PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Garotinho (ranked 962 p4p, 1171 weight class) and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (ranked 133 p4p, 158 weight class). Garotinho comes to the cage accompanied by The Coup -"The Guillotine". Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garotinho
vs
Longabaugh

180 cm
28
184
10 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
175
6 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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HELLBENT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felipe Garotinho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Alonzo Longabaugh!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Garotinho fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Longabaugh avoids it really well and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Longabaugh misses.
Garotinho half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Longabaugh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Longabaugh throws the left hand but Garotinho avoids the punch easily.
Garotinho half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Longabaugh misses with an uppercut. Garotinho saw that one coming.
Garotinho feinted with a counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nice shot by Longabaugh.

It looks like Felipe Garotinho has been cut.
Longabaugh looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Garotinho fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Longabaugh looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Garotinho shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Longabaugh as he jumps to the side.
It seemed like Longabaugh was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Garotinho. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Longabaugh misses with a straight right.
Garotinho appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Garotinho misses with a takedown
and Longabaugh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garotinho appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Garotinho gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Longabaugh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Alonzo Longabaugh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Garotinho's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Garotinho tries to score a power double leg takedown but Longabaugh sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Garotinho somewhat.
Longabaugh looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garotinho takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longabaugh misses the jab.
Garotinho will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garotinho fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Longabaugh avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Garotinho. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Garotinho shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Longabaugh as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longabaugh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garotinho tries to counter with a takedown but Longabaugh is quick to defend against it.
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big right from Longabaugh misses.

Garotinho looking to score a takedown here. Longabaugh is defending well but Garotinho drives through and ends up in Longabaugh's guard.
Garotinho throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garotinho in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garotinho throwing strikes but missing.
Longabaugh wants to sweep but no luck.
Garotinho working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garotinho throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Garotinho throwing strikes but missing.
Garotinho landing with the ground and pound.
Longabaugh really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garotinho. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Garotinho throwing strikes but missing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Garotinho in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garotinho distracts Longabaugh with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Felipe Garotinho will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Felipe Garotinho's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Garotinho is trying hard to land a takedown here. Longabaugh sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
It seemed like Longabaugh was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from Longabaugh finds it's way through Garotinho's defenses.
Garotinho definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Longabaugh lands a big uppercut and Garotinho crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Garotinho looks OK. Longabaugh waves Garotinho back to his feet!
Garotinho staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garotinho fails to land the takedown.
Longabaugh drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Garotinho right on the button. Garotinho goes down! Longabaugh follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Longabaugh gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Alonzo Longabaugh!
A very excited looking Harry Alonzo Longabaugh made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Felipe Garotinho stepped up to the mic, saying 'You never want to lose. Nobody does. I'm sorry to my fans who were hoping to see me sleep him. I'll be back.'.