PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Haislan Garcia (ranked 1214 p4p, 131 weight class) and Do Ho Joy (ranked 1399 p4p, 151 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garcia
vs
Ho Joy

175 cm
26
155 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

175 cm
24
150 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Haislan Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Do Ho Joy!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho Joy scores with a jab to the head.
Ho Joy throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Garcia darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ho Joy throws a lazy right hand but Garcia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Garcia counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Garcia throws a low kick but Ho Joy moves out of range easily.
Garcia connects with a crisp jab.
Ho Joy misses with a low kick as Garcia jumps back.
Garcia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ho Joy is able to avoid easily.
Ho Joy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garcia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ho Joy throws a shot from downtown. Garcia moves away and avoids it.
Ho Joy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garcia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ho Joy throws out the jab.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ho Joy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Ho Joy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Garcia misses with a left hand
and Ho Joy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Garcia clobbers Ho Joy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ho Joy blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Joy connects with the punch.
A shot to the body from Garcia misses
and Ho Joy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Garcia misses with a hook. Ho Joy ducked under it nicely.
Ho Joy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice defenses there by Ho Joy.
Ho Joy only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Garcia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A bone on bone clash there as Ho Joy blocks the leg kick.
Garcia throws a right hand that misses
and Ho Joy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garcia takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Garcia moves out of range as Ho Joy strikes.
A big left from Ho Joy misses.
Garcia is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ho Joy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ho Joy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ho Joy checks a leg kick nicely.
Garcia is looking to score with low kicks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ho Joy checks a leg kick.
Ho Joy misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia. Ho Joy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Ho Joy.
A little jabbing left from Ho Joy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Ho Joy is just out of range.
Ho Joy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho Joy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Garcia backing away here, and Ho Joy unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Ho Joy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho Joy feints a counter leg kick.
Ho Joy lands a jab.
Garcia scores with a nice strike.
Ho Joy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Garcia checks a low kick from Ho Joy.
As Ho Joy backs away, Garcia returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ho Joy throws a head kick that misses.
Ho Joy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garcia wants to slow Ho Joy down by chopping away at his legs.
Ho Joy connects with a solid leg kick.
Garcia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from Ho Joy. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ho Joy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ho Joy throws a series of punches but Garcia moves out of range.
Ho Joy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garcia.
Ho Joy throws out a leg kick but Garcia moves out of range and Ho Joy only half commits.
Ho Joy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Ho Joy moved out of range nicely.
Ho Joy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Garcia had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ho Joy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia slips under a jab.
As Ho Joy backs away, Garcia returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ho Joy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Garcia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ho Joy ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
A swing and a miss from Ho Joy.
Garcia listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garcia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ho Joy throws out the jab.
Ho Joy connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ho Joy throws a hook but Garcia blocks it.
Ho Joy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garcia lands with a good body shot.
Garcia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ho Joy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garcia.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ho Joy at a distance.

Garcia forces Ho Joy back against the cage and clinches.
Garcia misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Garcia.
A short right from Garcia on the inside.
Ho Joy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ho Joy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ho Joy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ho Joy manages to avoid it.
Ho Joy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Do Ho Joy will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Garcia throws a hook but Ho Joy blocks it.
Garcia slips under a jab.
Garcia appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Garcia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Garcia there as he acknowledges the shot.
Garcia getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Garcia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ho Joy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Do Ho Joy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab lands there for Ho Joy.
Garcia thuds a left hand into Ho Joy's body.
Garcia swinging wildly here.
Garcia bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ho Joy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Garcia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garcia misses with a looping left.
Ho Joy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ho Joy's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ho Joy looks to land a combination. Garcia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Decent striking displayed by Ho Joy there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Joy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia.
Garcia scores with a jab to the jaw.
Garcia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garcia with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ho Joy to score with a decent uppercut.
Ho Joy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ho Joy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Garcia is out of range and Ho Joy settles back down.
Garcia wants to land a leg kick but Ho Joy is out of range.
Ho Joy lunges at Garcia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garcia's hand.
Ho Joy is looking to slow Garcia down with leg kicks.
Nice shot by Ho Joy.
Garcia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Joy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ho Joy just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ho Joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Garcia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ho Joy on the side of the head.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garcia ducks under a wild hook from Ho Joy.
Garcia is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garcia scores with a shot to the body.
Ho Joy loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ho Joy manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Ho Joy.
Garcia lands a nice looking body shot.
Ho Joy loads up on a big right hand but Garcia slips the punch.
Ho Joy misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia connects with a body shot that sends Ho Joy's belly button to the back.
A cross from Garcia lands.
Garcia misses the shot to the body.
Ho Joy scores with a nice head shot.
Ho Joy with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garcia swings for the body but Ho Joy moves out of range.
Ho Joy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Garcia looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ho Joy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Garcia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A jab from Ho Joy misses.
Ho Joy misses the jab.
Garcia avoids the body shot from Ho Joy.
Ho Joy misses with a series of wild punches.
As Ho Joy tries to get set, Garcia tries to push him back and clinch up but Ho Joy manages to avoid the attempt.
Garcia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Joy misses with a hook.
Garcia was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ho Joy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Garcia connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ho Joy scrambles back to his feet.
Ho Joy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab from Ho Joy does it's job there.
Garcia blocks a low kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia missing with a left hand there. Ho Joy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia scores with a sloppy right hand. Ho Joy should have avoided that one.
Garcia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ho Joy finds it's way round the side to connect with Garcia's head.
Garcia throws out a loose jab but Ho Joy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho Joy appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garcia.
Garcia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ho Joy's calf.
Ho Joy connects with a leg kick. Garcia looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ho Joy scoring well with a low kick there.
Ho Joy ducks under a wild hook from Garcia.
A big left from Ho Joy misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Ho Joy misses the target.
Garcia needs to keep his hands up - Ho Joy had a free shot at his head there.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ho Joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho Joy throws a jab when Garcia was well out of range.
Garcia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab from Ho Joy.
Ho Joy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Do Ho Joy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Garcia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ho Joy manages to avoid it.
Ho Joy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ho Joy misses the shot to the body.
Garcia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garcia slips a jab and a cross from Ho Joy.
Garcia misses with a looping left.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garcia throws a front kick that sends Ho Joy stumbling back into the cage.
Garcia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho Joy lands with a nice combination. Garcia backs away looking to recover.
Garcia connects with a leg kick. Ho Joy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ho Joy misses with an uppercut. Garcia saw that one coming.
Ho Joy misses with a double jab.
Ho Joy lands a body shot.
Garcia thumps Ho Joy with a low kick.
Ho Joy throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Garcia to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ho Joy swinging wildly here.
Garcia connects with a body shot that sends Ho Joy's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Joy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garcia scores with a shot to the body.
Garcia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ho Joy, right into the meat.
Ho Joy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Ho Joy.
Garcia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia swings for the body but Ho Joy moves out of range.
Garcia needs to keep his hands up - Ho Joy had a free shot at his head there.
Ho Joy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garcia checks a low kick from Ho Joy.
As Ho Joy backs away, Garcia returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Garcia slips a jab from Ho Joy.
Garcia bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ho Joy's head backwards.
Garcia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ho Joy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garcia.
Haislan Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia slips a straight right by Ho Joy.
Garcia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ho Joy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia throws a lazy right hand but Ho Joy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ho Joy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ho Joy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick from Ho Joy misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Garcia blocks the leg kick.
Garcia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ho Joy.
Garcia lunges at Ho Joy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ho Joy's hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garcia. That's going to slow Ho Joy down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ho Joy checks a leg kick.
Ho Joy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Ho Joy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circling - Ho Joy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garcia misses with an uppercut. Ho Joy saw that one coming.
Ho Joy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
Ho Joy throws a looping overhand right but Garcia ducks down to avoid it.
Garcia slips under a jab from Ho Joy.
Ho Joy scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ho Joy misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Garcia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Garcia looks to land a left hand but Ho Joy moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Garcia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ho Joy swinging wildly here.
Garcia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A good leg kick by Garcia.
Ho Joy lands with a shot to the body.
Garcia checks a low kick from Ho Joy.
Garcia scores with the left hand. Ho Joy knows he should have avoided that one.
Garcia gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ho Joy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garcia.
Ho Joy moves out of range of the strikes.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick but Garcia checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Garcia misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ho Joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia throws a leg kick which misses Ho Joy's front leg but catches the back leg as Ho Joy tries to avoid it.
Garcia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho Joy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ho Joy looks to land a right hand but Garcia moved out of range.
Ho Joy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garcia scores with the left hand. Ho Joy knows he should have avoided that one.
Garcia throws a poor cross that misses
and Ho Joy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Do Ho Joy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Garcia lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ho Joy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ho Joy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ho Joy throws a body punch but Garcia moves out of range.
Garcia appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Garcia punishes Ho Joy's body with a nice straight punch.
Garcia fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ho Joy on the side of the head.
Garcia throws a right hand that misses
letting Ho Joy counter with a right hand.
Garcia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Ho Joy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garcia on the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Haislan Garcia.
I think Ho Joy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Do Ho Joy!
Do Ho Joy decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.