PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liu Bei (ranked 4686 p4p, 523 weight class) and Mark Garbut (ranked 5302 p4p, 576 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bei
vs
Garbut

182 cm
21
185 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

171 cm
21
188 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Liu Bei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Garbut!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bei pushes Garbut up against the cage in a clinch.
Bei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garbut is defending well for now.
Garbut slowing the pace effectively.
Bei tries a body shot but Garbut blocks it.
Bei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Garbut.
Bei prevents a body shot from Garbut.
Garbut is working for takedown but Bei is calmly controlling the position for now.

Garbut pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garbut shoots in for a double leg but Bei sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Garbut with a poor takedown
and Bei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Liu Bei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Garbut.
Garbut shoots for a takedown but Bei saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Garbut shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bei pinned against the cage. Bei gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Bei gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garbut prevents a body shot from Bei.
Bei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bei digs a right hand into Garbut's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garbut's gas tank.
Bei working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bei crunches a lovely knee into Garbut's ribcage.
Garbut looks winded!
Bei tries a body shot but Garbut blocks it.
Bei lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Garbut's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Bei.
Bei lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bei scores a nice knee to the body.
Bei lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bei lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bei.

It looks like Mark Garbut has been cut.
Bei is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bei unloads a knee to the mid-section. Garbut lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Garbut tries to pull guard but Bei won't allow it.
Bei unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bei lands a nice uppercut.
Bei lands a nice elbow.
Bei lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Garbut takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Bei on the inside.
Bei digs a right hand into Garbut's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garbut's gas tank.
A short left from Bei.

Garbut is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bei has Garbut pressed against the cage. He pushes Garbut back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Bei throws a beautiful elbow that sends Garbut crashing to the floor! Bei piles on the pressure with more strikes! Garbut is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liu Bei!
A victorious Liu Bei thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.