PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Garcia (ranked 103 p4p, 167 weight class) and Cerberus Dionisy (ranked 17 p4p, 28 weight class). Garcia comes to the cage accompanied by S.G. Sinnicks - St Patrick Battalion. Dionisy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Voodoo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Garcia
vs
Dionisy

180 cm
32
185
29 - 11 - 1

188 cm
35
201
30 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 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 30 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Cerberus Dionisy!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia throws a poor cross that misses
and Dionisy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've been informed that Dionisy has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Garcia lands a body shot.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Garcia swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dionisy.
Garcia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dionisy can pounce on him.
Garcia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dionisy feints a counter leg kick.
Dionisy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Garcia doesn't seem bothered though.
Dionisy slips under a jab.
Dionisy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Garcia tries to clinch but Dionisy moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Garcia.
A good leg kick by Dionisy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dionisy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dionisy slips under a jab.
Dionisy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Garcia with a body shot.
Garcia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Garcia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but Dionisy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dionisy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dionisy defending well as Garcia loads up on a big left hand.
Dionisy throws a big shot that misses.
Garcia throws a big shot that misses.
Dionisy counters with a body kick.
Dionisy lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garcia lands a nice shot to the body.
Dionisy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dionisy blocks a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Dionisy gets tackled into the cage by Garcia. Garcia maintains the clinch.
Dionisy misses with a body punch.
Dionisy lands with a light punch inside.
Garcia lands an elbow that stopped Dionisy in his tracks for a moment.
Dionisy struggles to land a body shot inside as Garcia controls his hands.
Dionisy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garcia lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Dionisy as the two fighters clinch.
Dionisy working aggressively here.
Dionisy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Dionisy.
Dionisy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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.
Garcia misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dionisy pushes Garcia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Garcia lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Garcia.
A short body shot lands from Garcia as the two fighters clinch.
Garcia lands with a right to the head.
Dionisy throws a head punch that misses.
Dionisy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcia tries a body shot but Dionisy blocks it.
Dionisy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Garcia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dionisy backwards.
Garcia misses with an elbow strike.

Garcia successfully pulls guard.
Dionisy trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dionisy won't allow Garcia to sweep him here.
Garcia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dionisy manages to get himself to full guard.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dionisy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garcia is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dionisy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dionisy working a defensive guard but Garcia passes into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Garcia connects with a nice short shot to Dionisy's temple.
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.
Dionisy is looking for a sweep. Garcia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dionisy is looking to control Garcia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dionisy avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dionisy is staying active underneath Garcia, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dionisy trying to get back to full guard but Garcia takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Garcia lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dionisy taking shots to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Garcia dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice cross by Garcia.
Garcia lands a jab to Dionisy's midsection.
Garcia cracks a nice hook into Dionisy's ribs.
Dionisy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mickey Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
Garcia lands with a nice body punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garcia.
Garcia avoids the head kick by Dionisy.
Dionisy takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
Garcia slips under a jab from Dionisy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dionisy counters with a left to the body.
Dionisy throws a front kick aimed at Garcia's knee but Garcia avoids it well.
Garcia swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dionisy counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia throws a body punch but Dionisy moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dionisy.
Garcia was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Garcia digs a good body shot into Dionisy's ribs.
Garcia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dionisy misses with a lunging right hand
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garcia moves out of range as Dionisy throws a body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garcia.
Dionisy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Garcia rather than just go for the knockout.
Garcia misses with a shot to the body
letting Dionisy counter with a right hand.
Garcia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Dionisy.
Garcia lands with a shot to the body.
Garcia takes a swing at Dionisy's ribcage but misses.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dionisy manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia sizes up Dionisy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Garcia clobbers Dionisy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia is looking to clinch.
Garcia punishes Dionisy's body with a nice straight punch.
Dionisy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garcia slips under a jab from Dionisy.
An attempted straight right counter from Garcia misses the target.
Dionisy throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Garcia misses with a wild combination.
Garcia throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia misses with a lunging right hand
and Dionisy counters with a good low kick that Garcia was not able to check.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Dionisy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It looked like Garcia wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dionisy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dionisy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dionisy is breathing heavily.
Garcia connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dionisy. Dionisy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dionisy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Garcia throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dionisy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Garcia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Dionisy is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dionisy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Garcia clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia lands with a short shot to the head.
Garcia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Garcia successfully pulls guard.
Dionisy postures up.
Garcia punching from the bottom - just letting Dionisy know he's still in a fight.
Garcia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dionisy looking to pass the guard.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Garcia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dionisy's guard.

Garcia scoring with some ground and pound.
Dionisy has control of Garcia's left arm, preventing Garcia from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dionisy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Garcia controls the pace.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Garcia dominated that second 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 checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dionisy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Dionisy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Garcia rushes Dionisy and presses him up against the cage.

Garcia manages to pull guard.
Dionisy wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Garcia trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dionisy trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Garcia lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Mickey Garcia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dionisy is trying to control the position but Garcia postures up.
Garcia with a nice head shot there.
Garcia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dionisy wants to sweep but no luck.
Dionisy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dionisy can do to turn this around?
Garcia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dionisy is keeping the position for now.
Garcia connects with a couple of short punches.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Dionisy keeps moving.
Dionisy trying to keep a closed guard but Garcia is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia passes Dionisy's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ground and pound from Garcia.
Dionisy tries to roll over but Garcia keeps him under control.
Dionisy has hold of Garcia's hands but Garcia slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Garcia lands with a punch from half guard.
Dionisy taking some punishment here, with Garcia in his half guard.
Dionisy is trying to get back to full guard.
Garcia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Dionisy is rocked!
Garcia is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Dionisy is hurt! He's hurt bad - Garcia fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Dionisy from any more punishment! Congratulations to Garcia! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey Garcia!
A victorious Mickey Garcia thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.