PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Garcio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gobleedy Gooker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Garcio might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Strange Behaviour. Felipe Garcio could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Gobleedy Gooker's chin.

Garcio
vs
Gooker

176 cm
21
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

177 cm
27
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

The Knot

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felipe Garcio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gobleedy Gooker!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Garcio gets caught napping as Gooker dives in and scores a takedown. Garcio manages to retain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gooker tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcio is retaining full guard.

Gooker avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gooker's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gooker working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Garcio's head.
Gooker postures up and lands a big shot to Garcio's brow.
Garcio has momentary wrist control but Gooker slips an elbow through the middle.
Gooker landing with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gooker engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Garcio is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gooker lands a couple of elbows.
Gooker 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.
Gooker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garcio is keeping the position for now.
Gooker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gooker works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gooker takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Gooker is controlling the pace.
Gooker scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gooker is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Gooker 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gooker controlling the action here.
Garcio is looking to escape.
Gooker seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gooker is looking to advance position but Garcio won't allow it.
Gooker keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Garcio looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gooker working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gooker keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Garcio on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gooker lands a nice short elbow.
Gooker working Garcio over with strikes.

Garcio is rocked!
Garcio is breathing heavily.
Gooker lands a big elbow - Garcio is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Gooker!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gobleedy Gooker!
Felipe Garcio spoke after the fight, saying 'Aww man I had fun out there but I will come victorious next time you guys see me here in the octagon.'.