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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Collins (ranked 1395 p4p, 163 weight class) and Facundo Galley (ranked 2939 p4p, 306 weight class). Facundo Galley told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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179 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Collins !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Facundo Galley!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Topper Green and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Collins , pushing him back against the cage.
Galley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Galley tries to work over Collins 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Galley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Galley.
Collins prevents a body shot from Galley.
Galley misses with the head strike.
Galley can't find room to land a body shot as Collins controls the action.
Collins has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Galley clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Galley has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Collins has the hooks in. Galley is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Collins looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Collins just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Galley rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Galley tries to roll over but Collins keeps him under control.
Collins 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.
Collins tries to pass to full mount but Galley defends it.
Collins moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Galley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Galley keeps working.
Galley tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Galley is trying to get back to his feet.
Collins is looking to take a break and control but Galley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Galley is looking to reverse the position.
Galley sneaks back into half guard.
Galley has a hand on Collins 's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Collins takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Collins controlling his opponent.
Galley is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Galley throwing hammer fists to the chest of Collins . What's that going to do exactly?
Collins controlling his opponent.
Collins trying to control but Galley is having none of it.
Galley flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Galley throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Collins working Galley over with strikes here.
Galley is trying desperately to improve position.
Collins content just to control the position here.
Collins blocks Galley's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Collins landing punches.
Collins trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Galley is in all sorts of trouble here.
Galley throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Galley is in all sorts of trouble here.
Collins controlling from mount.
Galley really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collins controlling from mount.
Galley flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galley flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Collins wants to control the pace but Galley is squirming around nicely.
Galley swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Galley is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Galley working to try and regain half guard.
Galley is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Galley is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Galley throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Collins takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Galley is wriggling around trying to escape.
Collins can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Galley is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Collins dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Galley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Collins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Collins . Those never looked like landing.
Galley moves into range and clinches up with Collins .
Galley swings wildly with an uppercut but Collins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Galley lands a nice shot to the body.
Galley swings wildly with an uppercut but Collins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Collins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Galley can do to turn this around?
A nice right hand lands inside from Galley.
Galley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Galley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Collins 's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galley cracks Collins with a nice body shot.
Galley scores with a shoulder strike.
Galley lands a left hand.
Galley working aggressively here.
Galley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galley lands with a short shot to the head.
Collins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Galley.
Collins is trying to break free.
Galley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Collins or not.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Galley keeps control of Collins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Galley as the two fighters clinch.
Galley has Collins pressed against the cage, preventing Collins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Collins drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Collins blocking some punches.
Collins blocks an uppercut.
Galley works on Collins 's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Galley.
Galley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Galley is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Facundo Galley seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galley misses with a punch on the inside.
Galley lands a nice uppercut.
Galley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Collins tries to break free but Galley pushes him back against the cage.
Collins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Galley.
Collins will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Galley drives through and clinches with Collins against the cage.
Galley misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Galley.
Galley misses with a punch to the body.
Galley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Collins is rocked!
Galley swings wildly with an uppercut but Collins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Collins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Collins wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Galley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Galley avoiding damage.
Galley lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Galley lands a left hand.
Galley prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steve Collins . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Galley creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Collins 's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Collins drops to his knees and Galley pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Facundo Galley!
Facundo Galley seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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