PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Porto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clive Garret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Porto
vs
Garret

177 cm
25
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

176 cm
25
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Hope MMA: Island Nutritions

After School Syndicate

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexander Porto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Clive Garret!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garret punishes Porto's body with a nice straight punch.
Garret looks to land a combination but Porto avoids it well.
Porto misses with a shot to the body
and Garret counters with a three punch combo that has Porto backing up. Porto nods at Garret to acknowledge the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Garret.
Garret loads up on a big right hand but Porto slips the punch.
Porto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garret.
Clive Garret seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garret's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Garret duly obliges.
Garret jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garret misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garret scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Porto throws an off balance right hand
and Garret counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Porto throws a body shot but no joy.
Garret throws out a counter right but Porto avoids it with no problem.
Porto misses the body punch
and Garret connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garret misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porto throws a big shot that misses.
Garret scores with a jab.
Garret throws the left hand but Porto avoids the punch easily.
Garret lands a glancing blow to the side of Porto's head.

Porto is rocked!
Porto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oh Porto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Porto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garret counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Porto slips under a jab from Garret.
Porto seems to have got his legs back now.

Porto has managed to clinch.
Garret gets through Porto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garret scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Porto tries to work over Garret's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Porto looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Porto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garret lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Porto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Porto has Garret pressed against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Porto.
Porto gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Garret doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Porto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garret's elbow.
Garret lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Alexander Porto has been cut.
Garret blocks an uppercut.
Porto is looking to control Garret's arms but Garret gets an underhook and turns him. Now Porto has his back to the cage.
Porto working aggressively here.
Garret blocks a body shot from Porto.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Porto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Porto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Garret's brow.
Porto avoids a wild elbow strike from Garret.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garret doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Porto blocking some punches.
Garret blocks an uppercut.
Garret lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Porto backwards.
Porto misses with a short punch on the inside.

Garret breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garret misses with a hook. Porto ducked under it nicely.
Porto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Garret.
Garret ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've been informed that Garret has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A lazy left from Garret finds it's target.
Garret misses with an uppercut
and Porto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Garret scores with a hook to the body. Porto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garret misses with a looping right.
It looked like Porto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Garret digs a good body shot into Porto's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Porto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garret misses with a hook.
Garret throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garret loads up on a big right hand but Porto slips the punch.
Porto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Porto moves out of range as Garret strikes.
Garret throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Porto lands a nice hook to Garret's body. Garret takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Porto moves in looking to clinch but Garret pushes him off.
Garret throws out a loose jab but Porto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garret lands a jab to the head.
Garret misses with a left hand

and Porto counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clive Garret dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Porto's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Porto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garret moves away.
Porto is looking to wear down Garret with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Porto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garret throws out the jab.
Porto is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Garret.

Porto clinches up against the cage.
Garret avoids a wild elbow strike from Porto.
Garret misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garret throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Porto trying to control the position but instead, Garret has worked for underhooks and has pushed Porto into the cage.
Nice body punch from Garret.
Porto stalling in the clinch but Garret improves position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garret digs a right hand into Porto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Porto's gas tank.
Porto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Porto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Porto can't find room to land a body shot as Garret controls the action.
Porto lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porto blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Garret on the inside.
Porto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Porto blocking some punches.
Garret throws a punch but it's blocked by Porto.
Garret lands an elbow inside that Porto shrugs off.
Garret lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garret misses with an elbow over the top.
Porto holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Garret fails to land.
Garret pushes Porto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Garret on the inside.
Porto misses with an elbow over the top.
Porto lands a nice uppercut.
Porto misses with a punch on the inside.
Porto takes an elbow to the temple.
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!
Porto looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garret lands an elbow inside.
Porto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Porto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Porto can't find room to land a body shot as Garret controls the action.
Garret blocks an uppercut.
Porto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Porto.
Clive Garret seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Garret tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Garret pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garret throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Garret uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Porto.
Porto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garret throws a jab but it's blocked by Porto.
Garret lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garret throws a jab when Porto was well out of range.
It looked like Porto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Garret throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Porto ducks under a wild hook from Garret.
Clive Garret seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garret jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garret throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garret takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Porto tries to clinch but Garret is having none of it.
Garret is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Porto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It seemed like Garret was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Garret getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porto misses with a jab to the body
and Porto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Porto scores with a nice head shot.
Porto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garret.
Garret misses with a hook. Porto ducked under it nicely.
Porto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garret lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garret throws a body shot but no joy.
Garret fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garret has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Porto staying out of range there.
Garret fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Porto manages to avoid it.
Porto slips under a jab.
A big left from Porto misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clive Garret showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alexander Porto's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Nice shot by Garret.
Porto ducks under a wild hook from Garret.
Porto throws a looping overhand right but Garret ducks down to avoid it.
Porto throws a hook but Garret blocks it.
Porto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garret slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Porto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Garret lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garret misses with an uppercut. Porto saw that one coming.
Garret throws a shot from downtown. Porto moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Garret throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garret connects with a body shot that sends Porto's belly button to the back.
Porto dips to his left and cracks Garret with an uppercut!
Porto slips under a jab from Garret.
Garret scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Garret lands with a hook. Porto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Porto slips under a jab from Garret.
Porto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garret scores with a jab to the body.
Porto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Porto moves forwards but Garret connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Garret throws the left hand but Porto avoids the punch easily.
Garret throws a hook but Porto avoids it easily.
Porto looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garret misses with an uppercut
and Porto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Porto takes one to the chin there.
Porto doesn't manage to clinch there - Garret circles away.
Porto ducks under a wild hook from Garret.
It looked like Porto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Garret scores with the left hand. Porto knows he should have avoided that one.
Porto is looking to clinch but Garret is avoiding it.
Garret throws a jab when Porto was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Garret.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Garret! Porto is backing up but he can't get away as Garret lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Porto and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Clive Garret!
An out of breath Clive Garret thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.