PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rollo Galvarino (ranked 4259 p4p, 4667 weight class) and Gareth Keenan Jr (ranked 438 p4p, 468 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Galvarino
vs
Keenan Jr

173 cm
21
155
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
22
150
1 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rollo Galvarino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gareth Keenan Jr!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Galvarino.

Galvarino rushes Keenan Jr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Keenan Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Galvarino.
I was talking to Galvarino's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Keenan Jr makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Galvarino pushes Keenan Jr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Galvarino scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Keenan Jr.
Galvarino throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Keenan Jrs head.
A head punch on the inside from Keenan Jr fails to land.
Galvarino tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Keenan Jr's elbow.
Keenan Jr lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Galvarino.
Galvarino blocking some punches.
Keenan Jr cracks Galvarino with a nice body shot.

Keenan Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Keenan Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Galvarino misses with an uppercut.
Galvarino scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Keenan Jr doesn't seem bothered though.
Galvarino misses with a two punch combination.
Galvarino with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Keenan Jr to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galvarino is looking to clinch.
Galvarino shoots for a double leg takedown but Keenan Jr sprawls well. He's pushed Galvarino's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Keenan Jr moves away from the strike by Galvarino.
Keenan Jr tests Galvarino's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Galvarino throws a shot from downtown. Keenan Jr moves away and avoids it.

Galvarino instigates a clinch.
Galvarino misses with some punches.
Galvarino blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Keenan Jr scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Keenan Jr gets through Galvarino's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Keenan Jr manages to break the clinch.
Galvarino wants to clinch up but Keenan Jr keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Galvarino. Keenan Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Keenan Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Keenan Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Galvarino sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keenan Jr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Keenan Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Keenan Jr loads up on a big right hand but Galvarino slips the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Galvarino tries to clinch there but Keenan Jr circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galvarino moves forwards but Keenan Jr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Keenan Jr lands a lovely overhand right.
Galvarino throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A big left from Keenan Jr misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Keenan Jr misses the target.
Galvarino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keenan Jr manages to avoid it.
Keenan Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keenan Jr looks to throw the jab but Galvarino is out of range.
Galvarino takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Keenan Jr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Keenan Jr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Galvarino stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Galvarino moves in looking to clinch but Keenan Jr pushes him off.
Keenan Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Keenan Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Keenan Jr has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Keenan Jr scores with a jab to the head.
Galvarino steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Keenan Jr.
Galvarino on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galvarino tries to clinch up.
Nice jab there from Galvarino.
Keenan Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Galvarino connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Galvarino lands with an uppercut that bounces Keenan Jr off the cage and back into range.
Keenan Jr cracks Galvarino with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Galvarino moves out of range of the strikes.
Galvarino wants to clinch.
Keenan Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Keenan Jr moves into range and clinches up with Galvarino.
Galvarino throws a head punch that misses.
Galvarino blocking some punches.
Galvarino can't find room to land a body shot as Keenan Jr controls the action.
Galvarino makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Galvarino doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Keenan Jr manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keenan Jr misses with a body shot.
Galvarino is looking to counter the offense by Keenan Jr and move into the clinch.

Keenan Jr drives through and clinches with Galvarino against the cage.
Keenan Jr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Keenan Jr misses with the head strike.
Galvarino lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Galvarino blocks a body shot from Keenan Jr.

Keenan Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Galvarino wants to clinch but Keenan Jr slips to the side
and Keenan Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Galvarino lands with a good body shot.
Galvarino is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Keenan Jr.
Galvarino fails with an attempt to clinch.
Keenan Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Keenan Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Keenan Jr throws the left hand but Galvarino avoids the punch easily.
Keenan Jr 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Galvarino is looking to clinch but Keenan Jr is avoiding it.
Galvarino misses with a straight right.
Keenan Jr throws out a counter right but Galvarino avoids it with no problem.
Galvarino tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Keenan Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Keenan Jr misses with an uppercut. Galvarino saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gareth Keenan Jr dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Keenan Jr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Keenan Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Galvarino clinches with his opponent.
Galvarino tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Keenan Jr's elbow.
Galvarino struggles to land a body shot inside as Keenan Jr controls his hands.
Keenan Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Galvarino uses good head movement to avoid it.

Keenan Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Galvarino avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Galvarino misses with a wild body shot.
Keenan Jr appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gareth Keenan Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Galvarino bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Keenan Jr's head backwards.
Galvarino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keenan Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circle momentarily. Keenan Jr darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galvarino connects with a good right hand that stumbles Keenan Jr. Keenan Jr circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Keenan Jr in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Keenan Jr connects with a looping right hand.
Galvarino misses with a wild body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keenan Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Galvarino.
Galvarino missing with a left hand there. Keenan Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Galvarino moves into the clinch successfully.
Keenan Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Galvarino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galvarino lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Galvarino misses with a hook to the ribs.
Galvarino misses with a body punch.
Keenan Jr looking to slow down the pace here.
Keenan Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keenan Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Galvarino prevents a body shot from Keenan Jr.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Galvarino.
A short right from Keenan Jr.
Galvarino lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Galvarino lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Galvarino misses with a punch on the inside.
Galvarino tries to throw a body punch but Keenan Jr avoids it by throwing Galvarino back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Keenan Jr.
Galvarino has a couple of punches blocked by Keenan Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galvarino blocks a body shot from Keenan Jr.
Galvarino lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keenan Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Keenan Jr working aggressively here.
Keenan Jr pushes Galvarino back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Galvarino.

Keenan Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Galvarino uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keenan Jr.
Galvarino just misses with a punch to the body.
Keenan Jr misses with a straight left.
Galvarino tries to counter by clinching up but Keenan Jr breaks away and moves out of range.
Galvarino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keenan Jr's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Galvarino connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Keenan Jr scrambles back to his feet.

Keenan Jr gets a clinch.
Keenan Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Keenan Jr breaks from the clinch.
A slow jab from Galvarino misses its intended target.
Galvarino wants to clinch up but Keenan Jr keeps it at a distance.
Keenan Jr scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan Jr walks into a stiff left hand from Galvarino.
Keenan Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Galvarino should have avoided that one.
Galvarino fails in his attempt to clinch.
Galvarino bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Keenan Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Galvarino throws a hook to the side of Keenan Jr's head but Keenan Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Keenan Jr misses.
Keenan Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Galvarino's shoulder, as Galvarino tries to avoid the shot.
Keenan Jr keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Galvarino displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Galvarino takes one to the side of the head.
A jab lands there for Keenan Jr.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Galvarino tries to clinch but Keenan Jr moves out of range.
Keenan Jr connects with a looping right hand.
Keenan Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Galvarino as he connects with a hook.
Keenan Jr looks to land a left hand but Galvarino moved out of range nicely.
Galvarino gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Galvarino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Keenan Jr misses with a looping left.
Keenan Jr lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Galvarino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Galvarino tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keenan Jr throws out a loose jab but Galvarino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galvarino tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keenan Jr lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Galvarino moves away from the strike by Keenan Jr.
Galvarino throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keenan Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Galvarino slips under a jab.
Galvarino ducks under a wild hook from Keenan Jr.
Keenan Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Galvarino moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gareth Keenan Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The fighters circle momentarily. Keenan Jr darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Galvarino moves out of range as Keenan Jr strikes.
Galvarino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keenan Jr manages to avoid it.
Keenan Jr walks into a jab.
Galvarino is looking to clinch.
Galvarino tries to clinch but Keenan Jr moves out of range.
Galvarino moves to clinch but Keenan Jr breaks away
and Keenan Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Keenan Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Galvarino wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Galvarino tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Keenan Jr counter with a right hand.
Galvarino takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Galvarino jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Keenan Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Galvarino's shoulder, as Galvarino tries to avoid the shot.
Galvarino tries to clinch there but Keenan Jr circles away.
Galvarino looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A slow jab from Keenan Jr misses its intended target.
A big right from Galvarino misses.
Galvarino doesn't manage to clinch there - Keenan Jr circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galvarino fails with an attempt to clinch.
Keenan Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Galvarino should have avoided that one.
Keenan Jr takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Galvarino lunges at Keenan Jr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Keenan Jr's hand.
Galvarino uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keenan Jr.
Keenan Jr misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Galvarino throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Keenan Jr misses.
Galvarino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keenan Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Galvarino ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Galvarino slips a jab from Keenan Jr.
Keenan Jr takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Galvarino missing with a left hand there. Keenan Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Galvarino steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Keenan Jr.
Keenan Jr lunges at Galvarino with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Galvarino's hand.
Galvarino misses with a left hand
letting Keenan Jr counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Keenan Jr drives through and clinches with Galvarino against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Keenan Jr.
Keenan Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Keenan Jr.
Keenan Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Gareth Keenan Jr seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Galvarino lands with a left to the head.
Galvarino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Galvarino misses with a punch on the inside.
Keenan Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
Galvarino tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Galvarino working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Galvarino can't find room to land a body shot as Keenan Jr controls the action.
Keenan Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Keenan Jr manages to break the clinch.
Keenan Jr thuds a left hand into Galvarino's body.
Keenan Jr throws out a powerful jab.
Galvarino gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Keenan Jr.
Keenan Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Galvarino manages to avoid it.
Keenan Jr slips a straight right by Galvarino.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galvarino keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keenan Jr.
Galvarino tries to close the distance and clinch but Keenan Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Galvarino tries to clinch up.
Keenan Jr lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Galvarino is looking to clinch but Keenan Jr is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Galvarino misses the target.

Galvarino has Keenan Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Keenan Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Galvarino.
Rollo Galvarino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Galvarino takes a shot to the head.
Galvarino blocks an uppercut.
Galvarino misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Keenan Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Keenan Jr misses with some punches.
Keenan Jr blocks a body shot from Galvarino.
Galvarino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Keenan Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Galvarino.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galvarino stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Galvarino swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keenan Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Galvarino's elbow.
Galvarino misses with some punches.
Keenan Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Keenan Jr blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keenan Jr lands with a right to the head.
Keenan Jr is stalling here.
Galvarino is leaning against Keenan Jr and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Galvarino fails to land.
Galvarino swings wildly with an uppercut but Keenan Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galvarino lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Galvarino lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Keenan Jr or not.
Keenan Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Keenan Jr dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Keenan Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Keenan Jr tries to stall but Galvarino uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gareth Keenan Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Keenan Jr winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gareth Keenan Jr!
After winning the bout, Gareth Keenan Jr thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.