PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Galen Dall Jr (ranked 118 p4p, 218 weight class) and Svalbard Haudegen (ranked 16 p4p, 27 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dall Jr
vs
Haudegen

180 cm
33
155
24 - 16 - 0

180 cm
34
161
22 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)
Conviction

Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)
NARCOS

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 24 - 16 - 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 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Svalbard Haudegen!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dall Jr tries to work over Haudegen's front leg with a kick but Haudegen checks it.
A jab from Haudegen finds it's way through Dall Jr's defenses.
Dall Jr keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Haudegen has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Haudegen misses with an uppercut.
Dall Jr attempts a counter takedown but Haudegen avoids it well and moves away.
Galen Dall Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haudegen scores with a punch to the head.
Haudegen walks into a stiff left hand from Dall Jr.
Haudegen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dall Jr with a nice calf kick.
Dall Jr misses with an uppercut. Haudegen saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Dall Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haudegen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dall Jr throws out a leg kick but Haudegen moves out of range and Dall Jr only half commits.
Haudegen feints the counter takedown.
Haudegen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dall Jr.
Dall Jr misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dall Jr.
Haudegen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dall Jr throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Haudegen on the side of the head.
Haudegen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dall Jr walks into a jab.
A nice leg kick from Dall Jr, right into the meat of the thigh.

Dall Jr gets a clinch.
Dall Jr pushes Haudegen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dall Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Haudegen jumps into guard, dragging Dall Jr to the mat.
Dall Jr trying to control but Haudegen is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dall Jr wants to pass the guard but Haudegen is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dall Jr trying to control the position from guard on top but Haudegen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Dall Jr lying in Haudegen's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Haudegen decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Dall Jr taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Svalbard Haudegen!
After winning the bout, Svalbard Haudegen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.