PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kareem Johnson (ranked 227 p4p, 229 weight class) and Segundo Garcia (ranked 36 p4p, 37 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Johnson
vs
Garcia

186 cm
27
185
15 - 5 - 0

188 cm
26
190
10 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Carnage

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
Carnage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kareem Johnson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Segundo Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Garcia feints a counter leg kick.
Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garcia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Johnson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Johnson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab lands there for Garcia.

It looks like Kareem Johnson has been cut.
Johnson lands a leg kick that knocks Garcia off balance momentarily.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garcia.
Johnson misses with a lunging right hand
and Garcia counters with a nice body shot.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Johnson blocks the body kick.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Garcia throws a counter combo.
Johnson misses with a leg kick
and Garcia counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Garcia.
Garcia only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Johnson, as that shot connected.
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Johnson with the inside leg kick.
Johnson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Garcia looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garcia.
Johnson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kareem Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnson lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Garcia's hands.
Johnson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Garcia takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnson misses with a straight right.
Garcia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Garcia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Johnson can pounce on him.
Garcia slips a straight right by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a leg kick
and Garcia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Garcia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johnson.
Johnson scores with a leg kick.
Johnson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Garcia's legs.
Johnson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Garcia is out of range.
Garcia throws out a counter right but Johnson avoids it with no problem.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson thows a leg kick but Garcia checks it
and Garcia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Johnson throws a jab when Garcia was well out of range.
Johnson throws a right hand that misses
and Garcia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Johnson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garcias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Johnson slips under a jab from Garcia.
A low kick lands for Johnson.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters circling - Johnson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garcia is looking to slow Johnson down with leg kicks.
Jab from Johnson.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Garcia might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Johnson moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Johnson misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garcia blocks a jab.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garcia.
Johnson throws a solid leg kick but Garcia takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Johnson.
Garcia let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Johnson.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garcia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garcia lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Johnson motions for Garcia to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson backing away here, and Garcia unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Garcia slips under a jab from Johnson.
Johnson throws a low kick but Garcia moves out of range easily.
Garcia misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kareem Johnson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Johnson's cut.
That's time! Johnson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Johnson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kareem Johnson is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Garcia is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Johnson with a body shot.
Johnson lands with a right hand.
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Johnson scores with a jab.
Garcia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia walks into a left hand.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Johnson misses with an uppercut.
Garcia slips a jab from Johnson.
Garcia throws out a counter right but Johnson avoids it with no problem.
Johnson misses with a left hand
and Garcia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia misses with the combination.
Garcia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but Johnson ducks down to avoid it.
Garcia tries to land a body kick
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Garcia might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Johnson has got the better of the exchanges.
Garcia misses the jab.
Garcia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
Johnson throws a low kick but Garcia moves out of range easily.
Garcia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
Garcia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Garcia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garcia.
Garcia was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Garcia's legs.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garcia throws the left hand but Johnson avoids the punch easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Garcia.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Garcia's head but Garcia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Garcia.
Johnson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garcia slips a jab from Johnson.
Garcia is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Johnson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garcia checks it well.
Johnson thumps Garcia with a low kick.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johnson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Garcia throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Garcia checks a leg kick.
Johnson throws out a leg kick but Garcia moves out of range and Johnson only half commits.
Garcia is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Garcia's front leg but catches the back leg as Garcia tries to avoid it.
Garcia blocks a low kick nicely.
Johnson connects with a looping right hand.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia lands a leg kick that knocks Johnson off balance momentarily.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Johnson's front leg but catches the back leg as Johnson tries to avoid it.
Garcia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Johnson has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick lands for Johnson.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Garcia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson is looking to chop away at Garcia's legs.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Garcia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Garcia looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Johnson. Garcia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson throws a hook but Garcia blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kareem Johnson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Johnson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Johnson lands with a cross.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Garcia flicks out a counter leg kick but Johnson steps away.
Garcia closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Garcia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Johnson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Garcia staying out of range there.
Garcia now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Johnson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
Johnson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Johnson connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garcia checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Garcia's shoulder, as Garcia tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the body from Garcia misses
letting Johnson counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Garcia let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Johnson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Garcia's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Garcia sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Garcia tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Garcia has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Garcia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Johnson scores with a spinning back kick!
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Garcia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Johnson moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
Johnson looks to throw the jab but Garcia is out of range.
Garcia unleashes a big counter combination but Johnson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Johnson throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garcia jabs Johnson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Johnson needs to keep his hands up - Garcia had a free shot at his head there.
Johnson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Johnson misses the target.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
A low kick lands for Johnson.
Garcia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garcia sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Johnson finds it's way through Garcia's defenses.
Garcia misses with a low kick as Johnson jumps back.
Johnson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Johnson throws a leg kick which misses Garcia's front leg but catches the back leg as Garcia tries to avoid it.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
A jab from Garcia misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Johnson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Garcia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Johnson scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Garcia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
A chopping leg kick lands by Johnson.
Garcia moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Garcia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Johnson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garcia.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from Johnson misses
and Garcia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson throws a leg kick but Garcia moved away.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Garcia throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kareem Johnson clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Johnson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Garcia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Johnson slips under a jab from Garcia.
Johnson moves out of range as Garcia throws a body kick.
Johnson lands a body shot.
Garcia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Garcia is trying to counter with his kicks.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Garcia scores with a sloppy right hand. Johnson should have avoided that one.
A shot to the liver by Johnson. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Johnson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Johnson 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 takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson throws a hook to the side of Garcia's head but Garcia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garcia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson motions for Garcia to come forward. Johnson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Johnson swings widly with a right hand
and Garcia counters with a good low kick that Johnson was not able to check.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Garcia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Garcia throws an overhand right that lands on Johnson's shoulder, as Johnson tries to avoid the shot.
A nice leg kick from Johnson, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson is looking to score with low kicks.
Garcia appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Garcia throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Johnson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garcia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Garcia misses
and Johnson counters with a good low kick that Garcia was not able to check.
Sloppy strikes from Garcia. Those never looked like landing.
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Garcia misses with a looping left.
Johnson ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
Johnson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That kick from Johnson tenderised Garcia's leg. Garcia is trying to keep his angry face on.
Segundo Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garcia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Johnson finds it's way round the side to connect with Garcia's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garcia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Garcia just misses with a punch to the body.
Johnson scores with a decent looking hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Garcia replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Johnson blocks it well.
Johnson connects with a solid leg kick.
Johnson connects with a leg kick.
Garcia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Garcia throws a counter combo.
Garcia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Johnson.
Johnson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Garcia throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
Garcia slips under a jab.
Garcia misses with a low kick.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Garcia moves away and avoids it.
Johnson lands a nice looking body kick.
Johnson throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson digs a good body shot into Garcia's ribs.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Johnson scoring well with a low kick there.
Johnson tries to work over Garcia's front leg with a kick but Garcia checks it.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson staying out of range there.
Johnson tried to score with a low kick but Garcia checks it.
Johnson throws a hook but Garcia avoids it easily.
Garcia walks into a left hand.
Johnson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kareem Johnson had his way with Segundo Garcia in that round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Johnson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Garcia counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garcia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Johnson checks it well.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Johnson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Johnson wants to land a leg kick but Garcia is out of range.
Garcia drops his hands momentarily and Johnson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Johnson misses.
A little jabbing left from Garcia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Johnson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Garcia throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
Garcia throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Garcia steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Despite the aggression on Garcia's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
An inside leg kick lands from Johnson.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Garcia looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson throws the left hand but Garcia avoids the punch easily.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Kareem Johnson's cut is getting worse.
Johnson throws a lazy uppercut
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garcia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Johnson on the side of the head.

Johnson is rocked!
Garcia misses the jab.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Garcia raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Johnson drops his hands momentarily and Garcia needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Johnson just on the top of the head. Johnson drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Johnson - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Segundo Garcia!
Segundo Garcia is the new middleweight champion!
Our winner, Segundo Garcia, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.