PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Lorusso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Galazin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Lorusso has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lorusso
vs
Galazin

175 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
219 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Lorusso!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren Galazin!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lorusso misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lorusso shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Galazin but Galazin pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Galazin pushes Lorusso up against the ropes in a clinch.

Galazin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lorusso pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lorusso fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lorusso.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Lorusso. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lorusso misses with a two punch combination.

Galazin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lorusso manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lorusso working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Galazin.
Galazin trying to control the position from guard on top but Lorusso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lorusso working a defensive guard here.
Lorusso knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Galazin on the ground.
Galazin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lorusso's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galazin wants to take a breather but Lorusso is having none of it.
Ground and pound from Galazin.
Galazin stalling.
Lorusso avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Galazin.
Lorusso is trying to get back to full guard.
Lorusso lands with a few short shots to the body.
Lorusso is breathing heavily.
Galazin trying to control from half guard but Lorusso is working away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Galazin is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Galazin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Galazin is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Lorusso is just riding it out for now. Galazin eventually gives up the hold.
Galazin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lorusso's head.
Galazin winds up and cracks Lorusso with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lorusso is trying to stand up here but Galazin is controlling him well.
Galazin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Galazin is thwarting Lorusso's attempts to control the position.
Galazin wants to control but Lorusso is keeping him busy.

Galazin stands up out of the half guard.
Galazin shoots in for a double leg but Lorusso sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lorusso looks to clinch

and Galazin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Galazin.
Galazin stands and throws Lorusso's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Galazin lands a nice forearm strike.
Galazin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lorusso keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galazin lands a nice forearm strike.
Lorusso takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Galazin is looking to take a break and control but Lorusso is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lorusso might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Lorusso strikes from the bottom but Galazin takes advantage and advances to full mount!
Galazin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Galazin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Galazin feints and as Lorusso raises his hands in defense, Galazin changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Galazin trying to control the position from guard on top but Lorusso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lorusso controls Galazin momentarily but Galazin frees himself.
Galazin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Lorusso is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Galazin is aware though and is defending well.
Galazin looking to pass the guard.

Lorusso looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Galazin sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galazin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lorusso's head.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Galazin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Galazin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lorusso wants to get back to his feet.
Galazin slips a nice elbow through Lorusso's hands, connecting with Lorusso's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lorusso trying to control from the bottom.
Lorusso misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Galazin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lorusso is trying to stand.
Darren Galazin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Galazin slips a nice elbow through Lorusso's hands, connecting with Lorusso's forehead.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Galazin pushes Lorusso up against the ropes in a clinch.
Galazin leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Galazin fails to pull guard.
Galazin blocks the elbow strike.

Galazin pulls Lorusso into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lorusso throwing strikes from guard but Galazin blocks nicely.
Galazin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lorusso manages to get himself to full guard.
Lorusso looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Galazin puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Lorusso missing with punches from the bottom.
Lorusso is looking to improve his position.
Galazin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lorusso is refusing to be controlled, as Galazin sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lorusso taking some punishment here, with Galazin in his half guard.

Galazin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lorusso sees it coming and defends easily.
Galazin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lorusso does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Galazin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lorusso with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Galazin drops an elbow to the side of Lorusso's head.
Galazin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lorusso defending well though.
Lorusso is staying active underneath Galazin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lorusso is looking to escape.
Galazin seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Galazin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Lorusso lands a lovely overhand right.

Galazin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Lorusso actively working from the bottom here.

Galazin is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Galazin lands a nice short elbow.
Lorusso looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Galazin working Lorusso over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lorusso flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Lorusso is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Galazin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Galazin performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Lorusso missing with punches from the bottom.
Galazin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Galazin blocks the strikes from Lorusso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Galazin seems to be looking for submissions.
Galazin slips a nice elbow through Lorusso's hands, connecting with Lorusso's forehead.
Lorusso is not content to let Galazin control the position.
Lorusso landing a few short strikes.
Galazin winds up and cracks Lorusso with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Galazin there.
Lorusso is not content to let Galazin control the position.
Galazin drops an elbow to the side of Lorusso's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galazin wants to take a breather but Lorusso is having none of it.
Ground and pound from Galazin.
Lorusso missing with punches from the bottom.
Well, if Galazin is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Galazin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lorusso does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Galazin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lorusso fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lorusso tries to clinch but Galazin moves away

and Galazin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Galazin.

Galazin stands up and waves to Lorusso to follow him.
Galazin shoots and misses
and Galazin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Galazin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lorusso misses with a series of wild punches.
Lorusso closes the distance looking to clinch

so Galazin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lorusso trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Galazin slips nicely into half guard.
Galazin prevents Lorusso from standing back up.
Galazin wants to control but Lorusso is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darren Galazin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Galazin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darren Galazin!
Darren Galazin is the new light heavyweight champion!