PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kamren Garrison (ranked 5296 p4p, 5220 weight class) and Patrick Vanderen (ranked 508 p4p, 502 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Garrison
vs
Vanderen

190 cm
23
230
3 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
268
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kamren Garrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Patrick Vanderen!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrison bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vanderen's head backwards.

It looks like Patrick Vanderen has been cut.
Vanderen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Garrison has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad The Island in the buildup to the fight.
Garrison takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A combination from Garrison does no damage.
Vanderen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garrison throws a shot from downtown. Vanderen moves away and avoids it.
Vanderen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Garrison's corner calls for a 1-2. Garrison obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vanderen lands a high kick!

It looks like Kamren Garrison has been cut.
Vanderen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vanderen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garrison defending well as Vanderen loads up on a big left hand.

Garrison rushes Vanderen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vanderen's coach down at Cherokees Island Elite Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Vanderen's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanderen working hard to break the clinch.
Vanderen is looking to break free of the clinch but Garrison has double underhooks.
Vanderen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Garrison just stands there and leans against the cage.
Vanderen throws a punch but it's blocked by Garrison.
Garrison has Vanderen pressed against the cage, preventing Vanderen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vanderen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Garrison to keep the fight standing.

Garrison breaks from the clinch.
Garrison smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vanderen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Garrison counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick from Vanderen lands but Garrison takes it in his stride.
Patrick Vanderen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vanderen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garrison counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Garrison throws a leg kick
and Vanderen counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrison throws a shot from downtown. Vanderen moves away and avoids it.
Vanderen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Vanderen connects with a high kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vanderen tries to clinch but Garrison is having none of it.
Vanderen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garrison manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Garrison misses the target.
Vanderen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Vanderen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garrison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vanderen delivers a nice body kick.
Vanderen throws a quick inside leg kick.

Garrison moves into the clinch.
Garrison displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vanderen up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrison throws an elbow that misses.
Garrison working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vanderen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Garrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vanderen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Garrison misses its target.
Vanderen throws a head kick that misses.
Vanderen fails with an attempt to clinch.

Garrison takes the fight into the clinch.
Garrison keeps control of Vanderen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrison throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vanderen jumps guard but Garrison turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Kamren Garrison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Vanderen.
Vanderen wants to get back to striking at distance but Garrison won't allow it.
Vanderen is trying to push Garrison away but Garrison has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Vanderen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Garrison smiles and moves away.
Vanderen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vanderen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vanderen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A quick step to the side and Garrison tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garrison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vanderen blocks a low kick nicely.
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 Kamren Garrison will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Garrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vanderen moves away.
Garrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vanderen.
Garrison takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Garrison dips to his left and cracks Vanderen with an uppercut!
Vanderen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garrison sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Garrison moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vanderen tries to break the clinch but Garrison is controlling the position.
Garrison keeps control of Vanderen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Garrison here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Vanderen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Vanderen is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Garrison manages to break the clinch.
Vanderen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vanderen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrison.
Vanderen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Garrison takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Some wild striking there from Vanderen.
Garrison tries to counter by clinching up but Vanderen breaks away and moves out of range.
Garrison on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Garrison clinches.
Garrison prevents Vanderen from breaking the clinch.
Vanderen tries to break the clinch but Garrison is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanderen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vanderen working hard to break the clinch.

Garrison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garrison misses with a straight right.
Vanderen is looking for the big counter here.
Vanderen is looking to land body kicks.
Patrick Vanderen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vanderen lands with a kick to the temple. Garrison shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Garrison throws a leg kick but Vanderen moved away.
Vanderen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garrison tries to work over Vanderen's front leg with a kick but Vanderen checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanderen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Garrison on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vanderen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
No joy there for Garrison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kamren Garrison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vanderen misses with a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Garrison breaks the clinch.
Vanderen throws a head kick that half lands.
Vanderen tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanderen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Garrison back to the cage. Vanderen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Vanderen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Garrison will feel that in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Garrison moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Garrison breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Left hook, right uppercut from Garrison.
Vanderen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Garrison.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vanderen!
Vanderen doesn't manage to clinch there - Garrison circles away.
Garrison takes a kick to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Vanderen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Vanderen wants to clinch.
Garrison appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Garrison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vanderen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Garrison avoids the head kick by Vanderen.
Vanderen throws a head kick that misses

and Garrison counters by clinching up.
Garrison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vanderen's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrison has Vanderen pressed against the cage, preventing Vanderen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Garrison lands with a light punch inside.
Vanderen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Garrison smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanderen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As Vanderen backs away, Garrison returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Vanderen throws a sloppy head kick and Garrison moves out of range easily.
Garrison swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Garrison takes a swing at Vanderen's ribcage but misses.
Vanderen misses with a body kick.
Garrison throws a series of punches but Vanderen moves out of range.
Vanderen pushes Garrison away with a front kick.
Garrison lands a nice shot to the body.
Garrison takes a swing at Vanderen's ribcage but misses.
Garrison swinging wildly here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanderen throws a head kick that half lands.
Garrison takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Garrison circles away from the clinch attempt.

Garrison closes the distance and clinches.
Vanderen is trying to break the clinch but Garrison is controlling him.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Garrison as Vanderen tries to tie him up.

Garrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garrison takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vanderen tries to keep at a distance but Garrison has taken the fight into the clinch.
Garrison keeps control of Vanderen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vanderen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Garrison has him pressed against the cage.

Garrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garrison avoids the head kick by Vanderen.
A counter left hand to the body from Garrison misses its target.
Vanderen ducks under a wild hook from Garrison.
The fight stays on the outside here - Garrison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vanderen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Vanderen misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Vanderen.
Garrison throws a right hand that misses
and Vanderen counters with a solid body kick.
Vanderen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Vanderen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vanderen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garrison counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Vanderen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vanderen scores with a head kick. Garrison tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrison blocks a head kick by Vanderen.
As Vanderen looks to move away, Garrison throws a big counter combo but Vanderen just gets out of the way.
Garrison throws a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Patrick Vanderen.
I think Vanderen 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:29
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:29
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!