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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). This should be a great matchup!
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22
153 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
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150 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful |
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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
8 - 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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Graice!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales drives through and clinches with Graice against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morales.
Graice tries to stall but Morales uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
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 utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Graice pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Royce Graice has been cut.
Graice takes a knee to the side of the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morales lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morales lands a good knee to the midsection. Graice won't want to take too many of those.
Graice looking to slow down the pace here.
Morales dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
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.
Graice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morales lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graice tries to break free but Morales pushes him back against the ropes.
Graice looking to slow down the pace here.
Graice tries to pull guard but Morales holds him up against the ropes and eventually Graice drops back down to his feet.
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 utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morales lands with a light punch inside.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Graice fails to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graice tries to break free but Morales pushes him back against the ropes.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Graice misses with the head strike.
Graice wants a takedown but no success here.
James Morales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Graice.
Morales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Graice looks winded!
Morales landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Graice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Graice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Morales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morales stalling against the ropes.
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales slowing the pace effectively.
Morales has Graice pushed against the ropes.
Graice has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Morales after a bit of a struggle.
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
Morales holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
A short left from Morales.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knees to the body from Morales.
Morales landing knees 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.
That's time! Morales's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Graice takes the fight into the clinch.
James Morales has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Graice is trying to maintain a safe position but Morales gets an underhook and turns Graice into the ropes.
Morales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morales prevents Graice from breaking the clinch.
Morales stalls.
Graice is trying to pull guard but Morales turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Morales stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales lands a nice knee to the body.
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
Graice is breathing heavily.
Morales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morales manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Graice is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Morales gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Graice letting Morales take a breather here.
Morales stalling the fight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morales landing knees to the body.
Morales stalling the fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by James Morales.
Morales drives through and clinches with Graice against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morales.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales avoiding damage as Graice throws knees to the body.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Morales.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graice wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morales has him pressed against the ropes.
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 holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Graice has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Morales is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
James Morales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Graice.
A knee to the head by Morales.
Morales is pushing Graice up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Graice with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morales slowing the pace effectively.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Morales for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
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.
The referee is keeping an eye on Morales - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morales with a knee to the head.
Morales connects with a nasty looking knee right to Graice's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morales lands a nice knee to the body.
Morales's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Morales dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Royce Graice's cut.
That's time! Morales's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Morales forces Graice back against the ropes and clinches.
Graice tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Morales slows down the pace here.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales stalling in the clinch.
Morales throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Graices head.
A knee to the head by Morales.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morales lands a good knee to the midsection. Graice won't want to take too many of those.
Morales avoiding damage.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Graice takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morales lands a nice knee to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
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 ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by James Morales.
Graice misses with a head kick.
Graice closes the distance and pushes Morales back into the ropes.
Graice tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morales just stands there and leans against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Graice's efforts to push away.
Graice jumps guard but Morales turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
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 left hand that snaps the head of Graice backwards.
Graice letting Morales take a breather here.
Morales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Graice is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Graice takes a knee to the side of the body.
Graice can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morales.
Morales stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales lands a good knee to the midsection. Graice won't want to take too many of those.
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.
Graice is looking to take this one to the mat.
Morales with a knee to the head.
Morales lands a left hand.
Morales stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Morales.
Morales stalls.
Morales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Graice can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morales pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Knees to the body from Morales.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morales landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morales slowing the pace effectively.
Morales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Morales clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Royce Graice's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Morales moves into range and clinches up with Graice.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morales scores with a nice hook to the head.
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 effectively controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Graice is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Morales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Graice is still on wobbly legs! Can Morales finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Graice - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Morales, and another! Graice is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). James Morales!
James Morales retains his featherweight title!
James Morales seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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