PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulie Garrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charly White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charly White has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Garrison
vs
White

173 cm
26
150 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

176 cm
26
151 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paulie Garrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charly White!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrison takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
White leaves Garrison with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Garrison throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Garrison.
Garrison tries for a takedown but White sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Garrison scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Garrison tries for a takedown but White sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
White throws out a counter right but Garrison avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulie Garrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
White lunges at Garrison with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Garrison's hand.
Garrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Garrison shoots in looking for a takedown. White tries to sprawl out of it but Garrison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. White manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Garrison misses with a looping right.
Garrison shoots and misses
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garrison.
Garrison takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
Garrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
Garrison takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Garrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garrison is breathing heavily.
White tests Garrison's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Garrison shoots in and drives through. White sprawls well.
Garrison shoots in looking for a takedown. White tries to sprawl out of it but Garrison keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. White manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Garrison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
White misses the jab.
White throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
White scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Garrison misses the target.
White connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White connects with a body shot.
White misses with a hook.
White misses with an uppercut.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
Charly White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Garrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
A left lands for White.
White thows a left - swing and a miss!
White throws a jab when Garrison was well out of range.
White misses with a hook.
White scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrison has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Garrison there as he acknowledges the shot.
A cross from White lands.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Garrison's shoulder, as Garrison tries to avoid the shot.
White is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garrison slips under a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for White. That snapped Garrison's head back.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from White misses the target.
White misses with a looping right.
White throws a body punch but Garrison moves out of range.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garrison.
Garrison takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garrison.
White looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
White is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Garrison had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Garrison is trying hard to land a takedown here. White sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A big right from White misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
White misses the shot to the body.
Garrison staying out of range there.
Garrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
White throws a lazy right hand but Garrison sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White misses with a looping left.
Garrison is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
White slips under a jab from Garrison.
White scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Garrison doesn't seem bothered though.
White throws a body punch but Garrison moves out of range.
White comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charly White dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Garrison shoots in for a takedown but White shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
White is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Garrison with a body shot.

Garrison drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

White sneaks out the side door and pushes Garrison away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Jab from White.
Garrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Garrison looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for White!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Garrison has an Americana. White didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Garrison is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Garrison hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Paulie Garrison!