PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Royce Da Five Nine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tody Garber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da Five Nine comes to the ring accompanied by Slaughterhouse - Warriors. Garber has chosen Sweet Child O' Mine as his entrance music. Royce Da Five Nine has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Da Five Nine
vs
Garber

175 cm
18
169 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Da Five Nine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tody Garber!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Five Nine avoids a kick to the body.

Da Five Nine drives through with a takedown into guard.
Da Five Nine tries to free his leg and advance position but Garber is retaining full guard.

Da Five Nine drops back looking for a leg! Garber is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Garber manages to kick Da Five Nine off! Da Five Nine jumps back into Garber's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Da Five Nine is pushing down on Garber's leg trying to pass to half guard. Garber is fighting to maintain full guard but Da Five Nine has managed to sneak the leg through.
Garber is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Garber trying to control here.
Garber wants to get back to full guard.
Garber scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Da Five Nine manages to mount him!
Garber wants to control but Da Five Nine is having none of it.
Da Five Nine wants to control the pace but Garber is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garber is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Da Five Nine is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Garber is surviving well by controlling Da Five Nine's body position as best he can.
Da Five Nine works his way to his opponent's back.
Garber turns into Da Five Nine and is now in his guard.

Da Five Nine has his foot on Garber's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Garber works his way back into a safe position though.
Garber wants to get up but he can't break Da Five Nine's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Garber must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Da Five Nine looking for a guillotine here but Garber defends easily.
Garber throwing strikes from guard but Da Five Nine blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Five Nine is looking to sweep but instead, Garber has passed into half guard.
Da Five Nine makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Da Five Nine.
Da Five Nine is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Da Five Nine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Da Five Nine has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Garber can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Da Five Nine manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Da Five Nine swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Garber is now in Da Five Nine's guard. A big mistake from Da Five Nine there, giving up the dominant position!
Garber trying to control but Da Five Nine is working from the bottom.
Garber tries to stand but Da Five Nine is controlling from the bottom.

Da Five Nine had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Garber is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Da Five Nine Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Garber's back instead.
Garber trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Five Nine keeps control of the position as Garber tries to break free.

Garber is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Garber is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Da Five Nine gets his way!

Da Five Nine is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Garber defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Da Five Nine has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Garber has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Royce Da Five Nine dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Garber scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Royce Da Five Nine has been cut.
Da Five Nine shoots in looking for a takedown. Garber tries to sprawl out of it but Da Five Nine keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Garber manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Da Five Nine fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tody Garber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garber fails to land with a series of punches.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Da Five Nine.
Da Five Nine in side control, throwing shots but Garber defends.

Da Five Nine thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A control attempt from Garber but he's now mounted!
Da Five Nine throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Garber because Da Five Nine loaded up on that one.
Da Five Nine controlling from mount.
Garber is working to get back to half guard.

Da Five Nine is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Garber is surviving well by controlling Da Five Nine's body position as best he can.
Garber wants to control but Da Five Nine is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Garber tries to reverse the position but Da Five Nine maintains control.
Da Five Nine throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Da Five Nine misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Poor strikes thrown by Da Five Nine there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Garber wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Da Five Nine.
Royce Da Five Nine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Garber is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Da Five Nine pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Garber has given up his back. Will we see Da Five Nine going for some submissions?
Garber is breathing heavily.
Garber trying to control the hands but Da Five Nine won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Garber showing good submission defense here.
Garber has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Da Five Nine trying to control.
Da Five Nine controlling well, preventing Garber from escaping the position.
Garber wants to control his opponent's hands but Da Five Nine gets his hands free.
Da Five Nine throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.

Da Five Nine looking for the choke but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!

Garber is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Da Five Nine missing with strikes from the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Da Five Nine working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

Da Five Nine is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Garber taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Da Five Nine.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Royce Da Five Nine!