PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Gallagher (ranked 2623 p4p, 368 weight class) and Scott Traves (ranked 5818 p4p, 645 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gallagher might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Drunkin' Lullabies by Flogging Molly. Frank Gallagher could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Scott Traves's chin.

Gallagher
vs
Traves

182 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

160 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Gallagher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scott Traves!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Traves has managed to clinch.
Traves is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gallagher throws an elbow but it misses.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Traves has eaten all the pies!
A bit of stalling here from Traves.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gallagher lands an elbow just above Traves 's eye.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Traves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Traves swings wildly with an uppercut but Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid it.

Gallagher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch lands to the side of Traves 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Traves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gallagher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Gallagher wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gallagher swings for the body but Traves moves out of range.
Traves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gallagher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Traves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Traves has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Gallagher scores with a hook to the body. Traves takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
No joy there for Gallagher, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Traves checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Traves moves in looking to clinch but Gallagher pushes him off.
Gallagher cracks Traves with a good jab.
Gallagher lands with a right hand.

Traves has managed to clinch.

Gallagher manages to break the clinch.
Gallagher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Traves moves away.
Gallagher uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Traves has time to react.
Gallagher scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Traves is rocked!
Frank Gallagher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Traves tries a head kick but it misses.
Traves is still on wobbly legs! Can Gallagher finish him?
Traves wants to clinch up but Gallagher keeps it at a distance.
Gallagher steps in with a hook that catches Traves right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Gallagher follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Traves looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Gallagher!
A very excited looking Frank Gallagher made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.