PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zack Garner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Larios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larios is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sige Lang - Quest. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Garner
vs
Larios

156 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
175 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zack Garner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Calvin Larios!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Larios scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Larios throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Larios decides to stand back up.
Calvin Larios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larios throws a combination that misses

and Garner counters with a single leg into guard. Larios didn't expect that.
Garner is stalling in the full guard.
Garner has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Garner's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Garner.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Garner with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Garner shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Garner was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Garner is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Larios is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Garner controlling the position.

Garner tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Garner has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Garner could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Garner is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Larios's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garner swings around for an armbar but Larios sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Garner's guard.
Larios throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Garner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Larios wants to control from the top but Garner keeps moving.
Larios is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Garner looking to control.
Garner might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garner is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garner stops Larios from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Garner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Larios utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Garner decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Larios throws a series of punches but Garner avoids them all with ease.
Garner went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Larios dives in and scores a takedown into Garner's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garner has a closed guard, preventing Larios from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Zack Garner will probably get the nod.
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.

Garner has managed to clinch.

Garner jumps into guard, dragging Larios to the mat.
Garner wants to sweep but no luck.
Zack Garner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Larios stands up and waves to Garner to follow him.

Larios is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Garner's half guard.

Garner manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Larios keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Garner has clasped his hands together around Larios's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Larios tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garner with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Garner fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Larios working to try and regain half guard.
Garner controlling his opponent.
Larios is trying to reverse the position but instead Garner has taken his back - oops!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garner controls the position.

Larios fending off the submission attempt from Garner.

Larios defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Garner's arms.
Larios rolls, trying to escape but Garner keeps control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garner looking for the choke from the back.
Garner scores with punches to the body.

Garner is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Larios has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Garner wants to control the position but Larios frees himself and scrambles - Garner manages to regain control in side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Garner wants to take a breather but Larios manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Garner.
Garner controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Garner is looking to work some ground and pound but Larios has wrist control.

Garner postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Larios is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Garner, into his guard.

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Larios accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Garner dominated that second round.
That's time! Garner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Larios instigates a clinch.

Garner manages to pull guard.
Larios has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Sports Fitness $50. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Garner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Larios's guard.

Garner slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Garner wants to control from the top but Larios keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garner is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Larios wants to sweep but no luck.
Garner is stalling in the full guard.
Larios wants to get back to his feet but Garner is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Garner decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Larios, up you get!

Garner fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Larios to the ground. Garner is now in Larios's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garner trying to control the position from guard on top but Larios is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garner slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Larios utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Garner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Larios can do to turn this around?
Garner looking to sit in guard and control but Larios gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Garner looking to control.
Larios prevents Garner from getting back to his feet.
Garner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Larios's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Larios is looking to stand back up but Garner counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Larios.

Garner is trying for a kimura here. Larios looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Garner wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Zack Garner!