PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Galvao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andre Galvao has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with James Morales's chin.

Morales
vs
Galvao

174 cm
21
153 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
186 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Galvao!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Morales darts in and clinches Galvao up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morales.
Morales taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Galvao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morales working Galvao over with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Morales to work.
Morales misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galvao avoiding damage as Morales throws knees to the body.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but Galvao blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galvao trying to control the position but instead, Morales has worked for underhooks and has pushed Galvao into the cage.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Galvao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morales misses with some punches.
Galvao is trying to push Morales away but Morales has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Morales is pushing Galvao up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The referee calls for Morales to work.
Morales gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morales is stalling here.
Morales scores with a knee to the head.
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales crunches a lovely knee into Galvao's ribcage.
Morales misses with a knee strike.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Morales.
Morales leaning against his opponent.
Morales effectively controlling the action here.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales is pushing Galvao up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Morales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morales with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Galvao wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Morales dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morales has managed to clinch.
Morales's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Morales lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Andre Galvao has been cut.
Galvao looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales looking to throw knees to the head but Galvao is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Galvao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morales has a couple of punches blocked by Galvao.
Galvao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Morales.
Morales will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Galvao up against the cage.
Morales taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.
Galvao taking a breather.
A bit of stalling here from Morales.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Galvao is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from Morales.
Morales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Galvao can do to turn this around?
Morales lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galvao trying to stall but Morales improves his position.
Knees to the body from Morales.
Galvao tries to throw a body punch but Morales avoids it by throwing Galvao back against the cage.
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Morales.
The referee calls for Morales to work.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Morales.
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
Morales leaning his opponent against the cage.
James Morales has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Galvao has had enough of the clinch but Morales keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Morales dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andre Galvao's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Morales tries to close the distance and clinch but Galvao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Galvao unleashes a big counter combination but Morales bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Morales takes the fight into the clinch.
Morales stalling against the cage.
Galvao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales pressing his opponent against the cage.
Galvao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Morales.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by James Morales.

Morales rushes Galvao and presses him up against the cage.
Morales looking to throw knees to the head but Galvao is blocking nicely.
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Morales.
Morales tries a knee to the head but Galvao blocks it.
Morales crunches a lovely knee into Galvao's ribcage.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Morales landing knees to the body.
Morales misses with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Morales.
Knees to the body from Morales.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morales landing knees to the head.
Come on Morales - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.
The referee calls for Morales to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galvao being controlled against the cage.
Galvao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morales leaning against his opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morales dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Andre Galvao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Morales is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by James Morales.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morales looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Morales showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morales, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:24
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Morales!