PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Biggie Righty Handy (ranked 2101 p4p, 268 weight class) and Sao Galileo (ranked 4085 p4p, 433 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Righty Handy
vs
Galileo

202 cm
37
202 lbs
24 - 13 - 1

195 cm
30
210 lbs
20 - 9 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Biggie Righty Handy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Sao Galileo !
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galileo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Galileo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Handy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Handy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Handy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Handy lands with an overhand left.
A telegraphed right hand from Handy misses the target.
Galileo looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Galileo clinches with his opponent.
Handy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Galileo being controlled against the ropes.
Galileo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Galileo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Galileo swings wildly with an uppercut but Handy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galileo throws a head punch that misses.
Handy swings wildly with an uppercut but Galileo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galileo scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galileo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Handy.
Galileo tries to throw a body punch but Handy avoids it by throwing Galileo back against the ropes.
Galileo struggles to land a body shot inside as Handy controls his hands.
Galileo misses with a punch to the body.
Handy stalling in the clinch but Galileo improves position.
Handy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Galileo s head.
Handy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Handy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Handy prevents a body shot from Galileo .
A right hook to the body lands for Galileo .
Handy prevents a body shot from Galileo .
Galileo has a couple of punches blocked by Handy.
Galileo lands a nice shot to the body.
Handy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Galileo is keeping busy.
Handy taking a breather.
Handy taking a breather.
Handy is working Galileo over against the ropes.
Galileo has a couple of punches blocked by Handy.
Galileo tries to work over Handy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handy taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Galileo .
Handy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Handy misses with a body punch.
Handy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Handy has a couple of punches blocked by Galileo .
Galileo digs a right hand into Handy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Handy's gas tank.
Handy pushes Galileo back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Galileo swings wildly with an uppercut but Handy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galileo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Handy lands with a light punch inside.
Galileo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Handy tries a body shot but Galileo blocks it.
Galileo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Handy holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Handy lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Biggie Righty Handy will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Galileo just misses with a punch to the body.
Galileo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Handy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Galileo missing with a left hand there. Handy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Handy cracks Galileo with an open hand slap.
A jab from Handy finds it's way through Galileo 's defenses.
Handy misses with a hook. Galileo ducked under it nicely.
Handy lands a lovely overhand right.
Handy slips a straight right by Galileo .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galileo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Handy throws out the jab.
Galileo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Handy appears to be looking for a big counter.
Galileo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Biggie Righty Handy is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handy scoring well with a low kick there.
Handy works Galileo 's body with a nice hook.
Galileo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Handy is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Handy throws a nice looking combination but Galileo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Handy throws a lazy uppercut

and Galileo moves into the clinch.
Handy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Handy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Handy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Galileo backwards.
Handy is looking to control Galileo 's arms but Galileo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Handy has his back to the ropes.
Handy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Galileo backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Galileo blocks a body shot from Handy.
Handy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Galileo works on Handy's body with a couple of short punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Galileo .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galileo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Handy taking a breather.
Handy takes a shot to the head.
Handy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Galileo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Galileo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Galileo gets through Handy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Galileo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Handy is looking to control Galileo 's arms but Galileo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Handy has his back to the ropes.
Galileo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Handys head.
Galileo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Galileo can't find room to land a body shot as Handy controls the action.
Galileo struggles to land a body shot inside as Handy controls his hands.
Handy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Handy looking to stall.
Good body shot from Galileo .
A short right hand to the side of the head by Galileo .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Handy trying to stall but Galileo improves his position.
Galileo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Galileo .
Handy misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sao Galileo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Handy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Galileo throws a looping overhand right but Handy ducks down to avoid it.
Handy ducks under a wild hook from Galileo .
Handy slips a straight right by Galileo .
Handy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Handy misses with a straight right.
Galileo lands a body shot.
Handy really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Galileo throws the left hand but Handy avoids the punch easily.
Good leg kick by Galileo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galileo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Handy.
Galileo moves away from the strike by Handy.
Handy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handy walks into a straight right hand from Galileo .
Galileo connects with a looping right hand.
Handy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Galileo to score with a decent uppercut.
Galileo digs a good body shot into Handy's ribs.
Handy misses with a wild combination.
Galileo wants to clinch but Handy slips to the side
enabling Handy to counter with a crisp jab.
Galileo lands a glancing blow to the side of Handy's head.
Handy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Galileo throws a big shot that misses.
A swing and a miss from Handy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Handy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Galileo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Galileo misses with a straight left.
Handy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Galileo under the eye.
A slow jab from Galileo misses its intended target.
Handy misses the jab.
Galileo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Some wild striking there from Handy.
Handy misses with a right hand
and Galileo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Galileo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sao Galileo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Galileo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sao Galileo !
During a confident post fight interview, Sao Galileo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.