PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Llewellyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendrick Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Garcia's choice of entrance music: Break Stuff. Kendrick Garcia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Llewellyn
vs
Garcia

203 cm
23
178 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dylan Llewellyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kendrick Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Llewellyn shoots in looking for a takedown but Garcia manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Llewellyn's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Garcia misses with an uppercut. Llewellyn saw that one coming.
Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by Llewellyn.

Llewellyn moves into the clinch successfully.
Garcia working hard to break the clinch.
Garcia tries to break the clinch but Llewellyn is controlling the position.

Llewellyn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Llewellyn moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by Llewellyn.
Garcia throws a head kick but Llewellyn moves out of range.
A low kick from Garcia is predictable there
and Llewellyn counters with a three punch combo that has Garcia backing up. Garcia nods at Llewellyn to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice shot by Garcia.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Llewellyn instigates a clinch.
Garcia is trying to push Llewellyn away but Llewellyn has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Llewellyn has Garcia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Garcia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Garcia prevents a body shot from Llewellyn.

Garcia is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Llewellyn can't fight it off and eventually Garcia manages to take the fight to the floor. Llewellyn looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Garcia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Llewellyn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Llewellyn controls Garcia momentarily but Garcia frees himself.
Llewellyn avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.
Garcia wants to stand and escape but instead Llewellyn has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Llewellyn drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Garcia manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Llewellyn has Garcia in his guard.

Llewellyn keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Llewellyn is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn wants to stand up but Garcia is controlling him.
Garcia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Llewellyn trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Llewellyn working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Garcia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Garcia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Garcia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Garcia looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Garcia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Llewellyn will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Llewellyn tries to clinch but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia scores with a hook.
Llewellyn tries to clinch but Garcia moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garcia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Llewellyn's waist but Llewellyn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Garcia off to one side.
Llewellyn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcia circles away quickly and effectively.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kendrick Garcia dominated that round.
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.

Garcia lands the left hand.
No joy there for Garcia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Llewellyn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Llewellyn shoots and misses
and Garcia counters with a straight right hand.
Garcia looks to land a combination but Llewellyn avoids it well.
Garcia falls off balance throwing a combination
and Llewellyn counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Garcia is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kendrick Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Llewellyn plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Llewellyn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garcia throws a left and a right that both miss

and Llewellyn holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Garcia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Llewellyn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Llewellyn prevents Garcia from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia wants to break free but Llewellyn has control.
Llewellyn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Garcia manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Garcia breaks from the clinch.
Garcia misses with a straight right.
Garcia scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kendrick Garcia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice sprawl there from Llewellyn as Garcia shoots in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Garcia's waist but Garcia gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Llewellyn off to one side.
Llewellyn takes one to the chin there.
A low kick from Garcia is predictable there
and Llewellyn counters with a two punch combo.
Garcia misses with a jab to the body
and Llewellyn counters with a head kick.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garcia goes for a double leg but Llewellyn avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Llewellyn continues to drive forward.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia wants to get back to striking at distance but Llewellyn won't allow it.

Llewellyn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garcia misses with a double jab.
Llewellyn moves away from the strike by Garcia.
Llewellyn tries to clinch but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Llewellyn counters with a nice uppercut.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses
and Llewellyn counters with a straight right hand.
A combination from Garcia does no damage.
Llewellyn walks into a jab.
Llewellyn throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Garcia's waist but Garcia gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Llewellyn off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dylan Llewellyn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garcia throws a low kick, looking for Llewellyn's leg but Llewellyn calmly moves out of range.
Llewellyn misses with a takedown
and Garcia counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Llewellyn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia throws a head kick but Llewellyn moves out of range.
Garcia leaves Llewellyn with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia throws a hook to the side of Llewellyn's head but Llewellyn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Llewellyn throws a head kick that misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Llewellyn.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia throws a right and a left that Llewellyn avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kendrick Garcia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Llewellyn staying out of range there.
Garcia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Llewellyn fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Garcia avoids it really well and circles away.
Garcia tries to bum rush Llewellyn with a series of wild strikes but Llewellyn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Llewellyn is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Garcia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia scores with a hook to the body. Llewellyn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garcia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garcia does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia fails with the takedown.
Llewellyn wants to clinch.
Garcia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Garcia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Llewellyn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia throws a leg kick

and Llewellyn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Garcia tries to break free but Llewellyn pushes him back against the cage.
Llewellyn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia working hard to break the clinch.

Llewellyn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Llewellyn tries to clinch up
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Llewellyn defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Garcia.
Garcia swings for the body but Llewellyn moves out of range.
Llewellyn checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Garcia misses with a looping left.
Garcia throws a left and a right that both miss

and Llewellyn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Garcia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia scores with a leg kick.
Garcia misses with the combination.
Kendrick Garcia is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Llewellyn is looking to clinch but Garcia is avoiding it.
Llewellyn 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 throws an off balance right hand
and Llewellyn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Llewellyn tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Llewellyn shoots in but no luck this time.
Garcia misses with a hook. Llewellyn ducked under it nicely.
Llewellyn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Llewellyn defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Garcia.
Dylan Llewellyn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kendrick Garcia.
Sloppy strikes from Garcia. Those never looked like landing.
Dylan Llewellyn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses the jab.
Garcia lunges at Llewellyn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Llewellyn's hand.
Llewellyn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia throws a low kick but Llewellyn avoids it.
Llewellyn wants to clinch.
Nice cross by Garcia.
Llewellyn tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Garcia fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Llewellyn sprawls well initially but Garcia persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Llewellyn's thigh. Llewellyn counters though and makes it back to full guard.

Llewellyn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Garcia defends well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kendrick Garcia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Garcia 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kendrick Garcia!
In his post fight interview, Kendrick Garcia started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.