PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Neyman Gariniho (ranked 1608 p4p, 200 weight class) and Travis Mitchell (ranked 1025 p4p, 129 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gariniho
vs
Mitchell

185 cm
29
196 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

187 cm
25
190 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neyman Gariniho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Travis Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gariniho throws a head kick but Mitchell moves out of range.

Gariniho pushes Mitchell up against the cage in a clinch.
Mitchell wants to break free but Gariniho has control.
Gariniho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mitchell backwards.
Gariniho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gariniho stalling the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mitchell.
Stalling in the clinch from Gariniho.
Gariniho swings wildly with an uppercut but Mitchell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mitchell wants to break the clinch but can't.

Mitchell turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Mitchell tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Gariniho is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ground and pound from Mitchell.
Gariniho keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gariniho is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mitchell's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mitchell's back!
Mitchell is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Gariniho.
Mitchell tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Mitchell slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Gariniho prevents Mitchell from improving his position.
Gariniho frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mitchell is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mitchell is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gariniho controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gariniho has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Gariniho.
Mitchell regains half guard.
Mitchell misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Mitchell gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gariniho looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mitchell keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Gariniho has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mitchell wants to sweep here but Gariniho controlling him for the moment.
Mitchell trying to keep a closed guard but Gariniho is proving a slippery customer.
Mitchell has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gariniho controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Mitchell is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Gariniho is looking to stand up but Mitchell won't let him.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Gariniho drops his hands momentarily and Mitchell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mitchell scores with the left hand. Gariniho knows he should have avoided that one.
Gariniho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mitchell misses with a hook.
Gariniho ducks under a wild hook from Mitchell.
A jab lands there for Gariniho.

It looks like Travis Mitchell has been cut.
Mitchell misses with a lunging right hand
and Gariniho counters with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Gariniho misses the target.
Gariniho wants to clinch
and Mitchell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gariniho slips under a jab from Mitchell.
Mitchell connects with a right hand. Gariniho shakes it off.

Gariniho drives through and clinches with Mitchell against the cage.
Mitchell swings wildly with an uppercut but Gariniho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gariniho misses with a punch on the inside.
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 Neyman Gariniho will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Travis Mitchell's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A slow jab from Mitchell misses its intended target.
Mitchell shoots in but no luck this time.
Mitchell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mitchell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mitchell has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Gariniho tries to clinch up
and Mitchell counters with a nice body shot.
A swing and a miss from Gariniho.
Gariniho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Gariniho.
Mitchell misses with an uppercut
and Gariniho counters with a stiff right hand.
Travis Mitchell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gariniho looks to land a left hand but Mitchell moved out of range nicely.
Mitchell misses the jab.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gariniho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mitchell misses with a body shot.
Gariniho misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mitchell counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gariniho takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gariniho takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Gariniho gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mitchell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gariniho lands a shot to the body.
Gariniho blocks an uppercut.
Mitchell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mitchell working aggressively here.
Gariniho swings wildly with an uppercut but Mitchell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mitchell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gariniho is keeping busy.
Gariniho working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gariniho softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mitchell misses with a punch on the inside.
Mitchell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gariniho backwards.
A short left from Gariniho.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mitchell misses with some punches.
Mitchell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gariniho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mitchell struggles to land a body shot inside as Gariniho controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gariniho.
Gariniho blocks an uppercut.
Gariniho scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gariniho lands with a right to the head.
Mitchell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gariniho cracks Mitchell with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mitchell.
Gariniho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gariniho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mitchell backwards.
Mitchell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gariniho gets underhooks to prevent Mitchell's takedown attempt.
Mitchell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mitchell lands a hook that snaps the head of Gariniho backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell prevents a body shot from Gariniho.
Gariniho misses with a punch on the inside.
Mitchell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gariniho throws a punch but it's blocked by Mitchell.
Gariniho scores with a hook to the body.
Mitchell swings wildly with an uppercut but Gariniho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mitchell blocks an uppercut.
Gariniho has a couple of punches blocked by Mitchell.
Gariniho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gariniho throws a head punch that misses.
Mitchell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mitchell blocking some punches.
Mitchell misses with some punches.
Mitchell blocks an uppercut.
Gariniho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gariniho lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mitchell backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mitchell letting Gariniho take a breather here.
Mitchell throws a head punch that misses.
Gariniho throws a punch but it's blocked by Mitchell.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mitchell.
Gariniho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mitchell throws a head punch that misses.
Mitchell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gariniho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mitchell backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mitchell misses with a punch on the inside.
Gariniho misses with some punches.
Gariniho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Gariniho.
Mitchell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mitchell wants a takedown.
Neyman Gariniho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Travis Mitchell.
Gariniho is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neyman Gariniho dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Travis Mitchell's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gariniho lands with a kick to the temple. Mitchell shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A jab from Mitchell does it's job there.
Mitchell lands a slapping body shot.
Gariniho misses with a looping left.

Gariniho gets tackled into the cage by Mitchell. Mitchell maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gariniho.
Mitchell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gariniho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Mitchell.
Mitchell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitchell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Gariniho is fighting off a takedown attempt but Mitchell is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Gariniho to the mat. Gariniho regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mitchell throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gariniho works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mitchell landing with the ground and pound.
Mitchell with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gariniho is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gariniho lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gariniho content to stall in guard here.
Gariniho stopping the sweep attempt from Mitchell.
Gariniho controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mitchell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell stalling away here and it's allowed Gariniho to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Gariniho scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Gariniho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mitchell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mitchell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gariniho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mitchell slips a jab from Gariniho.
Gariniho keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mitchell.
Mitchell 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gariniho. Mitchell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gariniho looks to land a right hand but Mitchell moved out of range.
Mitchell moves away from the strike by Gariniho.
Mitchell punishes Gariniho's body with a nice straight punch.
Travis Mitchell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gariniho manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mitchell tries to score with a low kick but Gariniho moves his leg out of the way.
Neyman Gariniho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mitchell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gariniho.
Neyman Gariniho is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gariniho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mitchell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Gariniho misses the target.
Gariniho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gariniho wants to clinch up but Mitchell keeps it at a distance.
Mitchell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gariniho throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mitchell's head.
Nice cross by Gariniho.
Gariniho moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mitchell misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gariniho counters with a big head kick but Mitchell shrugs it off.
Mitchell misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gariniho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gariniho scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mitchell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Mitchell is looking to clinch.
Gariniho lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mitchell fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gariniho connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mitchell momentarily.
Mitchell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good shot there by Gariniho.
Mitchell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gariniho throws out the jab.
Mitchell looks to land a left hand but Gariniho moved out of range nicely.
Gariniho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gariniho tries to clinch but Mitchell moves out of range.
Mitchell just misses with a punch to the body.
Mitchell throws a hook to the side of Gariniho's head but Gariniho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mitchell throws a hook but Gariniho avoids it easily.
Gariniho looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Gariniho cracks Mitchell with a right hand to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Neyman Gariniho.
Well Gariniho 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neyman Gariniho!
Our winner, Neyman Gariniho, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.