PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Garman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Do kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Godfather Theme Song. Garman has chosen Hollywood Babble-On as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Do
vs
Garman

185 cm
21
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
200 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ralph Garman!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Do.
Do on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Garman throws a right hand that misses
and Do counters with a right hand to the body.
Garman throws a head kick but Do moves out of range.
Garman lands a leg kick that knocks Do off balance momentarily.
Do blocks a jab.
Garman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Do was well out of range. Poor timing from Garman.
A big right from Garman misses.
Garman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Do counters with a series of strikes. Garman will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do throws out a loose jab but Garman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Do moves away from the strike by Garman.
A punch combination from Do misses.
Garman looks to throw the jab but Do is out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Garman as he connects with a hook.

It looks like Michael Do has been cut.
Garman looks to land a right hand but Do moved out of range.
Garman lands a jab to the head.
Do does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Do lands with a right hand.
Do displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garman throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garman wants to clinch but Do slips to the side
and Do connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Do misses with a jab, cross combination.
Do blocks a low kick nicely.
Do slips under a jab from Garman.
Ralph Garman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Do pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab by Garman.
Do tries to bum rush Garman with a series of wild strikes but Garman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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!
Garman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do.
Garman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Do sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garman looks to throw the jab but Do is out of range.
Garman throws a jab when Do was well out of range.
Do misses with the combination.
Garman scores with a nice strike.
Do lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Ralph Garman has been cut.
No joy there for Do, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Do misses.
Do throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Do fails with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Do throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Garman was covering up waiting for the punch and Do finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Do trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Do throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do throws a big elbow that misses.
Do tries to free his leg and advance position but Garman is retaining full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do postures up.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ralph Garman hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Garman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Do has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Do and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Michael Do will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Garman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Garman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Do counters with a three punch combo that has Garman backing up. Garman nods at Do to acknowledge the strikes.
Garman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Garman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Garman.
Garman cracks Do with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A right-left combo lands from Do.
Garman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Michael Do is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.
Ralph Garman seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Garman misses the jab.
Garman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Garman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good shot there by Do.
Garman misses with a hook. Do ducked under it nicely.

Garman closes the distance and clinches.
Garman throws an elbow that misses.
Do takes a shot to the head.

Do manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do ducks under a wild hook from Garman.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Garman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Do has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Do and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Do misses with a jab, cross combination.
Do ducks right into an uppercut from Garman.
Garman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garman misses with an uppercut.
Do needs to keep his hands up - Garman had a free shot at his head there.
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!
Do loads up on a big right hand but Garman slips the punch.
Do misses with a combination
and Garman counters with a low kick, right behind Do 's knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garman misses with a head kick.
Do takes one to the side of the head.
Do moves out of range of the strikes.
Do avoids the head kick by Garman.
Garman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Do fails to land with a series of punches.
Do shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Garman sprawls well. Garman wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Do gets slowly back to his feet.
Garman scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Do walks into a stiff left hand from Garman.
Ralph Garman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Do.
Garman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Do.
Garman throws a head kick that misses.
Do slips under a jab from Garman.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Garman.
Some wild striking there from Do.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ralph Garman 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.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Garman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Do.
Do buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Garman throws a hook but Do avoids it easily.
Garman slips a straight right by Do.
Garman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Do uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Garman.
Do ducks under a wild hook from Garman.
Do swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do throws a right and a left that Garman avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do fails with the takedown.
Garman misses with a series of wild punches.
Garman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Garman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Do counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Garman misses with a head kick.
Garman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Do.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garman counters with a right hand to the body.
Garman throws a leg kick which misses Do's front leg but catches the back leg as Do tries to avoid it.
A punch combination from Do misses.
Garman throws a hook to the side of Do's head but Do sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Garman looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Garman clinches up with Do and pushes him back against the cage.
Do takes an elbow to the forehead.
Do is looking to break free of the clinch but Garman has double underhooks.
Garman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Do tries for a takedown. No joy.
Garman is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garman lands with a right to the head.
Garman is pushing Do up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Do drops down looking for an ankle pick but Garman pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Do. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Garman.
A swing and a miss from Garman.
Garman connects with a body shot that sends Do's belly button to the back.
Garman throws a leg kick but Do moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do swinging wildly here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Garman throws a low kick, looking for Do's leg but Do calmly moves out of range.
Do shoots in for a takedown but Garman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A punch lands to the side of Garman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Garman tries to clinch but Do moves away
and Do counters with a two punch combo.
Garman misses with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Do was well out of range. Poor timing from Garman.
Garman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Do.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ralph Garman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Garman 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ralph Garman!
A victorious Ralph Garman thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.