PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryuu Tatsuya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cub Galloway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatsuya comes to the cage accompanied by DBZ. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Tatsuya
vs
Galloway

180 cm
26
176 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

188 cm
22
175 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

L.A. Elite Clothing Co

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuu Tatsuya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cub Galloway!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Galloway gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tatsuya is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Galloway is defending well for now.
Tatsuya blocks an elbow strike.
Galloway throws an elbow but it misses.
Tatsuya scores a nice knee to the body.
Galloway creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tatsuya's defenses.

It looks like Ryuu Tatsuya has been cut.
Tatsuya has Galloway pushed against the cage.
Tatsuya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tatsuya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Galloway tries to land knees in the clinch but Tatsuya avoids the damage to the body.
Tatsuya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Galloway has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Galloway throws an elbow but misses.
Tatsuya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tatsuya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Galloway blocks it with crossed arms.
Galloway throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Galloway scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tatsuya avoiding damage as Galloway throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galloway blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tatsuya taking a breather.
Tatsuya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Galloway missing with knees to the body.
Galloway can't find room to land a body shot as Tatsuya controls the action.
Tatsuya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Galloway's elbow.
Tatsuya crunches a lovely knee into Galloway's ribcage.
Tatsuya taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Galloway throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tatsuya lands a right hand.
Nice elbow from Galloway.
Galloway throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tatsuya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tatsuya blocking some punches.
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!
Tatsuya controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya lands a good knee to the midsection. Galloway won't want to take too many of those.
Tatsuya trying to land knees to the body.
Tatsuya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tatsuya dodges an elbow strike from Galloway.
Tatsuya misses with a knee to the head.
Tatsuya misses with a knee to the head.
Galloway tries to land knees in the clinch but Tatsuya avoids the damage to the body.
Galloway throws an elbow that misses.
Galloway misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tatsuya.
Galloway throws an elbow but it misses.
Tatsuya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Cub Galloway has been cut.
Tatsuya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Galloway in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Galloway looks gassed!
Galloway throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Galloway throws an elbow but misses.
Tatsuya holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tatsuya with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya tries a body shot but Galloway blocks it.
Galloway blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tatsuya misses with a knee strike.
Tatsuya looking to throw knees to the head but Galloway is blocking nicely.
Galloway throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tatsuya avoids the elbow strike from Galloway, against the cage.
Galloway has a couple of punches blocked by Tatsuya.
Tatsuya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Galloway in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Galloway is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tatsuya is defending well for now.
Galloway struggles to land a body shot inside as Tatsuya controls his hands.
Galloway misses with an elbow over the top.
Tatsuya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Tatsuya.
Galloway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tatsuya taking a breather.
Galloway softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tatsuya leaning against his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Galloway tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tatsuya avoids it.
Galloway blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tatsuya gets through Galloway's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tatsuya utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Galloway throws an elbow that misses.
Tatsuya manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Galloway misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tatsuya.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tatsuya landing knees to the head.
Tatsuya dodges an elbow strike from Galloway.
Tatsuya dodges an elbow strike from Galloway.
Tatsuya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Galloway has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Galloway pushes off an throws an elbow but Tatsuya leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryuu Tatsuya dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Tatsuya's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

That kick from Tatsuya tenderised Galloway's leg. Galloway is trying to keep his angry face on.
Galloway takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Galloway throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tatsuya throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tatsuya does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Galloway throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick by Galloway misses
and Tatsuya counters with a nice leg kick.
Tatsuya misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Galloway.
Tatsuya lands a head kick. Galloway smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Galloway misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Galloway misses with an uppercut
and Tatsuya counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick from Galloway lands but Tatsuya takes it in his stride.
Tatsuya has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Galloway chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tatsuya can pounce on him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Galloway throws a head kick but Tatsuya moves out of range.
Galloway is breathing heavily.

Tatsuya moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galloway throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Galloway pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tatsuya tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Galloway avoids it.
Tatsuya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tatsuya tries to land a knee to the head but Galloway blocks with his arms.
Tatsuya lands a nice knee to the body.
Tatsuya digs a right hand into Galloway's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Galloway's gas tank.
Tatsuya blocks the elbow strike.
Tatsuya blocks the elbow strike.
Tatsuya struggles to land a body shot inside as Galloway controls his hands.
Tatsuya is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stalling in the clinch from Tatsuya.
Tatsuya lands an elbow just above Galloway 's eye.
Tatsuya tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Galloway lands an elbow inside that Tatsuya shrugs off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tatsuya blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya tries a knee to the head but Galloway blocks it.
Tatsuya displaying some good clinch control by pressing Galloway up against the cage.
Galloway lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Galloway managing to block the knees to the body from Tatsuya.
Come on Tatsuya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tatsuya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Galloway blocks it with crossed arms.
Tatsuya effectively controlling the action here.
Knees to the body from Tatsuya.
Galloway lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tatsuya backwards.
Tatsuya lands a good knee to the midsection. Galloway won't want to take too many of those.
Ryuu Tatsuya has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tatsuya is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Galloway creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya looking to throw knees to the head but Galloway is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Tatsuya.
Tatsuya pressing his opponent against the cage.
Galloway throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tatsuya blocks an elbow strike.
Tatsuya lands a good knee to the midsection. Galloway won't want to take too many of those.
Tatsuya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Galloway backwards.
Tatsuya is working Galloway over against the cage.
Tatsuya landing knees to the head.
Galloway throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tatsuya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Galloway throws an elbow but misses.
Tatsuya managing to block the knees to the body from Galloway.
Tatsuya digs a right hand underneath Galloway's ribcage. Galloway let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tatsuya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Galloway has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Galloway just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tatsuya's brow.
Tatsuya throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Galloways head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tatsuya trying to land knees to the body.
Tatsuya looking to throw knees to the head but Galloway is blocking nicely.
Tatsuya scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Cub Galloway's cut even more.
Tatsuya landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Galloway creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tatsuya can't find room to land a body shot as Galloway controls the action.
Tatsuya crunches a lovely knee into Galloway's ribcage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Galloway throws an elbow but misses.
Galloway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Galloway takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tatsuya.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tatsuya lands a nice knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Tatsuya.
Tatsuya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Galloway backwards.
Tatsuya working Galloway over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryuu Tatsuya dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tatsuya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Galloway sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Galloway pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Galloway throws a sloppy head kick and Tatsuya moves out of range easily.
Tatsuya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Galloway has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tatsuya.
Tatsuya dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Galloway tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Galloway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tatsuya.
Galloway throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tatsuya counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tatsuya scores with a leg kick.
Galloway is looking to score with low kicks.
Galloway takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tatsuya scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Galloway doesn't seem bothered though.
Galloway fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galloway punishes Tatsuya's body with a nice straight punch.
Tatsuya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Galloway moves out of range of the body kick.
Tatsuya lands with a nice body punch.
Galloway fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tatsuya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A good leg kick by Tatsuya.
Tatsuya thows a body shot but no joy.
Galloway misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tatsuya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tatsuya lands a head kick!
Tatsuya connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galloway throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tatsuya throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Galloway misses with a head kick.
Tatsuya bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Galloway's head.
Galloway throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tatsuya.
Tatsuya throws a leg kick which misses Galloway's front leg but catches the back leg as Galloway tries to avoid it.
Galloway throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tatsuya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tatsuya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Tatsuya.
Nice cross by Tatsuya.
Tatsuya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tatsuya lands a jab-cross combination.
Cub Galloway has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galloway looks to throw the jab but Tatsuya is out of range.
Tatsuya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Galloway throws a lazy head kick
and Tatsuya cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tatsuya throws a head kick but Galloway moves out of range.
Galloway checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tatsuya is looking to wear down Galloway with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tatsuya throws a shot from downtown. Galloway moves away and avoids it.
A head kick misses from Galloway.
Galloway pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Galloway throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tatsuya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Galloway lands a damaging elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galloway lands an elbow just above Tatsuya 's eye.
Galloway lands a nice uppercut.
Tatsuya blocks the elbow strike.
Tatsuya looking to slow down the pace here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tatsuya blocking some punches.
Tatsuya tries a body shot but Galloway blocks it.
Tatsuya is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Galloway can do to turn this around?
Galloway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ryuu Tatsuya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tatsuya blocks an elbow strike.
Tatsuya avoids a wild elbow strike from Galloway.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Galloway pushes off an throws an elbow but Tatsuya leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Galloway throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tatsuya working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tatsuya trying to control the position but instead, Galloway has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tatsuya into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryuu Tatsuya showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tatsuya has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryuu Tatsuya!
Ryuu Tatsuya really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that L.A. Elite Clothing Co logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.