PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trin Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desmond Miles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Adios Amor. Miles has chosen Crying Like a Bitch as his entrance music. Desmond Miles has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garcia
vs
Miles

188 cm
24
201 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

184 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trin Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Desmond Miles!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Desmond Miles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Miles drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Miles has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Garcia is proving hard to escape from.
Garcia can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Miles controls the pace.
Miles is looking to stand up but Garcia won't let him.

Miles gets to his feet. Garcia looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Miles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Miles misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Miles darts in and clinches Garcia up against the cage.
Miles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garcia or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia has Miles pressed against the cage, preventing Miles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Garcia is fighting off a takedown attempt but Miles is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Garcia to the mat. Garcia regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miles controls from within his opponent's guard.
Miles looking to pass the guard.
Miles really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garcia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Miles stands up over Garcia, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Miles landing with the ground and pound.

Miles gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Miles takes the fight into the clinch.
Miles jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Garcia walks away with a smile on his face. Miles gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Miles connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miles scores with a decent looking hook.

Miles has closed the distance and engaged Garcia in a clinch.
Garcia is pressed up against the cage. Miles has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Garcia down to the mat. Garcia avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Miles misses with the combination.
Miles moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Miles shoots in but no luck this time.
Trin Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desmond Miles.
Miles throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Miles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trin Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles shoots in looking for a takedown. Garcia tries to sprawl out of it but Miles keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Garcia manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Miles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Miles scores with a four punch combination!
Miles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Garcia.
Miles digs a good hook to Garcia's body.
Miles cracks Garcia with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Miles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Garcia is fending him off so far but Miles persists. Nope, Garcia circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Miles lands with an uppercut that bounces Garcia off the cage and back into rage.

Miles closes the distance and clinches.
Miles is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Garcia tries a knee to the head but Miles blocks it.
Miles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Miles is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Garcia gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Garcia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miles blocks it with crossed arms.

Miles gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Garcia is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Desmond Miles dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Miles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Miles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Miles tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Garcia smiles and moves away.
Miles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Miles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miles jabs at Garcia's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Miles throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Miles throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Miles ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Miles.
Garcia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by Miles.

Miles closes the distance and clinches.
Miles fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Miles fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Trin Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desmond Miles.
Miles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Miles pulls Garcia into guard.
Garcia wants to stand but Miles has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Garcia decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Miles, up you get!
Garcia tries to clinch but Miles is having none of it.
Miles catches Garcia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Garcia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Miles misses with a wild combination.

Miles closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Garcia to the mat! Garcia manages to get full guard.
Garcia wants to get back to his feet but Miles is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Miles is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles stops Garcia from standing up.

Garcia is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Miles turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Miles manages to end up in side control.
Miles scoring with punches and elbows.
Miles trying to control the position but Garcia is working away.
Miles prevents Garcia from escaping the position.
Miles in side control lands a decent elbow.
Garcia is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Miles cracks Garcia with a big right hand but Garcia just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Garcia is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Miles asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Miles looks to land a combination but Garcia avoids it well.
Miles lands a right hook to the body.
Miles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia was well out of range. Poor timing from Miles.
Miles throws a one two combo.
A combination from Miles does no damage.
Garcia moves forwards but Miles connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Miles fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Miles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Miles connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Desmond Miles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Miles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Miles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garcia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Miles misses with the combination.
The fighters circle momentarily. Miles darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Miles closes the distance but Garcia moves to the side

and Garcia counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miles jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Garcia walks away with a smile on his face. Miles gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Miles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Miles has closed the distance and engaged Garcia in a clinch.
Garcia with a knee to the head.
Miles wants a takedown.
Miles has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Garcia is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Trin Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Desmond Miles.
Garcia letting Miles take a breather here.
Garcia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miles blocks it with crossed arms.
Miles working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Miles tries to score a body lock takedown but Garcia shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Miles tries to score a body lock takedown but Garcia shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Miles wants a takedown but no success here.
Miles tries to break free but Garcia pushes him back against the cage.
Miles is looking to break free of the clinch but Garcia has double underhooks.

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.
Miles drops down looking for an ankle pick but Garcia pulls his leg out and moves away.
Miles looks to land a left hand but Garcia moved out of range nicely.
Miles tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Miles.
Desmond Miles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Miles throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A nice combination there by Miles.
Miles misses with a jab to the body

and Garcia counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a knee to the head.
Miles tries to break free but Garcia pushes him back against the cage.
Garcia lands a knee to the head.
Garcia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Miles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Miles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Miles is trying to break the clinch but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the head but Miles blocks with his arms.
Miles tries to pull guard but Garcia won't allow it.

Miles has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Garcia uses from the top position.

Garcia stands up from Miles's guard - Garcia perhaps looking for a knockout.
Garcia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Miles.

That's four 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.
Some wild striking there from Miles.
Miles throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Miles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Desmond Miles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A low kick from Miles is predictable there

and Garcia moves into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garcia tries to land a knee to the head but Miles blocks with his arms.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Trin Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Miles has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Desmond Miles!