PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Loke Westlund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Gallagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gallagher has chosen The Vindictives - Stupid Song as his entrance music. Philip Gallagher is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Westlund
vs
Gallagher

178 cm
26
166 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

176 cm
27
162 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Loke Westlund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Philip Gallagher!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Westlund throws a nice inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gallagher checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Westlund.
Westlund swats away the attempt to clinch by Gallagher.
A quick step to the side and Westlund tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gallagher lands the left hand.
Westlund throws a series of punches but Gallagher moves out of range.
Gallagher misses the shot to the body.
Westlund throws the kick towards the body but Gallagher avoids it.
Philip Gallagher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gallagher.
Gallagher dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Westlund. That did some damage!
Gallagher connects with a good right hand that stumbles Westlund. Westlund circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gallagher connects with a leg kick. Westlund looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've been informed that Gallagher has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gallagher throws a sloppy head kick and Westlund moves out of range easily.
Gallagher takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as Westlund blocks the leg kick.
Westlund throws a leg kick but Gallagher checks it.
Gallagher misses with a head kick.
Gallagher slips under a jab.
Westlund misses the body punch
and Gallagher connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher misses with a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Westlund. That's going to slow Gallagher down.
Gallagher scores with a leg kick.
Westlund lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gallagher will feel that in the morning.
Gallagher slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice body kick from Westlund.
Gallagher throws a big shot that misses.
Gallagher throws a leg kick which misses Westlund's front leg but catches the back leg as Westlund tries to avoid it.
Westlund looks to land a left hand but Gallagher moved out of range nicely.
Gallagher throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Westlund avoids a kick to the body.
Gallagher smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Westlund feints and then cracks Gallagher's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gallagher down.
Gallagher wants to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gallagher misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Gallagher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher moves into range and connects with a jab.
Westlund misses the shot to the body.
Gallagher let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gallagher throws a one two combo.
Gallagher throws a lazy uppercut
letting Westlund counter with a right hand.
Gallagher misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Westlund counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Philip Gallagher has been cut.
Westlund drops his hands momentarily and Gallagher takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gallagher pivots, looking for a leg kick but Westlund is out of range and Gallagher settles back down.
Gallagher scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gallagher throws a sloppy head kick
and Westlund connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gallagher lands a nice hook to Westlund's body. Westlund takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Westlund misses with a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Westlund lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gallagher landing knees to the body.
Westlund lands with a light punch inside.
Westlund lands a left hand.
Gallagher swings wildly with an uppercut but Westlund uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Gallagher.
Gallagher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Westlund's elbow.
Gallagher throws a head punch that misses.
Gallagher takes a shot to the head.
Westlund prevents a body shot from Gallagher.
A short right from Gallagher on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Westlund.
Gallagher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Westlund avoiding damage as Gallagher throws knees to the body.
Westlund tries to throw a body punch but Gallagher avoids it by throwing Westlund back against the cage.
Westlund scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gallagher misses with a knee to the head.
Gallagher throws a punch but it's blocked by Westlund.
Gallagher lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Westlund or not.
I was talking to Westlund's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gallagher lands a nice knee to the body.
Gallagher with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gallagher working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gallagher misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westlund working aggressively here.
Gallagher misses with a knee strike.
Westlund misses with a body punch.
Westlund blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gallagher misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Gallagher.
Gallagher blocking some punches.
Gallagher lands a good knee to the midsection. Westlund won't want to take too many of those.
Westlund is breathing heavily.
Westlund wants to get back to striking at distance but Gallagher won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Gallagher.

It looks like Loke Westlund has been cut.
Gallagher misses with an elbow strike.
Gallagher misses with a knee to the head.
Gallagher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gallagher creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Westlund on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gallagher scores with a nice hook to the head.

Westlund is rocked!
Westlund lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Westlund is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Westlund tries to throw a body punch but Gallagher avoids it by throwing Westlund back against the cage.
Gallagher is working Westlund over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Philip Gallagher dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Westlund thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Gallagher if he has to take too many more of those.
Westlund seems to have got his legs back now.
Gallagher with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Westlund. Gallagher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Westlund on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gallagher closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Westlund! Gallagher dives in looking to finish! Westlund is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Philip Gallagher!
Philip Gallagher really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hellbent logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.