PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wylie Church (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Garner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Church comes to the cage accompanied by Della And The Dealer. Wylie Church has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Church
vs
Garner

190 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

179 cm
19
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Planet Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wylie Church!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rodney Garner!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Garner shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Garner is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Church is just riding it out for now. Garner eventually gives up the hold.
Garner is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Garner is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Church on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Church tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner tries to pass to full mount but Church defends it.
Garner slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two 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.
Garner moves into full mount! Church won't be happy about that!
Garner throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Garner sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Garner sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Garner is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

Garner moves into the clinch.
Garner jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Church walks away with a smile on his face. Garner gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Garner gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Rodney Garner has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Church misses with a wild combination.
Church falls off balance throwing a combination
and Garner counters with a left and a right that stings Church.

Garner shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Garner decides to stand and escape the position.
Church misses with a left hand

and Garner counters with a shoot takedown. Church fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Church wants to stand and escape but Garner is having none of it.
Garner slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rodney Garner has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Church gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Garner to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Church being controlled here, momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Garner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rodney Garner's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jab from Garner.
Church tries to clinch but Garner moves away

and Garner counters with a shoot takedown. Church fights it but they end up in guard.
Garner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rodney Garner has got the better of the ground game so far.

Garner decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Church tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Garner counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garner taking a breather here.

Garner stands up and beckons Church to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner misses with a head kick.
Church tries to clinch up

and Garner counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Garner decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Church throws an off balance right hand

and Garner counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Church's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garner wants to pass the guard but Church is keeping the position.
Church is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Church knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Garner on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garner is looking to work some ground and pound but Church has wrist control.
Garner forces his way into half guard.
Garner perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Church is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Garner scores with a couple of nice shots.

Garner is working for a submission of some sort.
Garner controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Church keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Rodney Garner hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Garner throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Church was covering up waiting for the punch and Garner finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Garner decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Church slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Garner fakes the leg kick and cracks Church in the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Garner drops Church with a beautiful combination! Church stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Garner is looking for the KO!

It looks like Wylie Church has been cut.

Garner shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Garner in particular looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Garner 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.
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. This is the final round!

Garner pushes Church up against the cage in a clinch.
Church has a couple of punches blocked by Garner.
Garner blocking some punches.

Garner jumps guard and drags Church to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Church pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garner is keeping the position for now.
Garner is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Garner is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Church is in trouble now - Garner has advanced to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garner controlling from mount.
Church trying desperately to get to his feet.
Garner takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Garner's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two 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.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Rodney Garner.
Garner shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Church sprawls well. Church wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Garner gets slowly back to his feet.
Church throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garner.
Wylie Church seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garner throws a low kick but it's checked well by Church.
Church misses with a hook

and Garner counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Garner.
Garner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Rodney Garner wasn't active enough on the ground.
Church misses with a lunging right hand

and Garner counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Garner.
Church has a couple of punches blocked by Garner.

Garner pulls guard effortlessly.
Garner manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Church is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodney Garner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Garner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodney Garner!