PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hagler Hearns (ranked 25349 p4p, 5082 weight class) and Russell Garcia (ranked 383 p4p, 330 weight class). Hagler Hearns could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Russell Garcia's chin.

Hearns
vs
Garcia

173 cm
18
156
0 - 2 - 0

165 cm
18
145
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

BANZAI COMBAT NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hagler Hearns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Russell Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hearns avoids it really well and circles away.
Garcia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hearns stuns Garcia with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hearns connects with a body shot that sends Garcia's belly button to the back.
Hearns scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hearns manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia tries to close the distance and clinch but Hearns swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Garcia is rocked!
Garcia looks winded!
Garcia takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garcia is still on wobbly legs! Can Hearns finish him?
Hearns throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Garcia stumbling backwards into the cage! Garcia bounces back off the cage towards Hearns, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Hearns lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Hearns celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Hagler Hearns!