PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Garnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Zalcock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garnett kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls. The crowd seem to be enjoying Zalcock's choice of entrance music: El Metro. Hugo Zalcock has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garnett
vs
Zalcock

199 cm
26
233 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

195 cm
20
245 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Omertà Clothing

Behold The Beast
Behold The Beast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kelvin Garnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hugo Zalcock!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zalcock tries to clinch but Garnett is having none of it.
Zalcock tries to clinch but Garnett moves out of range.
Garnett keeps the fight on the outside.
Hugo Zalcock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garnett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zalcock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garnett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Garnett.
Zalcock slips a jab and a cross from Garnett.
Garnett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zalcock.
Zalcock tries to clinch up but Garnett circles away and keeps his distance.
Zalcock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garnett misses with a double jab.
Zalcock tries to clinch but Garnett moves out of range.
Garnett throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice cross by Garnett.
Zalcock doesn't manage to clinch there - Garnett circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Garnett.
Zalcock moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Kelvin Garnett has been cut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garnett wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zalcock scores with a shot to the side of Garnett's head.
Zalcock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zalcock is looking to control Garnett's arms but Garnett gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zalcock has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnett can't break the clinch.
Garnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zalcock swings wildly with an uppercut but Garnett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garnett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zalcock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zalcock misses with some punches.
Zalcock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zalcock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garnett can't break the clinch.
Garnett tries to circle away but Zalcock has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garnett.
Zalcock slows down the pace here.
Zalcock taking a breather.
Garnett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zalcock has him pressed against the cage.

Garnett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zalcock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garnett throws a series of punches but Zalcock avoids them all with ease.
Garnett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garnett fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zalcock on the side of the head.

Zalcock clinches with his opponent.
Garnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Zalcock fails to land.

Garnett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zalcock scores with a three punch combo!
Zalcock just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zalcock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garnett throws a lazy right hand but Zalcock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garnett misses with a wild body shot.
Zalcock moves in looking to clinch but Garnett pushes him off.
Zalcock slips a straight right by Garnett.
Zalcock tries to clinch up but Garnett circles away and keeps his distance.
Zalcock tries to clinch there but Garnett circles away.
Zalcock moves in looking to clinch but Garnett pushes him off.
Zalcock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Zalcock moves into the clinch successfully.
Zalcock looking to stall.
Zalcock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Garnett manages to break the clinch.
Garnett swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zalcock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zalcock tries to close the distance and clinch but Garnett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garnett misses with a combination
and Zalcock counters with a straight right hand.
No joy there for Garnett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zalcock is looking to clinch but Garnett is avoiding it.
Garnett swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zalcock misses with a straight left.
A punch combination from Garnett misses.
Zalcock tries to clinch up but Garnett circles away and keeps his distance.
Zalcock throws a good cross that connects.
Zalcock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Zalcock drives through and clinches with Garnett against the cage.
Zalcock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garnett cracks Zalcock with a nice body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Garnett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zalcock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zalcock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zalcock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zalcock lands with a light punch inside.
Garnett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zalcock.

Garnett manages to break the clinch.
Zalcock is looking to clinch.
Garnett swinging wildly here.
Zalcock is looking to clinch but Garnett is avoiding it.
Garnett misses with a two punch combination.
Garnett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garnett misses with a body shot.
Garnett looks to land a combination but Zalcock avoids it well.
Zalcock misses with a straight left.
Zalcock is looking to clinch.
Zalcock lands a jab.
Zalcock lands a jab to Garnett's midsection.
Zalcock wants to clinch.
Zalcock tries to clinch but Garnett moves out of range.
Garnett looks to land a combination but Zalcock avoids it well.
Zalcock stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Kelvin Garnett's cut is getting worse.
Zalcock tries to clinch but Garnett moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zalcock tries to close the distance and clinch but Garnett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zalcock wants to clinch.
Zalcock tries to clinch up but Garnett circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugo Zalcock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kelvin Garnett's cut.
That's time! Garnett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jab from Garnett.
Garnett throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garnett misses with a wild body shot.
Garnett scores with a jab to the jaw.
Garnett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zalcock.
Zalcock wants to clinch.
Zalcock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garnett.
Kelvin Garnett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garnett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zalcock.
Zalcock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garnett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zalcock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garnett is trying to break the clinch but Zalcock has him pressed against the cage.

Garnett breaks from the clinch.
Garnett throws a right hand that Zalcock ducks under and follows up with a left that Zalcock also avoids with ease.
Garnett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zalcock.
A punch lands to the side of Garnett 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Garnett looks to throw the jab but Zalcock is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalcock thows a body shot but no joy.
Zalcock throws a hook but Garnett avoids it easily.

Zalcock moves into the clinch successfully.
Garnett is trying to force a seperation but Zalcock has the dominant position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zalcock.
Zalcock misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee calls for Zalcock to work.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Garnett as Zalcock tries to tie him up.
Zalcock prevents Garnett from breaking the clinch.
Garnett wants to get back to striking at distance but Zalcock won't allow it.
Zalcock throws a punch but it's blocked by Garnett.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garnett.
Garnett can't break the clinch.
Zalcock is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Garnett is keeping busy.
Garnett is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Garnett misses with a punch to the body.
Garnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Garnett as Zalcock tries to tie him up.

Garnett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garnett looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garnett slips under a jab from Zalcock.
Zalcock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zalcock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garnett paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Zalcock avoids a kick to the body.
Zalcock connects with a good right hand that stumbles Garnett. Garnett circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Zalcock moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Garnett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zalcock.
Garnett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zalcock moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Zalcock tries to clinch up but Garnett circles away and keeps his distance.
Zalcock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garnett.

Zalcock closes the distance and clinches.
Garnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Garnett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garnett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Garnett throws a right and a left that both miss.

Zalcock drops Garnett with a left right combo! Zalcock follows him down to the ground into side control.

Garnett is rocked!

Kelvin Garnett's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zalcock in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Garnett looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Zalcock turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hugo Zalcock!