PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Galloway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Padua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dennis Padua will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Galloway
vs
Padua

169 cm
24
279 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

200 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dean Galloway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dennis Padua!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Padua clinches.
Padua digs a right hand into Galloway's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Galloway's gas tank.

Galloway successfully pulls guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Padua in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Padua content to stall in guard here.

Padua gets to his feet - Galloway follows without any prompting.

Oooh a lovely combination from Padua sends Galloway down but not out. Padua dives into side control looking to finish.

It looks like Dean Galloway has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Padua stands up and beckons Galloway to his feet.
Padua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Padua pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Galloway back to the cage. Padua follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Galloway takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Padua uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Galloway has time to react.
Padua connects with a nice cross there... Galloway is looking wobbly and Padua recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Galloway to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Padua jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dennis Padua!