PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Edgar Garcia Jr (ranked 3732 p4p, 4085 weight class) and Armando Stephens (ranked 249 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia Jr comes into the arena with Johnny Dang blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Garcia Jr
vs
Stephens

171 cm
20
142
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
20
135
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edgar Garcia Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armando Stephens!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia Jr pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Stephens back to the cage. Garcia Jr follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Stephens shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Garcia Jr punishes Stephens's body with a nice straight punch.
Garcia Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Stephens takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garcia Jr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr works Stephens's body with a nice hook.
Garcia Jr smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia Jr lands a slapping body shot.
Garcia Jr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Garcia Jr clobbers Stephens with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stephens takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Garcia Jr scores with a one two! Stephens had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Stephens takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Garcia Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garcia Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garcia Jr lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab lands there for Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr lands a nice looking body shot.
Garcia Jr looks to land a combination. Stephens sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stephens has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stephens there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr misses with the combination.
Stephens takes a jab right on the kisser.
Garcia Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stephens drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Garcia Jr defends it well.
Garcia Jr connects with a right hand. Stephens shakes it off.
Garcia Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garcia Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Garcia Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stephens was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia Jr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Stephens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia Jr.
Stephens is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Garcia Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stephens tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Edgar Garcia Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia Jr moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Garcia Jr scores with a nice right hand.
Garcia Jr is looking to wear down Stephens with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stephens takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Garcia Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stephens manages to avoid it.
Stephens tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Some wild striking there from Garcia Jr.
Stephens tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Stephens takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Garcia Jr scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia Jr throws a nice looking combination but Stephens bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stephens feints the counter takedown.
Garcia Jr throws a body punch but Stephens moves out of range.
Stephens changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Garcia Jr is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Stephens takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Garcia Jr dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Garcia Jr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Stephens might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Garcia Jr has got the better of the exchanges.
A combination from Garcia Jr does no damage.
Garcia Jr cracks a nice hook into Stephens's ribs.
Garcia Jr looks to land a combination. Stephens sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Garcia Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia Jr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Stephens is rocked!
Garcia Jr lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Stephens - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Garcia Jr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Edgar Garcia Jr!
In his post fight interview, Edgar Garcia Jr started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.