PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mantak Garuda (ranked 36 p4p, 235 weight class) and Larry Williams (ranked 6 p4p, 35 weight class). Garuda comes to the cage accompanied by Djiin Djiin. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Garuda
vs
Williams

190 cm
38
212
41 - 14 - 1

192 cm
30
207
21 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Mantak Garuda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Larry Williams!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a quick inside leg kick.
Williams stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Mantak Garuda has been cut.
Williams throws a right hand that misses
and Garuda counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williams lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Garuda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williams.
Garuda misses with a left hand
and Williams counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garuda's knee momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Williams. That's going to slow Garuda down.
Williams bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garuda misses with a hook to the body
and Williams counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Garuda's shoulder, as Garuda tries to avoid the shot.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
Garuda uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Williams has time to react.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
Garuda throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Garuda's sensitive parts.
Garuda ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams misses with a lunging right hand
and Garuda counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garuda walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garuda seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Garuda throws a poor cross that misses
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Garuda counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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!

Garuda sends Williams crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Garuda is motioning to the referee to let Williams up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Williams is rocked!
Garuda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
It looked like Garuda wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice defenses there by Garuda.
Garuda thinks about countering with a body kick.
Garuda misses with a looping right.
Williams swings widly with a right hand
and Garuda counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams ducks right into an uppercut from Garuda.
Garuda tries to land a body kick
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Mantak Garuda's cut is getting worse.
A big right from Williams misses.
Garuda thinks about countering with a body kick.
Garuda is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Williams with the inside leg kick.
Williams throws a quick inside leg kick.
Garuda cracks a nice hook into Williams's ribs.
Garuda throws a low kick but Williams moves out of range easily.
Williams looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big right from Williams misses.
Garuda is looking to counter with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams connects with a right hand. Garuda shakes it off.
Williams throws a lazy uppercut
and Garuda counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Williams misses with a shot to the body
enabling Garuda to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams throws a lazy uppercut
and Garuda counters with a stiff right hand.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Garuda. Williams shrugs it off though.
Williams gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Garuda.
Williams fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garuda.
Williams 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.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mantak Garuda will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mantak Garuda's cut.
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.

Garuda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mantak Garuda is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Garuda throws a quick counter kick to the body but Williams avoids it.
Williams takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Garuda lands a jab.
Garuda scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garuda. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams missing with a left hand there. Garuda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Garuda quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Garuda misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Garuda does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Garuda was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Williams.
Garuda misses with a body punch
and Garuda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Larry Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Garuda is out of range.
Garuda appears to be looking for a big counter.
Williams misses with a hook.
Williams throws an off balance right hand
and Garuda connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Garuda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Garuda counter with a right hand.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garuda was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
It appears Garuda was looking to counter with a kick there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams connects with a body shot that sends Garuda's belly button to the back.
Garuda throws a big shot that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Garuda.
Williams was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Garuda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Williams in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Garuda throws a right hand that misses
and Williams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garuda is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garuda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Williams dips to his left and cracks Garuda with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Garuda's hands.
Williams cracks Garuda with a good jab.
Garuda tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Garuda counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garuda looks to throw a body kick
and Williams counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Garuda throws a good cross that connects.
Garuda misses with a shot to the body
and Williams makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Garuda really felt that one!
Garuda on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams's jab looks to have found its range, popping Garuda under the eye.

Mantak Garuda's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garuda throws a push kick but Williams slaps the foot to one side.
Garuda misses with a lunging right hand
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
Garuda throws a right hand that misses
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Jeez, Mantak Garuda's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Williams cracks Garuda with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Garuda falls to his knees and Williams doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Larry Williams!
A very excited looking Larry Williams 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.