PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Gallagher (ranked 650 p4p, 93 weight class) and Roy Finnegan (ranked 206 p4p, 33 weight class). Gallagher comes to the cage accompanied by Drunkin' Lullabies by Flogging Molly. The crowd seem to be enjoying Finnegan's choice of entrance music: The Rogues - Gravel Walk. On his way into the cage it seems that Frank Gallagher has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Frank Gallagher seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Gallagher
vs
Finnegan

182 cm
28
180 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

175 cm
33
180 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Gallagher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Finnegan!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Gallagher.
Gallagher has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA ($800/week) in the buildup to the fight.
Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finnegan.
Finnegan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gallagher manages to avoid it.
Finnegan throws a body punch but Gallagher moves out of range.
Gallagher lands with an uppercut that bounces Finnegan off the cage and back into range.
Gallagher misses with a straight right.
Finnegan throws a body shot but no joy.

Gallagher takes the fight into the clinch.
Gallagher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gallagher lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Roy Finnegan has been cut.
Finnegan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gallagher lands an elbow inside.
Gallagher lands an elbow that stopped Finnegan in his tracks for a moment.
Finnegan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Finnegan being controlled against the cage.
Finnegan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Gallagher scores with a nice short uppercut.
Finnegan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Finnegan fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Finnegan working aggressively here.
Gallagher blocking some punches.
Gallagher misses with an elbow strike.
Gallagher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Finnegan.
Finnegan has Gallagher pushed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Gallagher.
Gallagher softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gallagher gets through Finnegan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gallagher taking a breather.
Finnegan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gallagher.
Stalling in the clinch from Gallagher.
Finnegan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gallagher backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan misses with some punches.
Finnegan swings wildly with an uppercut but Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Gallagher.
Finnegan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.

Gallagher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Finnegan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Finnegan lands with a nice body punch.
Gallagher throws out a powerful jab.
Gallagher ducks under a wild hook from Finnegan.
Gallagher appears to be looking for a big counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Finnegan. Gallagher does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Gallagher misses its intended target.
Gallagher misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Finnegan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Finnegan takes a swing at Gallagher's ribcage but misses.
Finnegan misses with a double jab.
Gallagher is looking for a counter combo.
Finnegan slips a jab from Gallagher.
Finnegan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gallagher.
Finnegan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gallagher.
Gallagher takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gallagher digs a good hook to Finnegan's body.
Finnegan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gallagher momentarily.
Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finnegan.
Finnegan swinging wildly here.
A counter left hand to the body from Gallagher misses its target.
Finnegan lands a glancing blow to the side of Gallagher's head.
Finnegan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gallagher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Finnegan. Gallagher does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gallagher lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finnegan.
Finnegan looks to land a right hand but Gallagher moved out of range.
Gallagher connects with a good right hand that stumbles Finnegan. Finnegan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gallagher misses the shot to the body.
Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finnegan.
Finnegan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Finnegan misses with a double jab
and Gallagher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gallagher takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A big left from Gallagher misses.
Gallagher lands a head shot.
Gallagher works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Finnegan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finnegan misses with an uppercut.
Gallagher lands a jab to the nose.
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 Frank Gallagher will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roy Finnegan's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Gallagher throws a right and a left that Finnegan avoids nicely.
A left lands for Gallagher.
Gallagher throws a body shot but no joy.
Finnegan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gallagher.
Finnegan throws a shot from downtown. Gallagher moves away and avoids it.
Gallagher will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gallagher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gallagher throws an overhand right that lands on Finnegan's shoulder, as Finnegan tries to avoid the shot.
Finnegan lands with a shot to the body.
Frank Gallagher is winning the standup battle so far.
Finnegan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gallagher.
Finnegan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finnegan missing with a left hand there. Gallagher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Finnegan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gallagher walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Gallagher is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gallagher lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oh Gallagher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Finnegan throws a body punch but Gallagher moves out of range.
Gallagher seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher looks to land a body kick but Finnegan moved away.
Finnegan misses with a straight right.
Gallagher fails in his attempt to clinch.

Oooooh!!! Finnegan has knocked Gallagher down with a huge combo! Finnegan steps away and waves a wobbly Gallagher back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Gallagher is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gallagher tries to clinch there but Finnegan circles away.
Gallagher clobbers Finnegan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gallagher scores with a nice right hand.
Finnegan misses with a straight right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gallagher connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Finnegan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gallagher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Finnegan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gallagher slips a straight right by Finnegan.
Finnegan just misses with a punch to the body.
Finnegan connects with a body shot.
Gallagher misses with a hook. Finnegan ducked under it nicely.
Finnegan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher scores with a crisp jab that stopped Finnegan in his tracks.
Gallagher scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Finnegan doesn't seem bothered though.
Gallagher misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Finnegan! But no joy.
Finnegan throws a shot from downtown. Gallagher moves away and avoids it.
Gallagher cracks a nice hook into Finnegan's ribs.
Gallagher throws a jab but it's blocked by Finnegan.
Finnegan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gallagher moves out of range as Finnegan strikes.
Finnegan takes a swing at Gallagher's ribcage but misses.
Finnegan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gallagher.
Finnegan slips a jab from Gallagher.
Gallagher on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Finnegan loads up on a big right hand but Gallagher slips the punch.
Finnegan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gallagher throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Finnegan misses the body punch
and Gallagher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Finnegan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gallagher doesn't seem bothered though.
The fighters circle momentarily. Finnegan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gallagher looks to score with a jab to the body but Finnegan is just out of range.

Gallagher moves into range and clinches up with Finnegan.
Finnegan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gallagher blocking some punches.
Finnegan lands a right hand.

Finnegan manages to break the clinch.
Gallagher lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Finnegan throws out a powerful jab.
Gallagher lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A decent looking cross lands there for Finnegan.
Gallagher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Finnegan.
Finnegan looks to land a right hand but Gallagher moved out of range.
Gallagher swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Finnegan tries to move into range but Gallagher moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan misses with a wild body shot.
Gallagher is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gallagher lands a nice leg kick that just misses Finnegan's sensitive parts.
Finnegan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gallagher counters with a series of strikes. Finnegan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Finnegan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gallagher counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Finnegan misses with a wild body shot.
Gallagher lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Danga de danga de dang - Gallagher scores with a four punch combination!
Finnegan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gallagher cracks a nice hook into Finnegan's ribs.
Gallagher with a nice cross.
A swing and a miss from Gallagher.
Finnegan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gallagher lands a nice hook to Finnegan's body. Finnegan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gallagher takes one on the button.
Finnegan misses with a two punch combination.
Finnegan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Roy Finnegan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Roy Finnegan'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. This is the final round!

Finnegan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Finnegan throws an overhand right that lands on Gallagher's shoulder, as Gallagher tries to avoid the shot.

Gallagher clinches up with Finnegan and pushes him back against the cage.
Finnegan throws a head punch that misses.
Finnegan lands a left hand.
Finnegan tries to throw a body punch but Gallagher avoids it by throwing Finnegan back against the cage.
Finnegan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Finnegan.
Gallagher lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Finnegan gets through Gallagher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Gallagher.

Gallagher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Finnegan just misses with a punch to the body.
Finnegan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gallagher.
Finnegan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finnegan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters circling - Finnegan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Gallagher misses the target.
Finnegan walks into a straight right hand from Gallagher.
Finnegan lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finnegan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gallagher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gallagher will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Finnegan scores with the left hand. Gallagher knows he should have avoided that one.
Gallagher scores with a crisp jab that stopped Finnegan in his tracks.
Gallagher dodges the punch combination from Finnegan.
Finnegan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gallagher was well out of range. Poor timing from Finnegan.
Gallagher fires out a quick counter leg kick but Finnegan just manages to avoid it.
Finnegan misses with a looping right.
Gallagher is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Gallagher has closed the distance and engaged Finnegan in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gallagher.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Finnegan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Finnegan working aggressively here.
Finnegan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gallagher.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finnegan working hard to break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Finnegan.
Come on Gallagher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gallagher lands an elbow inside that Finnegan shrugs off.

That has opened up Roy Finnegan's cut even more.
Finnegan scores with a shoulder strike.
Finnegan working aggressively here.
Finnegan trying to land knees to the body.
Finnegan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finnegan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gallagher backwards.
Finnegan has Gallagher pressed against the cage.
Finnegan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gallagher lands an elbow inside.
Gallagher lands a nice elbow.
Finnegan throws a head punch that misses.
Gallagher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gallagher lands a left hand that snaps the head of Finnegan backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finnegan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gallagher tries a knee to the head but Finnegan blocks it.
Gallagher misses with an elbow strike.
Finnegan misses with the head strike.

Gallagher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Finnegan walks into a straight right hand from Gallagher.
Gallagher looks to throw the jab but Finnegan is out of range.
Finnegan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gallagher was well out of range. Poor timing from Finnegan.
Gallagher misses with a shot to the body
and Finnegan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab from Gallagher.
Finnegan looks to score with a jab to the body but Gallagher is just out of range.
Finnegan slips a straight right by Gallagher.
A big left from Finnegan misses.
Gallagher lands a lovely overhand right.
Gallagher bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Gallagher rushes Finnegan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Finnegan backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gallagher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gallagher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finnegan wants to stall.
Finnegan working aggressively here.
Finnegan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Finnegan blocks the elbow strike.
Gallagher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Finnegan's defenses.

The cut above Roy Finnegan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Finnegan wants to break free but Gallagher has control.
Finnegan throws a head punch that misses.
Finnegan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gallagher.
Finnegan tries to stall but Gallagher uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Finnegan taking a breather.
Gallagher has Finnegan pushed against the cage.
Gallagher lands an elbow that stopped Finnegan in his tracks for a moment.
Frank Gallagher has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gallagher lands a damaging elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Gallagher showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gallagher has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Gallagher!
After winning the bout, Frank Gallagher thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.