PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Garcia (ranked 24387 p4p, 24680 weight class) and Junior Junior (ranked 569 p4p, 561 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcia
vs
Junior

185 cm
20
205
2 - 3 - 0

182 cm
19
205
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andre Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Junior Junior!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Junior tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garcia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Junior goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Andre Garcia has been cut.

Junior drives through and clinches with Garcia against the cage.
Junior lands a hook that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Junior lands an uppercut.
Junior is leaning against Garcia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Junior's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garcia takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Garcia misses with an uppercut. Junior saw that one coming.
A shot to the liver by Junior. Beautiful body shot.
Garcia misses with a hook
and Junior counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia throws a big shot that misses.
Junior lands a nice looking body shot.
Garcia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Junior scores with a nice head shot.
Junior fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Garcia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Junior connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garcia misses with a lunging right hand
letting Junior counter with a right hand.
Junior moves in looking to clinch but Garcia pushes him off.
Garcia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Garcia takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Junior throws a fast counter high kick but Garcia manages to duck under it in time.
Garcia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Junior counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Junior darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Garcia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Junior counters with a stiff right hand.
Junior lands a nice hook to Garcia's body. Garcia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Junior lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Andre Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Junior is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Garcia seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Junior clinches up with Garcia and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Junior pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Junior thuds a left hand into Garcia's body.
Garcia throws a hook but Junior avoids it easily.
Junior is looking for the big counter here.
Junior tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garcia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Junior Junior is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Junior tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia misses with a right hand
and Junior counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garcia misses with a hook
and Junior counters with a two punch combo.
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Junior tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garcia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Garcia misses with a left hand
and Junior counters with a straight right hand.
Junior keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
And Junior responds with a good body kick, but Garcia manages to step out the way in time.
Garcia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Garcia. Those never looked like landing.
Junior doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcia circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia swings widly with a right hand
and Junior finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Junior throws a head kick that half lands.
Garcia looks to throw the jab but Junior is out of range.
Junior moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Junior fails with an attempt to clinch.
Junior has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Garcia is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Junior forces Garcia back against the cage and clinches.
Garcia has Junior pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Junior manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Garcia wants to take the fight to the mat but Junior manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Garcia is breathing heavily.

Junior manages to break the clinch.
Junior darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice cross by Junior.

Junior clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Junior lands a body punch.
Junior lands a shoulder strike.
Junior scores with a shot to the side of Garcia's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Junior escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by Junior.
Garcia takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Junior wants to clinch.
Garcia tries to counter with a takedown but Junior is quick to defend against it.
Nice sprawl there from Junior as Garcia shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Junior with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Junior lands a high kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Junior moves into the clinch.
Garcia has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Junior is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Junior manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Junior dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andre Garcia's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Junior wants to clinch up but Garcia keeps it at a distance.

Junior has Garcia up against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Junior gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Garcia has Junior pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Junior manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Junior breaks from the clinch.
Garcia misses with a hook
and Junior makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Junior is looking to clinch.
Garcia half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Junior.
Junior lands a jab to Garcia's midsection.
Junior scores with a hook to the body. Garcia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garcia misses with a right hand
and Junior counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Junior. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Junior.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by Junior.
Garcia changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Junior is looking to clinch.
A nice leg kick from Junior, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garcia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Junior is looking to clinch.
Junior has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Junior lands with a slapping head kick.

Junior clinches with his opponent.
Good body shot from Junior.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Junior lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Junior.

Junior's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garcia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Junior closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Junior breaks from the clinch.

Junior moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Junior.
Junior scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Junior.

Junior escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Junior scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Garcia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Junior clinches.
Garcia goes for a takedown in the clinch but Junior prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Junior escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Junior closes the distance and clinches.
Junior lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.

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

Junior closes the distance and clinches.
Junior lands an elbow inside that Garcia shrugs off.

Junior escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Junior tries to clinch up.
Garcia throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Junior counter with a right hand.

Junior instigates a clinch.

Junior escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garcia looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Junior connects with a single shot there.
Junior is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia misses with a lunging right hand
and Junior counters with a good, hard body kick but Garcia shrugs it off.
Junior lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Junior tries to clinch up.
Junior displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garcia.
Junior appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

Junior has managed to clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Junior.

Junior escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Junior lands a body shot.
Junior tries to clinch there but Garcia circles away.
Junior throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Junior moves into the clinch successfully.
Junior lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.

Junior pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia misses with a left hand
and Junior counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Junior showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Andre Garcia's cut.
That's time! Garcia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Junior throws a nice head kick!
Junior moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Junior ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Junior tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Junior lands a high kick!
Junior wants to clinch up but Garcia keeps it at a distance.
Junior fails in his attempt to clinch.

Junior gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Garcia to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Garcia won't allow Junior to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garcia landing with the ground and pound.
Junior keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior wants to stand but Garcia is controlling the position.
Garcia chips away with some ground and pound.
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garcia throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Junior works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Junior wants to get back to his feet but Garcia is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
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 postures up and lands a big shot to Junior's brow.
Junior wants to get back to his feet but Garcia is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Garcia is looking to work some ground and pound but Junior has wrist control.
Junior wants to stand and escape but Garcia is having none of it.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Garcia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Junior counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garcia is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Junior tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garcia changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Junior works over Garcia's head and body with a nice combination.

Junior gets a clinch.
Junior lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garcia or not.

Junior breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Junior tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Junior tries to clinch up.
Garcia feinted with a counter takedown.
Junior tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Junior is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Garcia throws an off balance right hand
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Junior comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garcia misses with an uppercut
and Junior counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Junior tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Junior throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Garcia misses with a right hand
and Junior counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Garcia swings widly with a right hand
and Junior counters with a stiff right hand.
Junior tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Junior Junior seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Junior tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Garcia gets tackled into the cage by Junior. Junior maintains the clinch.
Garcia is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Junior gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Junior lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Junior Junior seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Junior escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Junior lands a jab to Garcia's midsection.
An inside leg kick lands from Junior.
Junior tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Junior throws a quick inside leg kick.
Junior jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Junior fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Garcia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Andre Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jab from Junior.
Junior is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Junior throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Garcia's head.
Junior Junior is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Junior scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Garcia doesn't seem bothered though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Junior comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Junior 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 26:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 26:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Junior!