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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Diehard (ranked 156 p4p, 18 weight class) and Galen Dall (ranked 177 p4p, 22 weight class). Dall has chosen Red - Already Over as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
29 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Diehard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Galen Dall!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diehard defending well as Dall loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dall. That one must have hurt.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dall.
Dall darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jab by Diehard.
Dall defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dall throws a leg kick but Diehard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diehard went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Dall moved out of range nicely.
Dall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diehard avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dall. Dall circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Diehard misses with a series of wild punches.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Dall's head but Dall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice uppercut lands for Diehard. That snapped Dall's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dall slips a jab from Diehard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dall connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dall throws a push kick but Diehard slaps the foot to one side.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diehard moves out of range as Dall throws a body kick.
Dall throws out a leg kick but Diehard moves out of range and Dall only half commits.
Diehard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dall misses with a hook
and Diehard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diehard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diehard connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dall. Dall circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Diehard misses with a hook. Dall ducked under it nicely.
Diehard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dall avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Dall scores with a push kick.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Dall moved out of range nicely.
Bruce Diehard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dall throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
Diehard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diehard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dall swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Dall moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dall.
Dall moves out of range of the strikes.
Diehard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dall's sensitive parts.
Dall moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Dall should have avoided that one.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dall.
Dall misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.
Dall throws the left hand but Diehard avoids the punch easily.
Diehard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dall throws the left hand but Diehard avoids the punch easily.
Diehard pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dall throws a push kick but Diehard slaps the foot to one side.
Dall avoids the head kick by Diehard.
Dall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Dall is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Diehard tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diehard takes a swing at Dall's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dall is out of range.
Dall has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dall there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dall scores with a nice body kick.
Dall looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diehard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diehard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dall.
Nice defenses there by Dall.
And Dall tries to counter it with a takedown but Diehard pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Diehard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard is looking to slow Dall down with leg kicks.
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dall was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Dall misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.
Dall scores with a nice strike.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Dall is out of range.
Diehard lands a head kick. Dall smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Diehard throws the left hand but Dall avoids the punch easily.
Dall swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Diehard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dall throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diehard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dall.
Dall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diehard misses with a few strikes there.
Diehard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dalls jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Dall throws a body shot but no joy.
Dall is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Diehard's half guard.
Dall is keen to just control but Diehard is a slippery customer.
Dall prevents Diehard from improving his position.
Dall trying to control from half guard but Diehard is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Dall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diehard checks a low kick from Dall.
Diehard gets caught flat footed, as Dall shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Diehard working a defensive guard here.
Dall trying to control the position from guard on top but Diehard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diehard not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dall looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dall pushing down on Diehard's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dall passes to full mount!
Diehard sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Dall seems content to control.
Diehard wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diehard is looking to get back to full guard here but Dall has managed to pass to side control instead.
Dall wants to control but Diehard is keeping him busy.
Dall is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Diehard is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Diehard manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Dall manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diehard passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dall is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Diehard is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dall knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Diehard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Diehard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dall is looking for a sweep.
Dall struggling a bit here.
Diehard tries to move to mount but Dall blocks the move with his legs.
Diehard has knee on belly momentarily but Dall bucks him off and regains half guard.
Dall looking for submissions off his back.
Diehard is thwarting Dall's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dall looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Diehard seems to be looking for submissions.
Dall looking for submissions off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diehard is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Galen Dall will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Dall misses with a leg kick
and Diehard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dall moves out of range as Diehard strikes.
Dall is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Diehard digs a good body shot into Dall's ribs.
Dall scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diehard takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jab from Dall.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Dall misses with a wild body shot.
Diehard throws a one two combo.
Dall lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diehard moves away.
Dall slips a jab from Diehard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dall's sensitive parts.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dall paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diehard tries to work over Dall's front leg with a kick but Dall checks it.
The fighters circling - Diehard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dall throws a jab when Diehard was well out of range.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diehard moves out of range as Dall strikes.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Dall moved out of range nicely.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dall lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dall slips a jab from Diehard.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dall.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Dall's head.
Dall changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Diehard looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dall working away.
Dall gets to mount! Diehard was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Diehard working to try and regain half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dall works his way to his opponent's back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diehard preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Dall.
Diehard looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Dall doesn't have the hooks in and Diehard manages to turn into his guard.
Dall keeping moving, preventing Diehard from controlling successfully.
Diehard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Diehard postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diehard is one step ahead there.
Dall is looking for a triangle but Diehard pushes his legs off easily.
Diehard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dall is keeping the position for now.
Dall controls Diehard momentarily but Diehard frees himself.
Diehard looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dall is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Diehard prevents Dall from getting back to his feet.
Diehard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Diehard lands a leg kick that knocks Dall off balance momentarily.
Diehard throws a right hand that Dall ducks under and follows up with a left that Dall also avoids with ease.
Diehard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dall throws out the jab.
Dall lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dall misses with a left hand
and Diehard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dall throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diehard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Diehard checks a leg kick nicely.
Donk. Diehard catches Dall right on the button with a cross.
Dall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Galen Dall.
I think Dall has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Galen Dall!
In his post fight interview, Galen Dall started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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