PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Alves (ranked 24716 p4p, 583 weight class) and Baxter Garrison (ranked 7407 p4p, 542 weight class). Alves comes into the arena with Canned Heat blaring out of the sound system. Garrison has chosen Ireland! as his entrance music. Baxter Garrison will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Alves
vs
Garrison

172 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
165 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Baxter Garrison!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Garrison.
Alves misses with a two punch combination.
Garrison lands a high kick!
Alves connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Garrison's hands.
Garrison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alves to score with a decent uppercut.
Good work by Alves as he checks the leg kick.
Garrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garrison is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Alves with a body shot.
Garrison throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Alves counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Garrison.
Garrison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alves.
Garrison slips under a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice uppercut there from Alves.
Alves misses with an uppercut. Garrison saw that one coming.
Alves lands with a cross.
Alves scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Alves scores with a jab to the jaw.
Alves scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrison throws the left hand but Alves avoids the punch easily.
Garrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garrison throws a head kick that Alves semi-blocks.
A slow jab from Garrison misses its intended target.
A big right from Garrison misses.
Garrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garrison throws a nice head kick!
Garrison misses with a straight right.
Alves misses with an uppercut
and Garrison counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Garrison connects with a solid leg kick.
Garrison avoids a kick to the body.
Garrison throws out a counter right but Alves avoids it with no problem.
Garrison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Alves keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrison.
Garrison goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
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!
Alves lands a nice shot to the body.
Alves throws a poor cross that misses
and Garrison counters with an inside leg kick.
Alves's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Garrison connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Alves scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garrison.
Alves looks to land a combination but Garrison avoids it well.
Garrison misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Alves counters with a stiff right hand.
Garrison walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Alves scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Good leg kick by Garrison.
Garrison throws a body punch but Alves moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Alves misses the target.
A telegraphed right hand from Garrison misses the target.
Garrison lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Garrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alves.
Garrison slips a straight right by Alves.
Garrison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alves.
Garrison thuds his right hand into Alves's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Garrison.
Garrison misses with a double jab.
Alves connects with a jab.
A big right from Alves misses.
Garrison looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Garrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alves throws out the jab.
Alves lands an overhand right.
Alves lands with a shot to the body.
Alves lunges at Garrison with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garrison's hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Alves lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Garrison has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Garrison and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Garrison lands with an uppercut that bounces Alves off the cage and back into range.
Garrison swings widly with a right hand
letting Alves counter with a right hand.
Alves throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alves needs to keep his hands up - Garrison had a free shot at his head there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Alves.
An inside leg kick from Garrison misses.
Alves is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Garrison loads up on a big right hand but Alves slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alves looks to land a left hand but Garrison moved out of range nicely.
Garrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alves was well out of range. Poor timing from Garrison.
Garrison throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Alves misses with a hook. Garrison ducked under it nicely.
A head kick misses from Garrison.
Garrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alves.
Alves with a hook.
Garrison defending well as Alves loads up on a big left hand.
Garrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alves.
A big left from Alves misses.
Alves throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alves throws an overhand right that lands on Garrison's shoulder, as Garrison tries to avoid the shot.
Garrison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alves.
Alves tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Baxter Garrison 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.

Garrison throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
Alves will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garrison throws a looping overhand right but Alves ducks down to avoid it.
Alves throws a right hand that misses
and Garrison counters with a right hand to the body.
Garrison with the inside leg kick.
Alves tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garrison looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alves throws a right hand that Garrison ducks under and follows up with a left that Garrison also avoids with ease.
Alves is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Some bone on bone action there as Alves checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Garrison cracks Alves with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pedro Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garrison checks it well.
Alves throws a jab when Garrison was well out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Garrison as he connects with a hook.
Alves scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left and a right from Alves both land. Nice combination.
A big right from Garrison misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrison misses with a body shot.
Alves slips a straight right by Garrison.
It looked like Alves wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Alves shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Alves throws a hook but Garrison avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Alves misses its intended target.
Garrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Garrison takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Garrison scores with a nice body kick.
Alves connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Garrison momentarily.
Garrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alves.
Garrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baxter Garrison seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alves moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Alves fails to land with a series of punches.
Garrison moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Garrison throws a hook to the side of Alves's head but Alves sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves swings widly with a right hand
and Garrison counters with a three punch combo that has Alves backing up. Alves nods at Garrison to acknowledge the strikes.

Alves is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick by Garrison - that's a beauty! Alves is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even Garrison can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Baxter Garrison!
A very excited looking Baxter Garrison made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.