PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Cornish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wade Garrett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cornish
vs
Garrett

180 cm
19
159 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
21
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

FUEL Nutrition
Das Labor

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Cornish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wade Garrett!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Garrett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garrett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garrett tries to clinch but Cornish is having none of it.

Cornish shoots in and bounces Garrett off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cornish trying to control the position from guard on top but Garrett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cornish stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Garrett swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cornish keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Garrett's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garrett utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cornish landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornish trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cornish will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cornish stops Garrett from standing up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cornish accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cornish trying to control the position from guard on top but Garrett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cornish throws a big right hand that misses.
Cornish looking to pass the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cornish swats away the attempt to clinch by Garrett.
Garrett is looking to clinch but Cornish is avoiding it.
Wade Garrett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Garrett throws a series of punches but Cornish moves out of range.
Garrett wants to clinch up but Cornish keeps it at a distance.

Cornish closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cornish lands in his opponent's guard.
Cornish pushing down on Garrett's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cornish throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cornish thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Garrett's head.
Cornish stalling.
Cornish is trying to control. Garrett wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornish is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Garrett is in trouble now - Cornish has advanced to mount!
Cornish lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Garrett hang on?
Cornish working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cornish scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Garrett?
Cornish looking to finish Garrett with some ground and pound. This is bad for Garrett!
Cornish lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Garrett hang on?
Cornish scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cornish fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cornish with shots to the head and body - Garrett looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cornish lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cornish with good strikes from the mount here!
Cornish cracks Garrett with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Garrett is looking to get to half guard.
Garrett looks gassed!
BOOM! Cornish connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cornish cracks Garrett with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cornish with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Cornish dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Garrett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garrett has his takedown stuffed
and Cornish counters with a straight right hand.
Garrett wants to clinch but Cornish slips to the side

and Cornish counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Garrett's guard now.
Garrett is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Cornish dives into side control.
Cornish in side control lands a decent elbow.
Cornish connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Garrett some visible discomfort.
Garrett takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cornish controls the position.
Garrett is breathing heavily.
Cornish grinds an elbow into Garrett's temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garrett is not content to let Cornish control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornish creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Cornish has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Cornish lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Garrett hang on?
Cornish is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garrett can do to turn this around?
Cornish with good strikes from the mount here!
Cornish lands a big shot there that rocks Garrett but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cornish tries to control but Garrett wriggling away.
Cornish with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett is in a horrible position here. Cornish smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cornish raining down shots from the mount!
Jeremy Cornish overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cornish in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garrett tries to buck Cornish off but he can't manage it.
Cornish lands a big shot there that rocks Garrett but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns Garrett that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cornish putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cornish connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cornish unloading with bombs!
Cornish lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Garrett is rocked!
Cornish connects with a bit shot that sees Garrett covering up! More strikes from Cornish and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Cornish is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeremy Cornish!