PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulie Galtieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfred Bitter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulie Galtieri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Galtieri
vs
Bitter

170 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

162 cm
20
158 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Intelligent

Max Octane Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paulie Galtieri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alfred Bitter!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Galtieri gets tackled into the cage by Bitter. Bitter maintains the clinch.
The referee calls for Bitter to work.
Bitter stalling.
Bitter pushes off an throws an elbow but Galtieri leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bitter misses with a knee strike.
Bitter leaning against his opponent.
Galtieri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bitter lands a nice knee to the body.
Bitter should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bitter holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Galtieri is working for takedown but Bitter is calmly controlling the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bitter stalling in the clinch.
Galtieri has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bitter is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Galtieri letting Bitter take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galtieri drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bitter gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulie Galtieri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bitter with a knee to the head.
Bitter looking to throw knees to the head but Galtieri is blocking nicely.
Bitter is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bitter tries a knee to the head but Galtieri blocks it.
Bitter stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Alfred Bitter.
Galtieri fails to land the takedown.
Galtieri connects with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Galtieri gets tackled into the cage by Bitter. Bitter maintains the clinch.
Bitter stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bitter connects with a knee to the head.
Bitter'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.
Galtieri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bitter stalls.
Bitter scores with a knee to the head.
Bitter unloads a knee to the mid-section. Galtieri lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bitter prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bitter obliges.
Galtieri managing to block the knees to the body from Bitter.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bitter.
Galtieri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bitter tries a knee to the head but Galtieri blocks it.
Galtieri on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bitter manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bitter'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.
Bitter leaning against his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bitter just leaning against Galtieri, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Alfred Bitter.
Bitter throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Bitter.
Bitter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Galtieri throws a series of punches but Bitter moves out of range.

Galtieri closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Galtieri lands in his opponent's guard.

Bitter is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Galtieri presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Bitter.
Galtieri is looking for a takedown.
Bitter stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alfred Bitter dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bitter wants to clinch.
Galtieri changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Galtieri circles away from the clinch attempt.
Galtieri lands with an overhand left.
Bitter blocks a jab.
Galtieri steps in with a hook that catches Bitter right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Galtieri follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Bitter looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulie Galtieri!
A very excited looking Paulie Galtieri made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.