PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Uadab Aguiar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Garnet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aguiar
vs
Garnet

180 cm
23
177 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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Team S.W.A.T.

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Uadab Aguiar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Garnet!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aguiar drops Garnet with a right and a left! Aguiar comes rushing in but Garnet regains his composure and manages to keep Aguiar in guard.

Garnet is rocked!

It looks like Josh Garnet has been cut.
Aguiar throwing strikes but missing.
Garnet is still in real trouble! Can Aguiar finish him?

Garnet has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Aguiar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Garnet seems to have recovered his senses.
Garnet bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aguiar's guard.
Aguiar wants to stand and escape but Garnet is having none of it.
Aguiar 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.
Garnet trying to control the position from guard on top but Aguiar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garnet wants to pass the guard but Aguiar is keeping the position.

Aguiar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Aguiar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Aguiar keeping moving, preventing Garnet from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnet slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Aguiar is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Check out the look on Garnet's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Aguiar takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Garnet is looking to take a break and control but Aguiar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Aguiar is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnet lands a nice forearm strike.
Garnet wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aguiar keeps working.
Aguiar is working to avoid the ground and pound but Garnet connects with a decent elbow.
Garnet landing a few strikes.
Garnet working the ground and pound from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aguiar manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Garnet is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Garnet slips a nice elbow through Aguiar's hands, connecting with Aguiar's forehead.
Garnet working Aguiar over with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garnet is nestled in close to Aguiar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garnet seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Garnet scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Garnet looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Garnet working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Garnet landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Aguiar is refusing to be controlled, as Garnet sits in half guard.
Garnet slips a nice elbow through Aguiar's hands, connecting with Aguiar's forehead.
Garnet seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Aguiar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Aguiar is looking for a sweep. Garnet is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Garnet is working for a submission of some sort.
Garnet working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aguiar wants to get back to his feet.
Aguiar is breathing heavily.
Aguiar wants to control but Garnet is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Aguiar wants to get back to his feet.
Garnet is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Aguiar!
Garnet lands with some strikes.
Garnet scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Aguiar?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aguiar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Garnet trying to control but Aguiar is having none of it.
Aguiar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Garnet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Josh Garnet's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Aguiar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garnet swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A left and a right from Garnet both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Uadab Aguiar has been cut.
Uadab Aguiar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aguiar shoots in for a takedown but Garnet shows good takedown defense.
Aguiar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aguiar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Aguiar shoots in for a double leg but Garnet sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Uadab Aguiar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garnet misses with a few strikes there.
Aguiar misses with a combination

and Garnet counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garnet connects with a couple of short punches.
Garnet sitting in guard here, content to control.
Garnet keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Aguiar's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garnet controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Garnet working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Garnet postures up.
Garnet sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Aguiar's guard.
Garnet lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Garnet landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Garnet scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Aguiar trying to get back to full guard but Garnet takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnet working Aguiar over with strikes here.
Garnet is landing with some decent strikes but Aguiar is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Garnet controlling from the full mount.
Let's hope that Garnet has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Garnet lands a nice shot to the head.
Aguiar is bucking up trying to escape but Garnet cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garnet working Aguiar over with strikes here.
Garnet tries to control but Aguiar wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguiar is bucking up trying to escape but Garnet cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Garnet punishing his opponent with strikes.
Garnet working Aguiar over with strikes here.
Garnet scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Aguiar?

Garnet is working for a guillotine from mount but Aguiar frees his head quite easily.
Garnet avoids the attempt from Aguiar to control.

Garnet working for a guillotine from mount but Aguiar is in no mood to give up.
Garnet landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garnet cracks Aguiar with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Garnet unloading with bombs!
Garnet trying to control but Aguiar is having none of it.
Aguiar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Aguiar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garnet raining down shots from the mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garnet landing shots from mount.
Garnet lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Aguiar hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Garnet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Aguiar clinches but Garnet breaks the clinch

so Garnet counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Garnet pushes down on Aguiar's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Garnet working Aguiar over with strikes.
Aguiar wants to get back to full guard.
Aguiar wants to control but Garnet is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Garnet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garnet trying to control the action but Aguiar is working from the bottom.
Garnet drops an elbow to the side of Aguiar's head.
Garnet tries to pass to full mount but Aguiar defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aguiar looking for subs from the bottom but Garnet mounts him!
Garnet is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Aguiar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Garnet working for a guillotine from mount but Aguiar is in no mood to give up.
Aguiar working to try and regain half guard.
Garnet unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Garnet.
Garnet trying to control but Aguiar is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Garnet.
Garnet with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Garnet.
Aguiar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Garnet lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Garnet has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garnet is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Aguiar can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aguiar keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Garnet landing strikes, looking to finish!
Garnet lands with some strikes.
Garnet lands a big shot there that rocks Aguiar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Garnet connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Garnet controlling from the full mount.
Aguiar in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Garnet scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Aguiar?
Garnet is landing with some decent strikes but Aguiar is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Garnet landing strikes from the mount.
Aguiar is looking to improve his position but Garnet isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garnet looking to control but Aguiar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Aguiar is working to get back to half guard.
Aguiar is bucking up trying to escape but Garnet cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Garnet cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Garnet scoring with strikes but Aguiar is staying in there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garnet controlling his opponent.

Aguiar defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Garnet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Garnet comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Garnet winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 25:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Garnet!