PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Garcia (ranked 631 p4p, 1003 weight class) and Jake Drummond (ranked 98 p4p, 152 weight class). Garcia comes to the cage accompanied by S.G. Sinnicks - St Patrick Battalion. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Garcia
vs
Drummond

180 cm
29
185
22 - 9 - 1

185 cm
32
199
14 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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Bondi MMA

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Drummond!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drummond has a takedown stuffed.

Garcia rushes Drummond and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Drummond misses with an elbow strike.
Drummond blocks a body shot from Garcia.
Drummond has Garcia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Garcia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Garcia jumps guard and drags Drummond to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Garcia wants to sweep but no luck.
Garcia working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Drummond.
Drummond throws a big right hand that misses.
Garcia throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Drummond postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Drummond pushes down on Garcia's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Drummond.
Garcia moves into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Drummond accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Drummond with a flurry of punches that miss.
Garcia working a defensive guard here.
Drummond is looking to work some ground and pound but Garcia has wrist control.
Garcia looking to control.
Drummond works over Garcia with some ground and pound from guard.
Drummond throwing strikes from guard but Garcia blocks nicely.
Drummond lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Garcia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Drummond manages to get himself to full guard.

Drummond looking to control.
Drummond 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.
Drummond keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Drummond trying to keep a closed guard but Garcia is proving a slippery customer.
Garcia preventing the sweep.
Garcia chips away with some ground and pound.
Drummond looking to control.
Garcia passes Drummond's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Garcia prevents Drummond from improving his position.
Garcia is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Garcia prevents Drummond from improving his position.
Drummond is refusing to be controlled, as Garcia sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Garcia works his way into full mount!
Drummond in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Drummond holds on, trying desperately to control.
Garcia working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Garcia avoids the attempt from Drummond to control.
Drummond regains half guard.
Garcia seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drummond is not content to let Garcia control the position.
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 is thwarting Drummond's attempts to control the position.

Drummond actively working from the bottom here.
Garcia drops an elbow to the side of Drummond's head.
Garcia working Drummond over with strikes.
Garcia throwing shots but Drummond is blocking nicely.
Drummond is trying to maintain the position but Garcia is very close to passing his half guard.
Garcia looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Drummond with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garcia is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Drummond!
Garcia is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Drummond can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Garcia has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Drummond's face.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Garcia dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Drummond pivots, looking for a leg kick but Garcia is out of range and Drummond settles back down.
Drummond throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
Garcia throws a hook but Drummond avoids it easily.
Drummond is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Drummond goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Garcia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drummond was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia.
Decent striking displayed by Garcia there.
A big left from Drummond misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garcia checks a leg kick.

Drummond gets tackled into the cage by Garcia. Garcia maintains the clinch.
Garcia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drummond's elbow.
I was talking to Garcia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Drummond scores with a shot to the side of Garcia's head.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garcia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Drummond backwards.
A short left from Garcia.
Garcia lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drummond pushes off an throws an elbow but Garcia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Garcia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Drummond throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Drummond working aggressively here.
Drummond pushes off an throws an elbow but Garcia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Drummond blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia pushes Drummond back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Garcia as the two fighters clinch.
Drummond prevents a body shot from Garcia.
Drummond throws an elbow that misses.
Garcia lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Jake Drummond has been cut.

Garcia manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Drummond working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Garcia 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.
Garcia keeping full guard, as Drummond tries to pass.
Garcia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Drummond's guard.

Drummond has Garcia pulled in close to control his posture.
Garcia throwing strikes from guard but Drummond blocks nicely.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Drummond can do to turn this around?
Garcia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Garcia is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drummond will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Drummond has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Garcia stopping the sweep attempt from Drummond.
Garcia tries to free his leg and advance position but Drummond is retaining full guard.
Garcia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garcia content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Drummond is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Garcia is fighting to break Drummond's control of his arms but Drummond is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drummond not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Garcia advances to half guard.
Garcia is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Drummond moves into full guard.
Garcia throwing strikes from guard but Drummond blocks nicely.
Drummond is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garcia's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Drummond is trying to keep Garcia in close.
Garcia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Drummond managing to control the position.
Garcia engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Garcia postures up and lands a big shot to Drummond's brow.
Garcia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Drummond's head.
Drummond trying to keep a closed guard but Garcia is proving a slippery customer.

Garcia got a little sloppy there for a moment and Drummond has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Garcia has managed to get both his arms back between Drummond's legs - danger averted.
Garcia connects with a couple of short punches.
Garcia working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Garcia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jake Drummond's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Drummond missing with a left hand there. Garcia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Drummond drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Drummond.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia lands the left hand.

Drummond is rocked!
Drummond ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Drummond is still on wobbly legs! Can Garcia finish him?
An inside leg kick lands from Drummond.
Drummond seems to have recovered his senses.
Drummond ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Garcia cracks Drummond with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Drummond tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Garcia pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Drummond is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey Garcia!
Mickey Garcia thanked the fans post fight for their support.