PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jeremiah Francois (ranked 24123 p4p, 487 weight class) and Mario Gallo (ranked 5626 p4p, 413 weight class). Mario Gallo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jeremiah Francois's chin.

Francois
vs
Gallo

225 cm
26
282 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

180 cm
27
202 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Decent elbows
Intelligent

Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeremiah Francois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mario Gallo!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Francois lands a head kick. Gallo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Gallo instigates a clinch.
Francois trying to control the position but instead, Gallo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Francois into the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gallo.
A short left from Gallo.
Gallo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Gallo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Francoiss head.
Francois really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gallo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Francois tries to stall but Gallo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A right handed body shot lands from Gallo.
Gallo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Francois or not.
Francois is breathing heavily.
Gallo scores with a hook to the body.
Francois misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gallo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gallo lands with a right to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gallo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Francois backwards.
Gallo scores with a hook to the body.
Gallo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Francois backwards.
Gallo scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gallo.
Gallo digs a right hand into Francois's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Francois's gas tank.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gallo.
Gallo pushes Francois back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Gallo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Francois is rocked!
Gallo scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Francois is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gallo creates a bit of distance and cracks Francois with a big uppercut! Francois goes down! The referee pushes Gallo away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Francois make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Gallo takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mario Gallo!
A very excited looking Mario Gallo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.