PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Drake (ranked 554 p4p, 661 weight class) and Adrian Galanis (ranked 76 p4p, 93 weight class). Drake kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hell Yeah - Rev Theory. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Drake
vs
Galanis

188 cm
29
188
18 - 15 - 0

185 cm
30
185
14 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adrian Galanis!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galanis misses with a double jab.
Drake uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Galanis.
A shot to the liver by Drake. Beautiful body shot.
Drake connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Galanis manages to avoid it.
Drake lands with a good body shot.
Galanis misses with a jab to the body
and Drake counters with a straight right hand.
Galanis moves out of range as Drake strikes.
A slow jab from Galanis misses its intended target.
Drake has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sloppy strikes from Drake. Those never looked like landing.
Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Galanis is just out of range.
Drake moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromGalanis.
Drake moves forwards but Galanis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Galanis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Drake was well out of range. Poor timing from Galanis.
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!
Drake digs a good hook to Galanis's body.
Galanis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Bobby Drake has been cut.
The fighters circling - Galanis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch lands to the side of Galanis 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galanis with the inside leg kick.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Galanis moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Galanis! But no joy.
A big right from Galanis misses.
Galanis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drake lands a nice hook to Galanis's body. Galanis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Drake blocks the body kick.
Drake connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Galanis's hands.
Galanis misses the shot to the body.
Galanis takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Galanis looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
Galanis lands with a kick to the temple. Drake shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nice straight punches there by Drake. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Drake.
Drake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Galanis.
Drake dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good exchange - Galanis coming out on top.
The fighters circling - Drake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galanis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Drake lands with a right hand.

Galanis is rocked!
Drake throws a hook but Galanis avoids it easily.
Drake drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Drake misses with an uppercut. Galanis saw that one coming.
It seemed like Galanis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Galanis looks to score with a jab to the body but Drake is just out of range.
Drake lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Galanis is still on wobbly legs! Can Drake finish him?
Galanis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Galanis seems to have recovered his senses.
Galanis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Drake ducks under a wild hook from Galanis.
Galanis jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Drake moves away from the strike by Galanis.
Galanis tests Drake's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Drake misses with a few strikes there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Galanis! But no joy.
Drake lunges at Galanis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Galanis's hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses the shot to the body.
Drake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drake misses with a hook.
Drake moves away from the strike by Galanis.
Galanis lands with a good body shot.
Drake misses with a jab, cross combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Galanis! But no joy.
Drake is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A left lands for Galanis.
Galanis tries to land a leg kick but Drake saw it coming and moves away.
Galanis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Drake doesn't seem bothered though.
Drake lands with an uppercut that bounces Galanis off the cage and back into range.
Drake moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Galanis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Drake. That did some damage!
Galanis throws a hook to the side of Drake's head but Drake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drake throws a hook to the side of Galanis's head but Galanis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Drake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Galanis counters with an inside leg kick.
Drake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Galanis.
Drake shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Galanis scores with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Drake.
Galanis looks to land a right hand but Drake moved out of range.
Galanis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Drake throws a body shot but no joy.
Galanis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Drake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Galanis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Galanis.
Drake takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake swings for the body but Galanis moves out of range.
Galanis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drake misses with a shot to the body
and Galanis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Adrian Galanis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bobby Drake's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Galanis feints and then cracks Drake's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Drake down.
Drake swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Galanis to counter with a crisp jab.
Drake moves away from the strike by Galanis.
Drake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Drake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Galanis is looking for the big counter here.
Galanis moves out of range as Drake strikes.
Drake digs a good body shot into Galanis's ribs.
Galanis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Galanis misses the shot to the body.
Galanis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Galanis. That's going to slow Drake down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Drake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Galanis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drake throws out the jab.
Galanis misses with a looping left.
A big right from Drake misses.
Adrian Galanis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Galanis fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Drake looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galanis lands with a good body shot.
A big left from Drake misses.
Galanis 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.
Drake was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Galanis scores with a punch to the head.
Drake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Galanis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Drake shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Drake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Galanis throws a lazy uppercut
and Drake counters with a right hand to the body.
Galanis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Galanis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Galanis throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Galanis.
Galanis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Drake uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Galanis.
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!
Drake on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake blocks a jab.
Galanis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Drake has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Drake punishes Galanis's body with a nice straight punch.
Galanis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Galanis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Drake.
Drake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Galanis cracks Drake with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Galanis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Drake misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Galanis! But no joy.
A punch combination from Drake misses.
A jab from Galanis does it's job there.
Drake wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Galanis avoids the body shot from Drake.
Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Galanis is just out of range.
Drake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Galanis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Galanis darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Bobby Drake's cut is getting worse.
Drake fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Galanis throws the left hand but Drake avoids the punch easily.
Jab by Galanis.
Galanis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Galanis moves away.
Galanis jabs Drake right on the nose. Drake blinks but takes it well.
Galanis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Galanis misses with a body shot.
Drake jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Drake takes a swing at Galanis's ribcage but misses.
Drake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Galanis manages to avoid it.
Drake takes a swing at Galanis's ribcage but misses.
Drake misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Drake.
Drake misses with an uppercut
and Galanis counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Galanis throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Galanis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Good shot there by Galanis.
Drake slips under a jab from Galanis.
Drake throws a hook but Galanis avoids it easily.
Galanis looks to land a left hand but Drake moved out of range nicely.
Drake with a jab.
Jab by Galanis.
Galanis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A head kick misses from Galanis.
Galanis lands a head shot.
Drake takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Galanis throws a hook but Drake blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Galanis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bobby Drake's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Galanis is just out of range.
Drake is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Galanis.
Drake looks to land a combination but Galanis avoids it well.
Drake looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Drake throws a lazy uppercut
and Galanis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Drake is rocked!
Drake 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.
Drake takes one to the chin there.
Oh Drake is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Drake misses with a combination
and Galanis counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Adrian Galanis!
Adrian Galanis decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.