PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Garrido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Ratskin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ratskin has chosen "Umbrella" with Lillasyster as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Garrido
vs
Ratskin

195 cm
26
275 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

196 cm
27
270 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 Los Angeles, Javier Garrido!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexander Ratskin!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrido missing with a left hand there. Ratskin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ratskin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ratskin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ratskin throws a hook but Garrido blocks it.
Garrido uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ratskin.
Garrido misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ratskin.
Ratskin connects with a body shot that sends Garrido's belly button to the back.
Ratskin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garrido circles away quickly and effectively.
Ratskin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garrido moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ratskin slips a straight right by Garrido.
Ratskin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garrido paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ratskin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrido.
Ratskin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garrido steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ratskin.
Ratskin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ratskin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garrido misses with a looping left.
Ratskin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ratskin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garrido on the side of the head.
Garrido slips a jab and a cross from Ratskin.
Ratskin misses with a looping right.
Garrido fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ratskin manages to avoid it.

Ratskin closes the distance and pushes Garrido back into the cage.
Ratskin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garrido throws a head punch that misses.
Garrido misses with a punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Ratskin.
Ratskin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garrido or not.
Ratskin lands a damaging elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ratskin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Ratskin on the inside.
Ratskin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ratskin tries to stall but Garrido uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ratskin pushes Garrido back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ratskin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garrido takes an elbow to the temple.
Garrido has Ratskin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ratskin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Stalling in the clinch from Ratskin.
Ratskin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garrido backwards.

Garrido jumps into guard, dragging Ratskin to the mat.
Garrido is trying to control the position but Ratskin postures up.

Garrido throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ratskin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ratskin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garrido swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrido has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Garrido keeping full guard, as Ratskin tries to pass.
Ratskin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Alexander Ratskin hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Ratskin throws a series of punches but Garrido avoids them all with ease.
Garrido lands a jab to the head.
Ratskin moves out of range as Garrido strikes.
Ratskin misses with a looping left.
Ratskin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ratskin defending well as Garrido loads up on a big left hand.
Ratskin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garrido misses with a hook to the body

and Ratskin counters by clinching up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ratskin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ratskin.
Ratskin lands a left hand.
Garrido blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garrido misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ratskin lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Javier Garrido has been cut.
Ratskin misses with a short punch on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ratskin lands an elbow inside.
Ratskin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garrido can't find room to land a body shot as Ratskin controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Come on Ratskin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ratskin misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Ratskin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Javier Garrido'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.

Ratskin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garrido.
Garrido misses the shot to the body.
Garrido shoots in for a takedown but Ratskin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Garrido misses the shot to the body.
Alexander Ratskin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garrido throws a jab but it's blocked by Ratskin.

Ratskin rushes Garrido and presses him up against the cage.
Ratskin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ratskin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Garrido is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ratskin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ratskin works on Garrido's body with a couple of short punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ratskin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ratskin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Garrido is trying to stall.
A short right from Ratskin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ratskin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ratskin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garrido avoiding damage as Ratskin throws knees to the body.
Alexander Ratskin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ratskin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ratskin trying to land knees to the body.
Ratskin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Come on Ratskin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ratskin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garrido backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ratskin as Garrido tries to tie him up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ratskin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Garrido is rocked!
Ratskin lands a big right hand that drops Garrido! The killer instinct kicks in and Ratskin finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Ratskin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Ratskin!