PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Solomon Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emory Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia has chosen Voyager by Daft Punk as his entrance music. Emory Garcia has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Judah
vs
Garcia

180 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
152 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Solomon Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emory Garcia!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Garcia.
Garcia throws a sloppy head kick and Judah moves out of range easily.
Garcia moves away from the strike by Judah.
Judah cracks Garcia with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Judah checks a leg kick.
Garcia's coach down at ROCK-A-FELLA FIGHT CLUB was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Garcia's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Judah jabs Garcia right on the nose. Garcia blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Emory Garcia has been cut.
Solomon Judah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Judah scores with a shot to the body.
Garcia slips a straight right by Judah.
Judah throws a jab when Garcia was well out of range.
Judah scores with a sloppy right hand. Garcia should have avoided that one.
A good leg kick by Garcia.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Judah.
A chopping leg kick lands by Garcia.
Judah throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Judah lands a slapping body shot.
A good leg kick by Garcia.
Jab from Judah.
Garcia is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia slips a jab from Judah.
Judah definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Judah really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Garcia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Judah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Judah scores with a jab to the body.
Judah connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Garcia momentarily.
Judah waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garcia.
Garcia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garcia misses with a straight left.
Garcia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garcia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Judah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A thudding body kick lands there by Garcia!
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Judah takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garcia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Garcia is looking to slow Judah down with leg kicks.
Garcia attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
No joy there for Judah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garcia scoring well with a low kick there.
Judah is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garcia.
Garcia cracks the inside of Judah's front leg.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Garcia moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Garcia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Judah's calf.
Garcia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Judah connects with a single shot there.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Judah's front leg but catches the back leg as Judah tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Garcia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Judah doesn't seem phased though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garcia, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia scores with a push kick.
Garcia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Judah throws a shot from downtown. Garcia moves away and avoids it.
Judah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body punch from Judah.
Judah walks into a left hand.
Judah feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garcias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Judah tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garcia throws a solid leg kick but Judah takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garcia.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Garcia - that will leave a mark!
Garcia blocks a jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Garcia. Judah shrugs it off though.
Judah throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garcia counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Judah is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Judah checks a leg kick nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garcia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. Judah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Judah looks to land a right hand but Garcia moved out of range.
Judah throws a right hand that misses
and Garcia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Judah is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Judah swinging wildly here.
Judah lands a nice shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garcia.
Judah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia.
Judah throws a jab but it's blocked by Garcia.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Judah misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Judah throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia cracks the inside of Judah's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emory Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Emory Garcia's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Garcia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Judah has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Judah throws out a powerful jab.
Judah clobbers Garcia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Garcia throws a low kick but Judah moves out of range easily.
Judah throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Garcia slips under a jab from Judah.
Judah throws a right hand that misses
and Garcia counters with an inside leg kick.
Judah misses with a body shot
and Garcia counters with a body kick.
Garcia looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Judah misses with a shot to the body
and Garcia counters with a stiff right hand.
Judah takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Judah tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Garcia.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia scores with a kick to the body.
Garcia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Judah on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
Garcia scoring well with a low kick there.
Judah throws a sloppy body shot
and Garcia counters with a good low kick that Judah was not able to check.
Judah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Garcia. Garcia obviously looking to wear him down.
Judah on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garcia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Judah if he has to take too many more of those.
Emory Garcia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garcia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garcia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Judah. That did some damage!
Garcia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia lands with a kick to the temple. Judah shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sloppy strikes from Judah. Those never looked like landing.
That kick from Garcia tenderised Judah's leg. Judah is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Judah's front leg but catches the back leg as Judah tries to avoid it.
Garcia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Judah will feel that in the morning.
Good leg kick by Garcia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Garcia.
Judah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia.
Garcia scores with a nice body kick.
Judah takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Judah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia.
Garcia lands a leg kick that knocks Judah off balance momentarily.
Garcia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Garcia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garcia, right into the meat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garcia.
Garcia lands a leg kick that knocks Judah off balance momentarily.
Garcia throws a nice head kick!
That kick from Garcia tenderised Judah's leg. Judah is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah misses the shot to the body.
Garcia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Judah's sensitive parts.
Garcia lands a leg kick that knocks Judah off balance momentarily.
Garcia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Judah.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garcia.
Garcia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Judah if he has to take too many more of those.
Judah tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garcia. That's going to slow Judah down.
Garcia lands a high kick!
Judah chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garcia can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garcia bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garcia.
Judah takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses.
Garcia scoring well with a low kick there.
Judah walks forward, straight into a front kick from Garcia.
Garcia paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Garcia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Judah tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garcia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Judah. That did some damage!
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
Garcia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Judah misses the jab.
Judah misses with a hook to the body
and Garcia counters with a nice low kick that buckles Judah's knee momentarily.
Garcia connects with an inside leg kick.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emory Garcia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Emory Garcia's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A nice leg kick lands there from Garcia.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Judah checks a leg kick.
Judah throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Judah. That did some damage!
Judah rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garcia makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Judah catches Garcia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Good standup being displayed there by Judah as he connects with a hook.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Judah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
Garcia throws a one two combo.
Garcia is looking to score with low kicks.
Judah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garcia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Garcia scores with a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Judah throws a right hand that misses
and Garcia counters with a low kick, right behind Judah 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia cracks Judah with a good jab.
Garcia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Garcia throws a nice inside leg kick.
Judah takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Garcia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garcia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Judah throws an off balance right hand
and Garcia counters with a stiff right hand.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Judah misses with a wild combination.
Garcia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Judah misses with a left hand
and Garcia counters with a thumping low kick.
Solomon Judah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Judah swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Garcia counters with a low kick, right behind Judah 's knee.
Garcia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garcia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Judah's sensitive parts.
A big left from Judah misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Garcia.
Judah misses the shot to the body.
Garcia takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Judah.
Nice cross by Garcia.
Garcia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garcia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Judah throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Judah's front leg but catches the back leg as Judah tries to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Garcia.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Garcia.
Judah swings widly with a right hand
and Garcia makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Judah really felt that one!
A solid leg kick lands there for Garcia.
Judah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Garcia. Garcia obviously looking to wear him down.
Garcia plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Judah walks forward, straight into a front kick from Garcia.
Judah will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Judah chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garcia can pounce on him.
Garcia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice body kick there by Garcia.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia slips a straight right by Judah.
Garcia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Judah misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia connects with an inside leg kick.
Judah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. Judah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Judah tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick lands from Garcia.
Garcia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garcia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Judah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Judah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
Garcia throws a nice outside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Emory Garcia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Garcia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emory Garcia!
Emory Garcia bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.