PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Hughs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Philip Gallagher has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hughs
vs
Gallagher

178 cm
40
167 lbs
37 - 23 - 0

176 cm
18
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Hughs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Philip Gallagher!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Hughs.
Hughs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gallagher will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hughs checks a leg kick.
Hughs lands a slapping body shot.
Gallagher tries to land a leg kick but Hughs saw it coming and moves away.
Hughs is looking to counter with a body kick.
Hughs avoids a kick to the body.
Hughs checks a low kick from Gallagher.
Gallagher dodges the punch combination from Hughs.
Gallagher scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hughs doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughs takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gallagher lands a head kick!
Gallagher throws a sloppy head kick and Hughs moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughs lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hughs will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hughs throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Philip Gallagher has been cut.
Gallagher throws a wild body kick that Hughs sees coming a mile off.
Gallagher tries to move into range but Hughs moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gallagher takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hughs throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gallagher.
Hughs throws a sloppy head kick and Gallagher moves out of range easily.
Hughs tries to bum rush Gallagher with a series of wild strikes but Gallagher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hughs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hughs swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Gallagher moves into the clinch.
Gallagher trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gallagher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gallagher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gallagher missing with knees to the body.
Gallagher missing with knees to the body.
Hughs misses with a knee strike.
Gallagher misses with a knee strike.
Hughs throws an elbow but it misses.
Gallagher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughs avoids it.
Hughs managing to block the knees to the body from Gallagher.
Gallagher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hughs is defending well for now.
Hughs with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hughs avoiding damage as Gallagher throws knees to the body.
Hughs lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughs tries to throw a body punch but Gallagher avoids it by throwing Hughs back against the cage.
Hughs misses with a punch to the body.
Hughs pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hughs using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gallagher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughs avoids it.
Gallagher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hughs is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Hughs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hughs tries to clinch up.
Gallagher looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Hughs misses with a head kick.
Gallagher throws a lazy body kick

and Hughs holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gallagher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughs blocks it with crossed arms.
Gallagher tries a knee to the head but Hughs blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Hughs on the inside.
Hughs trying to land knees to the body.
Gallagher avoids a wild elbow strike from Hughs.
Gallagher scores a nice knee to the body.
Gallagher tries to land knees in the clinch but Hughs avoids the damage to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallagher misses with a knee to the head.
Hughs blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gallagher avoids it.
Hughs pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Hughs.
Gallagher throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hughs is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gallagher is defending well for now.
Gallagher looking to throw knees to the head but Hughs is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Hughs dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Philip Gallagher's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gallagher misses with a body kick.
Gallagher throws a head kick but Hughs moves out of range.
Hughs motions for Gallagher to come forward. Hughs throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hughs is looking to clinch.

Hughs rushes Gallagher and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hughs blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hughs lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gallagher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hughs looking to throw knees to the head but Gallagher is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughs struggles to land a body shot inside as Gallagher controls his hands.
Hughs looking to throw knees to the head but Gallagher is blocking nicely.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gallagher avoids it.
Gallagher missing with knees to the body.
Gallagher throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher looking to throw knees to the head but Hughs is blocking nicely.
Gallagher misses with a knee strike.
Gallagher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Hughs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Philip Gallagher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gallagher takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hughs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hughs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gallagher can do to turn this around?
Gallagher misses with a body kick.
Gallagher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gallagher scores with a nice body kick.
Gallagher throws a solid leg kick but Hughs takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gallagher.
It looked like Hughs wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gallagher keeps the fight on the outside.
Gallagher scores with a head kick. Hughs tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gallagher throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hughs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gallagher gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Hughs counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gallagher won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hughs tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gallagher avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hughs.
Hughs lands a few punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher is looking to get back to his feet here but Hughs is keeping cool and he's managed to take Gallagher's back.
Hughs scores with punches from the back.
Hughs is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Hughs gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Hughs gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Hughs apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Gallagher throws a head kick that half lands.
Gallagher takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gallagher lands a front kick.
Hughs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gallagher moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hughs shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gallagher as he jumps to the side.
Gallagher tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughs closes the distance and clinches up with Gallagher, looking for a takedown. Hughs pushes Gallagher against the cage but Gallagher circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gallagher looks for the body kick but Hughs saw that one coming.
Hughs shoots for a double leg takedown but Gallagher sprawls well. He's pushed Hughs's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gallagher follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Hughs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gallagher throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hughs takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Hughs is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hughs. Gallagher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joe Hughs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gallagher misses with a knee to the head.
Gallagher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hughs blocks it with crossed arms.
Hughs missing with knees to the body.
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 Joe Hughs will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Philip Gallagher's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hughs throws a good cross that connects.
Hughs tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gallagher defends well and Hughs ends up having to push Gallagher into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Hughs avoids the head kick by Gallagher.
Hughs lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hughs blocks a head kick by Gallagher.
Gallagher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gallagher throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Hughs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gallagher throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crunch! Gallagher slams his shin into Hughs's torso.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hughs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hughs fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gallagher throws a counter combo.
Hughs thows a body kick. Gallagher tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher tries to land a body kick
and Hughs counters with a series of strikes. Gallagher will be more careful next time no doubt.

Gallagher is rocked!
Hughs sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Gallagher's defenses. It connects perfectly with Gallagher's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joe Hughs!