PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Titus Garner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garner's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Main Event. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Garner
vs
Williams

160 cm
37
143 lbs
30 - 14 - 1

170 cm
27
147 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Titus Garner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Austin Williams!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams scores with a kick to the midsection.
Austin Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garner takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Garner takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Williams connects with a leg kick. Garner looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Williams fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Garner on the side of the head.
Garner fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Williams avoids it really well and circles away.
Garner misses with an attempted mid kick.
Williams scores with a kick to the body.
Williams scores with a sloppy right hand. Garner should have avoided that one.
Williams misses with a shot to the body
and Garner counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Williams swings for the body but Garner moves out of range.
Garner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Williams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Williams shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Williams was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Garner is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Garner blocking the ground and pound attempt from Williams.
Garner desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to control from half guard but Garner is working away.
Williams stalling.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Williams working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Garner is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Williams is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Williams.
Williams 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.
Williams throws a strike but Garner rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Williams working a defensive guard here.
Garner trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Garner chips away with some ground and pound.
Williams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Williams might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Garner haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Garner works over Williams with some ground and pound from guard.
Garner with a nice head shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Williams is on top in guard.
Williams must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garner controlling Williams's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Williams dominated that round.
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.

Williams scores with a decent looking hook.
Garner walks into a left hand.
Garner scores with a jab to the jaw.
Williams misses with a kick to the body.
Williams lands with a hook. Garner tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Williams. Garner shrugs it off though.
Williams scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Williams connects with an inside leg kick.
Williams avoids the head kick by Garner.
Garner takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams lands a glancing blow to the side of Garner's head.
Garner misses with a lunging right hand

and Williams counters with a shoot takedown. Garner fights it but they end up in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garner is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Williams pulls Garner in close to prevent any damage.
Garner throws a strike but Williams rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Williams wants to control from the top but Garner keeps moving.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Williams showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Austin Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to control from the top but Garner keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Williams engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Williams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Austin Williams.
A shot to the liver by Garner. Beautiful body shot.
Williams is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garner blocks the body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams slips under a jab from Garner.
Williams stuns Garner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Williams darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Garner keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Garner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams throwing shots but Garner is blocking nicely.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Garner is looking to improve his position.
Williams trying to control the action but Garner is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Austin Williams hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Garner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams misses with a kick to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Williams looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garner moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Austin Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Garner.
Williams keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Williams scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Williams scores with a nice right hand.

Williams shoots in and gets a takedown into Garner's guard.
Garner pulls Williams in to control the position.
Williams won't allow Garner to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Garner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
We've been hearing that Garner has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Williams wants to sweep but no luck.
Williams is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Garner trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garner stopping the sweep attempt from Williams.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams controls Garner momentarily but Garner frees himself.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Garner's head back.
Titus Garner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a hook

and Garner counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams is not content to let Garner control the position.
Garner scores with a couple of short elbows.
Williams is looking for a sweep.
Williams is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Garner throws a strike aimed at the side of Williams's head but Williams avoids it well.
Garner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Williams is looking for a sweep.
The ground and pound from Garner seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams taking a bit of punishment here - Garner scoring with strikes.
Williams tries to buck Garner off but Garner is having none of it.
Williams wants to control but Garner postures up.
Garner fails to land a wild elbow strike.
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 tries to score with some ground and pound. Williams controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Garner creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Williams manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Garner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Williams is looking to improve his position.

Williams looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams trying to hold on to Garner's head to control him but Garner postures up.
Garner looks to land a strike but Williams avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Garner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
Garner stopping the sweep attempt from Williams.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams trying to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Titus Garner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Williams has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Austin Williams!
Austin Williams seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.