PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between George Hampton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Titus Garner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hampton's entrance music is What A Job. A fine choice. Garner has chosen All I Do Is Win as his entrance music. Titus Garner told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Hampton
vs
Garner

165 cm
25
145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

160 cm
24
143 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Behold The Beast
Supreme Anabolics

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Hampton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Titus Garner!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garner punishes Hampton's body with a nice straight punch.
Hampton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hampton ducks right into an uppercut from Garner.
Titus Garner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Garner.
Hampton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garner scores with a hook to the body. Hampton takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hampton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garner.
Hampton lands an overhand right.
Garner misses the shot to the body.
Garner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hampton shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hampton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garner stuns Hampton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hampton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hampton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Garner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hampton.
Hampton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hampton. Garner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garner looks to score with a jab to the body but Hampton is just out of range.
Garner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hampton is fending him off so far but Garner persists. Nope, Hampton circles away and we're back to standing.
George Hampton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Titus Garner.
A punch combination from Garner misses.
Garner connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garner gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hampton counters with a right hand to the body.
Garner cracks Hampton with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hampton blocks a jab.
Hampton lands a nice hook to Garner's body. Garner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Hampton throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Garner was covering up waiting for the punch and Hampton finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hampton is working Garner over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Hampton gets to his feet. Garner looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Garner connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hampton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner thows a body shot but no joy.

Garner shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hampton is trying to defend but Garner finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hampton is not content to let Garner control the position.
Hampton is trying to get back to full guard.
Hampton is controlling Garner's trapped leg to prevent Garner from advancing to side control.
Hampton is trying to control but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garner working over Hampton with some ground and pound. Hampton looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hampton trying to control but Garner postures up.
Garner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Garner throws a nice looking combination but Hampton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hampton was well out of range. Poor timing from Garner.
Good shot there by Garner.
Garner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hampton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hampton misses with a two punch combination.
Garner connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garner swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hampton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Garner thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Titus Garner will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jab, jab by Hampton - just one landing.
Garner fails with the takedown
and Hampton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hampton misses the body punch
and Garner counters with a left to the body.
Garner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hampton.

Hampton fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Garner sprawls well initially but Hampton persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hampton trying to mount his opponent but Garner defends it.
Hampton is working hard here to advance position.
Hampton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hampton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Garner wants to improve his position but Hampton is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton lands strikes from half guard.
Garner taking some punishment here, with Hampton in his half guard.
Garner is controlling Hampton's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Hampton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Garner is looking to improve his position.
Garner is concentrating on defense, preventing Hampton from advancing position.
Hampton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hampton thows a huge punch but Garner dodges it nicely.
Garner has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hampton is working away from the top position though.
Hampton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Garner keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Garner shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Hampton avoids a series of strikes thrown by Garner.
Hampton tries to hold on but Garner pushes him away.
Garner misses with a head shot.
Garner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hampton is looking to get to half guard.
Garner thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Garner working Hampton over with strikes here.
Garner connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hampton is looking to get to half guard.
Garner lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner misses with a head shot.
Hampton tries to hold on but Garner postures up.
Garner landing strikes, looking to finish!
Garner looking to control and managing it successfully.
Garner looking to finish with strikes here!
Garner with shots to the head and body - Hampton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hampton is desperately trying to improve his position but Garner has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four 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.
Garner working Hampton over with strikes here.
Garner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hampton?

Hampton is rocked!
Garner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Hampton is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hampton in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Garner postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Hampton bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Garner and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Titus Garner!