PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Lee (ranked 763 p4p, 93 weight class) and Philip Gallagher (ranked 831 p4p, 100 weight class). Gallagher has chosen The Vindictives - Stupid Song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lee
vs
Gallagher

176 cm
29
165 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

176 cm
33
162 lbs
21 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Blue Moon

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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christopher Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Philip Gallagher!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee is looking to clinch.
Gallagher is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Lee with a body shot.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Gallagher circles away.
Lee looks to clinch
and Gallagher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gallagher works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gallagher swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lee.
Lee is looking to clinch.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Gallagher misses with a punch to the body.
Lee misses with a punch on the inside.
Gallagher blocking some punches.
Lee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gallagher backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.
Gallagher blocking some punches.
Lee blocks the elbow strike.
Lee working aggressively here.
Gallagher lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gallagher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lee avoiding damage as Gallagher throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.
Lee lands a nice uppercut.
Lee misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gallagher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gallagher digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gallagher misses with a punch to the body.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Gallagher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gallagher throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gallagher 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 the left hand. Lee knows he should have avoided that one.

Gallagher takes the fight into the clinch.
Lee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gallagher with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gallagher lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lee.
Lee misses with the head strike.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Gallagher.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lee.
Gallagher lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lee misses with the head strike.

Gallagher breaks from the clinch.
Gallagher scores with a hook to the body. Lee takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lee with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gallagher to score with a decent uppercut.
Gallagher lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lee backs up against the cage.
Gallagher lands a slapping body shot.
Gallagher throws a good cross that connects.

Lee has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gallagher scores with a hook to the body.
A hook to the body from Gallagher.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Gallagher lands a nice uppercut.
Gallagher lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.
Gallagher unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Gallagher.
Gallagher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lee takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher can't find room to land a body shot as Lee controls the action.
Gallagher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gallagher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee takes an elbow to the temple.
Gallagher stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gallagher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lee working aggressively here.
Gallagher lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lee.
Gallagher misses with a body punch.
Gallagher works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gallagher tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lee throws a head punch that misses.
Gallagher lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lee or not.
Gallagher trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Gallagher - that landed with a thud.

Gallagher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lee looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gallagher stuns Lee with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gallagher smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gallagher dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lee. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gallagher fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gallagher circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Gallagher.
Gallagher is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lee had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gallagher lands a nice hook to Lee's body. Lee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lee wants to clinch.
Lee on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lee tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gallagher counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Lee is rocked!
Gallagher scores with a body shot.
Oh Lee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gallagher pounces like a tiger and cracks Lee with a vicious hook! Lee is down but not out! Gallagher follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Philip Gallagher!
Philip Gallagher very nearly forgot to thank Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 180$) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
In defeat, Christopher Lee stepped up to the mic, saying 'Against the power of Mordor there can be no victory. '.