PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andy Krovaviy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Facaloto Gals (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andy Krovaviy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Krovaviy
vs
Gals

180 cm
27
193 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

189 cm
22
189 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Good gas tank

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andy Krovaviy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Facaloto Gals!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Krovaviy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Krovaviy wants to work for an arm triangle but Gals is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Krovaviy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gals defending well though.
Krovaviy 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.
Gals tries to kick Krovaviy off but Krovaviy keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Krovaviy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Gals is refusing to be controlled, as Krovaviy sits in half guard.
Gals pushes Krovaviy off looking to stand but Krovaviy dives back in and keeps control.
Krovaviy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Krovaviy connects with a nice short shot to Gals's temple.
Gals trying to control but Krovaviy postures up.

Krovaviy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gals wants to control but Krovaviy is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gals holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Facaloto Gals wasn't active enough on the ground.
Gals tries a head kick but it misses.
Krovaviy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gals counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Gals tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krovaviy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krovaviy with a poor takedown
letting Gals counter with a right hand.
Gals tries to clinch up.
Krovaviy shoots in looking for a takedown but Gals manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Krovaviy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Krovaviy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Krovaviy shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gals manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Gals wriggles free and stands up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Krovaviy has his takedown stuffed
and Gals counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Krovaviy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gals lands a knee to the head.
Krovaviy is breathing heavily.

Gals's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krovaviy shoots for a takedown but Gals saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Krovaviy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Gals closes the distance and clinches.
Gals lands a hook that snaps the head of Krovaviy backwards.
Krovaviy can't get the takedown.
Gals lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gals stalling in the clinch.
Gals tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gals works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gals using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krovaviy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Krovaviy is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gals landing knees to the head.
Gals stalling.
Gals connects with a knee to the head.
Gals crunches a lovely knee into Krovaviy's ribcage.
Gals landing knees to the head.
Gals unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gals digs a right hand into Krovaviy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krovaviy's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Gals.

Gals breaks from the clinch.
Gals connects with an inside leg kick.

Gals gets a clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gals unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Krovaviy wants a takedown but no success here.

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

Gals rushes Krovaviy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gals landing knees to the head.
Gals lands a knee to the body.
Gals landing knees to the head.
Gals connects with a nasty looking knee right to Krovaviy's face.
Gals lands a good knee to the midsection. Krovaviy won't want to take too many of those.
Gals lands a nice shot to the body.
Gals scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gals obliges.
Gals connects with a nasty looking knee right to Krovaviy's face.
Krovaviy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gals lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gals lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gals utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Gals.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Gals manages to break the clinch.

Gals rushes Krovaviy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gals with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Facaloto Gals dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gals moves into the clinch successfully.
A knee to the head by Gals.
Krovaviy has Gals pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gals manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Krovaviy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gals gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gals lands an elbow inside.
Krovaviy tries to pull guard but Gals holds him up against the cage and eventually Krovaviy drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Krovaviy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gals breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Gals moves into range and clinches up with Krovaviy.
Gals throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gals landing knees to the head.

Gals pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krovaviy fails with the takedown

and Gals counters with a head kick that drops Krovaviy to the mat! Krovaviy scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Krovaviy is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Gals! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Facaloto Gals!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Facaloto Gals made sure he mentioned Black Belt Nutrition #=========||=========# , along with how happy he was to win his fight.