PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luciano Garza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haisha Guardia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Garza
vs
Guardia

218 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

160 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luciano Garza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Haisha Guardia!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guardia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Garza bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Guardia is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

Guardia explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Guardia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Guardia throws a head kick that misses
and Garza counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Garza shoots in but no luck this time.
No luck for Garza with that takedown attempt.
Garza has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luciano Garza. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guardia pushes Garza away with a front kick.
Haisha Guardia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Guardia throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Garza tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Guardia is in Garza's guard.

Guardia gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Garza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Guardia as he jumps to the side.
Guardia is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Guardia.

Garza tries to sprawl but Guardia drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Garza missing with punches from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guardia is trying to control the action in half guard but Garza is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Guardia wants to stand up but Garza is controlling the position.
Guardia sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garza defending well though.
Guardia tries to pass the half guard into mount. Garza knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Guardia lands with a punch from half guard.
Guardia controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Guardia postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Garza to stand up.

Guardia shoots in and gets a takedown into Garza's guard.

Guardia stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Garza is breathing heavily.
Guardia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Guardia throws a sloppy head kick and Garza moves out of range easily.
Garza really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Guardia looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Guardia stands up from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guardia throws a sloppy head kick

and Garza counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garza.
Garza can't break the clinch.
Garza tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Guardia drops down looking for an ankle pick but Garza pulls his leg out and moves away.
Guardia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garza.
Guardia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Guardia closes the distance and clinches.
Garza tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Garza looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Guardia breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haisha Guardia dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Guardia misses with a takedown attempt - Garza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Guardia tries a head kick but it misses.
Garza throws a big counter combination but Guardia scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Garza closes this distance looking for a takedown but Guardia circles away.
Guardia unleashes a big counter combination but Garza bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Guardia shoots in and bounces Garza off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Garza keeping moving, preventing Guardia from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Guardia gets to his feet. Garza looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Guardia is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guardia.
Guardia counters with a body kick.
Garza shoots in for a takedown but Guardia shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Guardia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Guardia drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Guardia lands an elbow.
Guardia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garza keeps working.
Guardia should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Guardia decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Guardia clinches up against the cage.

Garza breaks the clinch.
Guardia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Guardia misses with a body kick.
Guardia stuffs the takedown attempt from Garza. Garza gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luciano Garza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garza misses with a takedown attempt - Guardia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guardia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guardia throws a sloppy head kick and Garza moves out of range easily.
Guardia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Garza's waist but Garza gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Guardia off to one side.
A head kick misses from Garza.

Guardia feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Guardia trying to control the position from guard on top but Garza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Guardia tries to stand but Garza is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Guardia got a little sloppy there for a moment and Garza has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Guardia has managed to get both his arms back between Garza's legs - danger averted.
Guardia wants to stand but Garza is controlling his posture from full guard.

Guardia gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haisha Guardia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Guardia misses with a wild combination.
Nice takedown defense from Guardia. No joy for Garza on that attempt.
Guardia leaves Garza with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Guardia is looking for the big counter here.
Garza avoids the head kick by Guardia.
Haisha Guardia seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Guardia closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Garza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garza shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Guardia pinned against the cage. Guardia gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luciano Garza. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guardia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Guardia changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Garza tries to avoid it but Guardia manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Garza to the ground. Garza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Guardia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An inside leg kick from Guardia misses.
It looked like Garza was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Guardia.
A head kick misses from Guardia.
Luciano Garza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garza avoids the head kick by Guardia.
Garza looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Guardia is fending him off so far but Garza persists. Nope, Guardia circles away and we're back to standing.
Guardia tries to land a body kick

and Garza counters by clinching up.
Garza has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Guardia after a bit of a struggle.
Guardia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Guardia presses Garza against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Guardia breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Guardia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garza moves out of range as Guardia throws a body kick.
Garza wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Guardia misses with a kick to the body.
Garza tries to counter by clinching up but Guardia breaks away and moves out of range.
Guardia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Garza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Guardia controls Garza momentarily but Garza frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guardia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garza is one step ahead there.

Guardia had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Garza defends it easily.
Garza throws a big elbow that misses.
Guardia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Haisha Guardia has got the better of the ground game so far.

Guardia is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Garza presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garza tries to break the clinch but Guardia is controlling the position.
Garza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Guardia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Guardia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Garza was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Garza dives in for a single leg takedown but Guardia sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Guardia lands a head kick!
Garza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Guardia rushes Garza and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Haisha Guardia is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Garza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

And that's the end of the fight!
Haisha Guardia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Guardia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Haisha Guardia!