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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leo Galante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hughs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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169 lbs
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167 lbs
41 - 31 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Leo Galante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Hughs!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galante swings for the body but Hughs moves out of range.
Galante walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hughs checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hughs let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hughs on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hughs shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Galante cracks Hughs with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Galante gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Galante misses with a punch to the body.
Galante blocks the elbow strike.
Galante makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hughs is rocked!
Galante has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Galante.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hughs trying to land knees to the body.
Hughs is trying to push Galante away but Galante has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hughs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Galante.
A short uppercut from Galante.
Galante tries to work over Hughs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galante lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hughs is still on wobbly legs! Can Galante finish him?
With the fighters up against the cage, Hughs throws an elbow but misses.
Hughs seems to have recovered his senses.
Hughs dodges an elbow strike from Galante.
Galante lands a damaging elbow.
Galante lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hughs backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from Galante.
Hughs blocks an elbow strike from Galante.
Galante tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hughs's elbow.
Hughs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Galante.
Galante lands a shoulder strike.
Hughs looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hughs using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Galante has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Galante tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hughs's elbow.
Galante avoids the elbow strike from Hughs, against the cage.
Hughs trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Galante on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galante avoiding damage as Hughs throws knees to the body.
Galante lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Galante managing to block the knees to the body from Hughs.
Hughs cracks Galante with a nice body shot.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Galante avoids it.
Galante managing to block the knees to the body from Hughs.
Galante working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Galante's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Galante.
Galante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hughs prevents a body shot from Galante.
Hughs digs a right hand underneath Galante's ribcage. Galante let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hughs lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Galante gets through Hughs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hughs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Galante working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Galante tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hughs's elbow.
Galante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hughs is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hughs misses with some punches.
Galante tries to throw a body punch but Hughs avoids it by throwing Galante back against the cage.
Hughs trying to land knees to the body.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Galante avoids it.
Galante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Galante digs a right hand underneath Hughs's ribcage. Hughs let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hughs misses with some punches.
Hughs blocks an elbow strike from Galante.
Galante comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughs with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Galante throws an elbow but misses.
Galante lands a shot to the body.
Hughs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Galante.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is keeping an eye on Galante - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Galante misses with the head strike.
Galante working aggressively here.
Galante on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Galante just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hughs's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Galante.
Hughs tries to land knees in the clinch but Galante avoids the damage to the body.
Galante scores with a shoulder strike.
Galante avoids a wild elbow strike from Hughs.
Hughs misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leo Galante dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Galante dodges the punch combination from Hughs.
Galante pushes Hughs up against the cage in a clinch.
Galante is struggling to control the position.
Galante scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hughs misses with a knee strike.
Galante gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galante can't find room to land a body shot as Hughs controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Galante.
Hughs lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Galante on the inside.
Leo Galante has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short body shot lands from Galante as the two fighters clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galante lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hughs is breathing heavily.
Galante blocks an uppercut.
Galante throws a head punch that misses.
Galante throws an elbow but it misses.
Hughs working aggressively here.
Galante creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hughs's defenses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Galante.
Hughs dodges an elbow strike from Galante.
Galante managing to block the knees to the body from Hughs.
Galante working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Galante lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hughs backwards.
Galante swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Galante stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hughs looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Galante gets through Hughs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hughs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Galante stuns Hughs with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Galante cracks Hughs with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Hughs looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Galante finish him?
Galante instigates a clinch.
Hughs pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hughs is trying to push Galante away but Galante has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Galante managing to block the knees to the body from Hughs.
Galante lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hughs backwards.
Hughs tries to land a knee to the head but Galante blocks with his arms.
Galante stalling the fight.
Galante on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Galante.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughs is pressed against the cage. Galante pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Hughs! Two more big strikes from Galante and Hughs crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Leo Galante!
A very excited looking Leo Galante 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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energy
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hype
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