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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Gallo (ranked 1329 p4p, 146 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 1735 p4p, 179 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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255 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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262 lbs
6 - 2 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Gallo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallo needs to keep his hands up - Smith had a free shot at his head there.
Gallo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Gallo appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gallo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Smith has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gallo is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Gallo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gallo misses the jab.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gallo.
Gallo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gallo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gallo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gallo lands with a right hand.
It looks like John Smith has been cut.
Smith throws a leg kick that is checked
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gallo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gallo lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smith looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith defending well as Gallo loads up on a big left hand.
Smith feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gallos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Smith misses with a left hand
and Gallo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gallo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gallo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Gallo moved out of range.
Gallo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Smith scores with a jab. Gallo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Gallo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gallo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Gallo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from Gallo.
Gallo digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gallo.
Gallo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gallo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gallo connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Smith takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That has opened up John Smith's cut even more.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gallo lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Gallo lands with a good body shot.
Gallo lands a big right hand that sends Smith crashing to the mat! Gallo stays standing though and waves Smith back to his feet!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gallo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallo throws a monster overhand right that drops Smith! Gallo follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Gallo!
Our winner, Juan Gallo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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