PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ville Galle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monty Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monty Reese is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Galle
vs
Reese

183 cm
20
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

163 cm
23
159 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ville Galle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Monty Reese!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galle thows a body kick. Reese tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Reese looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Galle shoots in but no luck this time.
Galle fails with the takedown.
No luck for Galle with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ville Galle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reese keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Reese goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Galle clinches.

Galle manages to break the clinch.
Monty Reese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reese misses with a double jab

and Galle counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Galle.
Galle will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reese preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Galle 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.
Galle passes Reese's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Galle passes to side control.
Galle moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Galle looking for a guillotine from mount but Reese is having none of it.

Galle gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Monty Reese is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Galle throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Reese tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Galle is in Reese's guard.
Galle is stalling in the full guard.
Reese really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Galle. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Galle sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Reese's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Reese can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Galle is controlling the pace.
Galle lands with a punch from half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Galle in particular looking to stall.

Reese is defending against the submission attempts here by Galle.
Galle lands with a punch from half guard.

Reese is pushing off trying to get to his feet. Galle has hold of the leg though and he's dropped back for a heel hook… has he got it?? YES! Reese is tapping! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Ville Galle!