PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Drogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelvin Garnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garnett has chosen Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kelvin Garnett has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Drogo
vs
Garnett

196 cm
28
212 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

199 cm
40
224 lbs
29 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Drogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Kelvin Garnett!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garnett throws a head kick but Drogo moves out of range.

Drogo moves into the clinch.
Drogo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garnett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Drogo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garnett.
Drogo connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kelvin Garnett has been cut.
Drogo misses with the head strike.
Garnett manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Garnett lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drogo backwards.
Garnett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drogo with a knee to the head.
Garnett managing to block the knees to the body from Drogo.

Garnett manages to break the clinch.
Drogo loads up on a big right hand but Garnett slips the punch.
Garnett throws the kick towards the body but Drogo avoids it.
A head kick misses from Garnett.
Drogo lands a nice looking body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garnett throws a hook to the side of Drogo's head but Drogo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garnett clinches up with Drogo and pushes him back against the cage.
Drogo trying to land knees to the body.

Garnett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drogo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drogo wants to clinch up but Garnett keeps it at a distance.

Drogo clinches with his opponent.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Garnett effectively controlling the action here.
Garnett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garnett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Garnett has a couple of punches blocked by Drogo.
Drogo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drogo presses Garnett against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garnett tries to circle away but Drogo has him pinned against the cage.
Garnett just leaning against Drogo, taking a breather.
Drogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garnett.
Drogo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnett throws a punch but it's blocked by Drogo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drogo lands a knee to the body.
Garnett looks winded!
Drogo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Garnett breaks the clinch.
Karl Drogo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garnett checks a leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Garnett darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Drogo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheers as Garnett lands an impressive looking overhand right. Drogo doesn't seem phased though.
Drogo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garnett throws out the jab.
Garnett has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Drogo misses with a low kick.

Drogo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Drogo tries to throw a body punch but Garnett avoids it by throwing Drogo back against the cage.
Drogo misses with a body punch.
Drogo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Drogo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Garnett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Garnett tries a body shot but Drogo blocks it.

Garnett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Drogo tries to clinch but Garnett moves out of range.
Garnett throws the kick towards the body but Drogo avoids it.
Drogo tries to clinch but Garnett is having none of it.
Drogo tries to bum rush Garnett with a series of wild strikes but Garnett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Drogo lands a leg kick that knocks Garnett off balance momentarily.
Garnett connects with a jab.
Garnett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Drogo.
Garnett tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Drogo tries a low kick but Garnett avoids it.
Garnett throws a hook to the side of Drogo's head but Drogo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garnett looks to land a body kick but Drogo moved away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Drogo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garnett works Drogo's body with a nice hook.
Drogo avoids the head kick by Garnett.
Drogo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Drogo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garnett.

Drogo instigates a clinch.
Garnett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Garnett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garnett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garnett working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Drogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Drogo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drogo misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to Drogo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drogo tries to land a knee to the head but Garnett blocks with his arms.
Drogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Garnett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drogo's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garnett.
Drogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garnett is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Drogo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kelvin Garnett'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.

The fight stays on the outside here - Drogo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drogo slips a jab from Garnett.
Karl Drogo is winning the standup battle so far.
Garnett tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Drogo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Drogo tries to clinch up.
Garnett ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Drogo blocks the body kick.
Garnett drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Garnett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Drogo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garnett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garnett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drogo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Garnett in his tracks.

Garnett gets a clinch.
Drogo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drogo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnett tries to break free but Drogo pushes him back against the cage.
Garnett tries a body shot but Drogo blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Garnett's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Garnett stalling in the clinch but Drogo improves position.
Drogo misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Drogo fails to land.
Garnett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Drogo cracks Garnett with a nice body shot.
Garnett is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Drogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Garnett avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Drogo.
Garnett tries to throw a body punch but Drogo avoids it by throwing Garnett back against the cage.
Drogo misses with a knee strike.
Garnett blocks a body shot from Drogo.

Garnett breaks from the clinch.
Drogo is looking to clinch.
A lazy left from Drogo finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drogo tries to close the distance and clinch but Garnett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drogo tries to clinch up but Garnett circles away and keeps his distance.
Drogo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garnett looks to land a body kick but Drogo moved away.
Drogo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Drogo moves in looking to clinch but Garnett pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Drogo.
Karl Drogo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garnett scores with a hook.

Drogo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garnett, pushing him back against the cage.
Drogo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karl Drogo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Garnett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drogo's elbow.
Drogo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garnett or not.
Garnett is breathing heavily.
Garnett is looking to break free of the clinch but Drogo has double underhooks.
Drogo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Garnett's face.
Drogo lands a knee to the head.
Drogo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garnett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Garnett managing to block the knees to the body from Drogo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Drogo.
Garnett taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Drogo lands an uppercut.
Garnett misses with the head strike.
Garnett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drogo's elbow.
Drogo presses Garnett against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Drogo misses with a body punch.
Garnett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drogo misses with a knee to the head.
Drogo blocks a body shot from Garnett.
Garnett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Drogo misses with a knee to the head.
Garnett is trying to force a seperation but Drogo has the dominant position.
Garnett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drogo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drogo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drogo lands with a light punch inside.
Garnett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drogo backwards.
Garnett working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garnett working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Drogo.
Drogo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drogo lands with a short shot to the head.
Garnett wants to stall.
Drogo connects with a knee to the head.
Drogo tries to work over Garnett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Drogo.
Garnett misses with a body punch.
Garnett misses with a short punch on the inside.

Garnett manages to break the clinch.
Drogo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Drogo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drogo throws a leg kick but Garnett sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Garnett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drogo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karl Drogo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kelvin Garnett's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Garnett takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Garnett scores with a jab. Drogo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Drogo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garnett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drogo gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Garnett counters with a nice body kick.
Drogo avoids the head kick by Garnett.
Drogo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garnett throws out the jab.
Drogo moves out of range of the body kick from Garnett.
Garnett misses with a leg kick
and Drogo counters with a nice leg kick.
Garnett lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Drogo lands a head kick!
Garnett misses with a straight left.
Garnett's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Garnett keeps the fight on the outside.
Garnett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drogo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drogo.
Drogo connects with a solid leg kick.
Garnett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A chopping leg kick lands by Drogo.
Drogo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Drogo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Garnett tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Drogo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd cheers as Garnett lands an impressive looking overhand right. Drogo doesn't seem phased though.
Drogo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garnett gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Drogo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Garnett gets tackled into the cage by Drogo. Drogo maintains the clinch.
Drogo can't find room to land a body shot as Garnett controls the action.
Drogo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garnett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Drogo.
Drogo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garnett or not.
Drogo trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Garnett on the inside.
Drogo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Drogo gets through Garnett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Drogo.
Drogo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Garnett takes a shot to the head.
Drogo crunches a lovely knee into Garnett's ribcage.
A right hand to the body from Drogo.
Drogo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garnett can do to turn this around?
Drogo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drogo struggles to land a body shot inside as Garnett controls his hands.
Drogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garnett is defending well for now.
Drogo lands with a left to the head.
Drogo gets through Garnett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Garnett is rocked!
Drogo scores with a shot to the side of Garnett's head.
Garnett is still on wobbly legs! Can Drogo finish him?
Garnett working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garnett backwards.
Drogo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Drogo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Drogo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drogo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drogo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Drogo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garnett presses Drogo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Garnett seems to have recovered his senses.
A shot in the inside from Drogo.
Garnett tries to throw a body punch but Drogo avoids it by throwing Garnett back against the cage.
Drogo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Garnett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drogo misses with a knee to the head.
Drogo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drogo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Drogo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garnett backwards.
A hook to the body from Garnett.
Garnett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karl Drogo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drogo misses with a knee strike.

Garnett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Drogo moves to clinch but Garnett breaks away
and Garnett counters with a left to the body.
Drogo throws a head kick that misses.
Drogo takes one to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Garnett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drogo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garnett is able to avoid easily.
Garnett throws a series of punches but Drogo avoids them all with ease.
Garnett with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garnett darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Drogo scores with a four punch combination!
Kelvin Garnett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fight stays on the outside here - Drogo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karl Drogo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Drogo 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Drogo!
A relieved looking Karl Drogo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.