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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Callaghan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Gregorovitsj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gregorovitsj is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Pink Panther Theme. Boris Gregorovitsj is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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185 lbs
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164 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
41 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Callaghan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Boris Gregorovitsj!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Callaghan throws a leg kick but Gregorovitsj moved away.
Gregorovitsj fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Callaghan on the side of the head.
Callaghan lands a head kick. Gregorovitsj smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Boris Gregorovitsj has been cut.
Gregorovitsj misses with a leg kick.
It appears Callaghan was looking to counter with a kick there.
Callaghan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj defending well as Callaghan loads up on a big left hand.
Callaghan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Callaghan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Callaghan checks a leg kick.
Callaghan slips a straight right by Gregorovitsj.
Callaghan connects with a solid leg kick.
Callaghan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gregorovitsj.
Callaghan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Callaghan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gregorovitsj takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Callaghan scores with a leg kick.
Callaghan throws a leg kick which misses Gregorovitsj's front leg but catches the back leg as Gregorovitsj tries to avoid it.
Callaghan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Callaghan scores with a shot to the body.
Gregorovitsj connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Callaghan moves into range and clinches up with Gregorovitsj.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj misses with some punches.
Callaghan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gregorovitsj in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Callaghan throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Callaghan fails to land.
Gregorovitsj is trying to stall.
Callaghan misses with some punches.
Gregorovitsj blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Callaghan lands an elbow just above Gregorovitsj 's eye.
Callaghan looking to throw knees to the head but Gregorovitsj is blocking nicely.
Callaghan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gregorovitsj misses with a punch on the inside.
Gregorovitsj keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Callaghan's efforts to push away.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Callaghan obliges.
A body shot lands from Callaghan.
Callaghan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gregorovitsj throws an elbow that misses.
Callaghan keeps control of Gregorovitsj as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gregorovitsj.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Callaghan.
Callaghan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Callaghan wants to stall.
Gregorovitsj lands a left hand.
Gregorovitsj pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gregorovitsj misses with a short punch on the inside.
Callaghan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Callaghan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gregorovitsj blocks the elbow strike.
Callaghan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gregorovitsj has a couple of punches blocked by Callaghan.
Gregorovitsj tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Callaghan's elbow.
Callaghan managing to block the knees to the body from Gregorovitsj.
Callaghan avoids a wild elbow strike from Gregorovitsj.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gregorovitsj takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gregorovitsj is looking to break free of the clinch but Callaghan has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj is trying to maintain a safe position but Callaghan gets an underhook and turns Gregorovitsj into the cage.
Gregorovitsj avoiding damage as Callaghan throws knees to the body.
Gregorovitsj has a couple of punches blocked by Callaghan.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Gregorovitsj.
Callaghan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Callaghan manages to break the clinch.
Callaghan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Callaghan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gregorovitsj counters with a thumping low kick.
Gregorovitsj throws a leg kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Callaghan. That's going to slow Gregorovitsj down.
Gregorovitsj on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Callaghan. Callaghan obviously looking to wear him down.
Gregorovitsj paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gregorovitsj wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj moves out of range of the body kick from Callaghan.
Gregorovitsj with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A leg kick checked by Gregorovitsj.
Callaghan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gregorovitsj scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Callaghan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That has opened up Boris Gregorovitsj's cut even more.
Gregorovitsj attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gregorovitsj misses with a leg kick.
Callaghan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gregorovitsj throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gregorovitsj misses with a low kick as Callaghan jumps back.
Callaghan slips under a jab from Gregorovitsj.
Callaghan slips a straight right by Gregorovitsj.
Callaghan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Callaghan checks a leg kick nicely.
Callaghan scores with a head kick. Gregorovitsj tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Callaghan defending well as Gregorovitsj loads up on a big left hand.
Gregorovitsj swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Callaghan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Gregorovitsj misses with a hook.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan tries to work over Gregorovitsj's front leg with a kick but Gregorovitsj checks it.
Callaghan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj lands with a cross.
Gregorovitsj looks to score with a jab to the body but Callaghan is just out of range.
Gregorovitsj scores with a nice strike.
Callaghan slips a jab from Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Callaghan. Callaghan obviously looking to wear him down.
Callaghan moves into the clinch.
Gregorovitsj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gregorovitsj looking to slow down the pace here.
Gregorovitsj is trying to stall.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Callaghan misses with a body punch.
Callaghan throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Callaghan.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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!
Callaghan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Callaghan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Callaghan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gregorovitsj scores with a shoulder strike.
Gregorovitsj scores with a hook to the body.
Gregorovitsj lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gregorovitsj breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Callaghan tries to close the distance and clinch but Gregorovitsj swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Callaghan. Those never looked like landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Callaghan.
The fight stays on the outside here - Callaghan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gregorovitsj checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gregorovitsj throws a low kick, looking for Callaghan's leg but Callaghan calmly moves out of range.
Callaghan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gregorovitsj.
Callaghan scores with a spinning back kick!
Callaghan scores with a head kick. Gregorovitsj tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Gregorovitsj misses.
Callaghan misses with a head kick.
Gregorovitsj thuds his right hand into Callaghan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gregorovitsj cracks Callaghan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gregorovitsj lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That kick from Gregorovitsj tenderised Callaghan's leg. Callaghan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Callaghan lands with a kick to the temple. Gregorovitsj shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The cut above Boris Gregorovitsj's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Callaghan lands a slapping body shot.
A lazy left from Callaghan finds it's target.
Callaghan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gregorovitsj at a distance.
Gregorovitsj turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gregorovitsj is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Callaghan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Callaghan lands a head kick!
Decent striking displayed by Gregorovitsj there.
Callaghan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gregorovitsj throws a series of punches but Callaghan avoids them all with ease.
Callaghan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gregorovitsj's sensitive parts.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Callaghan is able to avoid easily.
Callaghan tries a head kick but it misses.
Callaghan misses with a body punch
and Gregorovitsj counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Callaghan is looking to wear down Gregorovitsj with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Callaghan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gregorovitsj's head.
Callaghan scores with a jab to the jaw.
Callaghan throws an off balance right hand
and Gregorovitsj counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Callaghan cracks Gregorovitsj with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gregorovitsj takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gregorovitsj is looking to slow Callaghan down with leg kicks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gregorovitsj lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Callaghan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Callaghan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gregorovitsj throws a head kick but Callaghan moves out of range.
Callaghan moves in looking to clinch but Gregorovitsj pushes him off.
Callaghan misses with a low kick.
Gregorovitsj misses with a body shot.
Callaghan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gregorovitsj dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gregorovitsj feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Callaghan's calf.
Callaghan lands a jab to the nose.
Callaghan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gregorovitsj 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.
Callaghan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Callaghan slips a jab from Gregorovitsj.
Callaghan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Callaghan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gregorovitsj lands a jab to the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Callaghan dips to his left and cracks Gregorovitsj with an uppercut!
Boris Gregorovitsj's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Callaghan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gregorovitsj's head backwards.
Callaghan throws a front kick aimed at Gregorovitsj's knee but Gregorovitsj avoids it well.
Jab by Gregorovitsj.
Gregorovitsj throws a lazy uppercut
and Callaghan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Callaghan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gregorovitsj.
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Callaghan throws a chopping leg kick but Gregorovitsj manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Callaghan ducks right into an uppercut from Gregorovitsj.
Callaghan is rocked!
Callaghan doesn't manage to clinch there - Gregorovitsj circles away.
Gregorovitsj walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Callaghan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Richard Callaghan.
I think Callaghan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 10:9
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 10:9
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Callaghan!
A victorious Richard Callaghan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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