ESPN Friday Night Fights: Live Updates and Round by Round Coverage

Live results will be posted for this week's edition of ESPN Friday Night Fights beginning at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2. The main event features Chris Arreola and Joey Abell in a 10-round heavyweight bout.

The co-feature is a 10-round junior welterweight fight between undefeated Mike Dallas Jr. and Jose Lopez.

Mike Dallas Jr. (17-0) vs. Jose Lopez (28-3)

Round One—Both guys come out fast, clinch and fall to the mat. Lots of clinching for the majority of the round. Headbutt cuts the right eye of Lopez and gets hit with some clean shots. Dallas 10-9

Round Two—Referee warns fighters about excessive amount of holding. Crowd is booing. Most of the punches are being landed in the clinch. Dallas’ shots from the outside win him the round. Dallas 10-9

Round Three—Lopez does some nice work as Dallas goes against the ropes in the early and middle parts of the round. Referee calls time out after Dallas complains about a shot the back. Fighters touch gloves and continue. Lopez lands a nice right hand at the end of the round. Good round for Lopez. Lopez 10-9

Round Four—Teddy Atlas has Lopez up by one round. Dallas’ quicker hands give him the advantage, but he isn’t landing much. Punch stats see Dallas landing 48 of 166 and Lopez landing 45 out of 177. It’s another close round. Dallas 10-9

Round Five—Lopez takes advantage of Dallas, who is doing more complaining than fighting and lands some nice right hands and uppercuts. Dallas looks in trouble, and Lopez attacks the head and body down the stretch. Lopez 10-9

Round Six—“Lights Out” star Holt McCallany joins the commentating team. It’s still a close fight going into round six. It will be interesting to see the scorecards if it goes the distance. Once again, it’s another hard round to score. Lopez 10-9

Round Seven—Lopez is landing a lot of body shots on Dallas while he falls to the ropes then falls over onto the canvas. No knockdown. Lopez catches Mike Dallas with a left hook and follows up with a vicious flurry after Dallas stumbles backwards. The ref jumps in and calls the fight. The win streak for Mike Dallas is over.

Result: Jose Lopez by technical knockout 1:47 into the seventh round.

 *Between fights, Teddy Atlas favors Timothy Bradley against Devon Alexander. Credits his body punching as the key to him winning.

Chris Arreola (29-2, 25 KO) vs. Joey Abell (27-4, 26 KO)

Round One—Arreola is being very aggressive early. Not too much of a surprise. Abell aiming for the body and landing. Arreola lands a hard right hand that jolts Abell’s head back. The ref jumps in to stop the fight as Abell goes limp against the ropes. Replay shows Arreola giving Abell a kiss on the cheek as the ref breaks them up.

Result: Chris Arreola knocks out Joey Abell 2:18 seconds into the first round.