PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Blair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casseus Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hank Blair has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Blair
vs
Garcia

199 cm
20
269 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
230 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hank Blair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Casseus Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blair rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garcia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garcia misses with a straight right.
Blair misses with a few strikes there.
Blair smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Garcia defending well as Blair loads up on a big left hand.
Garcia sizes up Blair with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Garcia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blair.
Blair throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia takes one on the button.
Blair misses with a two punch combination.
Garcia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Blair.
Blair misses with a series of wild punches.
Blair misses with a few strikes there.
Blair slips a jab and a cross from Garcia.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Blair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blair ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hank Blair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia staying out of range there.
Garcia lands a lovely overhand right.
Garcia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Garcia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blair.
Blair dodges the punch combination from Garcia.
Blair pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blair connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blair lunges at Garcia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garcia's hand.
Garcia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blair cracks a nice hook into Garcia's ribs.
Garcia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Blair counters with a straight right hand.
Blair is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
Garcia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Blair in his tracks.
Garcia staying out of range there.
Blair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia misses with the combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Blair misses the target.
Garcia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Blair counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Blair dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Blair connects with a body shot.
Blair throws a big shot that misses.
Blair throws a half hearted mid kick.
Blair is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Blair throws a hook to the side of Garcia's head but Garcia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blair loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia avoids a kick to the body.
Garcia slips under a jab from Blair.
Garcia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Garcia!
Blair takes a swing at Garcia's ribcage but misses.
Blair lands an overhand right.
Garcia throws a combination that misses
and Blair counters with a nice body shot.
Garcia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garcia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blair fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Garcia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Crunch! Blair slams his shin into Garcia's torso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Blair misses with a hook. Garcia ducked under it nicely.
Blair throws a hook but Garcia avoids it easily.
Garcia misses with a double jab.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia dodges the punch combination from Blair.
Blair uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blair counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garcia misses with a double jab
and Blair counters with a left and a right that stings Garcia.
Blair ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Blair with a jab.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick.
Blair lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blair scores with a kick to the midsection.
Garcia moves away from the strike by Blair.
Garcia misses with a combination
and Blair counters with a series of strikes. Garcia will be more careful next time no doubt.
Garcia takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia slips a straight right by Blair.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Blair dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Garcia tries to bum rush Blair with a series of wild strikes but Blair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blair misses with a looping left.
Hank Blair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Garcia slips a straight right by Blair.
Blair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blair fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A jab from Blair does it's job there.
Garcia throws a combination that misses
and Blair counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blair misses with a body shot.
Garcia misses with a combination
and Blair makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Garcia really felt that one!
Garcia throws a series of punches but Blair avoids them all with ease.
Blair throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
Blair lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Blair misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia loads up on a big right hand but Blair slips the punch.
Blair's corner calls for a 1-2. Blair obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Blair wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Garcia takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blair scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blair scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Blair connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Garcia's hands.
The fighters circling - Blair throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blair misses with a combination
and Garcia counters with a three punch combo that has Blair backing up. Blair nods at Garcia to acknowledge the strikes.
Garcia misses with a combination
and Blair counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia avoids a kick to the body.
Garcia moves out of range of the body kick.
Blair is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Blair misses with an uppercut.
Blair ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Blair connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Garcia momentarily.
Garcia throws a right and a left that both miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hank Blair showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blair has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hank Blair!