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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Frederick Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Grayson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frederick Gallagher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dick Grayson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grayson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gallagher counters with a nice kick to the body.
Grayson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gallagher counters with a good, hard body kick but Grayson shrugs it off.
Grayson misses with a takedown attempt - Gallagher sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Grayson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gallagher tries to avoid it but Grayson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gallagher to the ground. Gallagher escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Frederick Gallagher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick Grayson.
Grayson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gallagher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grayson shoots and misses
and Gallagher counters with an inside leg kick.
No luck for Grayson with that takedown attempt.
Grayson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gallagher sprawls well. Gallagher wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Grayson gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee asks Gallagher politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Gallagher prefers to stall for the moment though.
Gallagher is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Grayson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gallagher in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Gallagher in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Grayson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Gallagher looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Grayson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gallagher is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grayson wants to get back to his feet but Gallagher drags him back down.
Grayson looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher scoring with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Gallagher's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Gallagher working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gallagher controlling from side mount.
Gallagher throws an elbow but Grayson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gallagher slows the pace down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Frederick Gallagher wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Grayson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gallagher counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Grayson is looking to clinch.
Gallagher drives through and clinches with Grayson against the cage.
Gallagher scores with a shoulder strike.
Grayson has had enough of the clinch but Gallagher keeps him there for the moment.
Gallagher is working Grayson over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gallagher tries to score a body lock takedown but Grayson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gallagher as Grayson tries to tie him up.
Gallagher is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Grayson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frederick Gallagher dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gallagher closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Grayson quickly recovers to half guard.
Gallagher throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are battling for position here. Grayson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Gallagher is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gallagher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gallagher throwing strikes but missing.
Grayson being controlled here, momentarily.
Gallagher won't allow Grayson to sweep him here.
Gallagher might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Grayson is breathing heavily.
Grayson trying to control the position.
Gallagher engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gallagher scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Gallagher tries for a kimura but Grayson is defending well.
Gallagher lands a nice forearm strike.
Gallagher advances to mount.
Gallagher controlling from the full mount.
Gallagher has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson is in a horrible position here. Gallagher smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gallagher in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gallagher avoids the attempt from Grayson to control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gallagher controlling the pace for now.
Gallagher with shots to the head and body - Grayson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gallagher could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Gallagher controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frederick Gallagher!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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