PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dalek Gallifrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Simpemba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lou Simpemba will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gallifrey
vs
Simpemba

170 cm
25
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
163 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

GETSWOLE

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dalek Gallifrey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lou Simpemba !
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallifrey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dalek Gallifrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gallifrey forces Simpemba back against the cage and clinches.
Simpemba working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Simpemba is trying to push Gallifrey away but Gallifrey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gallifrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Simpemba .
Gallifrey creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Simpemba dodges an elbow strike from Gallifrey.
Gallifrey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Simpemba backwards.
Gallifrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Simpemba .
Simpemba is trying to break the clinch but Gallifrey is controlling him.
Simpemba gets through Gallifrey's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Gallifrey fails to land.
Simpemba misses with a punch on the inside.
Gallifrey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gallifrey working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Gallifrey.
Gallifrey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Simpemba blocking some punches.
Gallifrey working aggressively here.
Simpemba blocks an uppercut.
Gallifrey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gallifrey lands a damaging elbow.
Gallifrey swings wildly with an uppercut but Simpemba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simpemba wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gallifrey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Simpemba is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Simpemba lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallifrey misses with some punches.
Simpemba is trying to force a seperation but Gallifrey has the dominant position.
Simpemba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Simpemba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gallifrey lands a hook that snaps the head of Simpemba backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simpemba .
Simpemba 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Gallifrey.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simpemba wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gallifrey has him pressed against the cage.
Simpemba is trying to break the clinch but Gallifrey has him pressed against the cage.
Simpemba wants to break free but Gallifrey has control.
Gallifrey swings wildly with an uppercut but Simpemba uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Simpemba .
Simpemba is trying to push Gallifrey away but Gallifrey has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gallifrey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Simpemba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Simpemba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simpemba .
Gallifrey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Simpemba backwards.
Simpemba working hard to break the clinch.
Simpemba blocking some punches.
Gallifrey lands a shoulder strike.
Simpemba blocking some punches.
Gallifrey has Simpemba pressed against the cage, preventing Simpemba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallifrey misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gallifrey.
Gallifrey misses with a body punch.
Simpemba is looking to break free of the clinch but Gallifrey has double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Gallifrey.
Gallifrey lands a nice elbow.
A short right from Simpemba .
Simpemba wants to break the clinch but can't.
Simpemba is trying to force a seperation but Gallifrey has the dominant position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simpemba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simpemba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Gallifrey fails to land.
Gallifrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Simpemba .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dalek Gallifrey dominated that round.
That's time! Gallifrey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Simpemba throws a right and a left that both miss.
Simpemba swats away the attempt to clinch by Gallifrey.
Simpemba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Simpemba looks to land a right hand but Gallifrey moved out of range.
Gallifrey moves in looking to clinch but Simpemba pushes him off.

Gallifrey pushes Simpemba up against the cage in a clinch.
Gallifrey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gallifrey missing with knees to the body.
Dalek Gallifrey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Simpemba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Simpemba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gallifrey moves in looking to clinch but Simpemba pushes him off.
Simpemba loads up on a big right hand but Gallifrey slips the punch.
Simpemba tests Gallifrey's chin there with a solid looking shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gallifrey fails to land.
Simpemba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Simpemba blocking some punches.
Gallifrey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Simpemba prevents a body shot from Gallifrey.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gallifrey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Simpemba 's brow.
Simpemba tries to break the clinch but Gallifrey is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gallifrey.
Gallifrey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simpemba stalling against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpemba is trying to break free.
Simpemba wants to get back to striking at distance but Gallifrey won't allow it.
Gallifrey prevents Simpemba from breaking the clinch.
Gallifrey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gallifrey has a couple of punches blocked by Simpemba .
Simpemba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Gallifrey.
Gallifrey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Simpemba wants to break free but Gallifrey has control.
Gallifrey tries to land knees in the clinch but Simpemba avoids the damage to the body.
Gallifrey prevents Simpemba from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gallifrey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simpemba tries to work over Gallifrey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simpemba blocks an uppercut.
Gallifrey misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simpemba .
Gallifrey lands with a light punch inside.
Gallifrey swings wildly with an uppercut but Simpemba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gallifrey prevents Simpemba from breaking the clinch.

Simpemba manages to break the clinch.
Gallifrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Simpemba connects with a body shot that sends Gallifrey's belly button to the back.
Simpemba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Simpemba counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallifrey tries to clinch there but Simpemba circles away.
Simpemba keeps the fight on the outside.
Gallifrey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Simpemba .
Gallifrey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gallifrey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Simpemba .
Gallifrey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Simpemba .
Simpemba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gallifrey moves in looking to clinch but Simpemba pushes him off.
Gallifrey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gallifrey takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gallifrey avoids the body shot from Simpemba .
Simpemba connects with a body shot.
Simpemba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Lou Simpemba will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gallifrey tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Simpemba counters with a nice body shot.
Simpemba jabs at Gallifrey's body.
Simpemba thuds a left hand into Gallifrey's body.
Gallifrey tries to clinch but Simpemba moves out of range.
Gallifrey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Simpemba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gallifrey wants to clinch.
Lou Simpemba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gallifrey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gallifrey wants to clinch up but Simpemba keeps it at a distance.
Simpemba is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Gallifrey wants to clinch up but Simpemba keeps it at a distance.
Simpemba swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallifrey is looking to clinch.
Gallifrey wants to clinch up but Simpemba keeps it at a distance.
Simpemba throws a hook but Gallifrey avoids it easily.
Simpemba works the jab nicely.
Simpemba moves into range and connects with a jab.

Gallifrey clinches.
Gallifrey swings wildly with an uppercut but Simpemba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simpemba lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gallifrey throws a head punch that misses.
Gallifrey misses with some punches.
Gallifrey misses with the head strike.
Simpemba blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallifrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Simpemba .
Gallifrey has Simpemba pressed against the cage, preventing Simpemba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gallifrey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Simpemba .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gallifrey misses with a punch to the body.
Simpemba prevents a body shot from Gallifrey.
Gallifrey misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gallifrey.
Gallifrey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gallifrey misses with some punches.
Simpemba blocks an uppercut.
Gallifrey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Simpemba 's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gallifrey.
Gallifrey scores with a shoulder strike.
Gallifrey throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simpemba .
Simpemba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gallifrey working aggressively here.

Simpemba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gallifrey closes the distance but Simpemba moves to the side
and Simpemba counters with a right hand to the body.
Gallifrey ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gallifrey tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Simpemba counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Simpemba gets tackled into the cage by Gallifrey. Gallifrey maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpemba swings wildly with an uppercut but Gallifrey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gallifrey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Simpemba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Simpemba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gallifrey was well out of range. Poor timing from Simpemba .
Simpemba wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Simpemba circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gallifrey looks to clinch
and Simpemba counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gallifrey blocks a jab.
Simpemba throws a looping overhand right but Gallifrey ducks down to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Gallifrey clinches up with Simpemba and pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Gallifrey.
Gallifrey lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Dalek Gallifrey did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gallifrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Simpemba swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gallifrey takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gallifrey tries to clinch up
and Simpemba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Simpemba tries to circle away but Gallifrey has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gallifrey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gallifrey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gallifrey lands a shoulder strike.
Simpemba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gallifrey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallifrey lands with a right to the head.
Gallifrey pushes off an throws an elbow but Simpemba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gallifrey throws a head punch that misses.
Gallifrey lands a nice uppercut.
Simpemba looking to stall.
Gallifrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Simpemba .
Gallifrey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simpemba wants to stall.
Gallifrey lands a body punch.
Gallifrey lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simpemba is trying to force a seperation but Gallifrey has the dominant position.
Gallifrey misses with some punches.
Simpemba blocks an uppercut.
Simpemba tries to circle away but Gallifrey has him pinned against the cage.

Simpemba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gallifrey tries to clinch but Simpemba moves out of range.
Gallifrey tries to clinch there but Simpemba circles away.

Gallifrey instigates a clinch.
Simpemba blocks an uppercut.
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!
Simpemba is trying to break free.
A nice left hand lands by Gallifrey.
Gallifrey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simpemba blocks an elbow strike from Gallifrey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallifrey lands a shoulder strike.
Simpemba blocking some punches.
Simpemba blocking some punches.
Gallifrey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Gallifrey fails to land.
Gallifrey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Gallifrey.
Gallifrey has a couple of punches blocked by Simpemba .
Gallifrey misses with the head strike.
Simpemba tries a body shot but Gallifrey blocks it.
Simpemba throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Gallifrey fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simpemba blocks an uppercut.
Gallifrey swings wildly with an uppercut but Simpemba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gallifrey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gallifrey tries to work over Simpemba 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simpemba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gallifrey misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Gallifrey on the inside.
Gallifrey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gallifrey lands with a light punch inside.
Gallifrey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Simpemba trying to control the position but instead, Gallifrey has worked for underhooks and has pushed Simpemba into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dalek Gallifrey had his way with Lou Simpemba in that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Gallifrey looks to clinch
and Gallifrey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice straight punches there by Simpemba . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Simpemba .
Gallifrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gallifrey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gallifrey wants to clinch
and Gallifrey takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gallifrey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Simpemba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gallifrey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Simpemba does it's job there.
Gallifrey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gallifrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Simpemba swats away the attempt to clinch by Gallifrey.
Gallifrey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Simpemba paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallifrey gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A shot to the liver by Simpemba . Beautiful body shot.
Dalek Gallifrey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gallifrey tries to clinch up but Simpemba circles away and keeps his distance.
Gallifrey tries to clinch up
and Simpemba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Simpemba misses with a hook. Gallifrey ducked under it nicely.
Simpemba circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gallifrey tries to clinch up.

Gallifrey darts in and clinches Simpemba up against the cage.
Gallifrey lands with a light punch inside.
Gallifrey misses with the head strike.
Gallifrey lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallifrey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gallifrey scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallifrey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Simpemba has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Simpemba can't break the clinch.
A short right from Gallifrey.
Simpemba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gallifrey misses with some punches.
Gallifrey misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gallifrey fails to land.
Gallifrey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Simpemba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Simpemba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gallifrey moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Simpemba darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gallifrey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gallifrey is looking to clinch but Simpemba is avoiding it.
Simpemba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Gallifrey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gallifrey misses with a punch on the inside.
Gallifrey has Simpemba pressed against the cage, preventing Simpemba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gallifrey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Simpemba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gallifrey prevents Simpemba from breaking the clinch.
Simpemba tries to circle away but Gallifrey has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallifrey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gallifrey swings wildly with an uppercut but Simpemba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simpemba wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gallifrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Simpemba .
A head punch on the inside from Gallifrey fails to land.
Gallifrey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gallifrey lands a hook that snaps the head of Simpemba backwards.
Simpemba tries to circle away but Gallifrey has him pinned against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head punch on the inside from Gallifrey fails to land.
Simpemba is looking to break free of the clinch but Gallifrey has double underhooks.
Lou Simpemba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dalek Gallifrey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Simpemba blocks a punch to the side of the head.

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 Dalek Gallifrey.
I think Gallifrey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 49:46
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 49:46
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Dalek Gallifrey!
Dalek Gallifrey retains his lightweight title!
Dalek Gallifrey very nearly forgot to thank GETSWOLE amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.