PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Gallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Love
vs
Gallo

223 cm
22
291 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
300 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vagner Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Gallo!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gallo stuffs the takedown attempt from Love. Love gets slowly back to his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Love forces Gallo back against the cage and clinches.
Love fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gallo wants to get back to striking at distance but Love won't allow it.

Gallo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Love avoids the head kick by Gallo.
A punch lands to the side of Love 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Love throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gallo.

It looks like Ryan Gallo has been cut.
Love buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
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!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Love.
Gallo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice body kick there by Gallo.
Love closes the distance and clinches up with Gallo, looking for a takedown. Love pushes Gallo against the cage but Gallo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vagner Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gallo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Love takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Love drops his hands momentarily and Gallo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gallo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Love is breathing heavily.
Gallo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Gallo 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.
Love blocks a head kick by Gallo.
Gallo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gallo.
Gallo connects with a high kick.
Love has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gallo.

Gallo lands a left and a right that send Love crashing to the mat, dazed. Gallo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Love is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gallo circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Love to the canvas! Love doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Gallo keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Gallo!