PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Killian Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dustin Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gallagher comes to the cage accompanied by Kakkahätä 77 - Tää on sun helvetti. Martin has chosen Smells like Teen Spirit as his entrance music. Dustin Martin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gallagher
vs
Martin

202 cm
37
250 lbs
30 - 25 - 0

205 cm
34
270 lbs
27 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Crippler\'s Corner

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 30 - 25 - 0, fighting out of London, Killian Gallagher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Dustin Martin!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallagher misses with a few strikes there.
Martin throws a head kick but Gallagher moves out of range.
Martin throws a leg kick but Gallagher sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice body kick from Martin.
Gallagher throws a shot to the body.
Martin throws a sloppy head kick and Gallagher moves out of range easily.
Gallagher's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gallagher duly obliges.
Gallagher misses with a wild body shot.
Martin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gallagher throws a shot to the body.
Gallagher scores with a one two! Martin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gallagher looks to land a combination but Martin avoids it well.
Gallagher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gallagher misses with an uppercut. Martin saw that one coming.
Martin misses with a body shot.
Gallagher looks to land a combination but Martin avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martin closes the distance and clinches.
Martin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gallagher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martin lands a right hand.
Martin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gallagher trying to stall but Martin improves his position.
Martin scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.
Martin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gallagher avoids it.
Gallagher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gallagher creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gallagher taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Martin.
Gallagher has a couple of punches blocked by Martin.
A short right from Martin.
Good body shot from Gallagher.
Gallagher is trying to force a seperation but Martin has the dominant position.
Martin scores with a shot to the side of Gallagher's head.
A short right from Martin.
Martin controlling the action here for a moment.
Martin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gallagher will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Martin up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher throws a punch but it's blocked by Martin.
A hook to the body from Gallagher.
Martin prevents Gallagher from breaking the clinch.
Gallagher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martin.
Martin stalls.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.
Martin missing with knees to the body.
Gallagher managing to block the knees to the body from Martin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Martin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Martin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gallagher is looking to control Martin's arms but Martin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gallagher has his back to the cage.
Martin working aggressively here.
Gallagher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gallagher blocks an uppercut.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gallagher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gallagher's defenses.

It looks like Killian Gallagher has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gallagher blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martin misses with a knee strike.
Gallagher'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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dustin Martin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Killian Gallagher's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gallagher shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Gallagher was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Gallagher is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Martin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Martin is trying to get back to half guard.

Gallagher goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Martin has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Gallagher but great work by Martin.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here as Martin stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher looking for a sweep but Martin has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Martin controlling his opponent.
Martin tries to control but Gallagher wriggling away.
Gallagher is working to get back to half guard.
Martin controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin prevents Gallagher from getting the reversal.
Martin trying to control but Gallagher is having none of it.
Gallagher is trying desperately to improve position.
Martin controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher working to try and regain half guard.
Martin avoids the attempt from Gallagher to control.
Martin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher is desperately trying to improve his position but Martin has a good base and remains in mount.
Gallagher gets back to half guard.
Gallagher manages to get to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gallagher wants to sweep here but Martin controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Killian Gallagher will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Killian Gallagher's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Martin throws a low kick but Gallagher avoids it.
Gallagher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martin manages to avoid it.
Killian Gallagher is winning the standup battle so far.
Gallagher throws a lazy right hand but Martin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martin. Gallagher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gallagher throws a jab but it's blocked by Martin.
Gallagher pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Martin back to the cage. Gallagher follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Martin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gallagher is out of range.
Gallagher lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Martin at a distance.
Martin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gallagher manages to avoid it.
Martin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gallagher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick misses from Martin.
Martin misses with a looping right.
Gallagher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martin moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Gallagher 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.
Gallagher scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dustin Martin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Gallagher 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Martin connects with a crisp jab.

Martin moves into the clinch.
Martin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dustin Martin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gallagher is pushing Martin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Martin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gallagher is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Martin.
Martin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Gallagher.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gallagher is trying to push Martin away but Martin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch on the inside from Gallagher fails to land.
Gallagher blocks an elbow strike from Martin.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gallagher.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands an elbow inside that Gallagher shrugs off.
Gallagher managing to block the knees to the body from Martin.
Gallagher blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gallagher.
Gallagher is looking for a takedown.
Gallagher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martin has Gallagher pressed against the cage, preventing Gallagher from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Martin stalling.
Gallagher taking a breather.
Come on Martin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Martin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Martin.
A nice left hand lands by Martin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin misses with a knee strike.
Gallagher lands a shoulder strike.
Gallagher looking for a takedown.
Gallagher is pushing Martin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Martin presses Gallagher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dustin Martin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Martin 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dustin Martin!
Dustin Martin thanked the fans post fight for their support.