PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Artur Galecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuriy Chupalov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chupalov has chosen Gamora - Veneno as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Galecki
vs
Chupalov

179 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
24
169 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Artur Galecki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuriy Chupalov!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Galecki clinches.
Chupalov wants to get back to striking at distance but Galecki won't allow it.
Chupalov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chupalov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Galecki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chupalov tries a knee to the head but Galecki blocks it.
Chupalov lands a left hand.

Galecki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yuriy Chupalov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Galecki decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Galecki stalling.
Chupalov is trying to stand up here but Galecki is controlling him well.

Galecki is working for a submission of some sort.
Chupalov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Galecki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chupalov is not content to let Galecki control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chupalov looks like he's trying to stand up.
Chupalov wants to improve his position but Galecki is controlling well.

Galecki is looking for a kimura here.
Galecki winds up and cracks Chupalov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Galecki is just content to waste time from the top position. Chupalov takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Chupalov is trying to control the position but Galecki postures up.
Galecki won't allow Chupalov to get back to his feet.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Chupalov tries to close the distance and clinch but Galecki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Galecki feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Galecki is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Chupalov trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galecki slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Galecki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Galecki is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Chupalov wants to stand up but Galecki is controlling him.
Galecki is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Galecki has managed to clinch.
Chupalov leaning his opponent against the cage.

Chupalov manages to break the clinch.

Galecki shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Chupalov is not content to let Galecki control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chupalov trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artur Galecki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Galecki gets tackled into the cage by Chupalov. Chupalov maintains the clinch.
Chupalov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Galecki backwards.
Galecki letting Chupalov take a breather here.
Chupalov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Galecki is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chupalov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Come on Galecki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Chupalov gets through Galecki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galecki fails to pull guard.
Chupalov tries to throw a body punch but Galecki avoids it by throwing Chupalov back against the cage.
Chupalov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chupalov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Galecki tries to pull guard but Chupalov won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Artur Galecki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Galecki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chupalov stops a takedown attempt from Galecki.
Chupalov looking to stall.
Galecki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Galecki tries to pull guard but Chupalov won't allow it.
Galecki tries to score a body lock takedown but Chupalov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A short right from Chupalov.

Galecki is rocked!
Chupalov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oh Galecki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chupalov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Chupalov fails to land.
Chupalov working aggressively here.
Galecki blocks an uppercut.
Chupalov misses with some punches.
Chupalov throws a head punch that misses.
Chupalov working aggressively here.
Galecki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chupalov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chupalov has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Galecki - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Chupalov, and another! Galecki is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Yuriy Chupalov!
A relieved looking Yuriy Chupalov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.