PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ramsey Garner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eff Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Garner
vs
Man

167 cm
26
138 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
26
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ramsey Garner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eff Man!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Man.
Man tries a head kick but it misses.
Man misses with a body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Garner crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Man - the referee stops the clock and Garner gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Man. Garner manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Garner shoots in for a takedown but Man shows good takedown defense.
Garner misses with a takedown attempt
and Man counters with a straight right hand.
Crunch! Man slams his shin into Garner's torso.
Man digs a good body shot into Garner's ribs.
Garner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Man.
Garner appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Man defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Garner.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramsey Garner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garner throws a lazy right hand but Man sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Man pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Garner fails to land the takedown.
Man now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a looping overhand right but Garner ducks down to avoid it.
Garner appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Man lands a nice looking body kick.
Man lands a nice looking body shot.
Man is looking to land body kicks.
Man misses the jab.

Garner drives through with a takedown into Man's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Garner controlling from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Man has momentary wrist control but Garner slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner throwing strikes but missing.
Garner working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Garner is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Garner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Garner 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.
Garner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Man really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Garner connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four 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.
Garner is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Garner with a flurry of punches that miss.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Garner seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Garner takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Man lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Garner tries for a takedown but Man sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garner tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Man swivels and escapes.
Man takes a swing at Garner's ribcage but misses.
Garner appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Garner delivers a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eff Man dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Man throws a body punch but Garner moves out of range.
Man misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garner shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Man defends it nicely.
Man throws out a counter right but Garner avoids it with no problem.
Man misses with a kick to the body

and Garner counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Man preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Man can do anything to dispel that myth.
Garner postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Garner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner distracts Man with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Man wants to stand and escape but Garner is having none of it.
Garner scoring with some ground and pound.
Man wants to get back to his feet but Garner is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Garner throwing strikes from guard but Man blocks nicely.
Garner controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

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.
Garner moves out of range as Man strikes.
Garner avoids the head kick by Man.
Garner changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Garner doesn't manage to clinch there - Man circles away.
Man misses with a body shot.
Garner shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Man as he jumps to the side.

Garner shoots in and bounces Man off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Garner is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner throwing strikes from guard but Man blocks nicely.
Man being controlled here, momentarily.
Garner looking to pass the guard.
Man trying to control the position.

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 sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Garner throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Man works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Garner throws a big right hand that misses.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Garner dives in for a single leg takedown but Man sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramsey Garner. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Garner closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Man is trying to maintain the position but Garner is very close to passing his half guard.
Garner thows a huge punch but Man dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramsey Garner dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Man digs a good body shot into Garner's ribs.
Man scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Man misses with a wild body shot.
Man misses with an uppercut. Garner saw that one coming.
Garner avoids the body shot from Man.

Garner closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Garner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Man with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Still in half guard, Garner seems content to control.
Garner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Man defending well though.
Garner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Man with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Garner lands strikes from half guard.

Man is rocked!
Garner scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Man is still in real trouble! Can Garner finish him?
Garner lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Man! More strikes land and this one is all over! Garner jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ramsey Garner!