PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Graice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Morales
vs
Graice

174 cm
22
153 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Morales!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Graice!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graice tries a head kick but it misses.
Morales has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Soul Supremacy Rio in the buildup to the fight.

Morales darts in and clinches Graice up against the cage.
Graice fails to pull guard.
Graice has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morales avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Graice looking for a takedown.
James Morales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Graice.
Morales lands a shoulder strike.
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
Graice being controlled against the cage.
Come on Morales - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Morales.
Morales connects with a nasty looking knee right to Graice's face.
Graice can't break the clinch.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morales putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Graice in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Graice is trying to drag Morales to the mat but Morales just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morales.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
Graice taking a breather.
Morales will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Graice up against the cage.
Morales gets through Graice's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Graice looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morales.
Graice letting Morales take a breather here.
Morales leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morales.
A bit of stalling here from Morales.
Morales stalls.
Morales lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Royce Graice has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales lands a good knee to the midsection. Graice won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morales.
Morales connects with a nasty looking knee right to Graice's face.
A knee to the head by Morales.
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morales dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Morales on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Graice tries to pull guard but Morales holds him up against the cage and eventually Graice drops back down to his feet.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Morales dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Royce Graice's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Graice is looking to control Morales's arms but Morales gets an underhook and turns him. Now Graice has his back to the cage.
Graice letting Morales take a breather here.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by Morales.
James Morales has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Graice is rocked!
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
Graice is still on wobbly legs! Can Morales finish him?
Graice is looking to take this one to the mat.
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morales unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Graice! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Morales is unloading with more strikes now! Graice drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Morales!
James Morales retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, James Morales thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.