PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lutalo Masamba (ranked 1311 p4p, 1655 weight class) and Bo Garrett (ranked 169 p4p, 211 weight class). Masamba comes into the arena with Conversations (Skeler Remix) - Juice WRLD blaring out of the sound system. Lutalo Masamba has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Masamba
vs
Garrett

192 cm
27
197
14 - 10 - 0

175 cm
35
185
28 - 23 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lutalo Masamba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 23 - 2, fighting out of New York, Bo Garrett!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Masamba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Masamba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Garrett takes a swing at Masamba's ribcage but misses.
Garrett moves away from the strike by Masamba.
Masamba moves out of range of the strikes.

Masamba darts in and clinches Garrett up against the cage.
Masamba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garrett scores with a shot to the side of Masamba's head.
Masamba misses with some punches.
Masamba lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Masamba lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Masamba gets through Garrett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Masamba swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garrett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Masamba scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Masamba tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garrett blocks an uppercut.
Masamba lands with a short shot to the head.
Garrett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Masamba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Masamba scores with a nice short uppercut.
Garrett trying to stall but Masamba improves his position.
Masamba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Masamba lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Masamba working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Garrett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garrett lands a shoulder strike.
Garrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Masamba controls his hands.
Masamba working aggressively here.
Masamba prevents a body shot from Garrett.
Masamba lands a left hand.
Masamba makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masamba.
Garrett blocking some punches.
Garrett swings wildly with an uppercut but Masamba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Garrett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garrett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Masamba tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garrett's elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Garrett.
Masamba digs a right hand into Garrett's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garrett's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Masamba.
Masamba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garrett has a couple of punches blocked by Masamba.
Garrett working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garrett.
Masamba misses with a short punch on the inside.
Masamba lands with a left to the head.
Garrett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garrett lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Masamba or not.
Masamba lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Garrett blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Garrett.
Garrett lands a nice elbow.
Masamba scores with a shoulder strike.
Garrett can't find room to land a body shot as Masamba controls the action.
Garrett tries to throw a body punch but Masamba avoids it by throwing Garrett back against the cage.
Masamba blocks a body shot from Garrett.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garrett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Garrett tries to work over Masamba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garrett misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garrett blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Masamba.
Masamba blocks an uppercut.
Masamba tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Masamba swings wildly with an uppercut but Garrett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Masamba scores with a shot to the side of Garrett's head.
Masamba lands a nice uppercut.
Garrett tries a body shot but Masamba blocks it.
Garrett misses with a punch to the body.
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Masamba blocking some punches.
Masamba throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Garrett.
A nice left hand lands by Masamba.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garrett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Masamba.
Masamba blocks a body shot from Garrett.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masamba lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Garrett is trying to trip Masamba. He has hold of a leg but Masamba is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Garrett persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Masamba pulls Garrett in close to prevent any damage.
Garrett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Masamba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Garrett passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Masamba taking a bit of punishment here - Garrett scoring with strikes.
Garrett sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Masamba is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Masamba is trying to control Garrett's posture but Garrett avoids it.
Masamba manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garrett landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Garrett winds up and cracks Masamba with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Masamba is defending against the submission attempts here by Garrett.
Masamba moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lutalo Masamba dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A head kick by Masamba misses
and Garrett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Masamba pushes Garrett up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garrett.
Garrett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Masamba's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Garrett.
Masamba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garrett can't find room to land a body shot as Masamba controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masamba.
Masamba lands with a short shot to the head.
We've been informed that Garrett has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Masamba is pressed up against the cage. Garrett has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Masamba down to the mat. Masamba avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Garrett blocks a jab.
Masamba lands a really nice looking cross but Garrett seems unphased.
Garrett throws a jab but it's blocked by Masamba.
Masamba slips under a jab.
It looked like Masamba wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Masamba looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Masamba throws a front kick that sends Garrett stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garrett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Masamba.

Masamba closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Masamba working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Garrett fails to land.
Garrett blocks an uppercut.
Masamba misses with a punch on the inside.
Masamba lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Masamba misses with a punch on the inside.
Garrett struggles to land a body shot inside as Masamba controls his hands.
Masamba lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Masamba.
Masamba lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lutalo Masamba has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Masamba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garrett throws a punch but it's blocked by Masamba.
Masamba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garrett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Masamba.
Masamba tries to work over Garrett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garrett blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Garrett gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garrett throwing shots but Masamba is blocking nicely.
Masamba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garrett can do to turn this around?
Garrett drops an elbow to the side of Masamba's head.
Masamba avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Garrett.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masamba keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Masamba moves into full guard.
Masamba preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Masamba will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Garrett trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Garrett won't allow Masamba to sweep him here.
Garrett throws a big right hand that misses.
Garrett is looking to work some ground and pound but Masamba has wrist control.
Garrett trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garrett's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Garrett is working Masamba over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Masamba looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Garrett landing with the ground and pound.
Masamba is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Garrett landing with the ground and pound.
Garrett throws a big elbow that misses.
Garrett keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Masamba's head.
Garrett landing with the ground and pound.
Masamba is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Garrett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A punch combination from Masamba misses.
Masamba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
It appears Masamba was looking to counter with a kick there.
Masamba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
Masamba looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A big left from Masamba misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett throws a lazy right hand but Masamba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Masamba listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Masamba looks to land a left hand but Garrett moved out of range nicely.
Masamba loads up on a big right hand but Garrett slips the punch.
Masamba tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Garrett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Masamba cracks Garrett with a good jab.
Masamba scores with a nice right hand.
Masamba slips a jab from Garrett.
Masamba rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Garrett counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
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!
Masamba pivots, looking for a leg kick but Garrett is out of range and Masamba settles back down.
Masamba moves into range and connects with a jab.
Masamba throws out a powerful jab.
Masamba chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lutalo Masamba dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Masamba wants to clinch up but Garrett keeps it at a distance.
Masamba is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Garrett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Masamba moves away.
Masamba bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Garrett's head backwards.
Masamba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garrett throws out the jab.
Garrett clobbers Masamba with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Garrett tries to clinch but Masamba is having none of it.
Masamba throwing a counter right hand but Garrett manages to avoid it.
Garrett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masamba.
Garrett misses the shot to the body.
Masamba misses with an uppercut
and Garrett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garrett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Masamba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garrett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Masamba gets a clinch.
Garrett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Masamba working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Masamba.
Masamba misses with a punch on the inside.
Garrett throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masamba misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garrett is trying to drag Masamba to the mat but Masamba just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Masamba.
Garrett throws a punch but it's blocked by Masamba.
Garrett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Masamba backwards.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
Garrett is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Masamba blocks an uppercut.
Garrett tries to work over Masamba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Masamba can't find room to land a body shot as Garrett controls the action.
Garrett drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Masamba gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lutalo Masamba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bo Garrett.
A short right from Masamba on the inside.
Masamba throws a head punch that misses.
Masamba scores with a nice hook to the head.
Masamba scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masamba lands with a right to the head.
Garrett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Masamba lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Masamba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garrett drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Masamba gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Masamba stops a takedown attempt from Garrett.
Masamba tries a body shot but Garrett blocks it.
Masamba lands with a left to the head.

Garrett is rocked!
Garrett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garrett is still on wobbly legs! Can Masamba finish him?
Masamba fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garrett seems to have recovered his senses.
Masamba has a couple of punches blocked by Garrett.
Garrett is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Garrett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garrett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Masamba's elbow.

Garrett wants the takedown. Masamba is fighting it off but Garrett persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Masamba's guard against the cage.

Masamba has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Garrett is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Masamba lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garrett backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masamba scores with a shoulder strike.
Garrett blocks an uppercut.
Garrett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garrett misses with the head strike.
Garrett lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Masamba fails to land.
Masamba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Masamba lands with a left to the head.
Garrett misses with a body punch.
Garrett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Masamba lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garrett backwards.
Masamba misses with some punches.
Garrett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garrett tries to stall but Masamba uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Garrett misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Masamba.
Masamba lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Garrett to his knees! Masamba keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lutalo Masamba!
A relieved looking Lutalo Masamba thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.