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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafik Arfah (ranked 24829 p4p, 559 weight class) and Mario Gallo (ranked 2861 p4p, 340 weight class). Mario Gallo told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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18
205 lbs
0 - 7 - 0 |
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26
202 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rafik Arfah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mario Gallo!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arfah thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gallo moves away from the strike by Arfah.
Gallo punishes Arfah's body with a nice straight punch.
Arfah misses with a hook
and Gallo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Arfah misses with a hook. Gallo ducked under it nicely.
Mario Gallo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arfah looks to land a left hand but Gallo moved out of range nicely.
Arfah takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gallo cracks Arfah with a good jab.
Gallo lands a body shot.
Arfah really is a fat lump.
A shot to the liver by Gallo. Beautiful body shot.
Arfah is breathing heavily.
Gallo lands a nice hook to Arfah's body. Arfah takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gallo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gallo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gallo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Arfah stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gallo drops Arfah with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Arfah looks back up at him and smiles so Gallo waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Gallo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gallo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Arfah rather than just go for the knockout.
Arfah takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gallo digs a good body shot into Arfah's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arfah takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gallo cracks a nice hook into Arfah's ribs.
Gallo scores with a nice head shot.
Arfah is rocked!
Gallo connects with a body shot.
Oh Arfah is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Arfah takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gallo lands a right hook to the body.
Gallo cracks Arfah with a left hook right on the temple and Arfah goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Gallo lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Arfah is OK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mario Gallo!
After winning the bout, Mario Gallo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
97% |
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