PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Facaloto Gals (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alpha Male (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gals
vs
Male

189 cm
21
189 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

200 cm
27
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========#

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Facaloto Gals!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alpha Male!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gals decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Gals is working for a kimura but Male is defending it quite comfortably.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gals lands a nice short elbow.
Male trying to hold on to Gals's head to control him but Gals postures up.
Gals throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gals wants to take a breather but Male is having none of it.
Male is trying to stand up here but Gals is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gals slips a nice elbow through Male's hands, connecting with Male's forehead.
Male has hold of Gals's hands but Gals slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gals is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Male doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gals.
Gals not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Male wants to improve his position but Gals is controlling well.
Gals working Male over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Male blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gals.

Gals looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gals missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Gals connects with a nice short shot to Male's temple.
Gals lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Male blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gals.

Gals is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gals drops an elbow to the side of Male's head.
Gals prevents Male from improving his position.
Gals throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gals drops an elbow to the side of Male's head.
Male is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Male keeping hold of Gals's head, controlling as best he can.

Gals is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Male doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gals.
Male is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gals thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gals throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gals stops Male from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gals is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Gals is working for a kimura but Male is defending it quite comfortably.

Gals is working for a submission of some sort.
Male blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gals.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gals wants to work for an arm triangle but Male is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Facaloto Gals 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.

Male lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Male.
Gals closes this distance looking for a takedown but Male circles away.
Gals shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Male has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gals wants to take the fight to the mat but Male manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Facaloto Gals. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Male prevents a takedown attempt there.
A nice right hand lands inside from Male.
Male misses with a punch to the body.

Male manages to break the clinch.

Male clinches up with Gals and pushes him back against the cage.
Male is trying to break free.
A right handed body shot lands from Male.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Male lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gals backwards.
Male lands a body shot in the clinch.

Male pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Male fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sloppy strikes from Male. Those never looked like landing.
Gals shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Male sprawls well. Male wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gals gets slowly back to his feet.
Gals throws a wild hook but Male just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Gals gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Male raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alpha Male!
Alpha Male gave a mention to [GTI] Divine Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).