PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Teriibe Galgo (ranked 1345 p4p, 2218 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 207 p4p, 345 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Galgo
vs
Sanchez

196 cm
27
205
8 - 6 - 0

190 cm
28
205
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Teriibe Galgo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galgo misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Galgo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sanchez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Galgo misses with a hook.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Galgo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big right from Galgo misses.
Galgo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez lands a hook that snaps the head of Galgo backwards.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Galgo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanchez keeps control of Galgo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Galgo is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Galgo blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Galgo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Galgo keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Galgo misses with a body shot.
Diego Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Galgo throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.

Sanchez darts in and clinches Galgo up against the cage.
Galgo is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez keeps control of Galgo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Galgo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Sanchez moves into the clinch.
Sanchez scores with a shoulder strike.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Galgo tries to circle away but Sanchez has him pinned against the cage.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Galgo avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
I was talking to Galgo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Sanchez controlling the action here for a moment.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Galgo's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Galgo misses with the head strike.
Galgo pushes Sanchez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Galgo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Galgo's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Galgo working hard to break the clinch.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Galgo.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Galgo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galgo is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling him.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Galgo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Galgo is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanchez has double underhooks.
Galgo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Galgo tries to break free but Sanchez pushes him back against the cage.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.

Galgo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Galgo slips a straight right by Sanchez.

Sanchez clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Sanchez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galgo is trying to push Sanchez away but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sanchez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Galgo's efforts to push away.
Galgo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanchez digs a right hand underneath Galgo's ribcage. Galgo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Galgo's efforts to push away.
A bit of stalling here from Sanchez.
A bit of stalling here from Sanchez.
A frustrated look appears on Galgo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Galgo tries to break free but Sanchez pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Galgo.
Sanchez stalling against the cage.

Galgo manages to break the clinch.
Galgo misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a stiff right hand.
Galgo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sanchez.
Sanchez moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.

Sanchez moves into range and clinches up with Galgo.
Galgo wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Galgo.
Galgo is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
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!
Galgo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Galgo has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
Sanchez prevents Galgo from breaking the clinch.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Galgo's elbow.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Galgo backwards.
Sanchez blocks a body shot from Galgo.

Galgo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Galgo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Galgo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sanchez. Sanchez obviously looking to wear him down.
Galgo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Galgo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Sanchez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Galgo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to clinch up but Galgo circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.

Sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Galgo uses good head movement to avoid it.

Galgo breaks from the clinch.

Sanchez pushes Galgo up against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez pushes Galgo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Galgo has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galgo lands a left hand.
Galgo misses with a punch to the body.

Galgo breaks from the clinch.
Galgo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sanchez has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Galgo.
Sanchez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Teriibe Galgo is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Galgo.
Sanchez only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Galgo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez tries a quick counter leg kick but Galgo is wise to it.
Galgo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanchez can pounce on him.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Galgo is having none of it.
Galgo misses with a straight right.
Sanchez thumps Galgo with a low kick.

Sanchez rushes Galgo and presses him up against the cage.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sanchez digs a right hand underneath Galgo's ribcage. Galgo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez gets through Galgo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Galgo lands with a left to the head.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diego Sanchez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Sanchez stalling.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sanchez in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Galgo has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Galgo avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Galgo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Galgo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Galgo working hard to break the clinch.

Galgo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Galgo moved away.
Galgo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Galgo.
Galgo throws an overhand right that lands on Sanchez's shoulder, as Sanchez tries to avoid the shot.
Decent striking displayed by Sanchez there.

Galgo is rocked!
Galgo is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Sanchez doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Galgo crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Galgo's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Diego Sanchez!
Diego Sanchez is the new light heavyweight champion!