PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boy Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Gallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastos comes to the cage accompanied by Victory. Bastos has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bastos
vs
Gallo

190 cm
32
300 lbs
8 - 16 - 0

225 cm
32
300 lbs
15 - 19 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Good chin

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 8 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Boy Bastos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Gallo!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallo moves in looking to clinch but Bastos pushes him off.
Gallo lands with a nice combination. Bastos backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Boy Bastos has been cut.
Gallo tries to bum rush Bastos with a series of wild strikes but Bastos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A right-left combo lands from Gallo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastos throws a head kick that misses
and Gallo counters with a series of strikes. Bastos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bastos is breathing heavily.
Gallo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bastos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Bastos. No joy for Gallo on that attempt.
Gallo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bastos as he avoids it easily.
Boy Bastos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Gallo.
Gallo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gallo lands with a slapping head kick.

Bastos clinches with his opponent.
Gallo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gallo tries to land knees in the clinch but Bastos avoids the damage to the body.
Bastos tries to work over Gallo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gallo misses with a knee strike.
Gallo working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Gallo breaks the clinch.
Gallo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gallo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bastos has Gallo up against the cage in a clinch.
Gallo stalling in the clinch but Bastos improves position.
Bastos has had enough of the clinch but Gallo keeps him there for the moment.
Bastos tries a knee to the head but Gallo blocks it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gallo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Gallo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gallo clinches up against the cage.
Gallo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gallo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gallo obliges.

Gallo has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Bastos uses from the top position.
Gallo wants to sweep here but Bastos controlling him for the moment.
Gallo is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ryan Gallo was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Bastos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bastos tries to stand and escape but Gallo actually recovers to full guard.
Gallo is pulling down on Bastos's head to control his posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bastos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gallo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ryan Gallo.
Bastos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
No luck for Gallo with that takedown attempt.

Gallo scores a takedown into full mount!
Gallo wants to control the pace but Bastos is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gallo looking to secure an arm triangle but Bastos defends it well.
Gallo trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Gallo is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bastos can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gallo is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Bastos can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Gallo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boy Bastos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Gallo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bastos as he jumps to the side.

Gallo gets tackled into the cage by Bastos. Bastos maintains the clinch.
Gallo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bastos's elbow.
Bastos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gallo avoids it.

Bastos has Gallo pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Bastos pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Gallo tumbling to the mat - Bastos dives into Gallo's guard.
Gallo is trying to control the position but Bastos postures up.
Gallo has control of Bastos's left arm, preventing Bastos from doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Ryan Gallo hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Gallo looking to score a takedown here. Bastos is defending well but Gallo drives through and ends up in Bastos's guard.
Bastos keeping moving, preventing Gallo from controlling successfully.
Gallo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gallo trying to control from half guard but Bastos is working away.
Ryan Gallo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gallo passes the guard and advances to mount!

Gallo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Bastos manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Bastos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gallo on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gallo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gallo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Gallo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Gallo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bastos has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gallo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Gallo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gallo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Gallo is trying to get an arm triangle but Bastos is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gallo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Gallo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Gallo working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gallo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Gallo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Boy Bastos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Gallo closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bastos quickly recovers to half guard.

Gallo is trying for a kimura here. Bastos looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Gallo wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ryan Gallo!