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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Galloway Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus McTearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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World class boxer
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Galloway Sackett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Rufus McTearson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McTearson throws a leg kick but Sackett moved away.
Sackett misses the shot to the body.
Sackett throws a predictable looking body shot
and McTearson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McTearson lands a right hook to the body.
Sackett on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've been informed that McTearson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
McTearson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sackett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McTearson.
No joy there for Sackett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McTearson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sackett lands with a nice body punch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sackett.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the liver by McTearson. Beautiful body shot.
McTearson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sackett.
McTearson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McTearson throws a quick inside leg kick.
McTearson misses with a straight right.
Sackett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McTearson misses with the combination.
McTearson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sackett throws out the jab.
McTearson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sackett to score with a decent uppercut.
McTearson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sackett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sackett has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Broken Halo Vegas in the buildup to the fight.
Nice shot by McTearson.
Sackett ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McTearson connects with the punch.
Sackett is looking to wear down McTearson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sackett.
McTearson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sackett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McTearson.
Sackett misses with a lunging right hand
and McTearson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sackett misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McTearson blocks the body kick.
McTearson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sackett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett misses with a head kick.
Sackett closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
An inside leg kick lands from McTearson.
Sackett misses with a low kick as McTearson jumps back.
Sackett wants to land a leg kick but McTearson is out of range.
McTearson was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Sackett throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by McTearson.
Galloway Sackett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sackett keeps the fight on the outside.
McTearson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McTearson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
McTearson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sackett.
Sackett lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Sackett.
Sackett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sackett takes a swing at McTearson's ribcage but misses.
Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McTearson moves away.
Sackett lands a lovely overhand right.
Sackett will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett swings for the body but McTearson moves out of range.
Sackett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sackett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sackett misses with a head kick.
McTearson lands with a thumping leg kick.
McTearson blocks a jab.
McTearson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McTearson throws a jab when Sackett was well out of range.
McTearson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McTearson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McTearson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McTearson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sackett stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McTearson connects with a jab.
McTearson throws a nice outside leg kick.
McTearson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McTearson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sackett had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sackett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McTearson shoots for a double leg takedown but Sackett sprawls well. He's pushed McTearson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for McTearson.
Sackett throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
McTearson throws a right hand that misses
and Sackett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McTearson throws the kick towards the body but Sackett avoids it.
McTearson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jab from Sackett.
Sackett lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sackett scores with a body shot.
A slow jab from McTearson misses its intended target.
Sackett throws a quick counter head kick but McTearson was just out of range.
The fighters circling - Sackett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sackett misses with a wild body shot.
Sackett misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sackett checks a leg kick.
Sackett is looking to counter punch.
Sackett fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McTearson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McTearson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Galloway Sackett will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McTearson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sackett.
McTearson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McTearson tries a low kick but Sackett avoids it.
Sackett wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Sackett throws a looping overhand right but McTearson ducks down to avoid it.
McTearson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McTearson misses with a head kick.
McTearson throws a wild body kick that Sackett sees coming a mile off.
Galloway Sackett is winning the standup battle so far.
McTearson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sackett went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
McTearson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from McTearson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McTearson.
Sackett throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McTearson counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McTearson moves out of range of the body kick from Sackett.
A nice side step and McTearson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sackett chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sackett misses with a looping right.
McTearson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McTearson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sackett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett lands a lovely overhand right.
McTearson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McTearson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sackett.
McTearson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
McTearson checks a leg kick.
A nice side step and McTearson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sackett lands a body shot.
Sackett misses with a two punch combination.
McTearson lands a jab to the nose.
Sackett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McTearson manages to avoid it.
Sackett connects with a body shot.
Sackett thows a body kick. McTearson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sackett scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sackett crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McTearson - the referee stops the clock and Sackett gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McTearson. Sackett manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sackett throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sackett misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McTearson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
Some bone on bone action there as Sackett checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sackett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McTearson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McTearson fails to land with a series of punches.
Sackett throws a poor cross that misses
and McTearson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sackett looks to score with a jab to the body but McTearson is just out of range.
McTearson throws out a counter right but Sackett avoids it with no problem.
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McTearson.
A slapping body kick lands there for McTearson.
The fighters circling - Sackett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sackett just misses with a punch to the body.
McTearson scores with a spinning back kick!
Sackett throws a jab but it's blocked by McTearson.
A head kick from Sackett lands but McTearson takes it in his stride.
McTearson punishes Sackett's body with a nice straight punch.
Sackett walks into a straight right hand from McTearson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McTearson throws an off balance right hand
and Sackett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sackett has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McTearson.
Sackett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McTearson finds it's way round the side to connect with Sackett's head.
McTearson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
McTearson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
McTearson thuds his shin into the meat of Sackett's side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McTearson checks a leg kick.
McTearson blocks a leg kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
McTearson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sackett on the side of the head.
McTearson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A big right from Sackett misses.
Sackett will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
McTearson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A low kick from Sackett is predictable there
and McTearson counters with a good low kick that Sackett was not able to check.
McTearson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sackett.
Sackett throwing a counter right hand but McTearson manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McTearson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sackett manages to avoid it.
Sackett wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
McTearson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sackett. That did some damage!
McTearson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sackett on the side of the head.
McTearson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McTearson tries to bum rush Sackett with a series of wild strikes but Sackett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McTearson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sackett.
McTearson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sackett throws a half hearted mid kick.
McTearson slips a jab and a cross from Sackett.
Sackett takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sackett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McTearson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackett works McTearson's body with a nice hook.
McTearson throws a body shot but no joy.
As McTearson tries to get set, Sackett tries to push him back and clinch up but McTearson manages to avoid the attempt.
McTearson moves out of range as Sackett throws a body kick.
Sackett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rufus McTearson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sackett swings for the body but McTearson moves out of range.
Sackett looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McTearson scores with a leg kick.
Sackett throws a front kick aimed at McTearson's knee but McTearson avoids it well.
McTearson dips to his left and cracks Sackett with an uppercut!
McTearson throws a body punch but Sackett moves out of range.
McTearson scoring well with a low kick there.
McTearson lands with an overhand left.
Sackett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McTearson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McTearson tries to bum rush Sackett with a series of wild strikes but Sackett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McTearson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sackett, right into the meat.
Sackett looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
McTearson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sackett.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from McTearson. Sackett shrugs it off though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from McTearson.
Sackett throws an off balance right hand
and McTearson counters with a stiff right hand.
Sackett throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting McTearson counter with a right hand.
Sackett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McTearson.
Sackett takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sackett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McTearson.
McTearson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sackett throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sackett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sackett takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McTearson moves away.
An inside leg kick from Sackett misses.
McTearson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McTearson scoring well with a low kick there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sackett.
McTearson pushes Sackett away with a front kick.
Sackett jabs McTearson right on the nose. McTearson blinks but takes it well.
Sackett throws a leg kick but McTearson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
McTearson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sackett throws a chopping leg kick but McTearson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sackett just misses with a punch to the body.
McTearson is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
McTearson connects with an inside leg kick.
Sackett misses with a shot to the body
and McTearson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McTearson punishes Sackett's body with a nice straight punch.
McTearson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sackett.
McTearson slips a straight right by Sackett.
McTearson misses with an uppercut. Sackett saw that one coming.
A head kick misses from Sackett.
McTearson is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett throws a body punch but McTearson moves out of range.
McTearson throws the left hand but Sackett avoids the punch easily.
Sackett throwing a counter right hand but McTearson manages to avoid it.
Sackett throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McTearson counters with a head kick.
McTearson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sackett is rocked!
Sackett throws a leg kick
and McTearson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sackett's knee momentarily.
Oh Sackett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McTearson scores with a push kick.
Sackett seems to have got his legs back now.
Sackett swinging wildly here.
Sackett lands a nice hook to McTearson's body. McTearson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fighters circling - Sackett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sackett misses the body punch
and McTearson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sackett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McTearson.
McTearson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sackett fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McTearson is out of range.
McTearson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sackett avoids the body shot from McTearson.
McTearson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sackett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McTearson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sackett manages to avoid it.
Sackett looks to land a left hand but McTearson moved out of range nicely.
McTearson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sackett takes a swing at McTearson's ribcage but misses.
McTearson tries a quick counter leg kick but Sackett is wise to it.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from McTearson.
Some wild striking there from Sackett.
Sackett throws the left hand but McTearson avoids the punch easily.
McTearson moves into the clinch.
Sackett misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rufus McTearson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McTearson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rufus McTearson!
Rufus McTearson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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