PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Reem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Gallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reem comes to the cage accompanied by Fabolous - My Time ft. Jeremih. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reem
vs
Gallo

185 cm
20
190 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

CEC Nutrition Q159 (*$75*)
Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Reem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Gallo!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gallo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Reem to the mat! Reem manages to get full guard.
Gallo wants to get up but he can't break Reem's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Reem pushes Gallo off and scrambles back to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Reem.
Gallo looks to land a right hand but Reem moved out of range.
Reem gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Reem misses with a takedown attempt
and Gallo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reem shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gallo as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Reem. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reem tries to clinch but Gallo moves away
and Gallo counters with a body kick that stops Reem in his tracks momentarily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Reem moves in looking to clinch but Gallo pushes him off.
Reem on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Reem uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gallo.
Gallo looks to land a body kick but Reem moved away.
Gallo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reem circles away quickly and effectively.
Gallo throws a push kick but Reem slaps the foot to one side.
Gallo just misses with a punch to the body.

Gallo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallo tries to get to his feet but Reem is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Gallo in his guard.

Reem throws his legs up looking for a submission but Gallo uses it to pass to side control.
Gallo tries to move into full mount but can't pass Reem's legs.
Reem is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gallo's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Gallo is thwarting Reem's attempts to control the position.
Reem missing with punches from the bottom.
Reem trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallo wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Reem uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Reem is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Reem sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gallo defending well though.
Gallo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Reem has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gallo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Reem.

Reem wants to work for an arm triangle but Gallo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Reem escapes and gets back to his feet.
Gallo looks to land a right hand but Reem moved out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Gallo as Reem shoots in.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reem shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gallo throws a shot from downtown. Reem moves away and avoids it.
Gallo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Reem with a poor takedown
and Gallo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Gallo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gallo wants to get back to his feet.
Reem is trying to maintain the position but Gallo is very close to passing his half guard.

Reem pushes Gallo off and gets back to his feet.
Gallo throws a right hand that Reem ducks under and follows up with a left that Reem also avoids with ease.
Reem fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Gallo.
Gallo throws a lazy uppercut
and Reem finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gallo looks to land a right hand but Reem moved out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Gallo.
Gallo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gallo wants it to stay on the feet.
Reem fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Reem.
Gallo throws a series of punches but Reem avoids them all with ease.
Reem shoots in for a takedown but Gallo shows good takedown defense.
Reem tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gallo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gallo leaves Reem with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gallo cracks Reem with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reem fails with a takedown attempt.
Gallo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Reem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Gallo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Reem takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nick Gallo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reem shoots and misses
and Gallo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight stays on the outside here - Reem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nick Gallo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gallo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gallo wants it to stay on the feet.
Reem moves in looking to clinch but Gallo pushes him off.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Reem. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Gallo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gallo throws a good cross that connects.

Gallo fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Reem sprawls well initially but Gallo persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Reem looking for submissions off his back.
Reem blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gallo.
Gallo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Reem moves into full guard.

Reem working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gallo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gallo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nick Gallo has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gallo gets to his feet. Reem looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Gallo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Reem shoots in looking for a takedown. Gallo tries to sprawl out of it but Reem keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gallo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Reem. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reem takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gallo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A head kick misses from Reem.
Gallo swats away the attempt to clinch by Reem.
Gallo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reem looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Reem tries to clinch
and Gallo counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reem tries for a takedown but Gallo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gallo connects with a jab.

Gallo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Reem's guard.

Reem looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gallo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reem's head.
Gallo works over Reem with some ground and pound from guard.
Gallo stopping the sweep attempt from Reem.

Reem working for a triangle but Gallo defends it easily.
Gallo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gallo preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallo trying to stand up but can't free himself from Reem's guard.

Reem working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gallo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gallo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gallo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reem. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gallo throwing strikes but missing.

Reem is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Gallo defends well.

Reem escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gallo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gallo with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Reem has his feet on Gallo's thighs here. He's pushed Gallo off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Gallo screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anderson Reem!
A less than humble Anderson Reem misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.