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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Gallagher (ranked 466 p4p, 69 weight class) and DJ Strawberry (ranked 3449 p4p, 345 weight class). Gallagher comes to the cage accompanied by Drunkin' Lullabies by Flogging Molly. Strawberry has chosen Beastie Boys-Brass Monkey as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. DJ Strawberry has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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182 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent 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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Gallagher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DJ Strawberry!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallagher keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gallagher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Strawberry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Strawberry throws a nice looking combination but Gallagher bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gallagher has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA ($700/week) in the buildup to the fight.
Strawberry takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fighters circling - Strawberry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Strawberry looks to land a right hand but Gallagher moved out of range.
Strawberry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Strawberry misses with a double jab
and Gallagher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Strawberry takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gallagher has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Strawberry looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gallagher is fending him off so far but Strawberry persists. Nope, Gallagher circles away and we're back to standing.
Gallagher connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallagher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Strawberry manages to avoid it.
Gallagher lands a jab to Strawberry's midsection.
Strawberry misses with a body shot.
It looked like Gallagher wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Strawberry throws a hook but Gallagher avoids it easily.
Gallagher lands with a cross.
Nice defenses there by Gallagher.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Gallagher misses.
Gallagher slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gallagher throws a body punch but Strawberry moves out of range.
Strawberry is looking for the big counter here.
Strawberry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Strawberry takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice uppercut there from Strawberry.
Gallagher misses with a looping left.
Strawberry goes for a double leg but Gallagher avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gallagher continues to drive forward.
Frank Gallagher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DJ Strawberry.
Nice body punch from Gallagher.
Gallagher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Strawberry.
Gallagher scores with a hook.
Gallagher misses with a body shot.
Strawberry drops Gallagher with a left and a right! Oh, Gallagher is hurt - Strawberry dives into side control looking to finish!
Gallagher is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gallagher sneaks out the side door and pushes Strawberry away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Gallagher lands with a hook. Strawberry tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Strawberry throws a jab but it's blocked by Gallagher.
Strawberry takes a swing at Gallagher's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strawberry ducks under a wild hook from Gallagher.
Strawberry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gallagher.
Strawberry lands with an overhand left.
Strawberry throws out a powerful jab.
Oh Gallagher is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Strawberry shoots in but Gallagher avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Strawberry gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gallagher is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Strawberry.
Gallagher seems to have got his legs back now.
Strawberry defending well as Gallagher loads up on a big left hand.
Despite the aggression on Strawberry's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Strawberry's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gallagher connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Strawberry scrambles back to his feet.
Gallagher lands a right hook to the body.
Gallagher misses with a body shot.
Strawberry gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A left and a right from Strawberry both land. Nice combination.
Frank Gallagher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gallagher missing with a left hand there. Strawberry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Strawberry throws a hook but Gallagher blocks it.
Strawberry closes the distance and clinches up with Gallagher, looking for a takedown. Strawberry pushes Gallagher against the cage but Gallagher circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Strawberry closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strawberry has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Strawberry there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gallagher misses with a straight left.
Strawberry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Strawberry misses with a head kick.
Strawberry fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gallagher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Strawberry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Strawberry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gallagher.
Strawberry punishes Gallagher's body with a nice straight punch.
Gallagher connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Strawberry momentarily.
Strawberry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gallagher.
Gallagher 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.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gallagher, as that shot connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Strawberry. Gallagher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Strawberry throws a head kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strawberry tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gallagher throws a jab but it's blocked by Strawberry.
Strawberry throws a right hand that Gallagher ducks under and follows up with a left that Gallagher also avoids with ease.
A little feinted left hand from Gallagher on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Strawberry shoots in looking for a takedown but Gallagher manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Strawberry's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher misses the shot to the body.
Strawberry shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Strawberry fails with a takedown attempt.
Strawberry looks winded!
Gallagher misses with a straight right.
Strawberry throws a big counter head kick but Gallagher avoids it with no problem.
Strawberry swinging wildly here.
Strawberry takes a swing at Gallagher's ribcage but misses.
Strawberry misses with a series of wild punches.
Gallagher bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Strawberry's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gallagher thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gallagher scores with a nice right hand.
Gallagher lands a jab to the head.
Strawberry misses the shot to the body.
Gallagher stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank 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.
Strawberry misses with a wild combination.
A slow jab from Strawberry misses its intended target.
Nice jab there from Gallagher.
Strawberry on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gallagher throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Strawberry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Strawberry slips a jab from Gallagher.
Gallagher lands a nice shot that snaps Strawberry's head back.
Gallagher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Strawberry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little feinted left hand from Gallagher on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gallagher is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Strawberry can do to turn this around?
Strawberry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gallagher manages to avoid it.
Gallagher scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gallagher takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gallagher cracks Strawberry with an open hand slap.
Strawberry closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Gallagher did well to prevent Strawberry getting side control.
Gallagher is trying to stand.
Strawberry is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gallagher kicks off Strawberry and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Strawberry with that takedown attempt.
Strawberry has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Strawberry takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Strawberry lands a jab to the nose.
Strawberry fails with a takedown attempt.
Strawberry closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gallagher circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Gallagher on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Frank Gallagher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DJ Strawberry.
Strawberry is breathing heavily.
Gallagher scores with a jab to the jaw.
Strawberry looks to throw the jab but Gallagher is out of range.
Strawberry slips under a jab from Gallagher.
Gallagher thuds a left hand into Strawberry's body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gallagher.
Strawberry takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Strawberry takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strawberry misses with an uppercut
and Gallagher counters with a nice uppercut.
Strawberry is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strawberry changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gallagher looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Gallagher sneaks out the side door and pushes Strawberry away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Strawberry is still on wobbly legs! Can Gallagher finish him?
Strawberry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Strawberry 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.
Strawberry seems to have recovered his senses.
Strawberry takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Strawberry is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gallagher wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gallagher throws a series of punches but Strawberry avoids them all with ease.
Strawberry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gallagher dodges the punch combination from Strawberry.
The fighters circling - Gallagher throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Strawberry misses.
Gallagher just misses with a punch to the body.
Strawberry misses with a double jab
letting Gallagher counter with a right hand.
Strawberry takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Strawberry dives in and grabs Gallagher's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gallagher pushes down on Strawberry's head and hops out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Gallagher. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gallagher.
Strawberry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Strawberry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gallagher connects with a single shot there.
Gallagher misses the jab.
Strawberry shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gallagher pinned against the cage. Gallagher gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gallagher's jab looks to have found its range, popping Strawberry under the eye.
Strawberry shoots for a takedown but Gallagher saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Strawberry shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gallagher as he avoids it easily.
Gallagher cracks Strawberry with an open hand slap.
The fighters circling - Gallagher throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gallagher loads up on a big right hand but Strawberry slips the punch.
It seemed like Strawberry was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gallagher punishes Strawberry's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strawberry shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gallagher scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Gallagher misses the target.
Strawberry misses with a takedown attempt - Gallagher sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gallagher dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Gallagher.
Gallagher throws a monster overhand right that drops Strawberry! Gallagher follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Gallagher!
After winning the bout, Frank Gallagher thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, DJ Strawberry stepped up to the mic, saying 'i'm young and I will continue to get better, there is no doubt in my mind I will be a champ one day. Get on the bandwagon before its full.... Going to my after party. I got the blow and Chinese chicks waiting for me...'.
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