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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dana White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gallagher's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Worst Hangover Ever. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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19 - 10 - 1 |
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Gallagher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dana White!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallagher avoids the body shot from White.
Gallagher drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gallagher lands with a thumping leg kick.
A clash of legs there as White blocks the low kick.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gallagher.
White lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
White lands a body shot.
Gallagher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
White misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gallagher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White missing with a left hand there. Gallagher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gallagher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White throws a sloppy head kick and Gallagher moves out of range easily.
Gallagher throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gallagher listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gallagher misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gallagher scores with a kick to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher misses with a body kick.
Gallagher wants to slow White down by chopping away at his legs.
Gallagher throws the left hand but White avoids the punch easily.
Gallagher lands with a right hand.
White shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
White avoids the body shot from Gallagher.
Gallagher slips under a jab from White.
Gallagher looks to land a right hand but White moved out of range.
A leg kick checked by White.
White takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gallagher misses with a body kick.
White throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gallagher on the side of the head.
Gallagher fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with White, pushing him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gallagher looking to stall.
Gallagher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gallagher lands on the inside with an uppercut.
White is trying to break the clinch but Gallagher has him pressed against the cage.
White tries to break the clinch but Gallagher is controlling the position.
White blocks a body shot from Gallagher.
Gallagher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
White fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gallagher.
A left hand lands to the body for Gallagher.
White throws a head punch that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gallagher is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
White lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gallagher backwards.
It looks like Billy Gallagher has been cut.
Gallagher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher misses with a punch on the inside.
Gallagher is looking to break free of the clinch but White has double underhooks.
White doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gallagher scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from White on the inside.
White is working Gallagher over against the cage.
Come on Gallagher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gallagher pushes White back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gallagher looking to slow down the pace here.
White misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee calls for White to work.
Gallagher misses with a punch to the body.
Gallagher breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
White jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gallagher.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gallagher.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Gallagher.
Both fighters circling a little - Gallagher finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gallagher scores with a jab to the body.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
Gallagher throws a low kick but White moves out of range easily.
Gallagher clinches with his opponent.
White on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gallagher avoiding damage.
White lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Gallagher fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Gallagher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Gallagher'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.
White lands a lovely overhand right.
Gallagher scores with a jab to the head.
Gallagher throws a looping overhand right but White ducks down to avoid it.
Gallagher connects with a solid leg kick.
White throws a hook but Gallagher avoids it easily.
White thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gallagher if he has to take too many more of those.
White bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gallagher's head.
Gallagher misses with a body kick.
White uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gallagher.
White checks a low kick from Gallagher.
Good work by Gallagher as he checks the leg kick.
White closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gallagher moves forwards but White connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gallagher moves forwards but White connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Gallagher's shoulder, as Gallagher tries to avoid the shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! White crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gallagher - the referee stops the clock and White gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gallagher. White manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Gallagher counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gallagher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dana White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
White misses with a low kick.
A clash of legs there as White blocks the low kick.
Gallagher thuds his shin into the meat of White's side.
White moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gallagher throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
White walks into a straight right hand from Gallagher.
Gallagher plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
White throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallagher walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gallagher.
White misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gallagher moves away.
Gallagher takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gallagher 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.
Gallagher chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before White can pounce on him.
Gallagher throws a big shot that misses.
White blocks the body kick.
White takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Gallagher.
White misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White avoids a kick to the body.
White ducks under a wild hook from Gallagher.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gallagher pushes White up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from White fails to land.
Gallagher struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
White lands with a short shot to the head.
White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gallagher doesn't manage to clinch there - White circles away.
A jab from White misses.
White thuds a left hand into Gallagher's body.
Billy Gallagher is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from White misses its intended target.
White digs a good body shot into Gallagher's ribs.
Gallagher pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
White displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gallagher.
A shot to the liver by White. Beautiful body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White lands a right hook to the body.
White tries to score with a low kick but Gallagher moves his leg out of the way.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallagher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gallagher throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and White makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gallagher fails to land the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gallagher swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
Gallagher gets cracked with a nice right hand there by White.
Gallagher fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
White walks into a jab.
Gallagher shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gallagher misses with a low kick as White jumps back.
Gallagher misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dana White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Billy Gallagher's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Gallagher moves away from the strike by White.
White doesn't manage to clinch there - Gallagher circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts White, as that shot connected.
Gallagher is rocked!
Gallagher loads up on a big right hand but White slips the punch.
Gallagher lands with a nice body kick.
Gallagher on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Oh Gallagher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gallagher throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
White has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gallagher.
Gallagher seems to have got his legs back now.
Gallagher moves away from the strike by White.
White has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gallagher.
Gallagher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from White.
White takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gallagher lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gallagher checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gallagher slips a straight right by White.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gallagher wants to land a leg kick but White is out of range.
Gallagher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gallagher throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gallagher tries a head kick but it misses.
Gallagher is looking to clinch.
White tries to clinch there but Gallagher circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Gallagher. That snapped White's head back.
Gallagher throws a solid leg kick but White takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gallagher.
White throws an overhand right that lands on Gallagher's shoulder, as Gallagher tries to avoid the shot.
Gallagher checks a leg kick.
Gallagher slips a jab from White.
Good work by Gallagher as he checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
Gallagher bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps White's head backwards.
Gallagher looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gallagher fails in his attempt to clinch.
White is looking to clinch but Gallagher is avoiding it.
White lands with a thumping leg kick.
White clinches.
White looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White swings wildly with an uppercut but Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gallagher tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Gallagher back against the cage.
White lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gallagher backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for White.
White working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Gallagher.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher stalling against the cage.
Gallagher misses with a hook from the clinch.
White breaks from the clinch.
White throws a half hearted mid kick.
White ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
An inside leg kick from White misses.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Gallagher.
Gallagher throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gallagher scores with a kick to the midsection.
White cracks Gallagher with a good jab.
Gallagher scores with a nice right hand.
White looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gallagher with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gallagher is looking to land body kicks.
Gallagher walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gallagher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gallagher misses with a looping right.
White waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gallagher.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gallagher throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gallagher misses with a straight right.
Gallagher throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gallagher scores with a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dana White.
I think White has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Dana White!
A very excited looking Dana White made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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