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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Bernhard Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cub Galloway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Galloway is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jump Around by House of Pain. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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187 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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188 cm
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175 lbs
11 - 14 - 0 |
Great elbows
Granite chin
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bernhard Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cub Galloway!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Galloway throws a head kick that misses.
No joy there for Taylor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Galloway rushes Taylor and presses him up against the ropes.
Galloway misses with an elbow over the top.
Taylor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Taylor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Galloway backwards.
Taylor stalling against the ropes.
Taylor lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taylor lands with a right to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Taylor as Galloway tries to tie him up.
Taylor comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Cub Galloway has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Galloway dodges an elbow strike from Taylor.
Galloway slows down the pace here.
Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galloway avoids the head kick by Taylor.
Galloway pushes Taylor up against the ropes in a clinch.
Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taylor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Galloway.
Taylor has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brown House in the buildup to the fight.
Taylor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Galloway.
A jab from Taylor misses.
Taylor misses with a head kick.
Galloway darts in and clinches Taylor up against the ropes.
Galloway is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Taylor is keeping busy.
Galloway avoids the elbow strike from Taylor, against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Galloway obliges.
Taylor lands an elbow inside.
Taylor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Taylor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Taylor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Galloway's brow.
Galloway is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Galloway is keeping busy.
Taylor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taylor just leaning against Galloway, taking a breather.
Taylor misses with an elbow over the top.
Taylor lands with a right to the head.
Taylor scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taylor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Galloway is keeping busy.
Galloway on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taylor 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!
Taylor lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Galloway just misses with a elbow thrown towards Taylor's brow.
Galloway leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Taylor tries to break the clinch but Galloway is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bernhard Taylor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cub Galloway's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A head kick from Galloway lands but Taylor takes it in his stride.
Cub Galloway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Galloway is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Taylor!
Galloway is rocked!
Taylor circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Galloway tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Taylor wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bernhard Taylor!
Bernhard Taylor very nearly forgot to thank Merciless Gladiators amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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hype
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pop
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