PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Garavito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Pick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garavito comes to the cage accompanied by Thieves - Ministry. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Steve Pick was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Garavito
vs
Pick

188 cm
35
219 lbs
28 - 20 - 0

185 cm
32
210 lbs
11 - 10 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KnockOut
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luis Garavito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Pick!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garavito misses with an uppercut.
Pick misses with a hook. Garavito ducked under it nicely.
Garavito throwing a counter right hand but Pick manages to avoid it.
Pick dips to his left and cracks Garavito with an uppercut!
A jab from Garavito misses.
Pick uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Garavito throws a body punch but Pick moves out of range.
Garavito blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Garavito on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pick slips a jab from Garavito.
A right-left combo lands from Pick.
Steve Pick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pick lands a leg kick that knocks Garavito off balance momentarily.
Garavito on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pick. Pick obviously looking to wear him down.
Pick misses the body punch
and Pick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Steve Pick has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pick swinging wildly here.
Garavito lands a nice looking body shot.
Pick takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pick. Garavito does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Pick misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pick throws a combination that misses
and Garavito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garavito moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pick lands a nice hook to Garavito's body. Garavito takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Garavito throws a body punch but Pick moves out of range.
Pick is looking to score with low kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garavito. Pick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pick ducks under a wild hook from Garavito.
Garavito misses with a hook.
Garavito takes a swing at Pick's ribcage but misses.
Pick throws a leg kick that is checked
and Garavito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pick scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pick with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Garavito to score with a decent uppercut.
Pick scores with a body shot.
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!
Pick slips a jab from Garavito.
Jab by Garavito.
No joy there for Pick, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garavito throws a shot from downtown. Pick moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garavito moves out of range of the strikes.
Garavito takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Garavito misses the target.
Garavito connects with a nice looking jab.
Pick misses with a wild body shot.
Garavito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pick.
Garavito seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Garavito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pick.
Garavito swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pick feints and then cracks Garavito's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Garavito down.
Garavito digs a good body shot into Pick's ribs.
Pick fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pick's corner calls for a 1-2. Pick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Garavito connects with a jab.
Garavito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pick.
Garavito looks to score with a jab to the body but Pick is just out of range.
Pick appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Garavito connects with a right hand. Pick shakes it off.
A big right from Pick misses.
Garavito was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garavito clobbers Pick with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garavito misses with a looping left.
Garavito on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pick. Pick obviously looking to wear him down.
Pick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garavito throws out the jab.
Garavito throws an overhand right that lands on Pick's shoulder, as Pick tries to avoid the shot.
Pick slips under a jab from Garavito.
Nice defenses there by Garavito.
Garavito takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pick lunges at Garavito with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garavito's hand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Garavito.
Pick throws a solid leg kick but Garavito takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pick.
Garavito is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pick misses with a wild body shot.
Pick on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Garavito. Garavito obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pick lands a nice shot to the body.
Garavito misses the jab.
Pick throws a lazy uppercut
and Garavito counters with a stiff right hand.

That has opened up Steve Pick's cut even more.
Garavito pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pick back to the cage. Garavito follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Pick is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pick cracks Garavito with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Garavito lands a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Garavito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A clash of legs there as Pick blocks the low kick.
Pick throws out a counter right but Garavito avoids it with no problem.
Garavito needs to keep his hands up - Pick had a free shot at his head there.
Pick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garavito throws out the jab.
Nice cross by Garavito.
Garavito tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pick is able to avoid easily.
Garavito scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garavito is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Garavito misses with a body punch
and Pick connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garavito slips a jab from Pick.
Pick lands with a hook. Garavito tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garavito.
Garavito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pick.
Garavito feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pick throws a hook but Garavito blocks it.
Pick throws the left hand but Garavito avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Luis Garavito will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Steve Pick's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pick takes the fight into the clinch.

Garavito breaks the clinch.
A big left from Garavito misses.
Nice uppercut there from Pick.
Garavito misses with a hook to the body
and Pick cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pick tries to land a leg kick but Garavito saw it coming and moves away.
Pick scores with a one two! Garavito had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Garavito lands with a shot to the body.
Pick is looking to clinch.
Garavito throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A shot to the liver by Pick. Beautiful body shot.
Pick thuds a left hand into Garavito's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pick connects with a crisp jab.
Pick throws the left hand but Garavito avoids the punch easily.
Pick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Decent striking displayed by Pick there.
Pick throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garavito on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pick avoids the body shot from Garavito.
Garavito avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pick is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pick just misses with a punch to the body.
As Pick backs away, Garavito returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Pick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garavito.
Pick throws a leg kick
and Garavito counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pick thinking.
Steve Pick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pick dodges the punch combination from Garavito.
Garavito checks a leg kick nicely.
Pick steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garavito.
Pick shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Garavito loads up on a big right hand but Pick slips the punch.
Garavito circles away from the clinch attempt
and Garavito counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick misses with a looping right.
Pick takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Garavito misses the shot to the body.
Pick looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garavito throws a sloppy head kick and Pick moves out of range easily.
A big right from Pick misses.
Garavito throws a right and a left that Pick avoids nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Pick misses.
Garavito fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garavito cracks Pick with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pick slips a jab from Garavito.
Garavito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pick paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pick thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garavito connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Garavito has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pick finds it's way round the side to connect with Garavito's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pick moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pick scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pick ducks under a wild hook from Garavito.
Garavito looks for the body kick but Pick saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Garavito.
Pick misses with a hook. Garavito ducked under it nicely.
Pick avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pick misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Garavito wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pick misses with an uppercut. Garavito saw that one coming.
Garavito ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Garavito lands with a nice body punch.
Garavito throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pick throws a hook to the side of Garavito's head but Garavito sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pick missing with a left hand there. Garavito was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garavito swings for the body but Pick moves out of range.
Garavito lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garavito.
Garavito works the jab nicely.

The cut above Steve Pick's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Pick throws a series of punches but Garavito moves out of range.
Garavito throws out a loose jab but Pick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pick uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garavito.
Jab from Garavito.
Pick just misses with a punch to the body.
Garavito tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pick was well out of range. Poor timing from Garavito.
Garavito throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garavito has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pick ducks under a wild hook from Garavito.
Garavito changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pick throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pick keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Garavito moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Luis Garavito will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Steve Pick's cut.
That's time! Garavito's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Pick does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pick uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garavito.
Pick takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Garavito walks into a straight right hand from Pick.
Pick throws a front kick aimed at Garavito's knee but Garavito avoids it well.
Pick swings widly with a right hand
and Pick takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A punch combination from Garavito misses.
Pick keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pick uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garavito.
Pick appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Garavito slips under a jab from Pick.
Pick's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Pick duly obliges.
Garavito misses with a straight right.
Garavito misses with a body shot.
Pick blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from Garavito.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pick scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Pick.
Pick uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garavito.
Pick looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pick ducks under a wild hook from Garavito.
Garavito misses with an uppercut. Pick saw that one coming.
Garavito uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pick.
Pick scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pick lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Garavito takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Garavito ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pick moves away.
Pick misses with a body shot.
Pick showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garavito.
Pick has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Garavito takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Garavito throws a leg kick that misses.
Garavito takes one to the chin there.
Steve Pick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garavito loads up on a big right hand but Pick slips the punch.
Pick misses the shot to the body.
Garavito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pick.
Garavito lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pick at a distance.
Garavito tries to land a leg kick but Pick saw it coming and moves away.
Garavito takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pick buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Garavito walks into a left hand.
Pick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Pick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garavito connects with a leg kick. Pick looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Garavito fails to land with a series of punches.
Garavito slips a straight right by Pick.
Pick throws a nice looking combination but Garavito bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garavito is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pick throws a predictable looking body shot
and Garavito makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pick takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pick misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garavito works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Garavito takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Steve Pick's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Garavito turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pick misses with a jab to the body
and Garavito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garavito connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Garavito throws a hook to the side of Pick's head but Pick sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pick shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Garavito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garavito is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pick.
Luis Garavito is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A jab from Garavito finds it's way through Pick's defenses.
Garavito scores with a sloppy right hand. Pick should have avoided that one.
Garavito scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pick in his tracks.
Pick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garavito.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pick on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Garavito misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garavito lands a glancing blow to the side of Pick's head.
Pick walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Garavito checks the leg kick nicely there.
Garavito throws a big counter combination but Pick scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Garavito swinging wildly here.
Pick's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pick with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garavito scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Garavito connects with a body shot that sends Pick's belly button to the back.
Pick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garavito.
Pick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garavito sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garavito scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garavito fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pick throws a leg kick but Garavito moved away.
Garavito seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Luis Garavito.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Garavito, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Garavito!
Luis Garavito bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
The defeated Steve Pick had this to say: 'Next time I will beat this weirdo'.