PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leslie Chow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Garelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garelli is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Patriarch on a Vespa. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Chow
vs
Garelli

190 cm
25
169 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
23
184 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leslie Chow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Garelli!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garelli lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Garelli drives through and clinches with Chow against the cage.
Garelli is pushing Chow up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Garelli throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Garelli lands a nice elbow.
Garelli lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Chow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Garelli lands an elbow that stopped Chow in his tracks for a moment.
Garelli working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chow takes a knee right on the jaw!
Garelli digs a right hand underneath Chow's ribcage. Chow let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chow takes an elbow to the forehead.

Garelli gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garelli wants to take a breather but Chow is having none of it.
Chow blocking the ground and pound attempt from Garelli.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garelli is thwarting Chow's attempts to control the position.

Garelli looking for a submission but Chow manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Garelli's corner is telling him to maintain position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Garelli accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Garelli passes Chow's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Garelli thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chow's head.
Garelli controlling the pace.
Garelli looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Garelli missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Garelli works his foot free and advances to mount.
Chow is breathing heavily.
Garelli landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garelli dominating with strikes here.
Garelli landing punches.
Garelli sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Garelli controlling from the full mount.
Garelli has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garelli with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garelli sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Garelli working Chow over with strikes here.
Garelli with good strikes from the mount here!
Garelli lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chow hang on?
Garelli fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garelli in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Garelli pushes Chow away with a front kick.
Garelli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chow.

Garelli shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Chow napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Garelli fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Garelli in side control lands a decent elbow.
Garelli working the head with strikes.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Chow takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Joe Garelli has got the better of the ground game so far.
The strikes coming from Garelli are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Garelli in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Chow is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joe Garelli!