PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denver Washington (ranked 4519 p4p, 438 weight class) and Daniel Garver (ranked 10957 p4p, 685 weight class). Garver is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Carver. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Washington
vs
Garver

189 cm
41
182 lbs
25 - 18 - 0

180 cm
41
180 lbs
23 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denver Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Garver!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Garver pinned against the cage. Garver gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Garver throws a head kick but Washington moves out of range.

Washington takes the fight into the clinch.

Garver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Washington was well out of range. Poor timing from Garver.
Garver ducks under a wild hook from Washington.
Garver circles away from the clinch attempt.
Washington drops his hands momentarily and Garver takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Washington is looking to clinch.
Garver will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Washington.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington tries to clinch there but Garver circles away.
Garver is looking to slow Washington down with leg kicks.
Washington sizes up Garver with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Garver gets caught napping as Washington dives in and scores a takedown. Garver manages to retain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Washington's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington is looking to work some ground and pound but Garver has wrist control.

Garver has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Washington can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Washington throws an elbow that misses. Garver uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Washington's guard. Nice move by Garver!

Garver preventing the sweep.
Washington pulls Garver in close to prevent any damage.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Garver from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garver not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Garver decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Washington, up you get!
Garver missing with a left hand there. Washington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Washington misses with an uppercut.
Garver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garver swings widly with a right hand
and Washington counters with a three punch combo that has Garver backing up. Garver nods at Washington to acknowledge the strikes.
Garver throws a head kick that misses.
A punch combination from Garver misses.

Washington darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garver defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington prevents Garver from standing back up.
Garver blocking the ground and pound attempt from Washington.
Garver is refusing to be controlled, as Washington sits in half guard.
Washington not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Garver tries to roll over but Washington keeps him under control.

Washington is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Garver is just riding it out for now. Washington eventually gives up the hold.
Garver trying to control from the bottom.

That's four 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.
Washington wants to control but Garver is keeping him busy.
Garver wants to control but Washington is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Washington lands strikes from half guard.
Washington working the head and body with strikes.
Washington looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Garver tries to roll over but Washington keeps him under control.

Washington looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Garver keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denver Washington dominated that round.
That's time! Washington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Garver lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Denver Washington has been cut.
Garver throws a head kick but Washington moves out of range.
Garver throws a head kick that misses.
Garver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Washington lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garver's sensitive parts.
Washington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Washington fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garver fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garver scores with a jab to the head.
Washington blocks a head kick by Garver.
Washington tries to move into range but Garver moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Washington avoids the head kick by Garver.
It looked like Washington was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Washington shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Garver is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Washington presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Washington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Garver.

Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Washington changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Garver looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Denver Washington overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Washington working the strikes but Garver uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Garver trying to hold on to Washington's head to control him but Washington postures up.
Garver taking some punishment here, with Washington in his half guard.
Washington trying to mount his opponent but Garver defends it.
Washington prevents Garver from improving his position.
Washington passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Garver!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garver in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Washington working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Garver tries to hold on but Washington pushes him away.
Washington lands a big shot there that rocks Garver but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Garver manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Garver, under a barage of strikes from Washington.

Washington is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Garver doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Washington.
Washington not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garver tries to get to full guard but Washington has control of the leg.
Garver moves into full guard.
Washington postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Washington stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Washington shoots in and bounces Garver off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Garver is looking to stand back up but Washington counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Garver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Washington is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Washington prevents Garver from improving his position.
Washington trying to mount his opponent but Garver defends it.
Garver trying to control here.
Garver wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Washington is trying to control. Garver wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Washington passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Garver!
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 Denver Washington will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Denver Washington's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Washington takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Denver Washington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Washington rushes Garver and presses him up against the cage.
Garver is pressed up against the cage. Washington has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Garver down to the mat. Garver avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Good work by Washington as he checks the leg kick.
Garver throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Washington goes for a double leg but Garver avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Garver continues to drive forward.
Garver misses with a head kick.
Washington wants to slow Garver down by chopping away at his legs.
Washington shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Garver but Garver pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Denver Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington avoids the head kick by Garver.
Garver throws a head kick that half lands.
Washington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garver throws out the jab.
Garver throws a head kick that misses.
Garver throws a right and a left that Washington avoids nicely.
Washington shoots in for a double leg but Garver sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Washington.
Washington bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Garver's head backwards.
Washington uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garver.
Washington looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Washington is trying hard to land a takedown here. Garver sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Garver looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Washington blocks a head kick by Garver.
Garver cracks a nice hook into Washington's ribs.
Washington shoots in but no luck this time.
Washington with a poor takedown
and Garver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daniel Garver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Washington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garver.
Garver throws a head kick but Washington moves out of range.
Washington fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Garver avoids it really well and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Washington shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Washington was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garver tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Washington easily slips into full mount!

Washington goes for an armbar but Garver turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Garver.
Garver wants to control from the top but Washington keeps moving.
Garver tries to free his leg and advance position but Washington is retaining full guard.
Daniel Garver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garver stopping the sweep attempt from Washington.
Washington is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Washington looking for a sweep. Not yet Washington, not yet.
Denver Washington is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garver is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Garver gets to his feet - Washington follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A head kick misses from Garver.
A combination from Garver does no damage.
Garver scores with a three punch combo!
Washington has a takedown stuffed.
Washington shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Garver defends it nicely.
Daniel Garver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garver throws a shot from downtown. Washington moves away and avoids it.
Washington shoots in and drives through. Garver sprawls well.
Washington shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Garver but Garver pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Garver throws a body kick that misses.
Garver keeps the fight on the outside.
Garver throws a hook to the side of Washington's head but Washington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garver thuds his shin into the meat of Washington's side.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Garver comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Washington has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!