PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freddie Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Spanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Garcia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to In Da Club. Spanner comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Seven Drunken Nights - The Dubliners kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Freddie Garcia has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Garcia
vs
Spanner

183 cm
29
220 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

185 cm
32
210 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great low kicks
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Freddie Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mick Spanner!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Spanner checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Garcia swats away the attempt to clinch by Spanner.
Mick Spanner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Spanner rushes Garcia and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Garcia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Spanner smiles and moves away.
Spanner tries to clinch but Garcia is having none of it.

Spanner shoots in and gets a takedown into Garcia's guard.
Spanner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Spanner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Spanner wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Spanner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garcia controls Spanner momentarily but Spanner frees himself.
Spanner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Spanner trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garcia is on top in guard.
Garcia is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Garcia passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Spanner tries to bench press Garcia off him but Garcia keeps the position.

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!
Spanner is trying to control Garcia's posture but Garcia avoids it.
Spanner is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spanner manages to get back to half guard.

Spanner actively working from the bottom here.

Garcia is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Garcia is thwarting Spanner's attempts to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spanner is looking for a sweep. Garcia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Spanner manages to get to full guard.
Spanner will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Spanner keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass.

Spanner throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spanner striking off his back but it's not causing Garcia any problems.

Spanner had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Garcia defends it easily.

Spanner is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Garcia defends well.
Garcia is in close to Spanner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garcia trying to control but Spanner is working from the bottom.
Garcia scoring with punches to the head and body.
Spanner wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.

Garcia thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Spanner looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Spanner is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Garcia defends well.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Spanner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Spanner looking for a sweep. Not yet Spanner, not yet.
Garcia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Spanner's head.
Spanner looking to control.
Garcia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garcia won't allow Spanner to sweep him here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garcia connects with a couple of short punches.
Spanner keeping moving, preventing Garcia from controlling successfully.
Garcia looking to pass the guard.
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 Freddie Garcia will probably get the nod.
That's time! Garcia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The fight stays on the outside here - Spanner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spanner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Garcia paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Garcia gets caught flat footed, as Spanner shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Garcia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Spanner trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spanner throws a strike but Garcia rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Spanner keeps moving.
Spanner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Garcia's guard.
Spanner trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Spanner with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia looking to control.

Spanner thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Spanner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Garcia working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Spanner has passed into half guard!
Spanner wants to pass to mount but Garcia is defending the position.
Garcia is refusing to be controlled, as Spanner sits in half guard.

Garcia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Spanner connects with a nice short shot to Garcia's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Spanner wants to work for an arm triangle but Garcia is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Spanner wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Spanner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Spanner seems to be looking for submissions.
Spanner is trying to control the action in half guard but Garcia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Spanner working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia is trying to control but Spanner passes into side control!
Garcia is looking to reverse the position.
Garcia struggling a bit here.
Spanner landing a few strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Spanner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Garcia is not content to let Spanner control the position.
Spanner is stalling here. Garcia is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Spanner seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Garcia has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Garcia is looking to take a break and control but Spanner is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Spanner tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Garcia wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Garcia is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Spanner is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Spanner wants to control but Garcia postures up.
Spanner tries to buck Garcia off but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia is looking to take a break and control but Spanner is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spanner sneaks back into half guard.
Spanner works his way to full guard. Good work.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Garcia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Spanner is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Garcia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Spanner wants to take a breather but Garcia is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spanner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Spanner scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Spanner lands strikes from half guard.
Garcia trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mick Spanner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Spanner moves into the clinch.

Spanner breaks the clinch.
Garcia has his takedown stuffed

and Spanner counters with a single leg into guard. Garcia didn't expect that.
Spanner lands a couple of elbows.
Spanner is in close to Garcia's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Garcia throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Garcia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Spanner scoring with punches to the head and body.
Spanner wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Spanner postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Garcia has his foot on Spanner's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Spanner works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spanner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Garcia has his feet on Spanner's thighs here. He's pushed Spanner off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Spanner screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Freddie Garcia!