PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Keshawn Garrett (ranked 4193 p4p, 4175 weight class) and Nico Serrano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Garrett
vs
Serrano

175 cm
18
143
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
148
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Keshawn Garrett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nico Serrano!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Serrano connects with a looping right hand.
A swing and a miss from Serrano.
An attempted straight right counter from Garrett misses the target.
Garrett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garrett connects with a jab.
Garrett slips a straight right by Serrano.
Garrett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Garrett wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Serrano, as that shot connected.
Serrano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Serrano misses with a looping right.
Garrett misses with an uppercut. Serrano saw that one coming.
Garrett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garrett seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A swing and a miss from Serrano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serrano misses with the combination.
Garrett swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Serrano throws a lazy uppercut
and Garrett counters with a stiff right hand.
Garrett moves out of range of the strikes.
Garrett was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Serrano throws an off balance right hand
and Serrano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Serrano throws a leg kick
and Garrett counters with a nice uppercut.
Serrano throws a left and a right that both miss
and Garrett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Serrano misses with a combination
and Serrano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Serrano misses with a hook
and Garrett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Serrano might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Garrett gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Serrano swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Serrano misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garrett moves forwards but Serrano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Serrano misses with a lunging right hand
and Garrett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Serrano cracks Garrett with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Garrett - just one landing.
Serrano throws a lazy uppercut
and Garrett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Serrano misses with an uppercut. Garrett saw that one coming.
Garrett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Serrano.
Garrett throws a lazy right hand but Serrano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serrano walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Garrett jabs Serrano right on the nose. Serrano blinks but takes it well.
Garrett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garrett ducks under a wild hook from Serrano.
A little feinted left hand from Garrett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Serrano misses with an uppercut
and Garrett counters with a series of strikes. Serrano will be more careful next time no doubt.
Serrano thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Garrett misses the target.
Garrett is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Serrano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Serrano throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Garrett to counter with a crisp jab.
Garrett missing with a left hand there. Serrano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Serrano misses with a lunging right hand
and Serrano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garrett ducks under a wild hook from Serrano.
Garrett lands with a nice body punch.
Garrett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Serrano throws out the jab.
Garrett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Serrano swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Garrett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Serrano thows a leg kick but Garrett checks it
and Garrett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Serrano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garrett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Serrano misses with a straight right.
A little feinted left hand from Garrett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice shot by Serrano.
The fighters circling - Garrett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Serrano on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Keshawn Garrett dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Garrett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Garrett went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A jab from Serrano misses.
Serrano misses with an uppercut
and Garrett counters with a nice uppercut.
Garrett slips a jab and a cross from Serrano.
Garrett throwing a counter right hand but Serrano manages to avoid it.
Garrett misses the shot to the body.
Serrano misses with an uppercut
and Garrett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garrett blocks a jab.
Garrett seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Serrano misses with a lunging right hand
and Garrett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Serrano takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Serrano swings widly with a right hand
and Garrett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Garrett slips a jab and a cross from Serrano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serrano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
Nico Serrano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garrett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garrett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keshawn Garrett is winning the standup battle so far.
Serrano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Serrano might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Garrett has got the better of the exchanges.
Serrano misses with an uppercut
and Garrett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garrett connects with a crisp jab.
Serrano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Garrett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Garrett lands with a nice body punch.
Garrett misses with a body shot.
Garrett connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Serrano momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrett dodges the punch combination from Serrano.
Garrett lands with a cross.
Serrano slips under a jab from Garrett.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garrett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Serrano.
Serrano has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Garrett misses with a series of wild punches.
Serrano throws a right hand that misses
and Garrett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serrano throws a right hand that misses
letting Garrett counter with a right hand.
Garrett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Serrano was well out of range. Poor timing from Garrett.
Serrano misses with a hook.
A slow jab from Serrano misses its intended target.
Serrano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Serrano misses with a lunging right hand
and Garrett counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Serrano.
Garrett was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Garrett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Serrano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garrett.
A little feinted left hand from Garrett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrett uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Serrano catches Garrett with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jab from Garrett.
Serrano missing with a left hand there. Garrett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Serrano misses with a hook
and Garrett counters with a nice uppercut.
Serrano misses with a right hand
and Garrett counters with a stiff right hand.
Serrano throws an off balance right hand
and Serrano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Serrano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Serrano, as that shot connected.
Garrett scores with a crisp jab that stopped Serrano in his tracks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Keshawn Garrett dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Serrano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garrett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Serrano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrett.
Serrano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrett.
Garrett lands a jab to the nose.
Garrett tests Serrano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Serrano misses with a left hand
letting Garrett counter with a right hand.
Serrano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Garrett.
Garrett was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett lands an overhand right.
Serrano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garrett.
Serrano throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Garrett on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Serrano throws a jab but it's blocked by Garrett.
Serrano swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Garrett counters with a straight right hand.

Serrano is rocked!
Garrett ducks under a wild hook from Serrano.
Garrett throwing a counter right hand but Serrano manages to avoid it.
Garrett lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A decent looking cross lands there for Serrano.
Garrett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Serrano can do to turn this around?
Serrano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garrett misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Serrano! But no joy.
Serrano throws a good cross that connects.
Serrano throws a body punch but Garrett moves out of range.
Garrett was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Serrano lands a lovely overhand right.
Keshawn Garrett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serrano cracks Garrett with a right hand to the side of the head.
Serrano throws a right hand that misses
and Garrett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Serrano 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.
Nice shot by Garrett.
Garrett lands with a shot to the body.
Garrett tries to move into range but Serrano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Serrano, as that shot connected.
Serrano misses with a looping right.
Garrett throwing a counter right hand but Serrano manages to avoid it.
Serrano misses with an uppercut
and Garrett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Serrano misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Garrett misses the target.
Serrano lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Garrett backs up against the cage.
Serrano lands a really nice looking cross but Garrett seems unphased.
Serrano misses with a lunging right hand
and Serrano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Garrett slips under a jab from Serrano.
A counter left hand to the body from Garrett misses its target.
Serrano throws a hook but Garrett blocks it.
Serrano takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Serrano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Garrett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serrano throws a lazy uppercut
and Garrett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Serrano looks to land a left hand but Garrett moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Garrett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Garrett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Serrano.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice cross by Garrett.
Serrano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garrett.
Some wild striking there from Serrano.
Garrett swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Serrano lands a lovely overhand right.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nico Serrano.
Well Garrett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keshawn Garrett!