PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josh Drake (ranked 4226 p4p, 3517 weight class) and Sebastian Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Drake
vs
Gallagher

191 cm
21
175
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
185
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Gallagher!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Gallagher there.
Drake fails with the takedown.
Gallagher throws a nice looking combination but Drake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sebastian Gallagher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A left and a right from Drake both land. Nice combination.
Gallagher fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Gallagher moves into the clinch.
Drake takes a shot to the head.
Gallagher lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gallagher throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Drake misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gallagher keeps control of Drake as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gallagher lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Gallagher.
Gallagher has Drake pressed against the cage, preventing Drake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gallagher lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Nice body punch from Gallagher - that landed with a thud.
Drake is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gallagher lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drake or not.
Gallagher lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Gallagher.
Gallagher lands with a left to the head.
Drake takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Gallagher.
Gallagher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gallagher.
Gallagher stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Gallagher pulls guard effortlessly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake stopping the sweep attempt from Gallagher.
Gallagher has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gallagher looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Drake in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gallagher holds on and takes a little breather.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gallagher can do anything to dispel that myth.
Let's hope that Gallagher has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Drake stands and steps away. Gallagher gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Gallagher instigates a clinch.
Gallagher lands a right hand.
Drake's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher leaning against his opponent.
Gallagher cracks Drake with a nice body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gallagher creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Gallagher - that landed with a thud.
Gallagher works on Drake's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gallagher creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gallagher lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drake or not.
Gallagher cracks Drake with a nice body shot.
Gallagher throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gallagher works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gallagher lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gallagher lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gallagher lands a right hand.
Gallagher lands with a right to the head.
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!
Still in the clinch, Gallagher scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Gallagher.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Gallagher scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Gallagher.
Gallagher lands a shot to the body.
Gallagher digs a right hand underneath Drake's ribcage. Drake let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gallagher working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gallagher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gallagher scores with a hook to the body.
Gallagher lands a left hand.
Gallagher lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Nice body punch from Gallagher - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Gallagher.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gallagher.
Gallagher lands with a short shot to the head.
Gallagher lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A shot in the inside from Gallagher.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sebastian Gallagher dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gallagher lands with a good body shot.

Gallagher instigates a clinch.
Gallagher lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Drake.

Gallagher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Gallagher has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gallagher softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gallagher prevents a body shot from Drake.
Gallagher presses Drake against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gallagher pushes Drake back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gallagher lands a shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gallagher.
Gallagher lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gallagher lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Come on Gallagher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Still in the clinch, Gallagher scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher lands with a light punch inside.
Gallagher stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sebastian Gallagher seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gallagher lands a left hand.

Drake is rocked!
Gallagher lands a nice shot to the body.
Gallagher scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh Drake is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gallagher lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gallagher stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short left from Gallagher.
Gallagher digs a right hand underneath Drake's ribcage. Drake let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gallagher lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gallagher lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Gallagher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallagher scores with a shoulder strike.
Gallagher unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Drake! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Gallagher is unloading with more strikes now! Drake drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastian Gallagher!