PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Genocide Kickboxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Gallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Kickboxer
vs
Gallo

203 cm
24
300 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

225 cm
30
300 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Genocide Kickboxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Gallo!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kickboxer moves into the clinch successfully.

Gallo breaks the clinch.
Gallo takes one to the side of the head.
Kickboxer connects with a crisp jab.
Gallo throws a nice looking combination but Kickboxer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Kickboxer clinches with his opponent.
Gallo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gallo misses with a knee strike.
Gallo working hard to break the clinch.

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

Kickboxer instigates a clinch.
Gallo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gallo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gallo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kickboxer is defending well for now.

Gallo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kickboxer ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gallo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kickboxer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kickboxer looks to land a left hand but Gallo moved out of range nicely.
Kickboxer throws a body punch but Gallo moves out of range.
Gallo slips a jab and a cross from Kickboxer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kickboxer scores with a jab to the head.
Gallo throws a hook but Kickboxer blocks it.
Gallo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gallo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kickboxer.
Gallo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kickboxer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Ryan Gallo has been cut.
Kickboxer lands a jab to the head.
Gallo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kickboxer lands a right hook to the body.
Gallo looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kickboxer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Kickboxer has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gallo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gallo looking to throw knees to the head but Kickboxer is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer is trying to maintain a safe position but Gallo gets an underhook and turns Kickboxer into the ropes.

Gallo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gallo misses with the combination.

Kickboxer moves into the clinch successfully.
Gallo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gallo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kickboxer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kickboxer is working Gallo over against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gallo as Kickboxer tries to tie him up.
Gallo tries to pull guard but Kickboxer won't allow it.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Gallo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kickboxer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kickboxer.

That has opened up Ryan Gallo's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gallo avoids it.
Gallo can't break the clinch.
Kickboxer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gallo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gallo avoiding damage as Kickboxer throws knees to the body.
Kickboxer is trying to maintain a safe position but Gallo gets an underhook and turns Kickboxer into the ropes.
Gallo wants to stall.
Kickboxer trying to control the position but instead, Gallo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kickboxer into the ropes.
Kickboxer lands a hook that snaps the head of Gallo backwards.
Kickboxer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gallo wants a takedown but no success here.
Kickboxer looking to slow down the pace here.
Kickboxer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kickboxer manages to break the clinch.

Kickboxer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Kickboxer lands a left hand.
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!
Kickboxer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gallo is keeping busy.
Gallo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gallo working aggressively here.
A short body shot lands from Kickboxer as the two fighters clinch.
Kickboxer tries to stall but Gallo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gallo wants to break free but Kickboxer has control.
Gallo avoiding damage as Kickboxer throws knees to the body.
Kickboxer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kickboxer is trying to stall.
Gallo misses with a knee strike.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Kickboxer.
Kickboxer trying to land knees to the body.
Kickboxer stalling in the clinch but Gallo improves position.
Kickboxer can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.

Gallo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kickboxer avoids the head kick by Gallo.
Kickboxer scores with a three punch combo!
Gallo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kickboxer darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A combination from Kickboxer does no damage.

Kickboxer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gallo, pushing him back against the ropes.
Gallo is struggling to control the position.
Kickboxer taking a breather.
Gallo tries a body shot but Kickboxer blocks it.
Kickboxer tries a body shot but Gallo blocks it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kickboxer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gallo is keeping busy.
Gallo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gallo looking to throw knees to the head but Kickboxer is blocking nicely.
Gallo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Genocide Kickboxer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Gallo.
Gallo has a couple of punches blocked by Kickboxer.
Gallo tries to break free but Kickboxer pushes him back against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kickboxer.

The cut above Ryan Gallo's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gallo is pushing Kickboxer up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kickboxer throws a punch but it's blocked by Gallo.

Gallo gets control of Kickboxer's arms and successfully pulls guard. Gallo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kickboxer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gallo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gallo keeping moving, preventing Kickboxer from controlling successfully.
Kickboxer might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gallo is on top in guard.
Gallo forces his way into half guard.

Gallo decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Gallo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kickboxer misses with a two punch combination.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gallo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Kickboxer clinches up against the ropes.
Gallo landing knees to the body.
Gallo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gallo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kickboxer pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gallo tries to pull guard but Kickboxer won't allow it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gallo misses with some punches.
Kickboxer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gallo is trying to stall.
Gallo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gallo misses with a knee strike.
Kickboxer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gallo.
Gallo tries to stall but Kickboxer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gallo avoiding damage as Kickboxer throws knees to the body.
Gallo tries to land a knee to the head but Kickboxer blocks with his arms.
Kickboxer looking to stall.
Kickboxer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gallo or not.
Kickboxer is working Gallo over against the ropes.
Gallo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gallo tries to land a knee to the head but Kickboxer blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kickboxer trying to stall but Gallo improves his position.
Kickboxer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gallo's efforts to push away.
Kickboxer prevents Gallo from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Genocide Kickboxer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Gallo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kickboxer moves into the clinch.

Gallo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gallo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kickboxer lands a lovely overhand right.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Gallo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Kickboxer clinches up with Gallo and pushes him back against the ropes.
Kickboxer is leaning against Gallo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gallo misses with some punches.
A short left from Kickboxer.
Gallo has a couple of punches blocked by Kickboxer.
Kickboxer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gallo is keeping busy.
Kickboxer tries to land knees in the clinch but Gallo avoids the damage to the body.
Kickboxer wants to stall.
Gallo is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gallo throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kickboxer.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gallo as Kickboxer tries to tie him up.
Gallo looking to throw knees to the head but Kickboxer is blocking nicely.
Kickboxer is leaning against Gallo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kickboxer looking to stall.
Good body shot from Kickboxer.
Kickboxer scores with a hook to the body.
Kickboxer lands a right hand.
Kickboxer wants to get back to striking at distance but Gallo won't allow it.
Kickboxer wants to break free but Gallo has control.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gallo as Kickboxer tries to tie him up.
Kickboxer misses with a punch to the body.
Kickboxer pushes off an throws an elbow but Gallo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallo is looking to break free of the clinch but Kickboxer has double underhooks.
Gallo tries to land a knee to the head but Kickboxer blocks with his arms.
Gallo is trying to break the clinch but Kickboxer is controlling him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kickboxer taking a breather.
Kickboxer is trying to break the clinch but Gallo has him pressed against the ropes.
Kickboxer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gallo tries to pull guard but Kickboxer won't allow it.
Gallo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gallo is trying to break the clinch but Kickboxer has him pressed against the ropes.
Gallo tries to break the clinch but Kickboxer is controlling the position.
Kickboxer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gallo fails to pull guard.
Gallo trying to control the position but instead, Kickboxer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gallo into the ropes.
Kickboxer wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gallo tries a knee to the head but Kickboxer blocks it.
Genocide Kickboxer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kickboxer trying to stall but Gallo improves his position.
Gallo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kickboxer blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kickboxer lands a left hand.
Kickboxer is trying to break the clinch but Gallo has him pressed against the ropes.
Gallo swings wildly with an uppercut but Kickboxer uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gallo.
A frustrated look appears on Gallo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Come on Gallo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kickboxer walks away with a smile on his face. Gallo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Genocide Kickboxer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Gallo.
Kickboxer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gallo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kickboxer.
Gallo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kickboxer finds it's way round the side to connect with Gallo's head.
Kickboxer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gallo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kickboxer.

Kickboxer moves into the clinch.
Gallo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gallo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kickboxer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gallo missing with knees to the body.
Gallo misses with a knee to the head.
Kickboxer lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kickboxer wants to break free but Gallo has control.
Gallo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kickboxer just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Kickboxer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kickboxer lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Ryan Gallo's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Still in the clinch, Kickboxer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kickboxer stalling in the clinch but Gallo improves position.
Gallo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kickboxer is trying to force a seperation but Gallo has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Gallo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gallo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kickboxer fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Oooooh!!! Kickboxer has knocked Gallo down with a huge combo! Kickboxer steps away and waves a wobbly Gallo back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Gallo is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ryan Gallo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Genocide Kickboxer!
Genocide Kickboxer opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.