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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wendell Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cliff Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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177 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wendell Gallagher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cliff Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson clinches with his opponent.
Anderson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gallagher is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Anderson to keep the fight standing.
Gallagher is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Anderson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wendell Gallagher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gallagher circles away quickly and effectively.
Anderson 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.
Anderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Anderson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Anderson is nestled in close to Gallagher, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher is defending against the submission attempts here by Anderson.
Anderson misses with a head shot. Gallagher uses the momentum to regain guard.
Anderson cracks Gallagher with a solid left hand.
Anderson landing with the ground and pound.
Gallagher is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gallagher is trying to control the position but Anderson postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Anderson slips nicely into half guard.
Anderson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gallagher with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Anderson throwing shots but Gallagher is blocking nicely.
Anderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gallagher's head.
Gallagher trying to hold on to Anderson's head to control him but Anderson postures up.
Anderson trying to pass the guard but Gallagher defending well.
Anderson wants to control but Gallagher is keeping him busy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gallagher has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Anderson is working away from the top position though.
Gallagher is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Anderson is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Anderson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Anderson content to control rather than advance.
Gallagher looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gallagher is breathing heavily.
Anderson throwing shots but Gallagher is blocking nicely.
Anderson wants to work for an arm triangle but Gallagher is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gallagher looking for submissions off his back.
Anderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gallagher defending well though.
Anderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Anderson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Anderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gallagher's head.
Gallagher keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Anderson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Anderson throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Gallagher to regain full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Anderson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gallagher keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Gallagher utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cliff Anderson dominated that round.
That's time! Gallagher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Anderson with a hook.
Anderson misses with a takedown
and Gallagher counters by moving into the clinch.
Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Gallagher on his heels. He'll look to pass Gallagher's guard now, I'm sure.
Gallagher is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Anderson defends well.
Anderson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gallagher works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Anderson postures up in Gallagher's guard and throws a big left but Gallagher blocks it.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Gallagher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gallagher works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Gallagher keeps moving.
Anderson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Anderson throwing strikes but missing.
Anderson slips nicely into half guard.
Anderson is nestled in close to Gallagher, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Anderson trying to pass the guard but Gallagher defending well.
Anderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gallagher's head.
Anderson thows a huge punch but Gallagher dodges it nicely.
Cliff Anderson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gallagher tries to roll over but Anderson keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher is trying to maintain the position but Anderson is very close to passing his half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Anderson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gallagher is looking to control Anderson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gallagher avoid being mounted?
Anderson is nestled in close to Gallagher, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gallagher wants to improve his position but Anderson is controlling well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anderson is trying to control. Gallagher wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Anderson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gallagher keeps working.
Anderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gallagher defending well though.
Anderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gallagher's head.
Anderson working over Gallagher with some ground and pound. Gallagher looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gallagher trying to control from the bottom.
Anderson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Anderson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gallagher trying to hold on to Anderson's head to control him but Anderson postures up.
Anderson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gallagher does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Anderson throwing shots but Gallagher is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher trying to control here.
Anderson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gallagher defends it well.
Anderson throwing shots but Gallagher is blocking nicely.
Gallagher keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Anderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Anderson drops an elbow to the side of Gallagher's head.
Gallagher is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anderson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Oh Gallagher is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gallagher wants to control but Anderson is having none of it.
Anderson scoring with strikes but Gallagher is staying in there.
Anderson content just to control the position here.
Anderson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Anderson unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Gallagher wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Anderson celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cliff Anderson!
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FIGHT
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