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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Azanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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185 lbs
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194 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Azanis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pablo Morales!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azanis looks to land a combination but Morales avoids it well.
Morales tries to clinch there but Azanis circles away.
Morales misses with a wild combination.
Morales circles away from the clinch attempt.
Azanis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Azanis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morales is fending him off so far but Azanis persists. Nope, Morales circles away and we're back to standing.
Azanis closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morales did well to prevent Azanis getting side control.
Morales wants to improve his position but Azanis is controlling well.
Azanis working over Morales with some ground and pound. Morales looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Morales moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morales is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morales manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Morales lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Azanis hang on?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azanis is desperately trying to improve his position but Morales has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Morales.
Azanis tries to hold on but Morales postures up.
Morales looking to control but Azanis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Azanis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Azanis tries to get out of the position.
Azanis is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morales tries to control but Azanis wriggling away.
Morales with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morales is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Azanis tries to lock up and control but Morales gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Azanis can't escape the position.
Morales pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morales tries to control but Azanis wriggling away.
Morales has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morales avoids the attempt from Azanis to control.
Morales wants to control the pace but Azanis is squirming around nicely.
A nice elbow there by Morales.
Morales postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Azanis looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales dominating with strikes here.
Morales working Azanis over with strikes here.
Azanis tries to reverse the position but Morales maintains control.
You get the feeling that Azanis really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Azanis is working to get back to half guard.
Morales avoids the attempt from Azanis to control.
Azanis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morales with a couple of short strikes.
Morales looking to control but Azanis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Azanis is in a horrible position here. Morales smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Morales lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Morales trying to control but Azanis is having none of it.
Azanis can't escape the position.
Morales scoring with strikes but Azanis is staying in there.
Morales is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Azanis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morales breaks from Azanis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Morales raining down shots from the mount!
Morales cracks Azanis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morales with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Morales 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.
Morales goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Morales defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Azanis.
Danga de danga de dang - Morales scores with a four punch combination!
Morales's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Morales duly obliges.
Morales misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Azanis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azanis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morales.
Morales swats away the attempt to clinch by Azanis.
Dan Azanis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morales misses with a double jab
and Azanis counters with a single leg into guard. Morales didn't expect that.
Morales manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Morales scoring with strikes but Azanis is staying in there.
Morales lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morales with a couple of short strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Morales avoids the attempt from Azanis to control.
Morales with good strikes from the mount here!
Morales looking to finish Azanis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Azanis!
Azanis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morales on the ground.
Morales in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Morales connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Morales working the ground and pound effectively.
Morales breaks from Azanis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Morales with a couple of short strikes.
Azanis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morales has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Azanis's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to control but Azanis wriggling away.
The referee warns Azanis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Morales pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Azanis tries to lock up and control but Morales gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Azanis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pablo Morales has got the better of the ground game so far.
BOOM! Morales connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Morales working Azanis over with strikes here.
Morales lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Morales trying to control but Azanis is having none of it.
Morales with shots to the head and body - Azanis looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Morales.
Morales landing strikes, looking to finish!
Azanis tries to hold on but Morales pushes him away.
Morales tries to control but Azanis wriggling away.
Morales working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Azanis tries to hold on but Morales postures up.
Morales looking to control but Azanis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Azanis can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morales lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Morales trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morales scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Azanis?
Azanis is trying to escape the mount.
Morales unloading with bombs!
Azanis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morales wants to control the pace but Azanis is squirming around nicely.
Morales scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Azanis?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Morales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Morales misses with a series of wild punches.
Azanis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morales swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A right-left combo lands from Morales.
Morales scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Azanis doesn't seem bothered though.
Morales lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morales.
Azanis wants to clinch.
Azanis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morales is fending him off so far but Azanis persists. Nope, Morales circles away and we're back to standing.
Azanis looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Morales looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morales is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Azanis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Morales lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Azanis!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azanis wants to hold on but Morales pushes him away.
Azanis is trying desperately to improve position.
Morales looking to control but Azanis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Azanis tries to lock up and control but Morales gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morales with good strikes from the mount here!
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.
Azanis is working to get back to half guard.
Morales with a couple of short strikes.
Morales with the ground and pound from mount.
Azanis is working to get back to half guard.
Morales trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morales scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Azanis?
Morales lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morales prevents Azanis from getting the reversal.
Azanis is working hard here to advance position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Azanis trying desperately to get to his feet.
Pablo Morales is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Azanis taking shots to the head.
Morales lands a nice shot to the head.
Morales is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Azanis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Azanis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Azanis tries to hold on but Morales postures up.
Azanis is squirming around, avoiding Morales's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morales landing strikes from the mount.
Morales lands a big elbow.
Morales cracks Azanis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morales working Azanis over with strikes here.
Morales with shots to the head and body - Azanis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Azanis is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morales wants to control the pace but Azanis is squirming around nicely.
Morales cracks Azanis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dan Azanis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Azanis working to try and regain half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Morales comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morales has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Morales!
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energy
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