PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Titus Garner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tero Rokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garner comes to the cage accompanied by Black & Yellow. Rokka has chosen Drowning Pool - Bodies as his entrance music. Rokka has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Garner
vs
Rokka

160 cm
27
143 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

166 cm
22
144 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Titus Garner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tero Rokka!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Rokka misses
and Garner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rokka looks gassed!
Garner missing with a left hand there. Rokka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garner has a takedown stuffed.
Rokka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Garner scores with a hook to the body. Rokka takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tero Rokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rokka swings widly with a right hand
and Garner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rokka thinking.
A head kick misses from Rokka.
A clash of legs there as Garner blocks the low kick.
Garner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rokka misses with a right hand
and Garner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Garner fails with a takedown attempt.
Rokka throws a sloppy body shot
and Garner counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Garner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rokkas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Garner throws a body punch but Rokka moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Garner.

Garner changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rokka looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Garner wants to control but Rokka is keeping him busy.
Garner misses with the ground and pound.
Garner tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Garner advances to full mount.
Garner throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garner cracks Rokka with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Garner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rokka hang on?
Garner thowing shots but they're missing.
Garner throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Garner cracks Rokka with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Garner throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rokka is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rokka can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Garner throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Garner punching from mount but Rokka doing a good job of avoiding damage.
A nice elbow there by Garner.
Garner connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
BOOM! Garner connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Garner with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Garner.
Rokka is squirming around, avoiding Garner's attempts to control the action.
Rokka blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Garner landing strikes from the mount and Rokka is in trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rokka?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garner wants to control the pace but Rokka is squirming around nicely.
Garner is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Titus Garner dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rokka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Garner scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Garner tries to pass to full mount but Rokka defends it.
Garner not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rokka is breathing heavily.
Garner is thwarting Rokka's attempts to control the position.
Garner trying to mount his opponent but Rokka defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner is trying to control the action in half guard but Rokka is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Garner wants to pass the guard but Rokka is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Garner lands a jab-cross combination.
Garner lands a body shot.
Garner shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rokka but Rokka pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rokka takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rokka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Garner lands a body shot.
Garner scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Garner lands with a straight right. Rokka didn't see that one coming.

Garner bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Rokka stops Garner from passing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rokka keeps working.
Garner sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Rokka is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Garner working the ground and pound but Rokka is defending the strikes.
Garner misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Garner lands some shots froms side control.

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.
Rokka prevents Garner from moving into mount.
Rokka dodges the ground and pound from Garner.
Garner throws an elbow but Rokka slips to the side and avoids it well.
Garner tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Garner tries to move to mount but Rokka blocks the move with his legs.
Garner throws an elbow but Rokka slips to the side and avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Titus Garner dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rokka stuffs the takedown attempt from Garner. Garner gets slowly back to his feet.
Garner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rokka manages to avoid it.
Garner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rokka throws a poor cross that misses
and Garner counters with a nice uppercut.
Rokka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rokka throws a leg kick but Garner sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Rokka. No joy for Garner on that attempt.
Garner swings for the body but Rokka moves out of range.
Rokka avoids the body shot from Garner.
Garner is looking to wear down Rokka with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garner lands with a good body shot.
Rokka misses with a right hand

and Garner counters with a single leg into guard. Rokka didn't expect that.
Rokka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garner looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner trying to control but Rokka is working from the bottom.
Garner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rokka swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garner advances position into side control!
Rokka takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's two 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.
Rokka takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Garner scores with punches from side control.
Garner wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rokka keeps working.
Garner working the ground and pound from side control.
Garner tries to advance to mount but Rokka denies him.
Garner fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner tries to move to mount but Rokka blocks the move with his legs.
Rokka defending against the ground and pound.
Rokka defending against the ground and pound.
Garner misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Garner cracks Rokka with a big right hand but Rokka just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Garner trying to control the action but Rokka is working from the bottom.
Garner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rokka can do to turn this around?
Garner tries to move into full mount but can't pass Rokka's legs.
Titus Garner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Titus Garner clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Garner will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Garner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rokka was well out of range. Poor timing from Garner.
Garner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Garner scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Garner connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rokka momentarily.
Garner looks to score with a jab to the body but Rokka is just out of range.
Rokka avoids the body shot from Garner.
Rokka throws a head kick but Garner moves out of range.
Rokka throws a right hand that misses
and Garner counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garner swings for the body but Rokka moves out of range.
Garner jabs at Rokka's body.
No luck for Garner with that takedown attempt.
Garner looks to score with a jab to the body but Rokka is just out of range.
Rokka is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokka ducks right into an uppercut from Garner.
Rokka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garner.
Rokka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garner.
Rokka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garner.
Garner lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Garner looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Rokka!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rokka?
Garner punching from mount but Rokka doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Garner is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rokka can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garner looking to finish Rokka with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rokka!
Garner raining down hammerfists from mount.
A nice elbow there by Garner.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poor strikes thrown by Garner there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
A nice elbow there by Garner.
Garner looking to control but Rokka is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Garner lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rokka's face.
Rokka wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Garner.
Garner wants to control the pace but Rokka is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Garner throwing strikes here but Rokka is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Garner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Garner connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Garner misses with a head shot.
Garner putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Titus Garner had his way with Tero Rokka in that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Rokka takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Garner throws a body punch but Rokka moves out of range.
Rokka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rokka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garner throws out the jab.
Rokka misses with a hook

and Garner counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Garner is in close to Rokka's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Garner passes Rokka's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Garner wants to pass the guard but Rokka is defending well.
Rokka is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Garner seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rokka does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Garner wants to pass the guard but Rokka is defending well.
Garner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tero Rokka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Garner missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Garner thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Garner wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rokka keeps working.
Garner slips a nice elbow through Rokka's hands, connecting with Rokka's forehead.
Garner is looking to advance position but Rokka won't allow it.
Garner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rokka defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokka won't allow Garner to pass to mount.
Garner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Garner trying to control from half guard but Rokka is working away.
Rokka is in trouble now - Garner has advanced to mount!
Rokka in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garner postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rokka looks a forlorn figure.
Garner scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Garner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rokka hang on?
Garner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Garner.
Garner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rokka is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Titus Garner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garner has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 50:44
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 50:44
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 50:42

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Titus Garner!
Titus Garner retains his bantamweight title!