PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Galanis (ranked 664 p4p, 1095 weight class) and Murilo Ninja (ranked 95 p4p, 153 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Galanis
vs
Ninja

185 cm
31
185
16 - 8 - 0

176 cm
40
187
25 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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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 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adrian Galanis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Murilo Ninja!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galanis lands a jab.
Galanis misses the shot to the body.

Ninja fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Galanis sprawls well initially but Ninja persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Galanis wants to get back to his feet.
Galanis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ninja.
Ninja sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Galanis defending well though.
Ninja throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Galanis has hold of Ninja's hands but Ninja slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ninja sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Galanis defending well though.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Ninja working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Ninja is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ninja stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ninja lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galanis is staying active underneath Ninja, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Galanis trying to control from the bottom.
Ninja is taking a breather. Galanis says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ninja throwing shots but Galanis is blocking nicely.
Ninja lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ninja throwing shots but Galanis is blocking nicely.
Ninja trying to control from half guard but Galanis is working away.
Ninja with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ninja slips a nice elbow through Galanis's hands, connecting with Galanis's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ninja has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ninja with the ground and pound from mount.
Ninja looking to finish Galanis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Galanis!
Ninja controlling the pace for now.
The referee warns Galanis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Ninja.
Ninja tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ninja throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Galanis is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ninja is landing with some decent strikes but Galanis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Galanis is looking to improve his position but Ninja isn't that keen on the idea.
Ninja working the ground and pound effectively.
Ninja has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ninja can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Galanis is looking to escape.
Ninja lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Galanis tries to hold on but Ninja postures up.
Ninja scoring with strikes but Galanis is staying in there.
Ninja dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ninja landing strikes, looking to finish!

Galanis is rocked!
Ninja lands a big shot there that rocks Galanis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh Galanis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ninja lands a heavy elbow.
Ninja loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Galanis scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Ninja land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Ninja stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Murilo Ninja!
Murilo Ninja really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Altitude Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.