PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Garve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petr Fleischmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Garve
vs
Fleischmann

200 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
205 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, George Garve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Petr Fleischmann!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fleischmann misses with the combination.
Fleischmann wants to clinch up but Garve keeps it at a distance.
Fleischmann throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fleischmann tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garve shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fleischmann pinned against the cage. Fleischmann gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fleischmann looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fleischmann misses with a two punch combination.
Fleischmann throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garve sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Petr Fleischmann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garve throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Fleischmann fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garve throws a big counter combination but Fleischmann scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Garve instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleischmann gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Garve.
Garve slowing the pace effectively.
Garve lands a damaging elbow.

Garve breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fleischmann fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Garve avoids a punch combination nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Garve.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Garve. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garve blocks the body kick.
Garve seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleischmann shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Garve defends it nicely.
Garve is looking for a counter combo.
Fleischmann misses with a double jab.
No joy there for Fleischmann, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garve dodges the punch combination from Fleischmann.
Fleischmann moves in looking to clinch but Garve pushes him off.
Garve shoots and misses
enabling Fleischmann to counter with a crisp jab.
Fleischmann swinging wildly here.
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!
Fleischmann lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Garve circles away quickly and effectively.
Garve appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Fleischmann. No joy for Garve on that attempt.
Fleischmann blocks a head kick by Garve.
Fleischmann drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Garve defends it well.
Fleischmann misses with a series of wild punches.
Garve slips a jab and a cross from Fleischmann.
Horrible takedown attempt by Garve or perhaps it was just good defense by Fleischmann, which made it look bad.

Garve darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Garve not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garve looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Garve trying to control the action but Fleischmann is working from the bottom.
Garve is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Garve is thwarting Fleischmann's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Petr Fleischmann dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fleischmann tries to close the distance and clinch but Garve swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garve showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fleischmann.
Fleischmann misses with an attempted mid kick.

Garve pushes Fleischmann up against the cage in a clinch.

Garve breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fleischmann has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garve is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fleischmann.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fleischmann misses with a two punch combination.
Garve lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Fleischmann sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Garve feints and as Fleischmann raises his hands in defense, Garve changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garve trying to control but Fleischmann is working from the bottom.
Fleischmann is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Garve is controlling him.
Garve trying to control but Fleischmann is working from the bottom.
Garve postures up in Fleischmann's guard and throws a big left but Fleischmann blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Garve wants to control from the top but Fleischmann keeps moving.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Fleischmann wants to stand and escape but Garve is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Garve shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fleischmann pinned against the cage. Fleischmann gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Fleischmann misses with a double jab.
Fleischmann rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Garve moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Garve lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleischmann throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garve.
Fleischmann fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Garve shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fleischmann sprawls well. Fleischmann wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Garve gets slowly back to his feet.

Garve moves into the clinch.
Garve tries to pull guard but Fleischmann won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Garve. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garve goes for a takedown attempt but Fleischmann pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Fleischmann tries a head kick but it misses.
Garve throws a big counter combination but Fleischmann scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Fleischmann tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garve was well out of range. Poor timing from Fleischmann.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleischmann misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fleischmann defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Garve.

Fleischmann lands a left and a right that send Garve crashing to the mat, dazed. Fleischmann thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like George Garve has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fleischmann throws a series of punches but Garve avoids them all with ease.
Fleischmann displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Garve.
Fleischmann throws a combination that misses
and Garve counters with a three punch combo that has Fleischmann backing up. Fleischmann nods at Garve to acknowledge the strikes.
Fleischmann throws a series of punches but Garve avoids them all with ease.
Fleischmann throws a leg kick that is checked
and Garve counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Petr Fleischmann seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fleischmann closes the distance looking to clinch
and Garve counters with a three punch combo that has Fleischmann backing up. Fleischmann nods at Garve to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Petr Fleischmann will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on George Garve's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Garve misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Garve gets a clinch.

Garve breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fleischmann wants to clinch up but Garve keeps it at a distance.
Garve appears to be looking for a big counter.
Fleischmann throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Garve's waist but Garve gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fleischmann off to one side.
Garve seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Garve fails to land the takedown.
Garve throws a head kick that Fleischmann semi-blocks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garve is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fleischmann.

Garve rushes Fleischmann and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The referee calls for Garve to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleischmann wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garve is stalling here.

Fleischmann tightens his grip and picks Garve up, before dumping him to the ground. Garve manages to land in guard.
Fleischmann wanted to stand there but Garve had control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garve is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Fleischmann is trying to stand up here but Garve is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garve passes to side control.

Garve has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Fleischmann tries to clinch but Garve moves out of range.
A punch combination from Fleischmann misses.
Fleischmann misses with a takedown attempt
and Garve counters with a series of strikes. Fleischmann will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fleischmann tries to bum rush Garve with a series of wild strikes but Garve uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Garve was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Fleischmann takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garve shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fleischmann feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Garves jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garve instigates a clinch.
Garve is working for takedown but Fleischmann is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Garve. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fleischmann wants to break free but Garve has control.
Garve is trying to pull guard but Fleischmann has him pressed against the cage.
Fleischmann is trying to break the clinch but Garve has him pressed against the cage.
Garve wants to stall.

Garve pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garve moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fleischmann swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleischmann throws a series of punches but Garve moves out of range.
Garve throws a big counter combination but Fleischmann scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Fleischmann misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garve showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fleischmann.
Petr Fleischmann is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sloppy strikes from Fleischmann. Those never looked like landing.
Fleischmann misses with a two punch combination.
Garve moves out of range of the body kick from Fleischmann.

Fleischmann gets tackled into the cage by Garve. Garve maintains the clinch.
Garve crunches a lovely knee into Fleischmann's ribcage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to George Garve.
I think Fleischmann has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Petr Fleischmann!