PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Maggio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maggio is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Speak Softly Love. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Garcia
vs
Maggio

184 cm
23
198 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
32
183 lbs
19 - 15 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Maggio!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maggio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maggio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maggio.
Maggio on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. Maggio looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maggio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Garcia has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maggio.
Maggio throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Garcia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maggio scores with a push kick.
Maggio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maggio thows a leg kick but Garcia checks it
and Garcia counters with an outside leg kick.
Chris Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia 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.

Maggio takes the fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Maggio.
Maggio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maggio misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Garcia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio lands with a light punch inside.
Maggio tries to land knees in the clinch but Garcia avoids the damage to the body.
Maggio tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.
Garcia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maggio backwards.
Maggio is trying to stall.
Garcia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maggio's elbow.
Maggio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia digs a right hand underneath Maggio's ribcage. Maggio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Maggio looks gassed!
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Maggio.
Garcia managing to block the knees to the body from Maggio.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maggio misses with the head strike.
Garcia lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maggio backwards.
Garcia blocks the elbow strike.
Maggio connects with a knee to the head.
Maggio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maggio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Garcia misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Garcia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maggio.
Garcia gets through Maggio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Garcia.
Garcia working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Garcia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garcia cracks Maggio with a nice body shot.
Garcia struggles to land a body shot inside as Maggio controls his hands.
A short left from Garcia.
Maggio blocks an uppercut.
Maggio tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.
Garcia stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Garcia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Garcia.
Garcia swings wildly with an uppercut but Maggio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garcia tries to throw a body punch but Maggio avoids it by throwing Garcia back against the cage.
Maggio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Maggio tries to work over Garcia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garcia tries to work over Maggio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garcia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maggio trying to control the position but instead, Garcia has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maggio into the cage.
Maggio misses with some punches.
Maggio lands a right hand.
Maggio is trying to stall.
Garcia lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

It looks like Tony Maggio has been cut.
Garcia working aggressively here.
Garcia gets through Maggio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garcia looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Maggio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garcia lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Maggio is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Maggio's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Maggio drops to his knees and Garcia pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Garcia!
Chris Garcia spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.