PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia comes to the ring accompanied by Ensemble of the restless. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Garcia
vs
Rodrigo Nogueira

181 cm
33
182 lbs
19 - 11 - 2

180 cm
32
176 lbs
18 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Urban Savage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 2, fighting out of London, Sergio Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nogueira swinging wildly here.
Nogueira misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Nogueira.
Garcia is looking to slow Nogueira down with leg kicks.
Nogueira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nogueira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garcia is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nogueira.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nogueira wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Garcia cracks Nogueira with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nogueira lands a jab.
Garcia lands a two punch combo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Garcia is looking to chop away at Nogueira's legs.
Garcia misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Nogueira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garcia swings for the body but Nogueira moves out of range.
Garcia scores with a jab to the body.
Nogueira lands a right hook to the body.
Garcia takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nogueira misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia misses the jab.
Garcia throws a body punch but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
A big left from Nogueira misses.
Nogueira avoids the head kick by Garcia.
Nogueira thows a body shot but no joy.
Nogueira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Nogueira misses with a looping right.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Nogueira.
Garcia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nogueira manages to avoid it.
Garcia misses the body punch
and Nogueira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nogueira throws a predictable looking body shot
and Garcia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nogueira on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garcia lands a jab.
Nogueira misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nogueira moves away.
Nogueira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nogueira fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Garcia staying out of range there.
Garcia walks into a jab.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Nogueira is just out of range.
A combination from Nogueira does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nogueira sizes up Garcia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Garcia throws a shot from downtown. Nogueira moves away and avoids it.
Nogueira with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garcia jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Garcia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nogueira circles away quickly and effectively.
Nogueira throws a jab but it's blocked by Garcia.
Garcia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nogueira thuds a left hand into Garcia's body.
Nogueira lands with a nice body punch.
Garcia takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Garcia gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Garcia is rocked!
Nogueira tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oh Garcia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nogueira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
Nogueira lands with a good body shot.
A swing and a miss from Garcia.
Nogueira misses with a wild combination.
Garcia seems to have got his legs back now.
Nogueira connects with a crisp jab.
Nogueira is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Garcia rather than just go for the knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nogueira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garcia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nogueira lands a jab to Garcia's midsection.
Nogueira connects with a body shot that sends Garcia's belly button to the back.
Nogueira moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice body punch from Nogueira.
Nogueira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Garcia is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nogueira.
Nogueira throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Nogueira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nogueira has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Garcia finds it's way round the side to connect with Nogueira's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcia throws a right hand that Nogueira ducks under and follows up with a left that Nogueira also avoids with ease.
Nogueira swinging wildly here.
Nogueira throws a jab but it's blocked by Garcia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nogueira throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Garcia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nogueira slips a jab from Garcia.
A slow jab from Nogueira misses its intended target.
Garcia lands with a nice body kick.
Nogueira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia misses with an uppercut. Nogueira saw that one coming.
Nogueira throws a shot to the body.
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nogueira takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Garcia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nogueira misses with an uppercut.
Garcia swings for the body but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Nogueira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nogueira on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nogueira drops Garcia with a big left hand! Garcia is injured, injured bad! Nogueira jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira!
An out of breath Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.