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Britains Jack Gallagher is not your typical professional wrestler.The 26-year-old has a 2-0 record in amateur MMA with two first-round submissions, and has trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu for eight years, as well as in boxing and kickboxing.If you dont think MMA is influenced by pro wrestling, youve got your head in the sand, and definitely vice-versa, Gallagher told ESPN.Gallagher, from Manchester, England, is one of three British representatives in WWEs Cruiserweight Classic, a tournament starting Wednesday night on the WWE Network featuring 32 competitors from 16 different countries.Theres an incredibly international flavour, he added. Everyones bringing their own style. I really believe Im bringing the British style to the tournament, as well as Noam Dar from Scotland, Zack Sabre Jr. representing England as well.Were bringing the British style back. I know were all incredibly influenced by the traditional British style.That style was honed over three years at the legendary Snake Pit gym in Wigan, England, competing in catch-as-catch-can wrestling -- a hybrid grappling style that is one of the foundations of modern MMA.Its the largest stage Ive ever had to perform on, both as a professional wrestler and as well as an athlete, said Gallagher, who has appeared in English promotions Futureshock Wrestling and Grand Pro Wrestling.Having it lean much more towards a sports era -- particularly from a British standpoint, the old world of sport-era wrestling was much more like a sport, we had weight brackets in a similar manner. I think its very good, I think its very interesting for the WWE audience as well.I think it can influence WWE, but I dont think theres a chance this becomes the norm, though. I think what WWE is doing now is theyre trying to create as wide an audience as they can.Its the best time to be a professional wrestler, and its the best time to be a professional wrestling fan. Because if you like the sports stuff, we have sports stuff. If you like the pure entertainment stuff, we have the pure entertainment stuff. It is a variety show of true proportions now.I think pro wrestling has an understanding of really the business were in, in entertaining people. Pro wrestling, and I know pro wrestlers, look at everything. Were not just limited to MMA, to the television or the movies weve seen, books, poetry. Anything we can do to entertain the people thats what were doing.Gallagher said he was rooting for Brock Lesnar at UFC 200 against Mark Hunt. Hes the representative of pro wrestling in the UFC, of course, he said.If you look at terms of numbers, Brock Lesnar is the biggest PPV draw in MMA history. I think the WWE audience is so strong he crossed over in that sense. I still think probably the WWE has a stronger audience than the UFC.Former WWE star Daniel Bryan, who was forced to retire in February aged just 34 due to concussion problems, will commentate on the show along with Mauro Ranallo, who has previously commentated for MMA organisations Pride Fighting Championships, Elite XC and Strikeforce, as well as on boxing for U.S. television network Showtime.My personal favourite style of wrestling is wrestling called as a sport. But I am very biased in that one general direction, Bryan told ESPN with a laugh.The presentation, it is like sport. Its a very sports-like feel. I dont know if thats where theyre [WWE] going, going forward, but thats something that I love about it, and something that really drew me to it.Knowing that Mauro Ranallo was going to be the commentator with me kind of gave me that feel, anyways. Mauro is a great, great commentator. And he likes calling it as a sport.Him and I had talked, then Triple H and I had talked, and William Regal and I had talked. And they kept reiterating to me this sports-like feel that they wanted from this.The biggest tweak compared to usual WWE programming is that all 32 competitors have to pass a legitimate 205-pound weigh-in before each round of matches, with five alternates on standby should any fail to make the cut.Competitors will also be brought to the centre of the ring after each match with the winners hand raised by the referee, in another nod to MMA and boxing.I love the completely overhauled look, the overhauled presentation, Bryan said. I love the fact theres not a stage where people do their entrance from. With [WWE shows] Raw and Smackdown, theres this big stage which separates you from the crowd, you walk down this giant ramp.One of the things that I loved about, for example, 80s NWA [National Wrestling Alliance] was that Arn Anderson would just walk up to the crowd and people would try to grab him.I think thats one of the neat things about UFC as well, is that theres not this big stage and ramp where people come down to the cage. So I think the presentation is really neat, and the tournament format really lends itself to that sporty feel.Its a lot of how wrestling used to be presented. The weigh-ins -- the catch tournaments in Germany would do that before every show. When you talk about the Fit Finlays and William Regals who did all those tournaments in Germany -- I did one in Germany in 2003 at one of the carnivals -- thats the way they opened every show, with that very legitimate sports feel.?Thats what I grew up loving about wrestling -- focusing less on storylines. But just because youre focusing less on storylines doesnt mean youre not telling stories, because each of these guys has their own incredible story as to how they got to the Cruiserweight Classic.But thats what happens in sports as well. When youre watching sports, the commentators are talking about the action. But theyre also talking about the people who are in the action. Thats kind of what were doing. Nike Air Max 270 Flyknit China . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far. Nike Air Max 270 Womens Clearance .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker. http://www.max270cheap.com/air-max-270-black-sale.html . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. 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It meant that for the fifth time from 10 innings across the Tests and ODIs on this trip, Starc had made a breakthrough in the first over of the innings.The Pereras Three Pereras - Kusal, Thisara and Dilruwan - played in the earlier matches of this series, but Sri Lankas selectors decided they still didnt have enough. And so for the fourth ODI in Dambulla, they decided a fourth Perera in Angelo was necessary. Just to confuse matters further, they batted respectively at Nos. 6, 7, 8 and 10, which meant that often a pair of Pereras batted together, and sometimes one replaced another. For the record, 12 Pereras have played first-class cricket in Sri Lanka in the past year, so there is scope for an entire team of Pereras, plus one to carry the drinks. A policy of one Perera per era would make things much simpler.The rough time Glancing at the scorecard will reveal nothing of what Angelo Mathews went through in scoring his 40 from 71 deliveries. On 2, Mathews ducked into a bouncer from Scott Boland and was struck on the helmet, the protective flapss flying off on impact.dddddddddddd He needed a few minutes to compose himself and receive some treatment from the physio, but Mathews batted on. Then when he was on 6, Mathews pushed a single to mid-off and had to duck to avoid the fielders throw that whacked him in the head again. Finally, on 28, Mathews clipped one to leg and took off for a single, injuring his right calf in the process. He limped off the field to retire hurt. Mathews hobbled back out there near the end of the innings to add 12 more runs, and was the last man out from the sixth ball of the 50th over.The drop It wasnt easy, but it was costly. The eighth ball of Australias innings was lofted down the ground by Aaron Finch off Amila Aponso. Thisara Perera misjudged a chance to take the catch at mid-on, having to backtrack at the last minute and thrust his hand over his head. The dropped chance came with Finch on 4. He went on to equal the record for the fastest ODI fifty by an Australian, and ended up with 55 off 19 balls.The no-ball At 131 for 3 and with Australia speeding along at more than nine an over, Sri Lanka needed wickets. Dilruwan Perera duly obliged, bowling Travis Head with an arm ball. But umpire Michael Gough asked the batsman to wait while a potential no-ball was checked. And indeed, Dilruwan had overstepped. The first no-ball of the series came four matches in, from a spinner, from a ball that took a wicket. Ouch. ' ' '