PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aiko Inhanamoto (ranked 2608 p4p, 4213 weight class) and Gary Garrison (ranked 321 p4p, 470 weight class). Garrison has chosen 300 Violin Orchestra as his entrance music. Gary Garrison is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Inhanamoto
vs
Garrison

178 cm
26
178
6 - 1 - 2

185 cm
23
178
6 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Seventh Circle Clothing

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 6 - 1 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Aiko Inhanamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gary Garrison!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Inhanamoto gets a clinch.
Garrison takes a shot to the head.
Inhanamoto lands an uppercut.
Inhanamoto lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Inhanamoto on the inside.
Garrison is trying to break free.
Garrison wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
I was talking to Inhanamoto's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A left hand lands to the body for Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto scores with a shot to the side of Garrison's head.
Garrison wants to get back to striking at distance but Inhanamoto won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Inhanamoto.
Garrison tries to circle away but Inhanamoto has him pinned against the cage.
Inhanamoto keeps control of Garrison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Inhanamoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Inhanamoto has Garrison pressed against the cage, preventing Garrison from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Inhanamoto - that landed with a thud.
Inhanamoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Inhanamoto digs a right hand underneath Garrison's ribcage. Garrison let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Inhanamoto.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Inhanamoto.
Garrison looks winded!
Inhanamoto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garrison or not.
A nice left hand lands by Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto works on Garrison's body with a couple of short punches.
Inhanamoto lands a right hand.
Inhanamoto lands a body punch in the clinch.
Inhanamoto lands a nice uppercut.
Garrison tries to break the clinch but Inhanamoto is controlling the position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto scores with a shoulder strike.
Inhanamoto lands a nice shot to the body.
Inhanamoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Inhanamoto lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Inhanamoto lands with a left to the head.
Inhanamoto lands with a left to the head.

Garrison is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inhanamoto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Garrison is still on wobbly legs! Can Inhanamoto finish him?
Inhanamoto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Inhanamoto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Garrison takes a shot to the head.
Garrison wants to break the clinch but can't.
Inhanamoto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garrison.
A short right from Inhanamoto on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Inhanamoto scores with a nice short uppercut.

Inhanamoto drops Garrison with a big right hand! Inhanamoto charges in looking to finish - Garrison manages to keep Inhanamoto in his guard and seems to have recovered somewhat.
Inhanamoto is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrison seems to have recovered his senses.
Inhanamoto connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Inhanamoto works over Garrison with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Inhanamoto gets to his feet. Garrison looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Garrison misses the jab.
Garrison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've been informed that Garrison has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A jab from Garrison does it's job there.
Garrison throws a nice looking combination but Inhanamoto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garrison misses with a few strikes there.
Inhanamoto is looking to counter the offense by Garrison and move into the clinch.
Gary Garrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Garrison.

Inhanamoto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garrison, pushing him back against the cage.
A short left from Inhanamoto.
A right handed body shot lands from Inhanamoto.
Garrison is trying to break the clinch but Inhanamoto has him pressed against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aiko Inhanamoto dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Garrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garrison scores with a hook to the body. Inhanamoto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Garrison looks to land a combination but Inhanamoto avoids it well.
Inhanamoto wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Inhanamoto pushes Garrison up against the cage in a clinch.
Inhanamoto gets through Garrison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Inhanamoto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Inhanamoto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Inhanamoto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Inhanamoto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Inhanamoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from Inhanamoto.
Inhanamoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Garrison backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Inhanamoto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garrison is trying to break the clinch but Inhanamoto has him pressed against the cage.
Inhanamoto lands a nice uppercut.
Garrison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inhanamoto lands a nice uppercut.
Garrison is breathing heavily.
Inhanamoto throws a big uppercut that drops Garrison! More strikes from Inhanamoto and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Garrison lies dazed against the cage as Inhanamoto celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aiko Inhanamoto!
A very excited looking Aiko Inhanamoto made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Gary Garrison was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back'.