PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jaius Garcius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iko Morrowind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcius kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Destroy Everything. Morrowind has chosen The Foggy Dew as his entrance music. Iko Morrowind will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Garcius
vs
Morrowind

183 cm
44
184 lbs
32 - 33 - 1

187 cm
29
180 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Lion Fightwear
Urban Fighter

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 32 - 33 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jaius Garcius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Iko Morrowind!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrowind misses with a double jab

and Garcius counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garcius.
Garcius misses with a knee strike.

Morrowind breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrowind connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

It looks like Jaius Garcius has been cut.
Morrowind has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Garcius avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garcius is looking for a counter combo.
Garcius misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrowind throws a poor cross that misses
letting Garcius counter with a right hand.
A jab from Morrowind misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrowind fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garcius went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Garcius throws a series of punches but Morrowind moves out of range.
Garcius scores with a kick to the body.
Morrowind's corner calls for a 1-2. Morrowind obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Garcius ducks under a wild hook from Morrowind.
Morrowind fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcius manages to avoid it.
Garcius uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrowind.
Morrowind lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garcius circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind misses with a wild body shot.
A nice combination there by Morrowind.
Morrowind looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice combination there by Garcius.
Iko Morrowind is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcius shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morrowind misses with a hook
and Garcius counters with a one-two to the body.
Morrowind throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Garcius closes the distance and pushes Morrowind back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcius using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrowind has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morrowind wants to get back to striking at distance but Garcius won't allow it.
Garcius jumps guard but Morrowind stands there with Garcius around his waist. Garcius gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morrowind wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garcius can't find room to land a body shot as Morrowind controls the action.
Garcius keeps control of Morrowind as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Garcius using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morrowind has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Garcius tries to land a knee to the head but Morrowind blocks with his arms.
Morrowind prevents a body shot from Garcius.
Garcius tries to score a body lock takedown but Morrowind shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Garcius keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morrowind's efforts to push away.

Morrowind breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrowind throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morrowind will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
As Morrowind tries to get set, Garcius tries to push him back and clinch up but Morrowind manages to avoid the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morrowind.
Garcius throws a big counter combination but Morrowind scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Morrowind listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Garcius keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrowind.
Garcius went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Morrowind stalks Garcius and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Garcius's face. Garcius staggers backwards, shaken.
Garcius misses with a wild combination.
Morrowind is looking for the big counter here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iko Morrowind dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jaius Garcius's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Garcius on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morrowind connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garcius seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Morrowind lands with a straight right. Garcius didn't see that one coming.
Morrowind fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcius manages to avoid it.
Morrowind has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garcius takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcius lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Morrowind lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcius blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrowind throws a right and a left that Garcius avoids nicely.
Garcius appears to be looking for a big counter.
Garcius misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morrowind looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcius is just out of range.
Morrowind will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morrowind displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Jaius Garcius's cut is getting worse.
Some wild striking there from Morrowind.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcius on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morrowind lands with a good body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Morrowind.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcius bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As Morrowind looks to move away, Garcius throws a big counter combo but Morrowind just gets out of the way.
Garcius misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Iko Morrowind seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrowind misses with a hook. Garcius ducked under it nicely.
Morrowind swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Garcius does no damage.
As Garcius backs off Morrowind throws a huge counter combo but Garcius manages to avoid it all.
A swing and a miss from Morrowind.
Garcius appears to be looking for a big counter.
Morrowind throws a series of punches but Garcius moves out of range.
Morrowind throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind lands with an uppercut that bounces Garcius off the cage and back into range.
A swing and a miss from Morrowind.
Garcius appears to be looking for a big counter.
Garcius on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Jaius Garcius's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Morrowind lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrowind swinging wildly here.
Iko Morrowind seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morrowind fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morrowind misses with an uppercut.
As Morrowind looks to move away, Garcius throws a big counter combo but Morrowind just gets out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iko Morrowind showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jaius Garcius's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Garcius throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morrowind misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcius is looking to counter punch.
Morrowind throws a jab but it's blocked by Garcius.
Garcius doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morrowind misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrowind displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcius throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Morrowind finds it's way through Garcius's defenses.
Morrowind lands a body shot.
Morrowind moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morrowind lands an overhand right.
Morrowind dodges the punch combination from Garcius.
Morrowind will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcius moves forwards but Morrowind connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A punch combination from Morrowind misses.
Garcius is looking for a counter combo.
Jaius Garcius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morrowind misses with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcius takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Garcius misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garcius misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind connects with a looping right hand.
Morrowind scores with a decent looking hook.
Morrowind lands a nice hook to Garcius's body. Garcius takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Garcius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garcius gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Jeez, Jaius Garcius's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Morrowind rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garcius moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garcius is looking to counter the offense by Morrowind and move into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind throws a series of punches but Garcius avoids them all with ease.
Morrowind throws a lazy right hand but Garcius sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garcius drops his hands momentarily and Morrowind takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Garcius dodges the punch combination from Morrowind.
Garcius swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morrowind counters with a two punch combo.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jaius Garcius's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Iko Morrowind!
Iko Morrowind bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Jaius Garcius was interviewed post fight and said 'STOCKTON 1,2,5!'.