PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between joe bam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Garnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garnett has chosen Till I Collapse as his entrance music. joe bam has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

bam
vs
Garnett

178 cm
25
173 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
21
175 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, joe bam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Garnett!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garnett just misses with a punch to the body.
bam throws an overhand right that lands on Garnett's shoulder, as Garnett tries to avoid the shot.
Garnett throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
bam walks into a jab.
Garnett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garnett swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Garnett shoots in and bounces bam off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Garnett sitting in guard here, content to control.
Garnett must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnett pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. bam is keeping the position for now.
Garnett wants to control from the top but bam keeps moving.
Garnett controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
bam wants to stand up but Garnett is controlling him.

bam working for a triangle but Garnett defends it easily.
bam looking to hit a scissor sweep but Garnett is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bam wants to stand up but Garnett is controlling him.
bam not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Garnett slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Aaron Garnett.
Garnett misses with an uppercut. bam saw that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Garnett.
Garnett misses with a hook.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Garnett misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Garnett dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

bam listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Garnett shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts bam as he jumps to the side.

Garnett decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Garnett prevents bam from standing back up.
bam moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
bam manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Garnett wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Garnett really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
bam lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Garnett in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Garnett takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Garnett tries to lock up and control but bam gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Garnett can do anything to dispel that myth.
Garnett avoids a series of strikes thrown by bam.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
bam connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Garnett is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by bam.
Garnett is still in real trouble! Can bam finish him?
Oooooh, big shot lands for bam! Garnett is hurt baaadly! bam is firing away with more strikes - Garnett is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). joe bam!