PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Julio Galvao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Dawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galvao comes to the cage accompanied by Sandstorm. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Galvao
vs
Dawson

182 cm
20
162 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

172 cm
26
145 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julio Galvao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luke Dawson!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawson throws a quick inside leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Dawson

and Galvao counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Galvao.
Galvao leaning his opponent against the cage.
Galvao taking a breather.
Galvao avoids a wild elbow strike from Dawson.
Galvao leaning his opponent against the cage.
Galvao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dawsons head.
Galvao content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Dawson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dawson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice cross by Galvao.
Dawson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Galvao avoids the head kick by Dawson.
Dawson throws a sloppy head kick

and Galvao holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nice body punch from Galvao - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Galvao's defenses.
Galvao blocks a body shot from Dawson.

Galvao drags the fight down to the ground.
Dawson wants to stand but Galvao has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Galvao has his feet on Dawson's thighs here. He's pushed Dawson 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! Dawson screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Julio Galvao!
During a confident post fight interview, Julio Galvao thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.