PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bogdan Petrycki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Petrycki
vs
Gallagher

167 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bogdan Petrycki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brandon Gallagher!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallagher lands a two punch combo.
Petrycki stuns Gallagher with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Petrycki rushes Gallagher and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gallagher.
Petrycki blocks a body shot from Gallagher.
Gallagher has Petrycki pressed against the cage.
Petrycki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gallagher misses with the head strike.
Petrycki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Petrycki.
Gallagher misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Gallagher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gallagher is trying to force a seperation but Petrycki has the dominant position.
Petrycki tries to land knees in the clinch but Gallagher avoids the damage to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Gallagher.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Petrycki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Petrycki has Gallagher pushed against the cage.
Petrycki keeps control of Gallagher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrycki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice left hand lands by Petrycki.
Gallagher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gallagher is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right from Petrycki on the inside.
Petrycki pushes Gallagher back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gallagher is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right from Petrycki.
A hook to the body from Petrycki.
Gallagher working hard to break the clinch.
Petrycki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Petrycki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gallagher is keeping busy.
Petrycki pushes Gallagher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Gallagher is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher is trying to stall.
Gallagher's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Petrycki controlling the action here for a moment.
Gallagher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gallagher working aggressively here.
Petrycki is struggling to control the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Petrycki.
Gallagher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gallagher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher working aggressively here.
Gallagher tries a body shot but Petrycki blocks it.
Gallagher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gallagher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gallagher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gallagher tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gallagher lands a right hand.
Petrycki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gallagher throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Petryckis head.
Gallagher misses with some punches.
Petrycki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Petrycki keeps control of Gallagher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Petrycki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Petrycki scores with a shoulder strike.
Gallagher has a couple of punches blocked by Petrycki.
Gallagher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Petrycki's elbow.
Petrycki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gallagher is still on wobbly legs! Can Petrycki finish him?

Petrycki drops Gallagher onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Gallagher is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!

Gallagher manages to break the clinch.
Petrycki throws a nice looking combination but Gallagher bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Petrycki throws a series of punches but Gallagher avoids them all with ease.
Petrycki swings for the body but Gallagher moves out of range.
Gallagher bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Petrycki has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Petrycki.
Petrycki stalls.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Petrycki - that landed with a thud.
Petrycki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gallagher's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Petrycki is trying to stall.
Gallagher seems to have recovered his senses.
Gallagher is trying to break the clinch but Petrycki is controlling him.

Petrycki drops Gallagher onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Gallagher is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bogdan Petrycki dominated that round.
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 does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Petrycki cracks Gallagher on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Gallagher falls backwards against the cage. Petrycki follows up with more strikes that drop Gallagher to his knees. Petrycki keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Gallagher! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bogdan Petrycki!
A less than humble Bogdan Petrycki misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.