PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Galileo Galilei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galilei comes to the cage accompanied by Les Os. White has chosen Barry White - What Am I Gonna Do with You as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Galilei
vs
White

190 cm
22
258 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

192 cm
26
272 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Galileo Galilei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Larry White!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Galilei.
Galilei misses the shot to the body.

Galilei shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Galilei thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Galilei is looking to advance position but White won't allow it.
Galilei working over White with some ground and pound. White looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Galilei thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Galilei is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
White is looking to improve his position but Galilei isn't that keen on the idea.
Poor strikes thrown by Galilei there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galilei punching from mount but White doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Galilei looking to ground and pound but White is blocking nicely.
Galilei sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
White wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Galilei.
Galilei looking to finish White with some ground and pound. This is bad for White!
Galilei lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
White can't escape the position.
Galilei looking to finish with strikes here!
White is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Galilei landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Galilei scoring with strikes but White is staying in there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Galilei unloads with some shots from mount but White bucks and avoids them well.
White sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Galilei lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
White has hold of Galilei's hands but Galilei slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Galilei is pressing down on White's thigh, looking to free his foot. White is holding on for now.
White wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Galilei wants to take a breather but White is having none of it.
Galilei thows a huge punch but White dodges it nicely.
White has hold of Galilei's hands but Galilei slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Galilei trying to control the action but White is working from the bottom.
Galilei sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. White defending well though.
White regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Galilei.
Galilei landing with the ground and pound.
Galilei in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Galilei trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galilei throwing strikes but missing.
White seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Galilei loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
White is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Galilei tries to get to full guard but White has control of the leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White is trying to control the action in half guard but Galilei is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Galilei wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Galileo Galilei dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Galilei fails to land the takedown.
White throws a jab when Galilei was well out of range.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White lands with a thumping leg kick.
Galilei fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but White avoids it really well and circles away.
Galilei looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Galilei. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
Galilei swings for the body but White moves out of range.
Galilei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Galilei shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as White sprawls well. White wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Galilei gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Galileo Galilei. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Galilei scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Check out the look on Galilei's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galilei working the ground and pound.
Galilei scoring with punches from side control.
White can't do much from the bottom here.
Galilei wants to control but White is keeping him busy.
Galilei sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but White is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Galilei throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Galilei is trying to get an arm triangle but White is defending well.
White defending against the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Galilei throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Galilei working the ground and pound but White is defending the strikes.
Galileo Galilei overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
White regains half guard, as Galilei was trying to land strikes.
White is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Galilei is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
White is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galilei has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of White's face.
Galilei scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Galilei lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Galilei with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Galilei sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Galilei lands with some strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Galilei lands a big elbow - White is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and White is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Galileo Galilei!