PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jenean Garafallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony OngBak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony OngBak will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Garafallo
vs
OngBak

152 cm
27
141 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

173 cm
25
138 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jenean Garafallo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony OngBak!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Skip Squint and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garafallo keeps the fight on the outside.
Jenean Garafallo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Garafallo pushes OngBak up against the cage in a clinch.
Garafallo gets underhooks to prevent OngBak's takedown attempt.
OngBak jumps guard but Garafallo stands there with OngBak around his waist. OngBak gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Garafallo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from OngBak.
Jenean Garafallo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony OngBak.
Garafallo tries to break free but OngBak pushes him back against the cage.
OngBak wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

OngBak decides to pull guard.

Garafallo stands and steps away. OngBak gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
We've been hearing reports that Garafallo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OngBak moves away from the strike by Garafallo.
Garafallo misses with a series of wild punches.
As Garafallo backs off OngBak throws a huge counter combo but Garafallo manages to avoid it all.

Garafallo takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OngBak is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
OngBak wants to take the fight to the mat but Garafallo manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Garafallo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garafallo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Garafallo lands a right hand that snaps the head of OngBak backwards.
OngBak has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
OngBak tries for a takedown. No joy.
OngBak looks winded!
Garafallo managing to block the knees to the body from OngBak.
OngBak wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Garafallo misses with a body punch.
OngBak goes for a takedown in the clinch but Garafallo prevents it.
OngBak blocks a body shot from Garafallo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garafallo misses with an elbow strike.
Garafallo struggles to land a body shot inside as OngBak controls his hands.
OngBak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Garafallo manages to break the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garafallo.

Garafallo clinches up with OngBak and pushes him back against the cage.
Garafallo prevents the takedown attempt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Garafallo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
OngBak takes a knee to the side of the body.

Garafallo breaks from the clinch.
Garafallo throws a head kick that misses.
OngBak takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garafallo misses with a looping right.
OngBak changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
OngBak blocks a head kick by Garafallo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
OngBak tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garafallo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Garafallo does no damage.

Garafallo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Garafallo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garafallo misses with a wild combination.
OngBak shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Garafallo but Garafallo pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Garafallo throws a push kick but OngBak slaps the foot to one side.
Nice takedown defense from Garafallo. No joy for OngBak on that attempt.
OngBak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garafallo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garafallo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
OngBak unleashes a big counter combination but Garafallo bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Garafallo misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
OngBak has a takedown stuffed.
Garafallo with a jab.
Garafallo throws out a loose jab but OngBak uses good head movement to avoid it.

Garafallo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. OngBak manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
OngBak avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Garafallo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Garafallo moves into the clinch.
Garafallo slows down the pace here.
OngBak looking to slow down the pace here.
OngBak tries to pull guard but Garafallo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Garafallo breaks from the clinch.
Garafallo misses with a double jab.
Despite the aggression on OngBak's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Garafallo.
OngBak looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Garafallo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
OngBak misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OngBak wants to clinch up but Garafallo keeps it at a distance.

Garafallo rushes OngBak and presses him up against the cage.
OngBak working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garafallo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that OngBak can do to turn this around?
OngBak tries to break free but Garafallo pushes him back against the cage.
OngBak with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
OngBak is breathing heavily.
Garafallo managing to block the knees to the body from OngBak.

Garafallo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Garafallo rushes OngBak and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
OngBak wants to stall.

Garafallo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
OngBak avoids the head kick by Garafallo.

Garafallo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. OngBak was covering up waiting for the punch and Garafallo finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
OngBak working a defensive guard but Garafallo passes into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garafallo not doing much here.
OngBak on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Garafallo controlling the action here.
OngBak is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garafallo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Garafallo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks OngBak with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Garafallo performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Garafallo is looking for a kimura here.
Garafallo slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
OngBak on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jenean Garafallo dominated that second round.
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. And we move into the final round!

Garafallo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Garafallo takes a knee right on the jaw!
OngBak taking a breather.

Garafallo breaks the clinch.
Garafallo tries a head kick but it misses.
OngBak showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garafallo.
As Garafallo backs off OngBak throws a huge counter combo but Garafallo manages to avoid it all.
OngBak moves in looking to clinch but Garafallo pushes him off.
Garafallo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Garafallo slaps away a takedown attempt from OngBak, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

OngBak closes the distance and clinches.
OngBak trying to land knees to the body.
OngBak takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
OngBak is trying to drag Garafallo to the mat but Garafallo just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Garafallo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but OngBak blocks it with crossed arms.
OngBak missing with knees to the body.
OngBak blocks an elbow strike.
OngBak looking to slow down the pace here.

Garafallo lands a takedown into guard.
Garafallo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
OngBak is looking to stand up but Garafallo isn't so interested in that idea.
Garafallo advances position into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garafallo 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 OngBak's shoulder. That is not cool.
OngBak taking a bit of punishment here - Garafallo scoring with strikes.

Garafallo is trying to get an arm triangle but OngBak is defending well.
The referee asks Garafallo politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Garafallo prefers to stall for the moment though.
Jenean Garafallo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
OngBak is trying to control Garafallo's posture but Garafallo avoids it.
Garafallo working the head with strikes.

Garafallo in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... OngBak is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jenean Garafallo!