PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chubby Noel (ranked 1136 p4p, 166 weight class) and Rodney Garcia (ranked 3121 p4p, 386 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Noel
vs
Garcia

198 cm
27
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

192 cm
33
217 lbs
28 - 17 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Revenge Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chubby Noel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Rodney Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noel cracks Garcia with a good jab.
Garcia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garcia.
Noel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Noel connects with a right hand. Garcia shakes it off.
Garcia fails with the takedown.

Garcia dives in and scores a takedown into Noel's guard.
Garcia is standing up over Noel. Noel looks to escape but Garcia dives into side control.

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia trying to control the action but Noel is working from the bottom.
Noel is working to avoid the ground and pound but Garcia connects with a decent elbow.
Noel tries to bench press Garcia off him but Garcia keeps the position.
Check out the look on Garcia's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel can't do much from the bottom here.
Noel looking for a sweep but Garcia has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Garcia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Noel working to try and regain half guard.
Noel is working hard here to advance position.
Garcia raining down shots from the mount!
Garcia looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia cracks Noel with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Noel is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Garcia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Noel?
Garcia trying to control but Noel is having none of it.
Noel takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Garcia working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia punishing his opponent with strikes.
Garcia scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Noel is rocked!
Garcia prevents Noel from getting the reversal.
Garcia scoring with strikes but Noel is staying in there.
Oh Noel is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garcia takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Garcia postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Noel badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Garcia around the waist but Garcia pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Garcia is the winner by TKO! Garcia jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodney Garcia!
Rodney Garcia is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Rodney Garcia thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.