PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sthawy Sthowp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Remy Garmin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sthowp might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Blind Guardian - Into the Storn. Garmin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rebelote Psy'4 De La Rime kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Remy Garmin acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Sthowp
vs
Garmin

180 cm
25
183 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

176 cm
27
170 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sthawy Sthowp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Remy Garmin!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Sthowp.
Garmin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sthowp.
Sthowp misses with a jab, cross combination.
Garmin misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Sthowp to counter with a crisp jab.

Sthowp gets a takedown into half guard.
Sthowp sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Garmin defending well though.
Sthowp controlling the action here.
Sthowp has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sthowp not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Sthowp seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sthowp is stalling here. Garmin is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sthowp seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Garmin has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Garmin taking a break here but Sthowp is having none of it and regains half guard.

Garmin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sthowp doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Garmin.
Sthowp gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sthowp keeping full guard, as Garmin tries to pass.
Garmin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sthowp. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sthowp is adopting a defensive guard.
Sthowp looking for a sweep. Not yet Sthowp, not yet.
Sthowp is pulling down on Garmin's head to control his posture.
Garmin is looking to work some ground and pound but Sthowp has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sthowp is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Garmin tries to free his leg and advance position but Sthowp is retaining full guard.
Sthowp working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Garmin.
Sthowp has Garmin pulled in close to control his posture.
Sthowp controls Garmin momentarily but Garmin frees himself.

We're going to have a standup here because Sthawy Sthowp wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Garmin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sthowp counters with a straight right hand.

Garmin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sthowp sprawls well initially but Garmin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garmin is trying to control. Sthowp wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sthowp moves into full guard.
Sthowp is pulling down on Garmin's head. It's preventing any offense from Garmin, at least for the moment.
Garmin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Garmin tries to free his leg and advance position but Sthowp is retaining full guard.
Garmin looks gassed!
Sthowp is trying to keep Garmin in close.
Sthowp is controlling Garmin's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sthawy Sthowp dominated that round.
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.

Sthowp looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Sthowp gets the takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Sthowp.
Sthowp postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The strikes coming from Sthowp are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sthowp lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sthowp misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sthowp trying to control the position but Garmin is working away.
Garmin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sthowp throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sthowp throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sthowp cracks Garmin with a big right hand but Garmin just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Garmin is breathing heavily.
Sthowp in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sthowp is putting a hurting on Garmin here, landing some big shots from side control.
Garmin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sthowp advances to full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sthowp punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sthowp connects with a bit shot that sees Garmin covering up! More strikes from Sthowp and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sthowp is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sthawy Sthowp!