PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Killian Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Victorio might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Massive Attack - Angel. Gallagher has chosen Kakkahätä 77 - Tää on sun helvetti as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Victorio
vs
Gallagher

193 cm
29
242 lbs
26 - 10 - 0

202 cm
36
250 lbs
26 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hardcore Nutrition
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonny Victorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Killian Gallagher!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victorio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gallagher bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gallagher throws a combination that misses
and Victorio counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gallagher fails to land with a series of punches.
Victorio loads up on a big right hand but Gallagher slips the punch.
Gallagher displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Victorio throws out the jab.
Gallagher looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gallagher lands with a nice combination. Victorio backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Jonny Victorio has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gallagher walks into a straight right hand from Victorio.
Victorio moves forwards but Gallagher connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Victorio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gallagher moves away.
Victorio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gallagher takes one on the button.
Victorio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher throws a hook but Victorio blocks it.
Gallagher slips under a jab from Victorio.
Victorio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Victorio closes the distance and pushes Gallagher back into the cage.
Victorio tries to break free but Gallagher pushes him back against the cage.
Victorio prevents a body shot from Gallagher.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gallagher works on Victorio's body with a couple of short punches.
Victorio gets through Gallagher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Victorio prevents Gallagher from breaking the clinch.
A short left from Victorio.
Victorio misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Victorio manages to break the clinch.
Victorio scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Gallagher scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gallagher is trying to control the action in half guard but Victorio is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Victorio kicks off Gallagher and gets to his feet.
Victorio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Victorio ducks under a wild hook from Gallagher.
Victorio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gallagher works over Victorio's head and body with a nice combination.
Gallagher lands a jab to the head.
Gallagher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gallagher misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Victorio misses the shot to the body.
Victorio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gallagher manages to avoid it.
Victorio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gallagher counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Victorio thinking.
Victorio scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gallagher doesn't seem bothered though.

Gallagher looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Victorio has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gallagher is working away from the top position though.
Gallagher has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gallagher can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Victorio is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio is trying to escape the mount.

Gallagher is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Victorio to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Victorio shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gallagher prevents Victorio from getting the reversal.
Gallagher avoids the attempt from Victorio to control.
Victorio is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Killian Gallagher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonny Victorio's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gallagher misses with a few strikes there.
Victorio throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gallagher has his takedown stuffed
and Victorio counters with a nice uppercut.
Killian Gallagher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gallagher cracks Victorio with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gallagher misses with a body shot.
Gallagher walks into a stiff left hand from Victorio.
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!
Victorio misses the jab.
Gallagher throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Victorio counters with a three punch combo that has Gallagher backing up. Gallagher nods at Victorio to acknowledge the strikes.
Victorio lands a right hook to the body.
Victorio scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Victorio lands a leg kick that knocks Gallagher off balance momentarily.
Victorio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gallagher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Victorio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Victorio scores with a body shot.
Gallagher is breathing heavily.
Gallagher sizes up Victorio with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Victorio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jonny Victorio is winning the standup battle so far.
Victorio throws a jab but it's blocked by Gallagher.
Victorio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gallagher has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Victorio lands a left and a right that send Gallagher crashing to the mat, dazed. Victorio thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Gallagher is rocked!

It looks like Killian Gallagher has been cut.
Victorio flashes Gallagher a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Gallagher's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Gallagher crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Victorio punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jonny Victorio!
In his post fight interview, Jonny Victorio started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.