PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Sycek (ranked 638 p4p, 633 weight class) and Mickey Garcia (ranked 86 p4p, 84 weight class). Garcia has chosen S.G. Sinnicks - St Patrick Battalion as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sycek
vs
Garcia

178 cm
26
193
13 - 7 - 0

180 cm
34
185
31 - 15 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Samuel Sycek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mickey Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sycek takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garcia throws a series of punches but Sycek moves out of range.
Garcia scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Garcia darts in and clinches Sycek up against the cage.
Garcia blocking some punches.
Sycek tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Garcia smiles and moves away.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Sycek is just out of range.
Sycek tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Garcia manages to circle out of the way.
Garcia stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Garcia wants it to stay on the feet.
Sycek ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Sycek feinted with a counter takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Garcia as Sycek shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Sycek. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sycek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Sycek takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garcia tries to bum rush Sycek with a series of wild strikes but Sycek uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sycek fails with a takedown attempt.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia misses with a left hand

and Sycek counters by clinching up.

Garcia manages to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sycek throws a big right hand that misses.
Garcia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Garcia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia slips a nice elbow through Sycek's hands, connecting with Sycek's forehead.
Ground and pound from Garcia.
Sycek trying to hold on to Garcia's head to control him but Garcia postures up.
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 Sycek's temple.
Garcia drops an elbow to the side of Sycek's head.
Sycek slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Garcia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garcia landing with the ground and pound.
Garcia passes into half guard.
Sycek trying to control here.
Sycek on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throwing shots but Sycek is blocking nicely.
Sycek is trying to get back to full guard.
Garcia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are battling for position here. Sycek manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sycek lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Garcia lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Garcia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sycek's head.
Sycek keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Sycek 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 cracks Sycek with a solid left hand.
Sycek looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garcia is one step ahead there.
Sycek is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Garcia working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sycek wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.
Sycek trying to control the position.
Garcia cracks Sycek with a solid left hand.
Garcia lands a couple of digs.
Garcia controlling from the top position.
Garcia postures up and lands a big shot to Sycek's brow.
Garcia advances to half guard.
Garcia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Garcia controlling the action here.
Garcia working over Sycek with some ground and pound. Sycek looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Garcia is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Garcia content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is nestled in close to Sycek, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Garcia lands strikes from half guard.
Sycek misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Garcia works his foot free and advances to mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Garcia cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sycek tries to reverse the position but Garcia maintains control.
Sycek sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Garcia is nestled in close to Sycek, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Garcia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Garcia working over Sycek with some ground and pound. Sycek looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sycek manages to get to full guard.
Garcia is in close to Sycek's body, working some short punches and elbows.
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!

Sycek shoots for a double leg takedown but Garcia sprawls well. He's pushed Sycek's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Garcia scores with a sloppy right hand. Sycek should have avoided that one.

Sycek is rocked!

Garcia lands a big shot that drops Sycek! Can he finish him?
Oh Sycek is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sycek tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Garcia distracts Sycek with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia gets to his feet and stands over Sycek, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Sycek felt that one! Garcia unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Sycek from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey Garcia!
Our winner, Mickey Garcia, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.