PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Garbutt (ranked 1198 p4p, 157 weight class) and Art Brock (ranked 1943 p4p, 243 weight class). Garbutt comes to the cage accompanied by Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Garbutt
vs
Brock

193 cm
37
215 lbs
27 - 17 - 0

195 cm
30
213 lbs
14 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Garbutt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Art Brock!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garbutt throws a hook to the side of Brock's head but Brock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garbutt swinging wildly here.
Garbutt has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Garbutt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Garbutt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Garbutt looks to land a left hand but Brock moved out of range nicely.
Brock throws a head kick that misses
and Garbutt counters with a nice uppercut.
Brock throws a body kick that misses.
Brock throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garbutt.
A head kick misses from Brock.
A jab from Garbutt does it's job there.
Garbutt thuds his right hand into Brock's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Brock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garbutt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brock throws a push kick but Garbutt slaps the foot to one side.
Garbutt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Garbutt wants to slow Brock down by chopping away at his legs.
Brock is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Brock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garbutt ducks under a wild hook from Brock.
Garbutt lands a lovely overhand right.
Garbutt blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Brock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garbutt.
Brock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garbutt.
Garbutt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Despite the aggression on Brock's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A good leg kick by Garbutt.
Brock tries to work over Garbutt's front leg with a kick but Garbutt checks it.
Nice defenses there by Brock.
Brock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brock has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garbutt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brock. Garbutt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garbutt lands a nice shot that snaps Brock's head back.
Brock gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Garbutt.
Brock tries a head kick but it misses.
Garbutt misses with a straight left.
Brock tries to clinch but Garbutt moves out of range.
Brock swings for the body but Garbutt moves out of range.
Garbutt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brock scores with a push kick.
Brock tries a head kick but it misses.
Brock misses with a few strikes there.
Brock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brock misses with a head kick.
Brock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garbutt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brock.
Brock throws a head kick but Garbutt moves out of range.
Kevin Garbutt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garbutt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garbutt lands a jab to the head.
Brock throws a leg kick that misses.
Brock takes a jab right on the kisser.
Garbutt cracks Brock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garbutt. Brock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garbutt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garbutt misses with a straight left.
Brock ducks under a wild hook from Garbutt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brock misses with a straight right.
Garbutt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garbutt cracks Brock with an open hand slap.
Garbutt blocks a head kick by Brock.
Brock tries to work over Garbutt's front leg with a kick but Garbutt checks it.
Brock misses with a wild body shot.
Garbutt feinted with a counter takedown.
Brock takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
An inside leg kick from Brock misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Garbutt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garbutt fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brock looks to land a right hand but Garbutt moved out of range.
Garbutt looks to throw the jab but Brock is out of range.
Garbutt looks to land a right hand but Brock moved out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Brock misses.
Brock swings widly with a right hand
and Garbutt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Brock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brock takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Garbutt tries to land a leg kick but Brock saw it coming and moves away.
Art Brock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brock is looking to slow Garbutt down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brock connects with a solid leg kick.
A left lands for Brock.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brock. Garbutt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brock misses with a low kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Garbutt misses its target.
Brock looks to land a right hand but Garbutt moved out of range.
Brock slips under a jab from Garbutt.
Brock slips a jab from Garbutt.
Brock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Garbutt can pounce on him.
Nice uppercut there from Garbutt.
Brock lands a jab to the nose.
A head kick misses from Brock.
Brock misses with a body shot.
Garbutt throws an overhand right that lands on Brock's shoulder, as Brock tries to avoid the shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garbutt, right into the meat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brock with a jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Brock checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brock misses with a hook. Garbutt ducked under it nicely.
Jab by Brock.
Brock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
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 Kevin Garbutt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Brock's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Brock duly obliges.
Garbutt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brock was well out of range. Poor timing from Garbutt.

Garbutt changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Brock looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Brock tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Garbutt wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Garbutt cracks Brock with a big right hand but Brock just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Brock can't do much from the bottom here.
Garbutt scoring with punches and elbows.
Garbutt advances nicely into full mount.
Garbutt looking to ground and pound but Brock is blocking nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brock is in a horrible position here. Garbutt smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Garbutt has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Brock's face.
Garbutt is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Brock can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brock working to try and regain half guard.
Garbutt landing strikes from the mount and Brock is in trouble!
Garbutt landing punches.
Kevin Garbutt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Garbutt landing punches.
Brock tries to reverse the position but Garbutt maintains control.
Brock is still trying to improve position.
Garbutt lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Brock tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Garbutt landing strikes, looking to finish!
Garbutt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brock can do to turn this around?
Brock tries to hold on but Garbutt pushes him away.
Garbutt working Brock over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brock can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garbutt working Brock over with strikes here.
Brock taking shots to the head.
Garbutt is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Brock can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Garbutt working Brock over with strikes here.

Brock is rocked!
Brock sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Brock is still in real trouble! Can Garbutt finish him?
Garbutt is thwarting Brock's attempts to control the position.
Garbutt is keen to just control but Brock is a slippery customer.
Brock seems to have recovered his senses.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Garbutt lands a nice short elbow.

Brock is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garbutt is trying to control. Brock wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Garbutt controlling the pace.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Garbutt connects with a nice short shot to Brock's temple.
Garbutt trying to control the action but Brock is working from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Garbutt.
Garbutt takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Brock is trying to maintain the position but Garbutt is very close to passing his half guard.
Brock regains full guard. Nicely done.
Brock working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garbutt.
Garbutt passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brock dodges the ground and pound from Garbutt.
Garbutt scores with a couple of short elbows.
Brock stops Garbutt from passing to mount.
Brock can't do much from the bottom here.
Garbutt cracks Brock with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Brock is looking for a sweep.
Garbutt throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Brock tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Garbutt wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Garbutt tries to move into full mount but can't pass Brock's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Garbutt dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Brock slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brock.
Brock looks to land a combination but Garbutt avoids it well.
Garbutt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brock looks to score with a jab to the body but Garbutt is just out of range.
Brock avoids the body shot from Garbutt.
Garbutt walks into a stiff left hand from Brock.
Brock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Garbutt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A little feinted left hand from Garbutt on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garbutt looks to land a right hand but Brock moved out of range.
Garbutt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Garbutt throws a head kick but Brock moves out of range.
Brock throws out a counter right but Garbutt avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garbutt takes a swing at Brock's ribcage but misses.
Brock lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Brock has taken the fight to the clinch.
Garbutt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garbutt avoiding damage as Brock throws knees to the body.
Garbutt stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brock blocking some punches.
Brock keeps control of Garbutt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brock lands with a light punch inside.
Garbutt misses with a short punch on the inside.

Garbutt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garbutt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garbutt scores with a body shot.
Brock misses with a body shot.
Brock dodges the punch combination from Garbutt.
A right-left combo lands from Garbutt.
Nice cross by Brock.
Garbutt scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garbutt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brock throws a poor cross that misses
and Garbutt counters with an inside leg kick.
Brock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garbutt was well out of range. Poor timing from Brock.
Garbutt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brocks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brock tries to clinch but Garbutt is having none of it.
Garbutt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garbutt throws a hook to the side of Brock's head but Brock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brock sizes up Garbutt with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brock throws an overhand right that lands on Garbutt's shoulder, as Garbutt tries to avoid the shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Garbutt. That's going to slow Brock down.
Garbutt checks the leg kick.
Garbutt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brock.
Brock throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Brock wants to land a leg kick but Garbutt is out of range.
Garbutt connects with a high kick.

Garbutt shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Brock is trying to defend but Garbutt finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Garbutt wants to take a breather but Brock is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garbutt throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Garbutt working Brock over with strikes.
Garbutt not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brock is refusing to be controlled, as Garbutt sits in half guard.
Art Brock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Garbutt is thwarting Brock's attempts to control the position.
Brock is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Garbutt sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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.
Brock is looking for a sweep. Garbutt is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brock gets back to full guard.
Garbutt throwing strikes from guard but Brock blocks nicely.
Brock not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Garbutt showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Garbutt is looking to work some ground and pound but Brock has wrist control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Garbutt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Garbutt, 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Garbutt!
Kevin Garbutt thanked the fans post fight for their support.