Can’t wait for this one. Morono with the
violence https://t.co/I5uq8hlCnu— Ramiz Brahimaj (@170Ramiz)
November 12, 2021
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your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. Action Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweights
will throw down inside the Octagon in under a month. On Friday,
MMA Junkie first reported that Alex Morono
(20-7) will come to blows with Mickey Gall
(7-3) in what should be an entertaining 170-pound clash on Dec. 4.
The two will lock horns at UFC
on ESPN 31, which will take place inside the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas. Sherdog has since confirmed the news of this booking with a
source close to the situation.
Morono has won his last two, prevailing twice in 2021 over Donald
Cerrone and David
Zawada. “The Great White” knocked Cerrone out in the first
round in May, and went on to capture a clear-cut unanimous decision
in September over the German. Dating back the last three years, the
Houston native has amassed a record of 6-2, with the only two to
beat him Kalinn
Williams and Anthony
Pettis. On his way up and establishing himself among the
always-exciting in the division, Morono has beaten the likes of
Max
Griffin, Kenan Song
and the aforementioned Cerrone and Zawada.
Gall has alternated wins and losses in his last seven outings, with
a pattern that began with a victory over Sage
Northcutt in 2016. Since then, the grappler out of New Jersey
has fallen short against Randy
Brown, Diego
Sanchez and Mike Perry
as he developed inside the Octagon. The losses have been followed
by submissions over George
Sullivan and Jordan
Williams, as well as a decision victory over Salim
Touahri along the way. Gall’s young career finish rate stands
at 86%, with all of his stoppages coming by rear-naked choke.
UFC on ESPN 31 takes place on Dec. 4 in Las Vegas at the UFC Apex,
and bantamweight contenders will toe the line in the headliner as
Rob
Font faces Jose Aldo. The
remainder of the bout order has not yet been set, but expected main
card tilts include a middleweight clash between Brendan
Allen and Brad
Tavares, a light heavyweight rumble pitting Jimmy Crute
against Jamahal
Hill, and a major lightweight battle with divisional
implications between 10-1 strikers Brad
Riddell and Rafael
Fiziev.
