PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcelinho Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grunter Gildergreen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grunter Gildergreen has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Garcia
vs
Gildergreen

179 cm
22
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcelinho Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Grunter Gildergreen!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gildergreen looks to land a left hand but Garcia moved out of range nicely.
Gildergreen throws a solid leg kick but Garcia takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gildergreen.
Gildergreen throws a right and a left that Garcia avoids nicely.
Garcia looks for a takedown but Gildergreen sprawls well.
Gildergreen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
No luck for Garcia with that takedown attempt.
Garcia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Marcelinho Garcia has been cut.
Gildergreen throws a leg kick that misses.

Garcia scores with a takedown into Gildergreen's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garcia is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Gildergreen is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Gildergreen has escaped and now he's on top!
Garcia seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Garcia controls Gildergreen momentarily but Gildergreen frees himself.

Gildergreen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gildergreen content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gildergreen postures up.
Garcia is controlling Gildergreen's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Marcelinho Garcia just wasn't active enough.
Gildergreen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

so Garcia counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Garcia drops back looking for a leg! Gildergreen is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gildergreen manages to kick Garcia off! Garcia jumps back into Gildergreen's guard.

Garcia is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Garcia drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Gildergreen dives on top into guard.
Gildergreen seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gildergreen controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gildergreen postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Gildergreen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Gildergreen throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Garcia tumbling to the canvas!

Garcia is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gildergreen advances to half guard.
Oh Garcia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Gildergreen is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Garcia sees it coming and defends easily.
Gildergreen takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Gildergreen wants to work for an arm triangle but Garcia is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Gildergreen seems to be looking for submissions.
Garcia has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gildergreen is working away from the top position though.
Garcia wants to control the action here but instead Gildergreen manages to pass to full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is looking to improve his position but Gildergreen isn't that keen on the idea.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Garcia wants to hold on but Gildergreen pushes him away.
Gildergreen controlling the position easily from mount.
Garcia is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gildergreen controlling from mount.
Garcia wants to control but Gildergreen is having none of it.
Gildergreen fails to move to back control.
Gildergreen avoids the attempt from Garcia to control.

Gildergreen is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Garcia has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Gildergreen has control of Garcia's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Garcia regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Gildergreen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gildergreen avoids the attempt from Garcia to control.
Gildergreen content just to control the position here.
Garcia seems to have got his legs back now.
Garcia regains half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcia wants to control but Gildergreen is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grunter Gildergreen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcelinho Garcia's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gildergreen throws a hook to the side of Garcia's head but Garcia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marcelinho Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gildergreen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Garcia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gildergreen. Gildergreen obviously looking to wear him down.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Gildergreen! Garcia is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grunter Gildergreen!