PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aythami Garcia (ranked 3897 p4p, 2990 weight class) and Johnny Atkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atkins has chosen The Zoo as his entrance music. Johnny Atkins has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Aythami Garcia's chin.

Garcia
vs
Atkins

195 cm
24
255
1 - 2 - 0

200 cm
19
268
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aythami Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Atkins !
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Garcia moves into the clinch.

Garcia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Atkins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Garcia sprawls well. Garcia wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Atkins gets slowly back to his feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Atkins .
Garcia lands with an uppercut that bounces Atkins off the cage and back into range.
Atkins has his takedown stuffed
and Garcia counters with a nice body shot.
Aythami Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Atkins .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Atkins looks winded!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Atkins .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins walks into a straight right hand from Garcia.
Garcia throws a good cross that connects.
Garcia lands a nice hook to Atkins 's body. Atkins takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Garcia lands a jab to the head.
Atkins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Garcia circles away.
Garcia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Garcia lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Atkins 's shoulder, as Atkins tries to avoid the shot.
Atkins shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Garcia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Atkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garcia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Garcia closes the distance and pushes Atkins back into the cage.
Garcia is pushing Atkins up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Atkins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Garcia gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Garcia prevents a takedown attempt there.
Garcia displaying some good clinch control by pressing Atkins up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garcia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Garcia. That snapped Atkins 's head back.
Garcia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Atkins tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Garcia defends well and Atkins ends up having to push Garcia into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Garcia jabs at Atkins 's body.
Atkins has his takedown stuffed
and Garcia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Atkins thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Atkins tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Garcia moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Johnny Atkins has been cut.
Atkins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Garcia swivels and escapes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia lands a jab to the head.
Atkins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Atkins has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Garcia stuffs the takedown.
Garcia smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A low kick lands for Garcia.

Garcia lands a left and a right that sends Atkins crashing to the canvas! Garcia dives into mount looking to finish!

Atkins is rocked!
Garcia trying to control but Atkins is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aythami Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Atkins 's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Garcia with a nice cross.
Garcia's corner calls for a 1-2. Garcia obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Garcia tries to clinch but Atkins moves out of range.
Garcia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Atkins closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Atkins is still on wobbly legs! Can Garcia finish him?
A bone on bone clash there as Atkins blocks the leg kick.
Atkins seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Garcia drops his shoulder and cracks Atkins with a huge uppercut! Atkins goes down! Can Garcia finish him?
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 sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Garcia has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Garcia.
Atkins bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Garcia's guard.

Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Garcia here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Garcia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Atkins manages to get himself to full guard.

Atkins is trying to keep Garcia in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Garcia throws a big elbow that misses.
Garcia stopping the sweep attempt from Atkins .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Garcia postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia wants to pass the guard but Atkins is keeping the position.
Garcia has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Atkins is proving hard to escape from.
Garcia controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Garcia dips to his left and cracks Atkins with an uppercut!
Garcia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Aythami Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atkins is breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Garcia.
It looks like Garcia has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Garcia throws a leg kick but Atkins checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins with a lazy takedown attempt
and Garcia counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Garcia does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Atkins slips under a jab from Garcia.
Atkins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Garcia pinned against the cage. Garcia gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Garcia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Atkins 's head backwards.
Aythami Garcia is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garcia wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aythami Garcia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Atkins 's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Atkins fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Garcia avoids it really well and circles away.
Atkins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Garcia circles away.
Atkins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Atkins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Garcia stuns Atkins with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Atkins has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Atkins ducks straight into an uppercut from Garcia and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Atkins manages to regain guard straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Atkins is looking for a triangle but Garcia pushes his legs off easily.
Atkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Atkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garcia showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Atkins wants to improve his position but instead Garcia has moved into half guard.
Still in half guard, Garcia seems content to control.
Johnny Atkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Garcia throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Garcia not doing much here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Garcia wants to take a breather but Atkins is having none of it.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Atkins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Garcia as he avoids it easily.
Aythami Garcia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Atkins .

Garcia darts in and clinches Atkins up against the cage.
Atkins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Garcia gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Atkins tries for a takedown but Garcia manages to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garcia breaks from the clinch.
Aythami Garcia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garcia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Atkins can do to turn this around?
Garcia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Atkins 's sensitive parts.
Jab by Garcia.
Atkins is trying desperately to land a takedown but Garcia is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Atkins .

Garcia closes the distance and clinches.
Atkins blocks a body shot from Garcia.

Garcia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia's corner calls for a 1-2. Garcia obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Garcia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Garcia.
Atkins takes one on the button.

Garcia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Atkins is working for takedown but Garcia is calmly controlling the position for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Garcia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Atkins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab lands there for Garcia.
Garcia digs a good body shot into Atkins 's ribs.

Garcia closes the distance and clinches.
Atkins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Garcia gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Aythami Garcia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garcia scores with a shoulder strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aythami Garcia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garcia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:24
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:24
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aythami Garcia!