PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Galt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben Lagus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Galt might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to State of the Union by Rise Against. Lagus has chosen Llevas Polka as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Galt
vs
Lagus

192 cm
23
218 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Prestige Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Galt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruben Lagus!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lagus connects with a solid leg kick.
Galt throws a series of strikes that have Lagus backpedaling.
Lagus misses with a body shot.
Galt connects with a leg kick. Lagus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lagus misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagus misses with a body punch
and Galt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lagus throws out a loose jab but Galt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Lagus.
Galt throws a leg kick
and Lagus counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lagus. That did some damage!
Galt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Galt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Galt misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lagus throws a lazy head kick
and Galt counters with an outside leg kick.
Galt throws a leg kick
and Lagus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Galt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lagus moves away from the strike by Galt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lagus swings for the body but Galt moves out of range.
Lagus shoots in but no luck this time.
Lagus slips a straight right by Galt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Galt connects with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Galt dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Galt checks a leg kick.
Galt attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lagus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lagus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Galt is able to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lagus checks a leg kick.
Lagus throws a head kick but Galt moves out of range.
Lagus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Galt was well out of range. Poor timing from Lagus.
Lagus throws an off balance right hand
and Galt counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lagus misses with a straight left.
Galt throws a leg kick but Lagus moved away.
Galt throws a leg kick
and Lagus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lagus looks to score with a jab to the body but Galt is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lagus lands with a cross.
Lagus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lagus misses with a right hand
and Galt counters with a good low kick that Lagus was not able to check.
A low kick from Galt misses
and Lagus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lagus throws a poor cross that misses
and Galt counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Lagus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Galt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Galt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lagus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruben Lagus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Galt throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lagus falls off balance throwing a combination
and Galt counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lagus misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagus lands a leg kick that knocks Galt off balance momentarily.
John Galt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Galt throws out a leg kick but Lagus moves out of range and Galt only half commits.
A head kick misses from Galt.
A low kick from Galt misses
and Lagus counters with a low kick, right behind Galt 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Galt swinging wildly here.
Lagus avoids the head kick by Galt.
Lagus keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lagus closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Galt bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Lagus swats away the attempt to clinch by Galt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lagus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Galt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Galt throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lagus counters with a straight right hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lagus throws a leg kick
and Lagus takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruben Lagus really dominated that 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.

Lagus keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Galt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Galt moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galt throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Lagus counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagus blocks a low kick nicely.
Galt walks into a stiff left hand from Lagus.
Lagus throws out a loose jab but Galt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lagus lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lagus jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Galt throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lagus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Lagus is predictable there
and Galt counters with an outside leg kick.
Lagus throws a leg kick but Galt checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Galt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lagus.
Galt staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lagus on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Galt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lagus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruben Lagus dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Lagus blocks a head kick by Galt.
Galt misses with a wild body shot.
Galt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lagus.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lagus swings for the body but Galt moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lagus moves out of range as Galt throws a body kick.
Galt tries a head kick but it misses.
Galt throws a poor cross that misses

and Lagus counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galt is trying to control but can't.
Lagus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lagus throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Galt is trying to control but can't.
Galt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lagus.
Galt trying to control here.

We're going to have a standup here because John Galt wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Galt tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lagus loads up on a big right hand but Galt slips the punch.
Galt tries to clinch up.
Galt slips a jab from Lagus.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lagus takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nice shot lands for Lagus.
Ruben Lagus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Galt misses with a leg kick
and Lagus counters with a good low kick that Galt was not able to check.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lagus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruben Lagus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lagus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 46:49
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruben Lagus! Ruben Lagus retains his light heavyweight title!