PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Crack Head (ranked 4463 p4p, 437 weight class) and Finn Gallow (ranked 22474 p4p, 619 weight class). Finn Gallow is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Head
vs
Gallow

170 cm
24
153 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

180 cm
23
158 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crack Head!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Finn Gallow!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Head closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gallow did well to prevent Head getting side control.
Head moves nicely into side control.
Head prevents Gallow from escaping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Head wants to control but Gallow is keeping him busy.

Head is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gallow has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gallow is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Head is controlling him well.

Head looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gallow is looking to regain half guard here but Head keeps moving and retains side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Head is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gallow is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Gallow tries to escape but Head is in control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Head is chipping away with strikes.
Gallow is looking for a sweep.

Head wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gallow, who protects the arm well.
Gallow is trying to buck Head off.
Head wants to control but Gallow is keeping him busy.

Gallow throws Head to one side and escapes!
Gallow lands a leg kick that knocks Head off balance momentarily.
A left lands for Gallow.
Head on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Head drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gallow tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Head presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Gallow tries to reverse the position but Head maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Head looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gallow is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Head won't let Gallow get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gallow in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gallow's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

Head looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gallow is squirming around, avoiding Head's attempts to control the action.
Gallow is in a horrible position here. Head smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Head is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Gallow can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gallow's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

Head with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The referee warns Gallow that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Head won't let Gallow get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gallow is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Head is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Gallow has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Head postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gallow looks a forlorn figure.
Head landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Head lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Head 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.
Gallow really wants to buck Head off and get back to his feet.
Head seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Gallow is holding on tight.
Head landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Head looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Head lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Head jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gallow manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Head tries for a kimura but Gallow is defending well.

Head wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gallow, who protects the arm well.
Gallow wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

An inside leg kick lands from Gallow.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Head is defended easily by Gallow.
Head takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Head gets a takedown into half guard.
Head looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gallow is trying to stand back up but Head is controlling him
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Head prevents Gallow from improving his position.
Gallow wants to get back to his feet.
Head is looking to advance position but Gallow won't allow it.
Crack Head overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Head is looking to take a break and control but Gallow is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Head is looking for a kimura but Gallow is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Head to get the leverage.
Head working the head and body with strikes.
Gallow wants to get back to his feet.
Gallow missing with punches from the bottom.

Head is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Head in particular looking to stall.
Head is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gallow can do to turn this around?
Gallow is looking to escape.

Head seems to be looking for submissions.
Gallow is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Head is looking for a kimura but Gallow is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Head to get the leverage.
Gallow is looking to escape.
Head is trying to control. Gallow wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Gallow stuffs the takedown attempt from Head. Head gets slowly back to his feet.
Gallow throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Head shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Head showed some decent athleticism there.
Head stops Gallow from getting back to his feet.
Head throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gallow is looking to escape.
Head wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gallow keeps working.
Gallow wants to improve his position but Head is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Head there.
Gallow tries to get to full guard but Head has control of the leg.
Head stops Gallow from getting back to his feet.
Gallow trying to get back to full guard but Head takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Gallow tries to hold on but Head pushes him away.
Gallow tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Head working for a guillotine from mount but Gallow is in no mood to give up.
Gallow in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Head with the ground and pound from mount.
You get the feeling that Gallow really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Head sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gallow takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gallow defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Head.
Head looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gallow has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Gallow is trying to roll into a better position but Head has get a rear naked choke and Gallow is forced to tap out! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Crack Head!
Our winner, Crack Head, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.