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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Devon Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Wurster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Devon Garcia could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Zach Wurster's chin.
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170 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
13 - 27 - 0, fighting out of London, Devon Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Zach Wurster!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Wurster.
Garcia manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Wurster on his heels. He'll look to pass Wurster's guard now, I'm sure.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Wurster is looking to stand up but Garcia isn't so interested in that idea.
Wurster keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Wurster manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Wurster swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garcia shoots in and drives through. Wurster sprawls well.
Wurster lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcia circles away quickly and effectively.
Wurster will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Garcia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wurster moves into the clinch.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but Wurster turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Devon Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wurster is looking to break free of the clinch but Garcia has double underhooks.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Wurster has him pressed against the cage.
Garcia fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A frustrated look appears on Wurster's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wurster to keep the fight standing.
Garcia tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wurster looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Garcia drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Garcia tries to pull guard but Wurster holds him up against the cage and eventually Garcia drops back down to his feet.
Wurster wants to break free but Garcia has control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wurster to keep the fight standing.
Garcia tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wurster just stands there and leans against the cage.
Garcia fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Wurster wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Wurster wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Garcia tries to pull guard but Wurster won't allow it.
Wurster wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Garcia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wurster smiles and moves away.
Wurster lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcia circles away quickly and effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wurster fails to land with a series of punches.
Wurster throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garcia counters with a nice double leg into side control. Wurster won't be happy with that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Garcia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wurster is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Garcia asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Garcia trying to control the action but Wurster is working from the bottom.
Wurster gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
You get the feeling that Wurster really doesn't like being in this position too much.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wurster is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Garcia content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Devon Garcia will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wurster throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Wurster throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Wurster gets a clinch.
Wurster gets underhooks to prevent Garcia's takedown attempt.
Garcia jumps guard but Wurster turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Garcia jumps guard but Wurster turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Devon Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wurster can't break the clinch.
Wurster pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wurster sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Garcia somewhat.
Garcia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wurster avoids it really well and circles away.
Wurster fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wurster slaps away a takedown attempt from Garcia, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wurster throws a nice looking combination but Garcia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice sprawl there from Wurster as Garcia shoots in.
Garcia shoots in for a takedown but Wurster shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wurster has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wurster manages to break the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Wurster. Those never looked like landing.
Zach Wurster is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wurster lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Garcia backs up against the cage.
It looks like Devon Garcia has been cut.
Wurster moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wurster throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Devon Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wurster misses with the combination.
Wurster moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wurster is looking to break free of the clinch but Garcia has double underhooks.
Garcia keeps control of Wurster as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Garcia prevents Wurster from breaking the clinch.
Wurster breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wurster circles away.
Wurster rushes Garcia and presses him up against the cage.
Wurster wants to break free but Garcia has control.
Garcia keeps control of Wurster as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wurster is trying to break the clinch but Garcia has him pressed against the cage.
Wurster breaks from the clinch.
Wurster rushes Garcia and presses him up against the cage.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wurster to keep the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia keeps control of Wurster as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wurster is trying to break free.
Wurster wants to break free but Garcia has control.
Wurster wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wurster manages to break the clinch.
Wurster moves into range and clinches up with Garcia.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but Wurster turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Garcia is trying to pull guard but Wurster turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Wurster can't break the clinch.
Wurster breaks from the clinch.
Wurster connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wurster.
Wurster throws a series of strikes that have Garcia backpedaling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wurster misses with a wild combination.
Garcia shoots for a double leg takedown but Wurster sprawls well. He's pushed Garcia's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A right-left combo lands from Wurster.
Garcia is rocked!
Devon Garcia's cut is getting worse.
Garcia is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Wurster just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Garcia has gone limp and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Zach Wurster!
A very excited looking Zach Wurster rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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hype
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RATING
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