PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Quinn Blackburn (ranked 4091 p4p, 3670 weight class) and Edgar Garcia Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 246 weight class). Garcia Jr has chosen Johnny Dang as his entrance music. Edgar Garcia Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Blackburn
vs
Garcia Jr

172 cm
20
135
2 - 0 - 0

171 cm
20
142
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Quinn Blackburn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edgar Garcia Jr!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia Jr scores with a nice head shot.
Blackburn on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Garcia Jr scores with a body shot.
Blackburn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A combination from Garcia Jr does no damage.
Blackburn feinted with a counter takedown.
Blackburn needs to keep his hands up - Garcia Jr had a free shot at his head there.
Blackburn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Garcia Jr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Garcia Jr scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia Jr lunges at Blackburn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blackburn's hand.
Edgar Garcia Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia Jr jabs at Blackburn's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia Jr feints a jab promting Blackburn to slip. Garcia Jr then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Blackburn slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Garcia Jr moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Garcia Jr throws a combination. Blackburn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Garcia Jr scores with a body shot.
Garcia Jr is working the combinations to good effect here.
Garcia Jr lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Garcia Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A right-left combo lands from Garcia Jr.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia Jr moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Garcia Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr cracks Blackburn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Garcia Jr lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Garcia Jr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr with a jab.
Garcia Jr pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Blackburn back to the cage. Garcia Jr follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Garcia Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Edgar Garcia Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia Jr with a jab.
Blackburn takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Blackburn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Garcia Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blackburn appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Garcia Jr lands with a nice body punch.
Garcia Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Garcia Jr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garcia Jr lands a two punch combo.
Garcia Jr is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garcia Jr lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Garcia Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Blackburn moves forwards but Garcia Jr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Garcia Jr throws a nice looking combination but Blackburn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blackburn appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Blackburn takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blackburn ducks right into an uppercut from Garcia Jr.
Blackburn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Blackburn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Garcia Jr dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Garcia Jr connects with a right hand. Blackburn shakes it off.
Blackburn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Garcia Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garcia Jr throws a series of punches but Blackburn avoids them all with ease.
Blackburn attempts a counter takedown but Garcia Jr avoids it well and moves away.
Garcia Jr lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blackburn backs up against the cage.
Blackburn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Garcia Jr looks to land a combination but Blackburn avoids it well.
Blackburn feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blackburn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garcia Jr looks to land a combination. Blackburn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Blackburn might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Garcia Jr lands a nice shot that snaps Blackburn's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia Jr looks to land a combination but Blackburn avoids it well.
Blackburn feinted with a counter takedown.
Garcia Jr lands with a good body shot.
A combination from Garcia Jr does no damage.
No joy there for Garcia Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garcia Jr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good shot there by Garcia Jr.
Blackburn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Garcia Jr lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A punch combination from Garcia Jr misses.
Edgar Garcia Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr throws a combination. Blackburn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Garcia Jr is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blackburn circles away quickly and effectively.
Blackburn drops down looking for a counter takedown but Garcia Jr sprawls and moves away.
Edgar Garcia Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blackburn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blackburn appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Garcia Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garcia Jr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A punch combination from Garcia Jr misses.
Blackburn changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Blackburn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Garcia Jr to score with a decent uppercut.
Blackburn takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Blackburn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blackburn appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Garcia Jr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Blackburn under the eye.
Garcia Jr throws a nice looking combination but Blackburn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blackburn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Blackburn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garcia Jr works the jab nicely.
Garcia Jr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blackburn doesn't seem bothered though.
Garcia Jr lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr throws a combination. Blackburn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Garcia Jr throws a body punch but Blackburn moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia Jr lands a jab-cross combination.
Blackburn takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Garcia Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Blackburn attempts a counter takedown but Garcia Jr avoids it well and moves away.
Garcia Jr scores with the left hand. Blackburn knows he should have avoided that one.
Garcia Jr cracks Blackburn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Garcia Jr feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blackburns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Garcia Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Garcia Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blackburn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Garcia Jr lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blackburn backs up against the cage.
Blackburn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blackburn feinted with a counter takedown.
Garcia Jr listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia Jr goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Garcia Jr fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blackburn changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Garcia Jr throws a series of punches but Blackburn avoids them all with ease.
Blackburn tries to counter with a takedown but Garcia Jr is quick to defend against it.
Garcia Jr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia Jr feints a jab promting Blackburn to slip. Garcia Jr then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Blackburn slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Garcia Jr's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Garcia Jr duly obliges.
Garcia Jr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Garcia Jr cracks Blackburn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Garcia Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Blackburn changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Blackburn drops his hands momentarily and Garcia Jr takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia Jr throws a body punch but Blackburn moves out of range.
Blackburn half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Garcia Jr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Garcia Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Blackburn appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Blackburn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia Jr misses with a lunging right hand

and Blackburn counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Blackburn makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garcia Jr is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Blackburn with a nice head shot there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Garcia Jr can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackburn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Blackburn sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Garcia Jr's 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. Blackburn connects with a nice short shot to Garcia Jr's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blackburn trying to control from half guard but Garcia Jr is working away.
Ground and pound from Blackburn.
Blackburn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Blackburn lands strikes from half guard.
Garcia Jr tries to roll over but Blackburn keeps him under control.
Blackburn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Blackburn lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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. Blackburn connects with a nice short shot to Garcia Jr's temple.
Blackburn lands strikes from half guard.
Blackburn moves into full mount! Garcia Jr won't be happy about that!
Blackburn unloading with bombs!
Garcia Jr is looking to get to half guard.
Blackburn cracks Garcia Jr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blackburn pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Blackburn is landing with some decent strikes but Garcia Jr is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Blackburn lands a couple of good shots and Garcia Jr has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Quinn Blackburn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edgar Garcia Jr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garcia Jr tries to break free.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edgar Garcia Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Garcia Jr 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Edgar Garcia Jr!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Edgar Garcia Jr!
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Edgar Garcia Jr!

Edgar Garcia Jr wins by unanimous decision!
Edgar Garcia Jr bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.