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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jalaluddin Aziz (ranked 1385 p4p, 174 weight class) and Philip Gallagher (ranked 522 p4p, 68 weight class). Aziz kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dalshar Project - Afghan Rastaman. The crowd seem to be enjoying Gallagher's choice of entrance music: The Vindictives - Stupid Song. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jalaluddin Aziz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Philip Gallagher!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aziz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gallagher tries to clinch but Aziz is having none of it.
Gallagher throws a wild body kick that Aziz sees coming a mile off.
Aziz throws a shot from downtown. Gallagher moves away and avoids it.
Jalaluddin Aziz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gallagher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've been hearing reports that Aziz has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gallagher darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Aziz takes a swing at Gallagher's ribcage but misses.
Aziz misses the jab.
Gallagher misses with a hook. Aziz ducked under it nicely.
Aziz throws a body punch but Gallagher moves out of range.
Aziz throws out a loose jab but Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gallagher scores with a sloppy right hand. Aziz should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aziz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gallagher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aziz.
The crowd cheers as Aziz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gallagher doesn't seem phased though.
A jab from Aziz misses.
Aziz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gallagher. Gallagher circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher misses with a straight right.
Aziz misses with an uppercut. Gallagher saw that one coming.
Aziz lands with a right hand.
Aziz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gallagher manages to avoid it.
Aziz throws a body punch but Gallagher moves out of range.
Aziz tests Gallagher's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Aziz scores with a sloppy right hand. Gallagher should have avoided that one.
Aziz's corner calls for a 1-2. Aziz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gallagher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gallagher closes the distance and clinches.
Gallagher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aziz misses with a body shot.
Aziz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gallagher displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aziz throws out the jab.
Gallagher gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Aziz.
Gallagher looks for the body kick but Aziz saw that one coming.
Aziz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gallagher stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aziz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gallagher.
An attempted straight right counter from Aziz misses the target.
Aziz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gallagher steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Aziz blocks a leg kick.
Gallagher dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gallagher showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aziz.
Gallagher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Aziz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gallagher avoids the body shot from Aziz.
Gallagher is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Aziz with a body shot.
Gallagher throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gallagher's jab looks to have found its range, popping Aziz under the eye.
Aziz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aziz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gallagher manages to avoid it.
Gallagher connects with an inside leg kick.
Gallagher throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Aziz.
Gallagher on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gallagher throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Aziz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gallagher. Gallagher circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Aziz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gallagher was well out of range. Poor timing from Aziz.
Aziz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gallagher.
Gallagher throws a jab when Aziz was well out of range.
Aziz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Gallagher has Aziz up against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Aziz.
Aziz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aziz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aziz misses with a punch to the body.
Gallagher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gallagher misses with the head strike.
Gallagher is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aziz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gallagher.
Gallagher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gallagher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aziz.
Gallagher falls off balance throwing a combination
and Aziz counters with a nice uppercut.
Aziz moves out of range of the leg kick from Gallagher.
Nice uppercut there from Gallagher.
Gallagher throws a body kick that misses
and Aziz counters with a stiff right hand.
Aziz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gallagher manages to avoid it.
Gallagher feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aziz's calf.
Gallagher wants to slow Aziz down by chopping away at his legs.
Aziz avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gallagher darts in and clinches Aziz up against the cage.
Gallagher lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Jalaluddin Aziz has been cut.
Gallagher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
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 Jalaluddin Aziz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jalaluddin Aziz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gallagher scores with a sloppy right hand. Aziz should have avoided that one.
Gallagher throws out a loose jab but Aziz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aziz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gallagher at a distance.
Aziz misses with a body shot.
Gallagher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aziz.
Aziz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Aziz misses with an uppercut.
Aziz throws a body shot but no joy.
Aziz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jalaluddin Aziz is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch combination from Aziz misses.
Gallagher walks into a straight right hand from Aziz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aziz missing with a left hand there. Gallagher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Aziz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Aziz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gallagher smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aziz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aziz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Aziz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gallagher.
Gallagher moves into the clinch.
Gallagher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Aziz backwards.
Gallagher scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aziz.
Gallagher misses with a body punch.
Aziz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gallagher throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gallagher lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aziz blocks a body shot from Gallagher.
Aziz misses with a punch on the inside.
Aziz blocks a body shot from Gallagher.
Aziz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gallagher scores with a knee to the head.
Aziz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gallagher tries a knee to the head but Aziz blocks it.
Gallagher can't find room to land a body shot as Aziz controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gallagher lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gallagher lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aziz.
Aziz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aziz misses with a punch to the body.
Gallagher tries a body shot but Aziz blocks it.
Aziz blocks the elbow strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Aziz.
Gallagher misses with a body punch.
Aziz pushes Gallagher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aziz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aziz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gallagher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aziz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Aziz working aggressively here.
A short right from Aziz on the inside.
Aziz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gallagher misses with a punch to the body.
Gallagher lands a hook that snaps the head of Aziz backwards.
Gallagher scores with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aziz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gallagher cracks Aziz with a nice body shot.
Gallagher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gallagher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aziz tries to work over Gallagher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gallagher blocking some punches.
Gallagher breaks from the clinch.
Aziz scores with a nice right hand.
Aziz lands a slapping body shot.
Aziz missing with a left hand there. Gallagher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gallagher tries to clinch but Aziz moves out of range.
Gallagher pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gallagher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gallagher misses with a wild body shot.
Aziz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Gallagher takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Aziz just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gallagher looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aziz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aziz misses the shot to the body.
Gallagher lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aziz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gallagher on the side of the head.
Aziz sizes up Gallagher with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gallagher pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Aziz back to the cage. Gallagher follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Aziz ducks under a wild hook from Gallagher.
Aziz looks to score with a jab to the body but Gallagher is just out of range.
Gallagher pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gallagher jabs Aziz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gallagher lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aziz throws a big shot that misses.
Gallagher swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aziz jabs Gallagher right on the nose. Gallagher blinks but takes it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Philip Gallagher will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jalaluddin Aziz's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gallagher misses the body punch
and Aziz counters with a left to the body.
Gallagher throws a low kick but Aziz avoids it.
Aziz lands with a shot to the body.
Aziz misses with an uppercut. Gallagher saw that one coming.
Aziz throws a body punch but Gallagher moves out of range.
Gallagher takes a swing at Aziz's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Aziz.
Aziz blocks the body kick.
A shot to the liver by Gallagher. Beautiful body shot.
Aziz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aziz misses with a hook.
Aziz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aziz. Gallagher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gallagher swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gallagher connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gallagher clinches up with Aziz and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher misses with a knee strike.
Gallagher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Gallagher - that landed with a thud.
Aziz scores with a shot to the side of Gallagher's head.
Philip Gallagher seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gallagher trying to land knees to the body.
Gallagher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aziz is defending well for now.
Gallagher struggles to land a body shot inside as Aziz controls his hands.
Aziz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gallagher has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Aziz seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gallagher can turn it around.
Nice body punch from Aziz - that landed with a thud.
Gallagher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gallagher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Aziz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Gallagher pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Gallagher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aziz lands an uppercut.
Gallagher breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gallagher moves forwards but Aziz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gallagher on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Aziz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aziz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aziz throws out a powerful jab.
Aziz misses with a body shot
and Gallagher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gallagher lands a head kick. Aziz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Gallagher doesn't manage to clinch there - Aziz circles away.
Aziz is looking to counter punch.
Gallagher throws a looping overhand right but Aziz ducks down to avoid it.
Gallagher tries to close the distance and clinch but Aziz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aziz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gallagher takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Aziz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gallagher manages to avoid it.
Gallagher has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Aziz finds it's way round the side to connect with Gallagher's head.
Gallagher misses with a jab to the body
and Aziz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gallagher is rocked!
Aziz stuns Gallagher with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gallagher throws a leg kick but Aziz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Aziz swings for the body but Gallagher moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aziz. Gallagher does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Aziz.
Aziz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gallagher lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Aziz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Aziz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gallagher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aziz moves away.
Gallagher looks for the body kick but Aziz saw that one coming.
Gallagher ducks under a wild hook from Aziz.
Aziz moves out of range as Gallagher strikes.
Aziz cracks Gallagher with an open hand slap.
Gallagher is still on wobbly legs! Can Aziz finish him?
Gallagher gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Aziz gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jalaluddin Aziz!
Jalaluddin Aziz thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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