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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mando Morin (ranked 1380 p4p, 3361 weight class) and Brooks Gallegos (ranked 168 p4p, 337 weight class). Brooks Gallegos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mando Morin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brooks Gallegos!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Gallegos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morin moves into the clinch.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Gallegos avoids the damage to the body.
Gallegos throws a punch but it's blocked by Morin.
Morin blocking some punches.
Gallegos swings wildly with an uppercut but Morin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gallegos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin landing knees to the body.
Gallegos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gallegos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morin landing knees to the head.
It looks like Brooks Gallegos has been cut.
Gallegos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gallegos.
A head punch on the inside from Gallegos fails to land.
Morin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morin trying to land knees to the body.
Gallegos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gallegos has a couple of punches blocked by Morin.
Morin blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gallegos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gallegos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gallegos misses with a punch on the inside.
Gallegos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morin lands a knee to the body.
Morin tries a knee to the head but Gallegos blocks it.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Gallegos avoids the damage to the body.
Morin avoiding damage.
Morin crunches a lovely knee into Gallegos's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallegos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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!
Gallegos throws a jab but it's blocked by Morin.
Gallegos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gallegos throws out a counter right but Morin avoids it with no problem.
Morin slips under a jab.
Gallegos scores with a jab. Morin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gallegos connects with a nice looking jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morin doesn't manage to clinch there - Gallegos circles away.
It seemed like Gallegos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morin walks into a stiff left hand from Gallegos.
Morin is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Morin moves in looking to clinch but Gallegos pushes him off.
Gallegos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gallegos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Morin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gallegos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallegos misses with a right hand
and Morin counters with a stiff right hand.
Morin throws the left hand but Gallegos avoids the punch easily.
Gallegos now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gallegos might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Gallegos cracks Morin with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Gallegos has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Morin to stand back up!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallegos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morin pushes Gallegos up against the cage in a clinch.
Morin blocking some punches.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gallegos is defending well for now.
Gallegos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brooks Gallegos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brooks Gallegos's cut.
That's time! Morin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Gallegos swats away the attempt to clinch by Morin.
A low kick from Morin is predictable there
and Gallegos counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brooks Gallegos!
Our winner, Brooks Gallegos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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