PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between My Gal (ranked 7906 p4p, 281 weight class) and George Papadopoulos (ranked 7017 p4p, 264 weight class). Papadopoulos has chosen Planet of Zeus - Vigilante as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that George Papadopoulos was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Gal
vs
Papadopoulos

175 cm
19
142 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

188 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Likes musicals

Knockdown Clothes

Pit Bull Development

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, My Gal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, George Papadopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Francis DeMontford and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Papadopoulos dives in and scores a takedown into Gal's guard.
Gal throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Papadopoulos slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Papadopoulos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gal tries to strike from the bottom.
Gal has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gal thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Gal will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Papadopoulos seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Papadopoulos wants to pass the guard but Gal is keeping the position.
Gal throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gal being controlled here, momentarily.
Gal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Papadopoulos slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Gal.
Papadopoulos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gal flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gal gets back to full guard.
Papadopoulos looking to pass the guard.
Papadopoulos slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gal wants to control the position but Papadopoulos says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Papadopoulos is thwarting Gal's attempts to control the position.
Gal throws a strike from the bottom but Papadopoulos passes into side control!
Gal tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Papadopoulos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Papadopoulos is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Gal sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos wants to pass to mount but Gal is defending the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gal tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Papadopoulos sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gal wants to control but Papadopoulos is keeping busy.
Gal tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Papadopoulos looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gal trying to control here.
Papadopoulos wants to pass to mount but Gal is defending the position.
Papadopoulos looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gal is not content to let Papadopoulos control the position.
Gal misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Papadopoulos blocks the strikes from Gal.
Papadopoulos keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Papadopoulos tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gal defends well and Papadopoulos ends up having to push Gal into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Papadopoulos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A jab lands there for Gal.

Papadopoulos is rocked!
Gal checks the leg kick nicely there.
Papadopoulos is still on wobbly legs! Can Gal finish him?
Papadopoulos leaves his chin hanging out and Gal seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Papadopoulos crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). My Gal!