PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Toran Roth (ranked 930 p4p, 1228 weight class) and Bo Garrett (ranked 149 p4p, 187 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Roth might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dogodine u Prizrenu. Toran Roth could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bo Garrett's chin.

Roth
vs
Garrett

176 cm
36
199
13 - 10 - 1

175 cm
28
185
13 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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PWNAGE™
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Toran Roth!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bo Garrett!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrett tries to bum rush Roth with a series of wild strikes but Roth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roth slips under a jab.
Roth throws a nice looking combination but Garrett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roth fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garrett throws a shot to the body.
Garrett throws a shot from downtown. Roth moves away and avoids it.
Roth lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Garrett gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Roth to score an easy takedown into full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Garrett holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garrett has a closed guard, preventing Roth from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Roth tries to stand but Garrett is controlling from the bottom.
Garrett is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Roth sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Garrett's guard.
Roth is pressing down on Garrett's thigh, looking to free his foot. Garrett is holding on for now.
Roth not doing much here.

That's two 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.
Roth wants to free his trapped foot but Garrett is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Garrett tries to roll over but Roth keeps him under control.
Roth wants to free his trapped foot but Garrett is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Garrett keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Garrett won't allow Roth to pass to mount.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roth tries to bum rush Garrett with a series of wild strikes but Garrett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roth shoots in for a takedown but Garrett shows good takedown defense.
Roth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Garrett misses.
Roth shoots in but no luck this time.
Bo Garrett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garrett misses with an uppercut.
We've been told by Roth's head coaches at Shut Up & Train! {$1000} that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A nice combination there by Roth.
Roth swinging wildly here.
Garrett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've been informed that Garrett has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Roth swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Garrett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roth on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Garrett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Roth has time to react.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garrett works Roth's body with a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roth shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Garrett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roth was well out of range. Poor timing from Garrett.
Garrett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Garrett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garrett's corner calls for a 1-2. Garrett obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Roth misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roth fails to land with a series of punches.
Garrett swings for the body but Roth moves out of range.
Garrett thuds his right hand into Roth's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Roth fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toran Roth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garrett.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bo Garrett will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Roth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garrett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garrett lands a jab to the nose.
Roth tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garrett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sloppy strikes from Roth. Those never looked like landing.
Roth moves away from the strike by Garrett.
Garrett slaps away a takedown attempt from Roth, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett misses with a hook. Roth ducked under it nicely.
Toran Roth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roth throws a lazy right hand but Garrett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garrett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Garrett fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Roth looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Garrett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Garrett.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett misses the jab.
Roth throws a big counter combination but Garrett scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Garrett throws an overhand right that lands on Roth's shoulder, as Roth tries to avoid the shot.
Garrett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Garrett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roth fails to land with a series of punches.
Roth staying out of range there.

Roth scores with a takedown into Garrett's guard.
Garrett 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.
Roth trying to control but Garrett is working from the bottom.
Roth is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Garrett keeping full guard, as Roth tries to pass.
Roth wants to stand but Garrett has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Garrett keeping full guard, as Roth tries to pass.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Roth misses with a jab to the body
and Garrett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roth looks for a takedown but Garrett sprawls well.
Roth scores with a nice head shot.
Roth misses with a takedown

and Garrett moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toran Roth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garrett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garrett.

Roth breaks the clinch.
Roth goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Garrett misses the shot to the body.
Garrett throws a right hand that misses
and Roth counters with a three punch combo that has Garrett backing up. Garrett nods at Roth to acknowledge the strikes.
Garrett wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Roth has time to react.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garrett misses with a looping right.
Some wild striking there from Roth.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garrett taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Garrett lands with a short shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bo Garrett will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!

Garrett throws a lazy right hand but Roth sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garrett throws a body punch but Roth moves out of range.
Roth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
Garrett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Garrett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Garrett takes the fight into the clinch.
Garrett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garrett tries to throw a body punch but Roth avoids it by throwing Garrett back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Roth fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Garrett missing with a left hand there. Roth was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like Roth was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Roth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roth seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Garrett misses the jab.
Roth pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garrett is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roth slips a jab from Garrett.
Bo Garrett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garrett throws a jab but it's blocked by Roth.
Garrett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Garrett fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Garrett connects with a good right hand that stumbles Roth. Roth circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Roth staying out of range there.
Garrett works Roth's body with a nice hook.
Roth throws a looping overhand right but Garrett ducks down to avoid it.
Garrett is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Roth with a body shot.

Garrett drives through and clinches with Roth against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Garrett fails to land.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Garrett.
Garrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Roth controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Roth is keeping busy.
Garrett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roth wants to break free but Garrett has control.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Garrett just misses with a elbow thrown towards Roth's brow.
Garrett swings wildly with an uppercut but Roth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garrett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
Garrett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roth's elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garrett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Roth controls his hands.
Garrett lands an uppercut.
Garrett misses with some punches.
Bo Garrett seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roth is trying to force a seperation but Garrett has the dominant position.
Garrett has a couple of punches blocked by Roth.

Roth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roth goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Roth fails to land with a series of punches.
Garrett with the counter takedown but Roth avoids it easily.
Roth misses with a hook
and Garrett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garrett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roth takes one to the side of the head.
Garrett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roth.
Garrett misses the shot to the body.
Garrett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roth was well out of range. Poor timing from Garrett.
Roth ducks right into an uppercut from Garrett.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garrett.
Roth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roth scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roth works over Garrett's head and body with a nice combination.
Roth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roth slips a jab from Garrett.
Roth takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Garrett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roth moves away.
A slow jab from Garrett misses its intended target.
Roth blocks a jab.

Garrett moves into the clinch.
Garrett throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Garrett really dominated that 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.

Roth moves out of range as Garrett strikes.
Garrett misses with a straight right.
Garrett misses with a body shot.
A combination from Roth does no damage.
Garrett throws out a counter right but Roth avoids it with no problem.
Garrett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roth.
Roth swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Roth takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Roth looks to score with a jab to the body but Garrett is just out of range.
Garrett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roth.
Garrett lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roth throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garrett.
Garrett misses with a looping left.
Garrett tries to clinch up but Roth circles away and keeps his distance.
Garrett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roth sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett looks to score with a jab to the body but Roth is just out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garrett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garrett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garrett presses Roth against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Roth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garrett. Roth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Garrett throws an overhand right that lands on Roth's shoulder, as Roth tries to avoid the shot.
Garrett misses with a body shot.
Garrett misses with an uppercut. Roth saw that one coming.
Garrett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roth sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roth ducks under a wild hook from Garrett.
Garrett just misses with a punch to the body.
Roth tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Garrett swivels and escapes.

Garrett drives through and clinches with Roth against the cage.
Garrett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roth is trying to pull guard but Garrett turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Roth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garrett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garrett tries to work over Roth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roth prevents a body shot from Garrett.
Garrett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garrett misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Roth controls his hands.
Roth has a couple of punches blocked by Garrett.
Garrett stalling the fight.
Garrett misses with a body punch.
Garrett misses with a body punch.

Roth has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Garrett uses from the top position.

Roth is looking for a triangle but Garrett pushes his legs off easily.
Roth wants to stand up but Garrett is controlling him.
Garrett landing some decent shots from guard.
Garrett keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roth's head.
Roth looking for a sweep. Not yet Roth, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Roth is looking for a triangle but Garrett pushes his legs off easily.
Garrett working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Garrett works over Roth with some ground and pound from guard.
Roth wants to stand but Garrett is controlling the position.
Garrett lands a couple of elbows.
Garrett working some strikes from top position.
Garrett keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roth's head.
Roth keeping full guard, as Garrett tries to pass.
Garrett has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garrett working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Roth's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roth pulls Garrett in close to his closed guard and prevents Garrett from doing any damage or advancing position.
Garrett wants to pass the guard but Roth is keeping the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bo Garrett dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Roth misses with a two punch combination.
Roth throws a series of punches but Garrett avoids them all with ease.
Garrett looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Roth misses with a few strikes there.

Garrett has managed to clinch.
Roth blocks a body shot from Garrett.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garrett backwards.
Roth blocks a body shot from Garrett.
Garrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Roth controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Roth blocks a body shot from Garrett.
Garrett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garrett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garrett has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Roth after a bit of a struggle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roth blocking some punches.
Garrett lands a shot to the body.
Garrett misses with a punch on the inside.
Garrett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roth's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garrett.
Garrett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roth's efforts to push away.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Roth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garrett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roth moves away.
Some wild striking there from Roth.
Garrett swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Garrett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garrett scores with the left hand. Roth knows he should have avoided that one.
Roth blocks a jab.
Roth throwing a counter right hand but Garrett manages to avoid it.

Roth gets a takedown into half guard.
Roth seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Garrett does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Roth is controlling the pace.
Garrett trying to control from the bottom.
Toran Roth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bo Garrett is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roth trying to control from half guard but Garrett is working away.
Garrett is looking for a sweep. Roth is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Roth is trying to control. Garrett wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Garrett tries to get to full guard but Roth has control of the leg.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Garrett wants to control but Roth is keeping busy.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Roth shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garrett is on top in guard.

Roth trying to control the position here.
Garrett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Garrett stops Roth from standing up.

Garrett got a little sloppy there for a moment and Roth has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Garrett has managed to get both his arms back between Roth's legs - danger averted.

Roth is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Garrett defends well.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Garrett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garrett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Garrett content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Garrett controls from within his opponent's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Toran Roth.
I think Garrett has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 48:48
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 48:48
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a draw!
Toran Roth retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!