PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Pancho Garcia (ranked 893 p4p, 1286 weight class) and Pablo Blades (ranked 111 p4p, 155 weight class). Garcia comes to the cage accompanied by Thors Hammer - Mexico. Blades has chosen Three 6 Mafia - It's a fight as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcia
vs
Blades

186 cm
24
169
7 - 5 - 0

175 cm
24
165
8 - 3 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leonardo Pancho Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pablo Blades!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Joseph Jones and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Blades throws a jab when Garcia was well out of range.
Blades ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia moves away.
Garcia swings away with a body shot that misses
and Blades counters with an inside leg kick.
Garcia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Garcia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garcia looks to land a combination but Blades avoids it well.
Garcia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blades avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Blades displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Blades misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.
Blades ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blades takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Blades slips a jab from Garcia.
Garcia throws a right hand that misses
and Blades counters with a nice uppercut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blades.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blades lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia lands a nice looking body shot.
Blades slips a straight right by Garcia.
Garcia lands a nice shot that snaps Blades's head back.

It looks like Pablo Blades has been cut.
Garcia takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Blades thows a body kick. Garcia tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Garcia scores with a jab to the body.
Blades swings widly with a right hand
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Blades misses with a hook to the body
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
Garcia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blades counters with a straight right hand.
Garcia listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Garcia is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Blades fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
Garcia was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Good leg kick by Blades.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Blades tenderised Garcia's leg. Garcia is trying to keep his angry face on.
Blades throws a sloppy head kick and Garcia moves out of range easily.
Blades defending well as Garcia loads up on a big left hand.
Nice body kick there by Blades.
A big left from Garcia misses.
Blades turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Blades slips a jab and a cross from Garcia.
Blades looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Garcia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A lazy left from Blades finds it's target.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blades lands a jab to the nose.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Blades does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blades on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blades throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garcia.
Garcia misses with a series of wild punches.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Blades was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blades looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Blades.
Blades slips under a jab.
Garcia takes a swing at Blades's ribcage but misses.
Blades throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia is looking to counter punch.
Garcia lands with a nice body punch.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Blades at a distance.
Garcia is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Garcia misses with a left hand
and Blades cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garcia connects with a crisp jab.
Blades connects with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blades fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blades chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
Blades looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Garcia feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bladess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Garcia scores with a jab to the head.
Blades throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blades pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garcia scores with a body shot.
Garcia takes a swing at Blades's ribcage but misses.
Blades tries a head kick but it misses.
A little feinted left hand from Garcia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Leonardo Pancho Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blades fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Garcia is out of range.
Garcia tests Blades's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blades doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Leonardo Pancho Garcia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Blades's cut.
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.

Blades thuds a left hand into Garcia's body.
Blades throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia swings away with a body shot that misses
and Blades counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Blades displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Blades throws a jab when Garcia was well out of range.
Blades gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Blades uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
Blades moves out of range of the strikes.
Garcia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia throws the left hand but Blades avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Garcia misses.
Blades throws a counter combo.
Garcia misses with a wild combination.
Garcia throws a looping overhand right but Blades ducks down to avoid it.
Blades unleashes a big counter combination but Garcia bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but Blades sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Blades showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garcia.
Blades lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Garcia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blades.
Blades misses with a wild combination.
Blades keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Blades gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Garcia.
Garcia looks to throw the jab but Blades is out of range.
Garcia throws a body punch but Blades moves out of range.
Blades throws an off balance right hand
and Garcia counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blades finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Garcia is looking to counter punch.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Blades avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blades misses with a lunging right hand
and Blades takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garcia misses with a jab to the body
enabling Blades to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blades goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Garcia cracks a nice hook into Blades's ribs.
Garcia throws a body punch but Blades moves out of range.
Garcia lands a glancing blow to the side of Blades's head.
Blades will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garcia cracks Blades with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Blades tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Garcia pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Blades is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonardo Pancho Garcia!