PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zalt Gaanja (ranked 992 p4p, 1168 weight class) and Adrian Galanis (ranked 157 p4p, 184 weight class). Gaanja comes to the cage accompanied by Nathan Evans - Wellerman. 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 Adrian Galanis was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Gaanja
vs
Galanis

195 cm
27
190
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
27
185
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zalt Gaanja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adrian Galanis!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galanis throws a hook but Gaanja avoids it easily.
Galanis throws a big shot that misses.
Galanis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gaanja was well out of range. Poor timing from Galanis.
Good exchange - Gaanja coming out on top.
An inside leg kick from Galanis misses.
Galanis takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gaanja connects with a body shot that sends Galanis's belly button to the back.
Gaanja lands with an uppercut that bounces Galanis off the cage and back into range.
Galanis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gaanja's head.
Gaanja misses with a wild body shot.
Galanis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Galanis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Galanis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gaanja.
Galanis staying out of range there.
Galanis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gaanja tries to counter with a takedown but Galanis is quick to defend against it.
Gaanja tests Galanis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Galanis misses with a looping left.
Gaanja throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Galanis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galanis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Gaanja blocks the leg kick.
Galanis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gaanja circles away quickly and effectively.
Gaanja feinted with a counter takedown.
Gaanja misses with a hook.
Galanis walks into a left hand.
Gaanja misses the jab.
Adrian Galanis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Galanis lands a jab to Gaanja's midsection.
Nice body punch from Galanis.
Gaanja shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Galanis counters with a nice uppercut.
Gaanja throws a hook but Galanis avoids it easily.
Galanis throws out a loose jab but Gaanja uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galanis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Galanis throws a shot from downtown. Gaanja moves away and avoids it.
Galanis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gaanja ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Galanis moves away.
It seemed like Galanis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Galanis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gaanja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gaanja takes a jab right on the kisser.
Galanis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gaanja lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gaanja moves away from the strike by Galanis.
Galanis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gaanja lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gaanja throws a hook but Galanis avoids it easily.
Galanis misses with a series of wild punches.
Gaanja punishes Galanis's body with a nice straight punch.
Gaanja misses with a hook. Galanis ducked under it nicely.
Galanis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galanis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gaanja.
Gaanja avoids a punch combination nicely.
Galanis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gaanja's sensitive parts.
Gaanja avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gaanja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Galanis was well out of range. Poor timing from Gaanja.
Nice uppercut there from Gaanja.
Gaanja lands with a shot to the body.
Galanis works the jab nicely.
Gaanja looks to score with a jab to the body but Galanis is just out of range.
Galanis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gaanja.
That kick from Galanis tenderised Gaanja's leg. Gaanja is trying to keep his angry face on.
Galanis lands with a hook. Gaanja tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gaanja throws a sloppy body shot
and Galanis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Galanis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gaanja.
Gaanja missing with a left hand there. Galanis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Galanis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gaanja takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Galanis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gaanja has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gaanja throws a hook to the side of Galanis's head but Galanis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gaanja takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Galanis lands a hook that stumbles Gaanja back into the cage. Galanis follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Gaanja to the canvas! Galanis pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Gaanja has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Adrian Galanis!
After winning the bout, Adrian Galanis thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.