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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Galen Dall Jr (ranked 1391 p4p, 1678 weight class) and Pate Murhapuro (ranked 179 p4p, 206 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
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Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Galen Dall Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pate Murhapuro!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dall Jr takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dall Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhapuro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Murhapuro tries a head kick but it misses.
Murhapuro closes the distance and pushes Dall Jr back into the cage.
Murhapuro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dall Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Murhapuro controls the action.
Dall Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dall Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhapuro tries a knee to the head but Dall Jr blocks it.
Murhapuro has a couple of punches blocked by Dall Jr.
Murhapuro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murhapuro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dall Jr.
Murhapuro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Dall Jr scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhapuro lands a shot to the body.
Dall Jr lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Dall Jr fails to land.
Murhapuro lands with a light punch inside.
Murhapuro blocking some punches.
Murhapuro prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Murhapuro.
Murhapuro lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dall Jr.
Murhapuro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dall Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dall Jr.
Dall Jr lands a body shot.
Dall Jr is working for takedown but Murhapuro is calmly controlling the position for now.
Murhapuro can't find room to land a body shot as Dall Jr controls the action.
Knees to the body from Murhapuro.
Murhapuro misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Murhapuro.
Murhapuro has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dall Jr seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Murhapuro can turn it around.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murhapuro.
Murhapuro swings wildly with an uppercut but Dall Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Murhapuro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhapuro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dall Jrs head.
Murhapuro lands a hook that snaps the head of Dall Jr backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murhapuro has a couple of punches blocked by Dall Jr.
Murhapuro will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dall Jr up against the cage.
Dall Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murhapuro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murhapuro gets through Dall Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dall Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Murhapuro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dall Jr's elbow.
Murhapuro misses with the head strike.
Dall Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhapuro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dall Jr misses with the head strike.
Dall Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Murhapuro.
Murhapuro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dall Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dall Jr blocking some punches.
Murhapuro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dall Jr blocks an uppercut.
Murhapuro is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Murhapuro looking to throw knees to the head but Dall Jr is blocking nicely.
Dall Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dall Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murhapuro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dall Jr digs a right hand into Murhapuro's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Murhapuro's gas tank.
Dall Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A hook to the body from Murhapuro.
Murhapuro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhapuro tries a body shot but Dall Jr blocks it.
Murhapuro lands with a left to the head.
Dall Jr goes for a takedown in the clinch but Murhapuro prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Galen Dall Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dall Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Murhapuro controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dall Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Dall Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dall Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murhapuro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dall Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murhapuro backwards.
Murhapuro misses with a knee to the head.
Dall Jr pushes Murhapuro back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murhapuro blocking some punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Murhapuro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dall Jr.
Murhapuro missing with knees to the body.
Murhapuro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhapuro tries to throw a body punch but Dall Jr avoids it by throwing Murhapuro back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murhapuro.
Murhapuro holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dall Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhapuro uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pate Murhapuro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Murhapuro moves into range and clinches up with Dall Jr.
Murhapuro has a couple of punches blocked by Dall Jr.
Dall Jr pushes Murhapuro back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dall Jr.
Murhapuro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dall Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dall Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murhapuro looking to throw knees to the head but Dall Jr is blocking nicely.
Dall Jr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murhapuro.
Murhapuro lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dall Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dall Jr has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Murhapuro is trying to keep an underhook but Dall Jr manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dall Jr thows a huge punch but Murhapuro dodges it nicely.
Dall Jr is working for a kimura but Murhapuro is defending it quite comfortably.
Dall Jr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhapuro is looking to control Dall Jr's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Murhapuro avoid being mounted?
Dall Jr takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dall Jr looks to land a strike but Murhapuro avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Dall Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Murhapuro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Murhapuro can do anything to dispel that myth.
Murhapuro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dall Jr trying to move into half guard but instead Murhapuro has managed to sweep!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhapuro got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dall Jr has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Murhapuro has managed to get both his arms back between Dall Jr's legs - danger averted.
Murhapuro lying in Dall Jr's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Dall Jr decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Murhapuro taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Galen Dall Jr!
A relieved looking Galen Dall Jr thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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