PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Titus Garner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garner comes to the cage accompanied by All I Do Is Win. The crowd seem to be enjoying Crazy's choice of entrance music: Crazy Train. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garner
vs
Crazy

160 cm
24
143 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

170 cm
21
145 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Titus Garner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Crazy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazy loads up on a big right hand but Garner slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Joe Crazy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crazy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crazy looks to land a right hand but Garner moved out of range.
Crazy throws an overhand right that lands on Garner's shoulder, as Garner tries to avoid the shot.
Crazy misses with a wild combination.
Garner lunges at Crazy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Crazy's hand.
Crazy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crazy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garner lunges at Crazy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Crazy's hand.
Crazy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crazy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Garner has Crazy up against the cage in a clinch.
Crazy wants to get back to striking at distance but Garner won't allow it.
Garner lands a body shot.
Crazy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Garner.
Crazy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garner has him pressed against the cage.
Garner is working Crazy over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner cracks Crazy with a nice body shot.
Crazy looks gassed!
Garner lands a body punch in the clinch.
Garner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crazy tries to break the clinch but Garner is controlling the position.
Crazy can't break the clinch.
Garner throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crazys head.
A right hook to the body lands for Garner.

Garner gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Garner postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Garner knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Crazy on the ground.
Garner lands a couple of elbows.
Crazy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Garner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Crazy keeping moving, preventing Garner from controlling successfully.
Garner controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Crazy throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Crazy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Crazy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Crazy misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crazy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garner scores with a jab to the body.
Garner throws a good cross that connects.
Garner throws a good cross that connects.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Garner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Garner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Garner lands a nice uppercut.
Crazy is trying to break the clinch but Garner is controlling him.
Garner digs a right hand underneath Crazy's ribcage. Crazy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Garner lands a hook that snaps the head of Crazy backwards.
Crazy tries to circle away but Garner has him pinned against the cage.
Garner digs a right hand into Crazy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crazy's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garner creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Garner has clasped his hands together around Crazy's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Garner is chipping away with strikes.
Garner lands a few punches from side control.
Garner scoring with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner is chipping away with strikes.
Garner is putting a hurting on Crazy here, landing some big shots from side control.
Crazy takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Garner trying to control the action but Crazy is working from the bottom.
Crazy takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Crazy is rocked!
Garner working away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Crazy can do anything to dispel that myth.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Garner scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Crazy to see if he's OK.
Crazy wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Crazy pushes Garner away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Garner gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Garner connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Crazy some visible discomfort.
Garner working the ground and pound.
Crazy manages to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garner lands strikes from half guard.
Crazy looks like he's trying to stand up.
Crazy is refusing to be controlled, as Garner sits in half guard.
Garner missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Garner landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Crazy is refusing to be controlled, as Garner sits in half guard.
Crazy tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Garner manages to move to mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garner with a couple of short strikes.
Garner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Garner scoring with strikes but Crazy is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Titus Garner dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Garner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crazy is still on wobbly legs! Can Garner finish him?

Garner darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Garner working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Garner lands a nice short elbow.
Garner slows the pace down in half guard.
Garner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Garner lands a nice short elbow.
Garner slips a nice elbow through Crazy's hands, connecting with Crazy's forehead.
Garner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Crazy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Crazy trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
The referee warns Crazy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner trying to control but Crazy is having none of it.
Garner is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Crazy is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Crazy working to try and regain half guard.
Crazy seems to have recovered his senses.
Garner looking to finish Crazy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Crazy!
Crazy wants to get back to his feet.
Crazy is breathing heavily.
Garner landing strikes from the mount and Crazy is in trouble!
Crazy throwing hammer fists to the chest of Garner. What's that going to do exactly?

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.
Crazy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Crazy is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Garner with shots to the head and body - Crazy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Crazy tries to buck Garner off but he can't manage it.
Garner with shots to the head and body - Crazy looks very uncomfortable down there.
Garner scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Garner working the ground and pound effectively.
Garner postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Crazy in real trouble here! The ref calls for Crazy to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Titus Garner!