looking to control.
Garcius chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcius throwing strikes from guard but Houdini blocks nicely.
Garcius passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Garcius scoring with punches from side control.
Garcius works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Houdini takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Garcius cracks Houdini with a big elbow.
Garcius misses with the ground and pound.
Garcius scores with a couple of short elbows.
Garcius working away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcius working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Houdini defending against the ground and pound.
Garcius is chipping away with strikes.
Garcius advances nicely into full mount.
Garcius misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Houdini is desperately trying to improve his position but Garcius has a good base and remains in mount.
Garcius lands a big shot there that rocks Houdini but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Houdini in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Houdini is desperately trying to improve his position but Garcius has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Garcius cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcius cracks Houdini with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Haryy Houdini has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garcius fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jaius Garcius showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Garcius, 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Jaius Garcius!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Jaius Garcius!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Jaius Garcius!

Jaius Garcius wins by unanimous decision!
Jaius Garcius really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KAISER logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.