PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between L Rhoe Tayona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rhoe Tayona
vs
Gallagher

173 cm
23
170 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

170 cm
22
174 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big right hand

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, L Rhoe Tayona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Gallagher!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tayona shoots for a double leg takedown but Gallagher sprawls well. He's pushed Tayona's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gallagher tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tayona was well out of range. Poor timing from Gallagher.
Tayona shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gallagher as he jumps to the side.
Gallagher misses with a takedown attempt
and Tayona counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tayona throws a jab but it's blocked by Gallagher.
Gallagher shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tayona but Tayona pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tayona doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Gallagher counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like L Rhoe Tayona has been cut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for L Rhoe Tayona. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gallagher uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tayona.
Tayona misses with a takedown attempt
and Gallagher counters with a left to the body.
Tayona is breathing heavily.
Tayona moves forwards but Gallagher connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gallagher misses with a double jab
and Tayona counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Gallagher scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Tayona is rocked!
Gallagher lands a big elbow - Tayona is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Gallagher!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Gallagher!