PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Galen Dall (ranked 187 p4p, 23 weight class) and Street Fighter (ranked 290 p4p, 34 weight class). Dall kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Red - Already Over. Fighter has chosen You Know How I Do It as his entrance music. Galen Dall could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Street Fighter's chin.

Dall
vs
Fighter

180 cm
37
157 lbs
29 - 19 - 0

175 cm
34
152 lbs
27 - 12 - 2

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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 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Galen Dall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Street Fighter!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fighter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dall attempts a counter takedown but Fighter avoids it well and moves away.
Dall takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fighter connects with a solid leg kick.
Fighter connects with a leg kick. Dall looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fighter checks a leg kick nicely.
Fighter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fighter lands with a good body shot.
Dall throws a leg kick but Fighter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dall throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fighter looks to land a body kick but Dall moved away.
A punch lands to the side of Dall 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dall misses with a low kick.
Fighter checks the leg kick.
Fighter is looking to chop away at Dall's legs.
Fighter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fighter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fighter scores with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fighter throws a leg kick which misses Dall's front leg but catches the back leg as Dall tries to avoid it.
Fighter wants to clinch up but Dall keeps it at a distance.
Fighter cracks Dall with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dall misses with a takedown attempt - Fighter sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fighter.
Dall fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fighter is out of range.
Fighter moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dall takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A bone on bone clash there as Dall blocks the leg kick.
Dall wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fighter lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fighter scores with a nice strike.
Fighter does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A low kick from Fighter misses
and Dall counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fighter blocks a low kick nicely.
Fighter lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fighter misses the shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Fighter.
A left lands for Fighter.
Fighter's corner calls for a 1-2. Fighter obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dall steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Fighter. That one must have hurt.
Fighter misses with a leg kick.
Fighter lands an overhand right.
Fighter misses with a body kick.
Fighter checks a low kick from Dall.
Fighter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dall uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fighter.
Fighter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Street Fighter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fighter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dall at a distance.
Dall takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Street Fighter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fighter misses the body punch

and Dall counters with a single leg into guard. Fighter didn't expect that.
Dall stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fighter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fighter is controlling Dall's posture.
Fighter keeping moving, preventing Dall from controlling successfully.
Dall pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fighter is keeping the position for now.
Fighter pulls Dall in close to his closed guard and prevents Dall from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fighter is trying to keep Dall in close.

Dall avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dall trying to control the position from guard on top but Fighter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fighter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fighter keeping full guard, as Dall tries to pass.
Fighter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Fighter has his foot on Dall's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dall works his way back into a safe position though.
Fighter looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Street Fighter dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Fighter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fighter.
Dall lands with an overhand left.
Fighter throws the left hand but Dall avoids the punch easily.
Dall is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fighter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fighter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dall throwing a counter right hand but Fighter manages to avoid it.
Fighter throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Dall counter with a right hand.
Dall has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Fighter.
Dall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fighter connects with an inside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fighter.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Dall.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Dall tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fighter is trying to control Dall's posture but Dall avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dall wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fighter, who protects the arm well.

Dall is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fighter knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fighter can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Fighter is holding Dall down, trying to stall.

Dall tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dall has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fighter can't do much from the bottom here.

Dall wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fighter, who protects the arm well.
Fighter tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dall wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Fighter can't do much from the bottom here.
Fighter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Dall tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter wants to control but Dall postures up.
Fighter felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

Dall working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dall working away.
Dall wants to control but Fighter is keeping him busy.
Dall working away.

Dall wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fighter, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fighter is looking for a sweep.
Fighter is not content to let Dall control the position.

Dall is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Fighter has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fighter prevents Dall from moving into mount.
You can see the frustration on Fighter's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Dall tries for a kimura but Fighter is defending well.
Fighter wants to control but Dall postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Galen Dall dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Decent striking displayed by Fighter there.
Dall walks into a straight right hand from Fighter.
Dall shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fighter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dall half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Fighter throws a lazy uppercut
and Fighter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dall takes one on the button.
Fighter throws the kick towards the body but Dall avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Dall.
Dall scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dall throws a low kick but Fighter moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dall takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fighter fails to land with a series of punches.
Fighter throws a hook but Dall avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Dall on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dall dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fighter. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fighter throws a sloppy body shot
and Dall makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dall misses with a lunging right hand
and Fighter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fighter lands a nice looking body shot.
Fighter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fighter explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fighter throws a leg kick but Dall sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fighter uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dall has time to react.
Fighter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fighter connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dall. Dall circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fighter scores with a decent looking hook.
Dall throws a hook to the side of Fighter's head but Fighter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fighter lands with a right hand.
Fighter tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dall is able to avoid easily.
Dall moves out of range as Fighter throws a body kick.
Fighter misses with a lunging right hand

and Dall counters with a nice double leg into side control. Fighter won't be happy with that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fighter is trying to control Dall's posture but Dall avoids it.

Dall tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dall has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Fighter is letting Dall control him for a moment.
What's Fighter going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.

Dall tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dall wants to control but Fighter is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fighter is trying to control Dall's posture but Dall avoids it.

Dall tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dall has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Fighter stops Dall from passing to mount.
Fighter can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fighter is not content to let Dall control the position.
Fighter wants to control but Dall postures up.
Fighter tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Fighter is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Dall goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Fighter is on top in guard.
Fighter stays in close to Dall's body and controls the position.

Dall has his foot on Fighter's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fighter works his way back into a safe position though.
Fighter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

And that's the end of the fight!
Street Fighter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fighter 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Street Fighter!
Street Fighter took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'The only underdog on the whole card? GTFO and gimme my 12K and Louie his 10Gs.'.
Galen Dall was interviewed post fight and said 'This means WAR!'.