PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Pat Garret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Buddington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buddington has chosen Smoking man - Burning lungs as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Garret
vs
Buddington

184 cm
21
195 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
20
201 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Worldwide Nutrition (160q)
Bad Man Clothing (Nothing Over $40)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pat Garret!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oliver Buddington!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Buddington. That's going to slow Garret down.
Garret moves out of range of the leg kick from Buddington.
Buddington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garret with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Buddington to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garret. Buddington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buddington bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Garret has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Jorzi GYM in the buildup to the fight.
Buddington moves away from the strike by Garret.
Buddington takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Garret misses with a left hand
and Buddington counters with a leg kick.
Buddington scores with a shot to the body.
Buddington moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Garret, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garret slips under a jab from Buddington.
Buddington throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Garret stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Buddington on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Garret. Garret obviously looking to wear him down.
Garret takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Buddington misses with a hook. Garret ducked under it nicely.
Buddington lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Buddington throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Buddington gets a clinch.
Buddington is trying to maintain a safe position but Garret gets an underhook and turns Buddington into the cage.
Garret is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Buddington taking a breather.
Garret on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buddington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garret displaying some good clinch control by pressing Buddington up against the cage.
Buddington struggles to land a body shot inside as Garret controls his hands.
Garret misses with a punch on the inside.
Garret tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buddington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garret swings wildly with an uppercut but Buddington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buddington struggles to land a body shot inside as Garret controls his hands.
Buddington lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Buddington.
Buddington lands an elbow that stopped Garret in his tracks for a moment.
Buddington pushes off an throws an elbow but Garret leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Garret takes an elbow to the temple.
Garret scores with a shot to the side of Buddington's head.
Buddington tries to work over Garret's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buddington is trying to maintain a safe position but Garret gets an underhook and turns Buddington into the cage.
Buddington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garret taking a breather.
Buddington misses with the head strike.
Buddington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buddington has a couple of punches blocked by Garret.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Garret manages to break the clinch.
Buddington wants to clinch.
Garret misses with a jab, cross combination.
Buddington throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garret.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buddington scores with a head kick.
Buddington throws a shot from downtown. Garret moves away and avoids it.
Buddington checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Buddington is looking to slow Garret down with leg kicks.
Buddington looks to score with a jab to the body but Garret is just out of range.
Garret throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Buddington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garret cracks Buddington with an open hand slap.
Buddington takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Garret checks the leg kick nicely there.
Buddington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garret swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garret throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Garret throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Buddington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garret does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Garret keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garret scores with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garret loads up on a big right hand but Buddington slips the punch.
A jab from Buddington does it's job there.
Buddington misses with a leg kick
and Garret counters with a slapping leg kick.
Garret misses with a leg kick.
Buddington unleashes a big counter combination but Garret bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Buddington cracks Garret with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Garret looks to score with a jab to the body but Buddington is just out of range.
Garret throws a looping overhand right but Buddington ducks down to avoid it.
Buddington just misses with a punch to the body.
Garret is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Buddington misses with a kick to the body.
Buddington misses with a looping right.
Garret connects with a leg kick. Buddington looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Buddington looks to score with a jab to the body but Garret is just out of range.
Buddington tries to close the distance and clinch but Garret swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garret avoids the body shot from Buddington.
Buddington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garret.
Buddington on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Garret jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Oliver Buddington will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Buddington throws a lazy right hand but Garret sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Garret misses its target.
Garret misses the shot to the body.
Buddington throws out a leg kick but Garret moves out of range and Buddington only half commits.
Buddington slips under a jab.
Garret throws a big shot that misses.
Garret lands with a cross.
Buddington moves out of range of the strikes.
Buddington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garret lands with a cross.
Garret just misses with a punch to the body.
Buddington thinks about the counter body kick.
Garret cracks Buddington with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Garret throws a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garret throws a jab when Buddington was well out of range.
A slow jab from Buddington misses its intended target.
Garret walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Buddington checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Buddington throws a leg kick but Garret checks it.
Garret darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garret checks a leg kick.
Buddington throws a hook but Garret blocks it.
Garret throws out a powerful jab.
Garret works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Good work by Garret as he checks the leg kick.
Buddington's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garret under the eye.
Buddington throws a big shot that misses.
Garret throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Buddington stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Buddington misses with an uppercut.
Garret uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buddington.
Buddington on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Buddington throws a leg kick which misses Garret's front leg but catches the back leg as Garret tries to avoid it.
Garret throws a hook but Buddington blocks it.

Buddington clinches.
Garret is struggling to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Buddington taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Garret.
Buddington is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garret misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garret lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garret lands a left hand.
Buddington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garret avoids it.
Garret misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garret tries to break the clinch but Buddington is controlling the position.
Buddington misses with a body punch.
Garret misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buddington.
Buddington tries a body shot but Garret blocks it.
Oliver Buddington seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Buddington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garret tries to work over Buddington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garret scores with a shoulder strike.
Garret tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buddington's elbow.
Garret lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Garret swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garret pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garret slips a straight right by Buddington.
Garret keeps Buddington at a distance using the push kick.
Buddington throws a looping overhand right but Garret ducks down to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Garret misses.
Buddington with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Garret to score with a decent uppercut.
Buddington connects with a crisp jab.
Garret throws a leg kick that misses.
Garret misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buddington.
Buddington misses with a body kick.
A big left from Garret misses.
Garret uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Buddington.
Buddington does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Garret swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Garret throws an overhand right that lands on Buddington's shoulder, as Buddington tries to avoid the shot.
Buddington throws a right hand that misses
letting Garret counter with a right hand.
Garret checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buddington tries to clinch there but Garret circles away.
Buddington tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garret scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buddington sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Buddington walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garret tests Buddington's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Buddington is rocked!
Garret cracks Buddington with a good jab.
Buddington is still on wobbly legs! Can Garret finish him?
A looping hook to the body misses from Garret. Buddington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garret looks to score with a jab to the body but Buddington is just out of range.
Good leg kick by Garret there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Buddington seems to have recovered his senses.
Buddington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garret throws a sloppy head kick
and Buddington counters with a stiff right hand.
Garret lands a nice hook to Buddington's body. Buddington takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Buddington. Garret does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garret lands with a shot to the body.
Garret throws a leg kick but Buddington checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Garret dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Buddington takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Garret on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Buddington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garret.
The fighters circling - Garret throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Buddington on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Garret lands a jab-cross combination.
Buddington has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Garret misses with a looping left.
Buddington misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Garret on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Garret scores with a big combo that sends Buddington crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Buddington flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Garret jumps onto the cage and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pat Garret!
Our winner, Pat Garret, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Oliver Buddington was interviewed post fight and said 'Lucky.. he was just lucky.'.