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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Philip Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Loke Westlund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gallagher might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Vindictives - Stupid Song. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Loke Westlund enters the cage!
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166 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Philip Gallagher!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Loke Westlund!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallagher dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gallagher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Westlund circles away quickly and effectively.
Philip Gallagher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gallagher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Westlund was well out of range. Poor timing from Gallagher.
Gallagher throws a body punch but Westlund moves out of range.
Gallagher listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gallagher looks to score with a jab to the body but Westlund is just out of range.
Gallagher avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gallagher misses with a looping left.
Gallagher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Westlund moves away.
Westlund looks to land a body kick but Gallagher moved away.
Westlund throws a low kick, looking for Gallagher's leg but Gallagher calmly moves out of range.
Westlund connects with an inside leg kick.
A big left from Gallagher misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Westlund! But no joy.
Gallagher scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gallagher closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've been informed that Westlund has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Westlund tries to work over Gallagher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Westlund lands an uppercut.
Gallagher 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Westlund is working Gallagher over against the cage.
Nice body punch from Westlund - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Westlund scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gallagher throws a head punch that misses.
Westlund throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gallagher lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Westlund on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Westlund doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gallagher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Westlund's elbow.
Gallagher lands with a right to the head.
Westlund lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gallagher backwards.
Gallagher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Westlund throws a leg kick which misses Gallagher's front leg but catches the back leg as Gallagher tries to avoid it.
Westlund feints and then cracks Gallagher's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gallagher down.
Gallagher misses with a low kick as Westlund jumps back.
Gallagher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gallagher throws a nice head kick!
Westlund feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gallaghers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Westlund avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gallagher misses with a body shot
and Westlund counters with an inside leg kick.
Gallagher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gallagher forces Westlund back against the cage and clinches.
Westlund misses with the head strike.
Gallagher tries a body shot but Westlund blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westlund struggles to land a body shot inside as Gallagher controls his hands.
Westlund fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gallagher lands a shot to the body.
Gallagher missing with knees to the body.
Gallagher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Westlund misses with a punch on the inside.
Gallagher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gallagher tries to land knees in the clinch but Westlund avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Westlund.
Westlund works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gallagher takes a shot to the head.
Westlund throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gallaghers head.
Westlund blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Westlund lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gallagher.
Westlund fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Westlund tries a body shot but Gallagher blocks it.
Gallagher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Westlund avoids it.
Gallagher misses with the head strike.
Westlund takes a shot to the head.
Gallagher can't find room to land a body shot as Westlund controls the action.
Westlund struggles to land a body shot inside as Gallagher controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher lands a body punch.
Westlund prevents a body shot from Gallagher.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gallagher.
Westlund swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Westlund throws a head punch that misses.
Gallagher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gallagher throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gallagher is looking to wear down Westlund with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Westlund tries a head kick but it misses.
Gallagher tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Westlund manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Westlund uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gallagher.
Gallagher lands a nice hook to Westlund's body. Westlund takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gallagher moves away from the strike by Westlund.
Gallagher looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Westlund avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gallagher chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Westlund misses with a two punch combination.
Gallagher drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Westlund lands a lovely overhand right.
Westlund swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Gallagher misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallagher throws a lazy uppercut
and Westlund connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westlund lands with a good body shot.
Westlund swings for the body but Gallagher moves out of range.
Gallagher misses with a hook.
Westlund lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gallagher swings widly with a right hand
and Westlund connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Westlund throws an overhand right that lands on Gallagher's shoulder, as Gallagher tries to avoid the shot.
Gallagher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Westlund was well out of range. Poor timing from Gallagher.
Gallagher jabs Westlund right on the nose. Westlund blinks but takes it well.
Westlund cracks the inside of Gallagher's front leg.
Westlund digs a good body shot into Gallagher's ribs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gallagher, right into the meat.
Westlund misses with a looping left.
Gallagher swings for the body but Westlund moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Westlund blocks a leg kick.
Westlund looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gallagher connects with a right hand. Westlund shakes it off.
Westlund drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jab, jab by Gallagher - just one landing.
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 Philip Gallagher will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Westlund cracks a nice hook into Gallagher's ribs.
Gallagher jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gallagher takes one to the chin there.
Gallagher throws out a loose jab but Westlund uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gallagher takes a jab right on the kisser.
It looks like Philip Gallagher has been cut.
Westlund moves forwards but Gallagher connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gallagher lands a jab.
Gallagher fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Westlund looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Philip Gallagher is winning the standup battle so far.
Gallagher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Westlund manages to avoid it.
Westlund moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Westlund is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Westlund walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gallagher bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gallagher swings widly with a right hand
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Westlund counters with a straight right hand.
Westlund blocks the body kick.
Gallagher connects with a nice looking jab.
Westlund is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Westlund.
Westlund throws out a leg kick but Gallagher moves out of range and Westlund only half commits.
Westlund bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gallagher's head.
Gallagher lands with a right hand.
Westlund misses with an uppercut. Gallagher saw that one coming.
Gallagher is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gallagher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Westlund connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gallagher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gallagher has closed the distance and engaged Westlund in a clinch.
Westlund scores with a hook to the body.
Westlund struggles to land a body shot inside as Gallagher controls his hands.
Gallagher using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gallagher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Loke Westlund seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Westlund prevents a body shot from Gallagher.
Westlund prevents a body shot from Gallagher.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Gallagher scores with a nice short uppercut.
Westlund misses with a short punch on the inside.
Westlund misses with a short punch on the inside.
Westlund swings wildly with an uppercut but Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher digs a right hand underneath Westlund's ribcage. Westlund let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Westlund has a couple of punches blocked by Gallagher.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Westlund.
Westlund prevents a body shot from Gallagher.
Gallagher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Westlund lands with a short shot to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gallagher.
Westlund is breathing heavily.
Westlund misses with a punch on the inside.
Gallagher working aggressively here.
Gallagher lands a body punch in the clinch.
Westlund takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Loke Westlund has been cut.
A short right from Gallagher.
Gallagher lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Gallagher on the inside.
Westlund is still on wobbly legs! Can Gallagher finish him?
Gallagher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gallagher connects with a solid leg kick.
Gallagher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Westlund throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gallagher lands a jab.
Westlund misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westlund misses with a body shot.
Gallagher wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gallagher drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Westlund right on the button. Westlund goes down! Gallagher follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Gallagher gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Philip Gallagher!
Philip Gallagher retains his lightweight title!
Philip Gallagher gave a mention to Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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