PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demon SkyDream (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Galloway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

SkyDream
vs
Galloway

195 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Demon SkyDream!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Galloway!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
SkyDream tries to close the distance and clinch but Galloway swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
SkyDream tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Galloway manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

SkyDream moves into the clinch successfully.
SkyDream misses with a body punch.

SkyDream has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Galloway is trying to keep an underhook but SkyDream manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Galloway moves into full guard.

Galloway has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but SkyDream can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
SkyDream wants to stand but Galloway is controlling his posture from full guard.
Galloway is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galloway is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
SkyDream wants to pass the guard but Galloway is keeping the position.
Galloway looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
SkyDream advances position into side control!
Galloway sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galloway wants to control but SkyDream is keeping busy.

SkyDream is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Galloway gets full guard.
SkyDream postures up.
SkyDream tries to free his leg and advance position but Galloway is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
SkyDream seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
SkyDream got a little sloppy there for a moment and Galloway has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, SkyDream has managed to get both his arms back between Galloway's legs - danger averted.

Galloway throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Galloway not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
SkyDream's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
SkyDream wants to control from the top but Galloway keeps moving.
SkyDream would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
SkyDream has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
SkyDream trying to control but Galloway is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Demon SkyDream.
Galloway is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Galloway drives through and clinches with SkyDream against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

SkyDream's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
SkyDream tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Galloway swivels and escapes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Justin Galloway will probably get the nod.
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.

SkyDream throws a chopping leg kick but Galloway manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Galloway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Galloway doesn't succeed with the takedown

and SkyDream counters with a takedown into side control.
Galloway tries to get back to half guard but can't.
SkyDream is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Galloway will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Galloway can't do much from the bottom here.
Galloway managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by SkyDream.
You can see the frustration on Galloway's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Demon SkyDream overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galloway is not content to let SkyDream control the position.
Galloway seems a little lost for a moment, as SkyDream dominates the positioning.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Galloway fails with a takedown attempt.
SkyDream misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galloway avoids the head kick by SkyDream.
SkyDream misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
SkyDream has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demon SkyDream. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Galloway clinches up with SkyDream and pushes him back against the cage.
Galloway is trying to drag SkyDream to the mat but SkyDream just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
SkyDream jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Galloway walks away with a smile on his face. SkyDream gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
SkyDream is trying hard to land a takedown here. Galloway sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Justin Galloway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
SkyDream misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Galloway fails in his attempt to clinch.
Galloway misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from SkyDream.
Galloway looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

SkyDream gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Galloway to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Galloway stands up and waves to SkyDream to follow him.

Galloway feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galloway scoring with some ground and pound.
SkyDream avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Galloway postures up in SkyDream's guard and throws a big left but SkyDream blocks it.
SkyDream controls Galloway momentarily but Galloway frees himself.
Galloway passes SkyDream's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Galloway has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can SkyDream defend it? Galloway steps over the head and cranks it - SkyDream is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Galloway!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Justin Galloway!
A very excited looking Justin Galloway made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.