PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leon Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Eldorado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia comes to the cage accompanied by AnSchanz. Leon Garcia is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Garcia
vs
Eldorado

188 cm
26
195 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leon Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Eldorado!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eldorado misses with a wild body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Eldorado.
Eldorado cracks a nice hook into Garcia's ribs.
Garcia tries to clinch up but Eldorado circles away and keeps his distance.
Eldorado misses with a wild body shot.
Eric Eldorado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eldorado throws a series of strikes that have Garcia backpedaling.
Garcia is looking to clinch.

Garcia has Eldorado up against the cage in a clinch.

Eldorado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eldorado throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia slips under a jab from Eldorado.
Garcia takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Eldorado moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Garcia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Garcia there as he acknowledges the shot.
Eldorado fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garcia on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia dodges the punch combination from Eldorado.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Eldorado.
Eldorado has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garcia.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eldorado looks to land a combination. Garcia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Eldorado throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eldorado throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garcia on the side of the head.
Eldorado lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Eldorado with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garcia throws a head kick but Eldorado moves out of range.
Eldorado lands a jab to the nose.
Eldorado misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eldorado dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Eldorado. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Eldorado.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eldorado lunges at Garcia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garcia's hand.
Eldorado checks a low kick from Garcia.
Garcia tries to clinch but Eldorado moves out of range.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Eldorado throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Eldorado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Eldorado.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Eldorado dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Eldorado is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Eldorado throws out a loose jab but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia walks into a stiff left hand from Eldorado.
Garcia throws a sloppy head kick and Eldorado moves out of range easily.
Garcia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Eldorado.
Eldorado loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Eldorado misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Eldorado, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Eric Eldorado seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Eldorado throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia tries to clinch there but Eldorado circles away.
Garcia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Eldorado if he has to take too many more of those.
Eldorado throws a jab but it's blocked by Garcia.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia doesn't manage to clinch there - Eldorado circles away.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Eldorado.
Garcia throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Eldorado.
Eldorado connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garcia. Garcia circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A decent looking cross lands there for Eldorado.
Eldorado throws a right and a left that both miss.
Eldorado swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eldorado lands a head shot.
Eldorado misses with a body shot.
Garcia staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eldorado bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Garcia's head backwards.
Garcia thumps Eldorado with a low kick.
Garcia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Garcia bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Eldorado is breathing heavily.
Eldorado throws a hook to the side of Garcia's head but Garcia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Eldorado staying out of range there.
Garcia lands a nice looking kick to the body. Eldorado takes a step back to recover.
Garcia is looking to clinch but Eldorado is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eldorado throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Eldorado fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Eldorado ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
A punch combination from Eldorado misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Garcia.
Eldorado throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Leon Garcia will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Eldorado swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Eldorado jabs Garcia to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jab from Eldorado.

Garcia clinches with his opponent.

Eldorado breaks the clinch.
Eldorado misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Eldorado misses with a hook.
A good leg kick by Garcia.
Garcia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Eldorado finds it's way round the side to connect with Garcia's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Eldorado checks it well.
Nice body punch from Eldorado.
Eldorado cracks Garcia with an open hand slap.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Eldorado!
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Eldorado. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.

Garcia has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eldorado tries to break the clinch but Garcia is controlling the position.
Eldorado tries to circle away but Garcia has him pinned against the cage.

Eldorado breaks the clinch.
Eldorado keeps the fight on the outside.
Eric Eldorado is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Eldorado.
Eldorado thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garcia tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Eldorado manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Eldorado ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Eldorado lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eldorado lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcia circles away quickly and effectively.
Garcia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Eldorado.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Eldorado.

Garcia takes the fight into the clinch.
Garcia's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Garcia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Eldorado's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eldorado misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Eldorado circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eldorado.
Garcia misses with a body kick.
Garcia scores with a kick to the midsection.
Eldorado takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eldorado lands a slapping body shot.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Eldorado.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Eldorado comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Eldorado has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Eldorado!