PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Gallagher (ranked 1392 p4p, 174 weight class) and Duncan Ferguson (ranked 2943 p4p, 307 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gallagher might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Drunkin' Lullabies by Flogging Molly. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gallagher
vs
Ferguson

182 cm
26
180 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

191 cm
26
202 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duncan Ferguson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferguson tries to clinch there but Gallagher circles away.
Ferguson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ferguson 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.
Ferguson punishes Gallagher's body with a nice straight punch.
Ferguson lands a jab to the nose.
Gallagher is looking to clinch but Ferguson is avoiding it.

Gallagher has closed the distance and engaged Ferguson in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ferguson fails to land.
Gallagher tries to land a knee to the head but Ferguson blocks with his arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gallagher is trying to break the clinch but Ferguson has him pressed against the cage.
Ferguson throws a head punch that misses.

Gallagher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferguson throws a hook to the side of Gallagher's head but Gallagher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gallagher throwing a counter right hand but Ferguson manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ferguson, right into the meat.
Gallagher throws a leg kick but Ferguson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ferguson misses with the combination.
Gallagher throws the left hand but Ferguson avoids the punch easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gallagher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson tries to clinch but Gallagher is having none of it.
Ferguson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ferguson ducks under a wild hook from Gallagher.
A telegraphed right hand from Gallagher misses the target.
Gallagher slips a straight right by Ferguson.
Gallagher scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gallagher slips a jab and a cross from Ferguson.
It looked like Gallagher was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ferguson.
Ferguson throws a series of punches but Gallagher avoids them all with ease.
Ferguson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ferguson throws out a powerful jab.
Gallagher has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA ($800/week) in the buildup to the fight.
Gallagher takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallagher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Gallagher is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Good shot there by Gallagher.
Oh Gallagher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gallagher connects with a right hand. Ferguson shakes it off.
Gallagher seems to have got his legs back now.

Gallagher gets a clinch.
Gallagher misses with an elbow strike.
Gallagher tries to land a knee to the head but Ferguson blocks with his arms.
Ferguson lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher takes a shot to the head.
Gallagher manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
Ferguson blocks an elbow strike.
Ferguson lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ferguson.
Gallagher lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ferguson is looking to control Gallagher's arms but Gallagher gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ferguson has his back to the cage.
Gallagher blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ferguson.
Ferguson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Gallagher fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.
Gallagher lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Duncan Ferguson has been cut.
Ferguson avoids a wild elbow strike from Gallagher.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gallagher just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ferguson's brow.
Ferguson throws a punch but it's blocked by Gallagher.
Ferguson blocks the elbow strike.
Ferguson blocks an elbow strike.
Gallagher scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ferguson throws a punch but it's blocked by Gallagher.
Gallagher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferguson.
Ferguson misses with a hook to the ribs.

Gallagher's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gallagher ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gallagher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gallagher misses with an uppercut.
Ferguson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gallagher.
Ferguson scores with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Gallagher.
Gallagher looks to land a combination but Ferguson avoids it well.

Gallagher moves into range and clinches up with Ferguson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferguson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ferguson on the inside.
Gallagher looking to slow down the pace here.
Ferguson lands with a right to the head.
Gallagher working hard to break the clinch.
Ferguson lands a left hand.
Ferguson leaning against his opponent.
Ferguson misses with some punches.
Ferguson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Gallagher.
Ferguson lands with a light punch inside.
Ferguson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ferguson lands with a short shot to the head.
Ferguson digs a right hand underneath Gallagher's ribcage. Gallagher let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gallagher blocking some punches.
Gallagher lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gallagher misses with a punch to the body.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duncan Ferguson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duncan Ferguson'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.

A big left from Ferguson misses.
A big left from Ferguson misses.

Ferguson lands a big uppercut and Gallagher crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Gallagher looks OK. Ferguson waves Gallagher back to his feet!
Gallagher bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ferguson's head backwards.
A big right from Gallagher misses.
Gallagher darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Duncan Ferguson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferguson closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Gallagher! Ferguson dives in looking to finish! Gallagher is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Duncan Ferguson!
Frank Gallagher spoke after the fight, saying 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.