PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Asdfg Wert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty Garcilazo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wert
vs
Garcilazo

187 cm
23
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Brawler
Solid chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Asdfg Wert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marty Garcilazo!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wert misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Wert checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Wert moves into the clinch.
Garcilazo wants to get back to striking at distance but Wert won't allow it.
Garcilazo is trying to force a seperation but Wert has the dominant position.

Garcilazo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wert misses with a low kick.
Garcilazo tries to clinch but Wert moves out of range.
Garcilazo tries to clinch but Wert moves away
and Wert counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Wert instigates a clinch.
Wert stalls.

Wert manages to break the clinch.
Garcilazo doesn't manage to clinch there - Wert circles away.

Wert has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wert slows down the pace here.

Wert manages to break the clinch.
Garcilazo is looking to clinch but Wert is avoiding it.
Wert is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Garcilazo.
Garcilazo tries to clinch up but Wert circles away and keeps his distance.
Wert steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garcilazo.

Wert closes the distance and clinches.
Garcilazo tries to circle away but Wert has him pinned against the cage.
Wert really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Garcilazo misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wert keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garcilazo's efforts to push away.
Garcilazo is looking to control Wert's arms but Wert gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garcilazo has his back to the cage.
Garcilazo is trying to break the clinch but Wert has him pressed against the cage.
Garcilazo misses with a short punch on the inside.

Wert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wert misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garcilazo tries to clinch up.

Wert moves into the clinch.
Garcilazo is trying to maintain a safe position but Wert gets an underhook and turns Garcilazo into the cage.
Garcilazo tries to circle away but Wert has him pinned against the cage.

Wert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcilazo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wert.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo throws a series of punches but Wert avoids them all with ease.

Wert clinches.
Garcilazo is trying to break the clinch but Wert has him pressed against the cage.
Garcilazo is looking to break free of the clinch but Wert has double underhooks.

Wert escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wert circles away from the clinch attempt

and Wert counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wert is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcilazo is defending well for now.
Garcilazo is trying to maintain a safe position but Wert gets an underhook and turns Garcilazo into the cage.
Wert throws an elbow but it misses.
Wert taking a breather.
Garcilazo looking to slow down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wert pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo closes the distance looking to clinch

and Wert moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Garcilazo tries to break the clinch but Wert is controlling the position.
Garcilazo is trying to break free.

Wert pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wert keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcilazo tries to close the distance and clinch but Wert swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wert misses the shot to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo thuds his shin into the meat of Wert's side.

Wert gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Wert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Wert gets a clinch.

Wert breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good exchange - Wert coming out on top.
Wert uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcilazo.

Wert moves into the clinch.
Garcilazo has had enough of the clinch but Wert keeps him there for the moment.
Garcilazo is trying to break free.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Wert takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Wert working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wert dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Garcilazo working hard to break the clinch.

Wert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo misses with a two punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcilazo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wert tries a head kick but it misses.
Garcilazo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcilazo moves out of range as Wert throws a body kick.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo tries to score with a low kick but Wert moves his leg out of the way.

Wert has taken the fight to the clinch.

Wert breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wert tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garcilazo moves out of range as Wert throws a body kick.
Wert tries to clinch but Garcilazo moves out of range.

Wert instigates a clinch.
Garcilazo is trying to push Wert away but Wert has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Garcilazo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wert keeps control of Garcilazo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Wert.

Wert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo tries to clinch there but Wert circles away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo doesn't manage to clinch there - Wert circles away.
Garcilazo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Garcilazo darts in trying to clinch
and Wert counters with a big head kick but Garcilazo shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcilazo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wert misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garcilazo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wert manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wert throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garcilazo.
Wert pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wert moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wert is breathing heavily.
Garcilazo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Garcilazo tries to clinch up but Wert circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcilazo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wert keeps the fight on the outside.
Wert swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcilazo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcilazo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wert swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garcilazo moves in looking to clinch but Wert pushes him off.
Garcilazo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garcilazo throws a sloppy head kick and Wert moves out of range easily.
Garcilazo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wert counters with a big head kick but Garcilazo shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Asdfg Wert dominated that 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.

Wert gets in close and instigates a clinch.

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

Wert closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wert has Garcilazo pressed against the cage, preventing Garcilazo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Garcilazo missing with knees to the body.
Garcilazo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wert blocks it with crossed arms.
Garcilazo is trying to break the clinch but Wert has him pressed against the cage.
Garcilazo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wert is keeping busy.
Wert has Garcilazo pressed against the cage, preventing Garcilazo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Wert manages to break the clinch.
Garcilazo misses with a low kick.
Wert takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcilazo. Wert does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcilazo tries to clinch

and Wert moves into the clinch.
Wert holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wert swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garcilazo letting Wert take a breather here.
Garcilazo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Garcilazo is trying to force a seperation but Wert has the dominant position.
Wert keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garcilazo's efforts to push away.
Wert looking to throw knees to the head but Garcilazo is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wert's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garcilazo moves to clinch but Wert breaks away
and Wert counters with a good low kick that Garcilazo was not able to check.
Garcilazo tries to clinch but Wert moves away

and Wert counters by clinching up.
Garcilazo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Garcilazo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wert content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Wert pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wert tries to land a leg kick but Garcilazo saw it coming and moves away.
Wert throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcilazo pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo tries to clinch but Wert is having none of it.
Wert avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcilazo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wert avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wert misses with a body shot.
Garcilazo wants to land a leg kick but Wert is out of range.
Garcilazo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Garcilazo avoids the head kick by Wert.

Wert gets a clinch.

Wert manages to break the clinch.

Wert clinches up with Garcilazo and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wert keeps control of Garcilazo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wert tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Wert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wert throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcilazo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Garcilazo keeps the fight on the outside.
Wert dodges the punch combination from Garcilazo.
Garcilazo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wert counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Garcilazo is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcilazo tries to clinch there but Wert circles away.
Garcilazo throws a nice looking combination but Wert bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Garcilazo gets tackled into the cage by Wert. Wert maintains the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Garcilazo is trying to stall.
Wert keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garcilazo's efforts to push away.
Garcilazo tries to break free but Wert pushes him back against the cage.
Garcilazo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wert avoids it.

Wert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wert scores with the left hand. Garcilazo knows he should have avoided that one.
Wert keeps the fight on the outside.

Wert pushes Garcilazo up against the cage in a clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wert tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcilazo avoids the damage to the body.

Wert breaks the clinch.
Garcilazo blocks a low kick nicely.
Garcilazo tries to clinch but Wert is having none of it.
Garcilazo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcilazo tries to clinch but Wert is having none of it.
Wert checks the leg kick nicely there.
Garcilazo looks to score with a jab to the body but Wert is just out of range.
Wert throws a sloppy head kick and Garcilazo moves out of range easily.
Garcilazo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wert manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sloppy strikes from Garcilazo. Those never looked like landing.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wert slips a jab from Garcilazo.
Wert pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Wert moves into the clinch.
Garcilazo pushes off an throws an elbow but Wert leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Garcilazo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wert manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Garcilazo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wert stalling.
Wert avoids a wild elbow strike from Garcilazo.

Wert breaks the clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Wert blocks the leg kick.
Garcilazo darts in trying to clinch
and Wert counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Wert swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcilazo.
Wert tries to clinch there but Garcilazo circles away.

Wert closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wert tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Wert pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wert tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Garcilazo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo throws a shot from downtown. Wert moves away and avoids it.
Wert swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcilazo.
Garcilazo is looking to clinch.
Garcilazo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wert was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcilazo.

Wert has Garcilazo up against the cage in a clinch.
Wert lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcilazo wants to break free but Wert has control.

Wert escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wert lands with a kick to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Asdfg Wert dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Garcilazo throws a lazy right hand but Wert sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Asdfg Wert is winning the standup battle so far.
A low kick from Garcilazo is predictable there

and Wert counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Garcilazo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wert just leaning against Garcilazo, taking a breather.
Garcilazo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Wert escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Wert clinches.
Wert holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Garcilazo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wert landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wert escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Wert gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Wert breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wert.
Garcilazo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Wert clinches up against the cage.
Garcilazo misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Wert breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo tries to clinch up
and Wert counters with a head kick.
Garcilazo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wert manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Garcilazo tries to keep at a distance but Wert has taken the fight into the clinch.

Wert breaks from the clinch.
Wert misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garcilazo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garcilazo looks to throw a body kick
and Wert counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wert checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wert scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wert clinches.
Wert lands a body punch in the clinch.

Wert pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Asdfg Wert is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garcilazo closes the distance but Wert moves to the side
and Wert counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wert avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Wert clinches up with Garcilazo and pushes him back against the cage.
Wert throws an elbow but it misses.

Wert pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo is looking to land body kicks.
Garcilazo tries to clinch but Wert moves out of range.
Wert throws a hook but Garcilazo avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo throws a head kick but Wert moves out of range.
Garcilazo throws a body kick that misses.
Wert tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Garcilazo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Wert clinches with his opponent.
The referee calls for Wert to work.
Garcilazo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Wert breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcilazo lands a jab-cross combination.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Wert closes the distance and clinches.

Wert manages to break the clinch.
Garcilazo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcilazo tries to clinch there but Wert circles away.
Garcilazo swings for the body but Wert moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garcilazo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcilazo wants to clinch up but Wert keeps it at a distance.
Garcilazo misses with a series of wild punches.
Wert misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo closes the distance but Wert moves to the side

and Wert holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Garcilazo misses with a punch to the body.
Wert controlling the action here for a moment.

Wert breaks the clinch.
Garcilazo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Wert closes the distance and clinches.
Garcilazo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wert has him pressed against the cage.
Garcilazo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wert is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Wert pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo wants to clinch.
Garcilazo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wert throws out the jab.

Wert forces Garcilazo back against the cage and clinches.
Asdfg Wert has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Garcilazo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wert manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Wert breaks from the clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Garcilazo throws a sloppy head kick and Wert moves out of range easily.
Garcilazo tries to clinch up but Wert circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcilazo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Garcilazo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wert is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Garcilazo misses with a body kick.
Wert connects with a right hand. Garcilazo shakes it off.
The fighters circling - Garcilazo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garcilazo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wert moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wert is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Garcilazo gets tackled into the cage by Wert. Wert maintains the clinch.
Garcilazo wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Wert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcilazo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wert manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wert will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garcilazo scores with a jab to the head.
Garcilazo is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Garcilazo misses with a few strikes there.
Garcilazo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Wert counters by clinching up.
Garcilazo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wert avoids the elbow strike from Garcilazo, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garcilazo crunches a lovely knee into Wert's ribcage.

Wert escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marty Garcilazo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Asdfg Wert is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head kick by Garcilazo misses
and Wert counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Asdfg Wert showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wert 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Asdfg Wert!