PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Galt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Bisping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galt comes to the cage accompanied by My Way - Limp Bizkit. This should be fireworks!

Galt
vs
Bisping

173 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Galt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rex Bisping!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Bisping, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Galt shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Galt showed some decent athleticism there.
Galt controlling the action here.
Galt seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bisping for as long as he can get away with.
Galt takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Bisping looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bisping has a hand on Galt's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Galt takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Galt sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisping is trying desperately to improve position.

Galt has hold of Bisping's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Bisping manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Galt takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bisping is desperately trying to improve his position but Galt has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Galt.
Bisping is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Galt takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bisping is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galt moves to the back.
Bisping is trying to stand back up.
Bisping manages to reverse the position and now he's in Galt's guard. Nice work there by Bisping.
Galt working a defensive guard here.
Galt keeping moving, preventing Bisping from controlling successfully.
Bisping throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bisping missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galt controlling the position.
Bisping pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Galt is keeping the position for now.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Bisping gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bisping wants to stand up but Galt is controlling him.
Bisping looks gassed!
Bisping being controlled here, momentarily.

Bisping isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Galt stacks Bisping on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Galt!
Bisping is trying to work for a sweep but Galt has mounted him!
Galt tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galt with the ground and pound from mount.
Galt controlling the pace for now.
Bisping wants to hold on but Galt pushes him away.
Galt looking to control and managing it successfully.
Galt lands a nice shot to the head.
Galt tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Galt drives through with a takedown into guard.
Galt won't allow Bisping to sweep him here.
Galt sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Bisping working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Galt has passed into half guard!
Bisping tries to get to full guard but Galt has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bisping manages to escape and get back to his feet!
John Galt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bisping is breathing heavily.
Bisping misses with a takedown attempt

and Galt counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Galt stays in close to Bisping's body and controls the position.
Galt landing some decent shots from guard.

Bisping has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Galt is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Bisping.
Bisping is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Bisping is trying to work for a sweep but Galt has mounted him!
Galt controlling his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. John Galt just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Galt looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Galt is trying to control the action in half guard but Bisping is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Galt content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Bisping is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galt lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bisping wants to get back to full guard.
Galt takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Bisping tries to get to full guard but Galt has control of the leg.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Galt scores a takedown into full mount!
Galt landing strikes from the mount.
Galt in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bisping is working to get back to half guard.
Bisping looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bisping is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Galt.
Galt throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Bisping!
Galt has Bisping flattened out and is raining down punches.
Bisping is covering up but some of the strikes from Galt are getting through and doing damage.
Bisping trying to control the hands but Galt breaks the grip.
John Galt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bisping breaks Galt's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Galt pulls Bisping in close to his closed guard and prevents Bisping from doing any damage or advancing position.

Bisping avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bisping postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Galt dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Galt closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bisping to the mat! Bisping manages to get full guard.
Bisping being controlled here, momentarily.
Galt has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Galt pushing down on Bisping's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Galt not doing much here.

Galt wants to work for an arm triangle but Bisping is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Galt is thwarting Bisping's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bisping is looking to improve his position.
Bisping takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Galt in particular looking to stall.
Bisping wants to get back to full guard but Galt has mounted him!
Galt controlling from the full mount.
Bisping is bucking up trying to escape but Galt cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Galt prevents Bisping from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bisping is looking to escape.
Bisping is in all sorts of trouble here.
Galt connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bisping is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Galt looking for a guillotine from mount but Bisping is having none of it.
Galt avoids the attempt from Bisping to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bisping is desperately trying to improve his position but Galt has a good base and remains in mount.
Bisping is just holding on here. Galt manages to take his back.
Galt slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Galt scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Bisping is looking for a way out.
Bisping can't escape the position.

Galt is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Bisping defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Galt has the hooks in. Bisping is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Galt doesn't have the hooks in and Bisping manages to turn into his guard.
Bisping wants to pass the guard but Galt is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rex Bisping has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bisping is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bisping is fighting to break Galt's control of his arms but Galt is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bisping trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Bisping decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Galt, up you get!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Galt.
Bisping misses with a combination

and Galt counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Galt.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Galt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Galt, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Galt!