PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Garnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolaj Orlow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Garnett might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls. Nikolaj Orlow has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kelvin Garnett's chin.

Garnett
vs
Orlow

199 cm
24
233 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kelvin Garnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolaj Orlow!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orlow throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Orlow clobbers Garnett with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Orlow tests Garnett's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garnett misses with a double jab.

Garnett moves into the clinch.
Garnett manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Garnett breaks the clinch.

Garnett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Garnett taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Orlow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The is referee keeping an eye on Garnett - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Garnett pushes Orlow back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Garnett breaks the clinch.
Garnett drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Garnett misses with a few strikes there.

Garnett has Orlow up against the cage in a clinch.
Garnett stalling against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Garnett for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Orlow working hard to break the clinch.
Garnett avoiding damage.

Garnett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Orlow lands with a cross.
Garnett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Orlow.
Orlow scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Garnett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Orlow.
A slow jab from Orlow misses its intended target.
Garnett takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Garnett clinches.
Garnett stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kelvin Garnett.
Garnett looks to land a right hand but Orlow moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orlow slips a jab and a cross from Garnett.
Orlow lands an overhand right.
Garnett throws a body punch but Orlow moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Garnett.
Orlow connects with a jab.
Garnett fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orlow punishes Garnett's body with a nice straight punch.
Garnett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garnett is looking to clinch but Orlow is avoiding it.
Orlow uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garnett has time to react.
Garnett misses with a low kick.
Garnett staying out of range there.
Orlow misses with a hook.
Orlow lands with a nice combination. Garnett backs away looking to recover.
Orlow misses with a body shot.
Orlow connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlow throws a big shot that misses.
Garnett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Orlow takes a swing at Garnett's ribcage but misses.
Orlow scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Orlow misses with a body punch

and Garnett moves into the clinch.

Garnett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Orlow throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garnett counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Orlow misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garnett.
Orlow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Orlow tries to bum rush Garnett with a series of wild strikes but Garnett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Orlow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garnett throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Garnett closes the distance and pushes Orlow back into the cage.
Garnett stalls.

Garnett breaks the clinch.
Orlow fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garnett throws a lazy right hand but Orlow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orlow swinging wilding here.
Orlow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Kelvin Garnett 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!
The fight stays on the outside here - Garnett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garnett tries to clinch but Orlow moves out of range.
Garnett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Orlow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garnett swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Orlow counters with a nice body shot.
No joy there for Orlow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Orlow as he connects with a hook.
Orlow avoids the body shot from Garnett.
Orlow just misses with a punch to the body.
Orlow misses the shot to the body.
Orlow scores with a nice head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Garnett has taken the fight to the clinch.

Garnett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garnett takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Orlow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garnett moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolaj Orlow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kelvin Garnett's cut.
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.

Orlow scores with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Orlow there.
Orlow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garnett lands a jab to Orlow's midsection.
Garnett ducks under a wild hook from Orlow.
Garnett misses with a two punch combination.
Garnett takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garnett throws a left and a right that both miss
and Orlow counters with a nice uppercut.
Garnett takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Orlow fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Orlow jabs at Garnett's body.
Orlow catches Garnett with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Orlow misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Orlow scores with a body shot.
Orlow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garnett moves away.
A jab lands there for Orlow.
Orlow looks to land a combination. Garnett sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garnett takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orlow with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Orlow digs a good body shot into Garnett's ribs.
Garnett moves out of range as Orlow strikes.
Garnett is looking to wear down Orlow with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Orlow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Orlow jabs Garnett right on the nose. Garnett blinks but takes it well.
Orlow stuns Garnett with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Garnett walks into a jab.
Nikolaj Orlow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A swing and a miss from Orlow.
A right-left combo lands from Orlow.
Orlow lands a jab to Garnett's midsection.
Orlow lands a head shot.
Kelvin Garnett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Orlow missing with a left hand there. Garnett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice cross by Orlow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garnett scores with a three punch combo!

Garnett clinches up against the cage.
Garnett gets through Orlow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Garnett stalls.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orlow scores with a decent looking hook.
Orlow lands a slapping body shot.
Garnett throws a left and a right that both miss
and Orlow counters with a nice body shot.
Orlow cracks a nice hook into Garnett's ribs.
Orlow misses with a jab to the body
and Garnett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Orlow scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Orlow tries to bum rush Garnett with a series of wild strikes but Garnett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Orlow scores with a jab to the body.
Orlow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garnett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garnett looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Orlow scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Orlow connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Orlow misses with a straight left.
Orlow misses with a series of wild punches.
Orlow scores with a jab to the body.
Orlow lands an overhand right.
Garnett takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlow throws a shot to the body.
Orlow fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Garnett scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Garnett takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Orlow swings for the body but Garnett moves out of range.
Garnett takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Garnett fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Orlow, pushing him back against the cage.
Garnett content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Orlow tries to break the clinch but Garnett is controlling the position.
Garnett prevents Orlow from breaking the clinch.
Garnett avoiding damage.

Garnett breaks from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Orlow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Orlow. That snapped Garnett's head back.
Orlow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garnett throws a hook but Orlow blocks it.
Garnett misses with a hook.

Garnett clinches with his opponent.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Orlow has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Orlow letting Garnett take a breather here.
Garnett seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Orlow is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Orlow blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orlow avoids the elbow strike from Garnett, against the cage.
Garnett taking a breather.
Garnett trying to land knees to the body.

Garnett manages to break the clinch.

Garnett closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikolaj Orlow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kelvin Garnett'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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Orlow lands a lovely overhand right.
Garnett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garnett misses with a wild combination.
Garnett avoids the body shot from Orlow.
Garnett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Orlow circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Orlow darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Garnett wants to clinch.
Orlow lands a jab to the nose.
Garnett throws a combination that misses
and Orlow counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Orlow misses with a wild body shot.
Orlow changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Orlow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garnett circles away quickly and effectively.
Garnett misses with a combination
and Orlow counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnett avoids the body shot from Orlow.
Garnett missing with a left hand there. Orlow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garnett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Orlow lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garnett at a distance.
Garnett walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Orlow stalks Garnett and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Garnett's face. Garnett staggers backwards, shaken.
Orlow swings for the body but Garnett moves out of range.
Garnett throws a leg kick but Orlow checks it.
Garnett is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Garnett on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A left and a right from Orlow both land. Nice combination.

Garnett moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Orlow's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Orlow can't break the clinch.
Orlow is trying to break the clinch but Garnett is controlling him.
The is referee keeping an eye on Garnett - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Orlow has had enough of the clinch but Garnett keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnett avoiding damage.

Garnett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Orlow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Orlow misses with a looping left.
Garnett lands a with a good body shot.
Garnett slips under a jab from Orlow.
Orlow's corner calls for a 1-2. Orlow obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Orlow scores with a body shot.
Orlow lands a nice hook to Garnett's body. Garnett takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Orlow scores with a nice right hand.
Garnett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Orlow.
Garnett works over Orlow's head and body with a nice combination.
Orlow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Orlow throws a combination. Garnett tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Garnett tries to clinch there but Orlow circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garnett was well out of range. Poor timing from Orlow.
Orlow misses with a two punch combination.
Garnett moves in looking to clinch but Orlow pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garnett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garnett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Orlow.
Orlow lands a nice shot that snaps Garnett's head back.
A shot to de liver by Orlow. Beautiful body shot.
Orlow missing with a left hand there. Garnett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garnett lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Garnett.
Orlow comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Orlow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garnett tries to bum rush Orlow with a series of wild strikes but Orlow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garnett misses with a wild combination.
Orlow stuns Garnett with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Orlow works Garnett's body with a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garnett takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Garnett takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Orlow misses with a body shot.
Garnett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to de liver by Orlow. Beautiful body shot.
Orlow connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Orlow scores with the left hand. Garnett knows he should have avoided that one.
Garnett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Orlow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Orlow with a nice cross.
Orlow lands with a shot to the body.
Orlow lands a head shot.
Garnett needs to keep his hands up - Orlow had a free shot at his head there.
Garnett walks into a straight right hand from Orlow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
No joy there for Orlow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Orlow scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Orlow punishes Garnett's body with a nice straight punch.
Kelvin Garnett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Orlow jabs at Garnett's body.
Orlow lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolaj Orlow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Orlow winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolaj Orlow!