PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grant Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Garelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garelli is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Patriarch on a Vespa. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wood
vs
Garelli

178 cm
21
178 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
184 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Granite chin

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Grant Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Garelli!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood misses with a body shot.
Wood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garelli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wood connects with a right hand. Garelli shakes it off.
Wood misses with a hook.
No joy there for Wood, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garelli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Garelli throws a jab when Wood was well out of range.
Wood just misses with a punch to the body.
Wood closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wood scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wood scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Wood does it's job there.
Wood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Garelli looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garelli.
Wood looks to land a combination but Garelli avoids it well.
Wood tries to bum rush Garelli with a series of wild strikes but Garelli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Garelli throws a looping overhand right but Wood ducks down to avoid it.
Wood lands a jab.
Garelli looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood looks to land a combination but Garelli avoids it well.
Wood tries to bum rush Garelli with a series of wild strikes but Garelli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garelli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Wood looks to score with a jab to the body but Garelli is just out of range.
Good leg kick by Garelli there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Wood checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wood throws a shot to the body.
Wood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garelli moves away from the strike by Wood.
Wood cracks Garelli with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Wood - just one landing.
Garelli with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wood to score with a decent uppercut.
Wood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garelli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garelli defending well as Wood loads up on a big left hand.
Wood lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a few strikes there.
Garelli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wood.
Wood with a jab.
Wood swings for the body but Garelli moves out of range.
Wood throws a hook but Garelli blocks it.
Garelli avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wood takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Garelli gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wood.
Nice uppercut there from Wood.
A telegraphed right hand from Garelli misses the target.
No luck for Garelli with that takedown attempt.
A slow jab from Garelli misses its intended target.
Garelli with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garelli is looking to slow Wood down with leg kicks.
Wood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garelli moves away from the strike by Wood.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wood misses with a wild combination.
Wood misses with a body punch

and Garelli holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Garelli using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Garelli blocks an uppercut.
Wood can't find room to land a body shot as Garelli controls the action.
Garelli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garelli taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wood tries to work over Garelli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garelli holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Garelli.
Wood takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wood.
Wood throws a head punch that misses.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Garelli.
Garelli lands a damaging elbow.

Wood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wood lands a right hook to the body.
Nice body kick there by Garelli.
Wood takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wood is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Garelli shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wood as he avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood throws a right hand that Garelli ducks under and follows up with a left that Garelli also avoids with ease.
Garelli moves out of range as Wood strikes.
Garelli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Wood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donk. Garelli catches Wood right on the button with a cross.
Wood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garelli drops his hands momentarily and Wood takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wood takes a jab right on the kisser.
Decent striking displayed by Garelli there.
Wood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garelli.
Garelli lands a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garelli fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wood on the side of the head.
Garelli avoids the body shot from Wood.
A left and a right from Wood both land. Nice combination.
Wood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wood cracks a nice hook into Garelli's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grant Wood dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A shot to de liver by Garelli. Beautiful body shot.
Wood throws a body punch but Garelli moves out of range.
Wood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garelli circles away quickly and effectively.
Wood misses with a hook.
Garelli looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wood is fending him off so far but Garelli persists. Nope, Wood circles away and we're back to standing.
Wood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wood throws a predictable looking body shot
and Garelli counters with a good low kick that Wood was not able to check.
Wood looks to land a combination but Garelli avoids it well.
Garelli just misses with a punch to the body.
Garelli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wood moves away.
Grant Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garelli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wood.
A swing and a miss from Garelli.
Garelli misses with a looping left.
Wood connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garelli throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
Nice straight punches there by Wood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wood.
Garelli throws a right and a left that Wood avoids nicely.
Wood punishes Garelli's body with a nice straight punch.
Garelli is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garelli on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wood misses with a hook.
Garelli showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wood!
Garelli walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garelli was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.
Garelli stalks Wood and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wood's face. Wood staggers backwards, shaken.
Wood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garelli.
Wood misses the body punch
and Garelli counters with an inside leg kick.
Garelli slips a straight right by Wood.
Wood misses with a wild combination.
Wood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wood clobbers Garelli with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garelli.
Garelli lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garelli shoots in but Wood avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garelli misses with an uppercut. Wood saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Wood misses.
Garelli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wood misses with a hook. Garelli ducked under it nicely.
Grant Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
Wood throws a hook but Garelli blocks it.
A good leg kick by Garelli.
Garelli tries to clinch up but Wood circles away and keeps his distance.
The fighters circling - Wood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Garelli is looking to land body kicks.
Grant Wood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garelli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good work by Wood as he checks the leg kick.
Garelli ducks under a wild hook from Wood.
Wood throws a hook but Garelli blocks it.
Wood throws a right and a left that Garelli avoids nicely.
Wood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wood misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garelli scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wood throws a hook to the side of Garelli's head but Garelli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wood takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wood scores with a body shot.
Garelli misses the shot to the body.
Wood throws out a loose jab but Garelli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garelli has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Garelli closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Garelli lands with a left to the head.
Garelli working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wood takes a shot to the head.
Wood wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wood can't break the clinch.
Garelli trying to control the position but instead, Wood has worked for underhooks and has pushed Garelli into the cage.
Garelli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wood's defenses.
Garelli lands an elbow just above Wood 's eye.
Garelli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wood's defenses.
Garelli lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Grant Wood has been cut.
Garelli blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Garelli just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wood's brow.
Garelli is trying to stall.
Wood missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood is trying to force a seperation but Garelli has the dominant position.

Garelli gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Garelli wants to work for an arm triangle but Wood is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Garelli prevents Wood from improving his position.
Wood punching from the bottom.
Wood gets back to full guard.
Garelli trying to control the position from guard on top but Wood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wood looking for a sweep. Not yet Wood, not yet.
Garelli pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wood is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Garelli showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Grant Wood's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Garelli shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wood takes a jab right on the kisser.
A telegraphed right hand from Wood misses the target.
Wood falls off balance throwing a combination
and Garelli makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Wood really felt that one!
Garelli scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wood doesn't seem bothered though.
Garelli tries to clinch but Wood moves out of range.
Garelli takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Garelli connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garelli takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Grant Wood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garelli moves away.
Garelli takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garelli misses with a hook. Wood ducked under it nicely.
Wood misses with a straight left.
Wood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garelli.
Garelli misses with a looping right.
Wood is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood falls off balance throwing a combination
and Garelli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Garelli fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wood, pushing him back against the cage.
Garelli has Wood pressed against the cage, preventing Wood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Garelli lands an elbow just above Wood 's eye.
Wood looking to throw knees to the head but Garelli is blocking nicely.
Garelli prevents a body shot from Wood.
Garelli trying to control the position but instead, Wood has worked for underhooks and has pushed Garelli into the cage.
Garelli gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Wood fails to land.
Wood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garelli's elbow.
Garelli lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Garelli scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Garelli.
Garelli slowing the pace effectively.
Wood misses with a punch to the body.
Wood can't find room to land a body shot as Garelli controls the action.
Wood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garelli lands an elbow inside.
Wood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garelli creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garelli.
Wood misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garelli presses Wood against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wood takes a shot to the head.
Garelli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood managing to block the knees to the body from Garelli.
Garelli is looking to control Wood's arms but Wood gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garelli has his back to the cage.
Garelli lands an elbow that stopped Wood in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Garelli.
Wood tries a body shot but Garelli blocks it.
Garelli lands with a left to the head.
Wood throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wood lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garelli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood tries to work over Garelli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood misses with a hook to the ribs.

Garelli has picked Wood up - he's going for a ride! Garelli dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Wood trying to hold on to Garelli's head to control him but Garelli postures up.
Garelli prevents Wood from improving his position.
Garelli trying to control from half guard but Wood is working away.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Garelli in particular looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garelli misses with a head shot. Wood uses the momentum to regain guard.
Wood controls Garelli momentarily but Garelli frees himself.
Garelli preventing the sweep.
Wood not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wood looks to score with a jab to the body but Garelli is just out of range.
Wood throws a hook but Garelli avoids it easily.
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.
Wood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garelli was well out of range. Poor timing from Wood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Garelli throws a head kick that misses.
A big left from Garelli misses.
Wood misses with a body shot.
Garelli throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wood looks to land a right hand but Garelli moved out of range.
Garelli buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A big right from Wood misses.
Wood throws a body punch but Garelli moves out of range.
Wood looks to land a right hand but Garelli moved out of range.
Wood throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garelli counters with a straight right hand.
Garelli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garelli connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garelli gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Garelli tries to clinch up.
Garelli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wood manages to avoid it.
Wood thuds a left hand into Garelli's body.
Wood lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Garelli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Garelli 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Garelli!