PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cub Galloway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulohot Yokohama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galloway's entrance music is Jump Around by House of Pain. A fine choice. Yokohama has chosen Metallica - All Nightmare Long as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Galloway
vs
Yokohama

188 cm
30
175 lbs
13 - 20 - 1

178 cm
38
177 lbs
27 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 13 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Cub Galloway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hulohot Yokohama!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yokohama tries to score with a low kick but Galloway moves his leg out of the way.
Galloway throws a low kick, looking for Yokohama's leg but Yokohama calmly moves out of range.
A low kick from Yokohama is predictable there
and Galloway counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yokohama is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Yokohama misses with a leg kick.
Galloway is looking to clinch but Yokohama is avoiding it.
Yokohama tries to score with a low kick but Galloway moves his leg out of the way.
Galloway takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A leg kick checked by Galloway.
Yokohama with a hook.
Galloway tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yokohama swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Galloway looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yokohama.
Galloway throws a head kick but Yokohama moves out of range.
Yokohama throws a jab but it's blocked by Galloway.
Galloway on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yokohama misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galloway tries to close the distance and clinch but Yokohama swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Galloway takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Galloway gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yokohama struggles to land a body shot inside as Galloway controls his hands.
Yokohama misses with the head strike.
Yokohama cracks Galloway with a nice body shot.
Galloway wants to stall.
Yokohama looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yokohama misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yokohama scores with a nice hook to the head.
Galloway blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Galloway misses with an elbow over the top.
Galloway is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Yokohama misses with a body punch.
Yokohama 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 blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yokohama as Galloway tries to tie him up.
Galloway leaning his opponent against the cage.
Yokohama stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Yokohama scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Yokohama.
A short uppercut from Yokohama.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Yokohama is trying to trip Galloway. He has hold of a leg but Galloway is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Yokohama persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Yokohama throws a big right hand that misses.
Yokohama content to stall in guard here.
Galloway keeping moving, preventing Yokohama from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yokohama throws a big right hand that misses.
Galloway utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Galloway is looking to stand up but Yokohama isn't so interested in that idea.
Yokohama throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yokohama with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yokohama working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Yokohama trying to control but Galloway is working from the bottom.
Galloway not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Yokohama throws a big elbow that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yokohama's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Galloway keeping moving, preventing Yokohama from controlling successfully.
Yokohama is pushing down on Galloway's leg trying to pass to half guard. Galloway is fighting to maintain full guard but Yokohama has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hulohot Yokohama dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Yokohama lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Galloway tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Galloway takes a swing at Yokohama's ribcage but misses.
Yokohama misses with a kick to the body.
A leg kick checked by Yokohama.
Galloway tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Galloway lands with a hook. Yokohama tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yokohama.
Galloway misses with a head kick.
Galloway wants to clinch up but Yokohama keeps it at a distance.
Cub Galloway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yokohama avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Galloway throws a predictable looking body shot
and Yokohama finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Galloway wants to clinch but Yokohama slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yokohama tries a head kick but it misses.
Galloway tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yokohama manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galloway darts in trying to clinch
enabling Yokohama to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Cub Galloway has been cut.
Yokohama connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Good shot there by Yokohama.
Galloway looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Galloway on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yokohama misses with a head kick.
Galloway throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Galloway.
Galloway swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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!
Galloway defending well as Yokohama loads up on a big left hand.
Galloway is looking to score with low kicks.
Yokohama 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.
Some bone on bone action there as Galloway checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Galloway gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Galloway lands a damaging elbow.
Galloway takes a shot to the head.
Yokohama with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yokohama lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Galloway is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yokohama is defending well for now.
Yokohama lands with a short shot to the head.
Yokohama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yokohama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Galloway is rocked!
Yokohama has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Galloway - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Yokohama, and another! Galloway is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Hulohot Yokohama!
Cub Galloway was interviewed post fight and said 'I absolutley suck'.