PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kbrock Humphrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensyn Galisa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kbrock Humphrey could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jensyn Galisa's chin.

Humphrey
vs
Galisa

168 cm
24
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kbrock Humphrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jensyn Galisa!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Humphrey shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Galisa manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Galisa controls Humphrey momentarily but Humphrey frees himself.
Galisa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Humphrey controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Humphrey wants to control from the top but Galisa keeps moving.
Galisa is trying to control the position but Humphrey postures up.
Humphrey chips away with some ground and pound.
Humphrey with a nice head shot there.
Humphrey is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Galisa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Humphrey throws and elbow that misses. Galisa uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Humphrey's guard. Nice move by Galisa!
Galisa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Humphrey has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Galisa can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Humphrey is looking for a triangle but Galisa pushes his legs off easily.

Humphrey is looking for a triangle but Galisa pushes his legs off easily.
Humphrey wants to sweep but no luck.
Humphrey bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Galisa's guard.
Humphrey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Galisa is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Galisa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Galisa fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Humphrey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Humphrey closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Humphrey is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Humphrey lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Galisa has hold of Humphrey's hands but Humphrey slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Galisa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Galisa keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Humphrey with the ground and pound but Galisa uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humphrey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Galisa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Humphrey trying to control but Galisa is working from the bottom.
Galisa looks gassed!

Humphrey got a little sloppy there for a moment and Galisa has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Humphrey has managed to get both his arms back between Galisa's legs - danger averted.
Galisa wants to sweep here but Humphrey controlling him for the moment.
Galisa has momentary wrist control but Humphrey slips an elbow through the middle.
Humphrey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Humphrey showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Humphrey 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.
Humphrey works over Galisa with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Humphrey postures up in Galisa's guard and throws a big left but Galisa blocks it.
Humphrey makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Humphrey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Humphrey works over Galisa with some ground and pound from guard.
Galisa looking for a sweep. Not yet Galisa, not yet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Humphrey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Galisa's head.
Galisa keeping moving, preventing Humphrey from controlling successfully.
Humphrey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Humphrey trying to control but Galisa is working from the bottom.
Humphrey landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kbrock Humphrey dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Humphrey shoots in but Galisa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Galisa shoots in looking for a takedown. Humphrey tries to sprawl out of it but Galisa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Humphrey manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Galisa clinches up against the cage.
Humphrey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Galisa tries to pull guard but Humphrey holds him up against the cage and eventually Galisa drops back down to his feet.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Humphrey breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Humphrey feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Galisa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Humphrey with a flurry of punches that miss.
Humphrey won't allow Galisa to get back to his feet.
Galisa is breathing heavily.
Humphrey chips away with some ground and pound.
Galisa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Galisa has momentary wrist control but Humphrey slips an elbow through the middle.
Galisa wants to get back to his feet but Humphrey is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Galisa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Humphrey chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Humphrey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Humphrey stands up over Galisa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kbrock Humphrey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Humphrey is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Humphrey postures up in Galisa's guard and throws a big left but Galisa blocks it.
Galisa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Humphrey working some strikes from top position.
Humphrey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Humphrey trying to control but Galisa is working from the bottom.
Humphrey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Humphrey is working Galisa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Humphrey chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Humphrey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Humphrey distracts Galisa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Galisa keeping moving, preventing Humphrey from controlling successfully.
Humphrey stopping the sweep attempt from Galisa.
Humphrey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Humphrey connects with a couple of short punches.
Humphrey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Humphrey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Humphrey chips away with some ground and pound.
Humphrey working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Humphrey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Humphrey's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Humphrey scoring with some ground and pound.
Humphrey chips away with some ground and pound.
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!
Humphrey cracks Galisa with a solid left hand.

Humphrey is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Galisa trying to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Humphrey is looking to work some ground and pound but Galisa has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kbrock Humphrey dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Humphrey misses with a takedown attempt - Galisa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Galisa tries to clinch up but Humphrey circles away and keeps his distance.
Galisa tries a head kick but it misses.
Galisa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Galisa scores with a four punch combination!

Humphrey closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Galisa quickly recovers to half guard.
Humphrey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Humphrey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Humphrey wants to control but Galisa is keeping him busy.
Humphrey thows a huge punch but Galisa dodges it nicely.

Humphrey is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humphrey looks to land a strike but Galisa avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Galisa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Humphrey is looking to work some ground and pound but Galisa has wrist control.
Humphrey is looking to work some ground and pound but Galisa has wrist control.

Galisa kicks Humphrey off and gets to his feet.
Humphrey looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Galisa is fending him off so far but Humphrey persists. Nope, Galisa circles away and we're back to standing.
Galisa shoots in looking for a takedown. Humphrey tries to sprawl out of it but Galisa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Humphrey manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Humphrey.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kbrock Humphrey. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Humphrey blocks the low kick.
Humphrey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Humphrey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Galisa shoots in for a takedown but Humphrey shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Galisa gets a clinch.
Humphrey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Galisa leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Humphrey.

Humphrey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Humphrey clinches with his opponent.
Galisa fails to pull guard.

Humphrey breaks the clinch.
Humphrey stuffs the takedown attempt from Galisa. Galisa gets slowly back to his feet.
Humphrey stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Humphrey wants it to stay on the feet.
Galisa shoots in for a takedown but Humphrey shows good takedown defense.
Humphrey shoots in but Galisa avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Humphrey stuffs the takedown attempt from Galisa. Galisa gets slowly back to his feet.
Kbrock Humphrey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Galisa is looking to clinch but Humphrey is avoiding it.
Humphrey tries to score a power double leg takedown but Galisa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Humphrey somewhat.
Galisa tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Galisa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jensyn Galisa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Humphrey.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kbrock Humphrey.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Humphrey, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kbrock Humphrey!
After winning the bout, Kbrock Humphrey thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.