PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nico Jermaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for James Morales has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Morales
vs
Jermaine

174 cm
23
148 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

173 cm
26
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

GREEN!160

BlackStar Athletics

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, James Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nico Jermaine!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jermaine has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Morales connects with a right hand. Jermaine shakes it off.

Jermaine has managed to clinch.
Morales scores with a knee to the head.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Jermaine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morales has him pressed against the cage.
Jermaine tries a body shot but Morales blocks it.
Morales tries a knee to the head but Jermaine blocks it.
Jermaine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morales taking a breather.
Jermaine takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morales is leaning against Jermaine and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
I was talking to Morales's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Morales pushes Jermaine back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morales presses Jermaine against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jermaine is trying to maintain a safe position but Morales gets an underhook and turns Jermaine into the cage.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jermaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jermaine looks winded!
Morales scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jermaine in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morales lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Morales lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morales scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees to the body from Morales.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morales.
Morales softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jermaine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morales works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morales lands a hook that snaps the head of Jermaine backwards.
Jermaine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morales connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jermaine's face.
Morales lands with a light punch inside.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Jermaine takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morales landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morales softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Morales.
Morales leaning his opponent against the cage.
Morales landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Morales.
Morales scores with a knee to the head.
Morales lands a good knee to the midsection. Jermaine won't want to take too many of those.
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales landing knees to the head.

Jermaine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morales will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morales ducks under a wild hook from Jermaine.
Morales lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
James Morales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good exchange - Morales coming out on top.
Morales lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jermaine's sensitive parts.
Morales is looking to slow Jermaine down with leg kicks.
Morales scores with a body shot.
Morales throws a head kick that half lands.

Jermaine clinches up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morales lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jermaine backwards.
Morales lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales avoiding damage as Jermaine throws knees to the body.
Jermaine wants to get back to striking at distance but Morales won't allow it.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jermaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morales creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Morales.
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
Morales landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morales stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morales landing knees to the body.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Morales digs a right hand into Jermaine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jermaine's gas tank.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morales scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morales is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morales lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Morales dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Morales swinging wildly here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morales.
Morales connects with a body shot.

Jermaine feints and as Morales raises his hands in defense, Jermaine changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jermaine postures up in Morales's guard and throws a big left but Morales blocks it.
Jermaine is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jermaine is looking to work some ground and pound but Morales has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jermaine is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales is trying to keep Jermaine in close.
Morales on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morales tries to get out of the position.
Jermaine content to stall in guard here.
Jermaine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's two 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 fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jermaine on the side of the head.
Jermaine shoots in looking for a takedown. Morales tries to sprawl out of it but Jermaine keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morales manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morales lands a head kick!
Morales scores with a jab to the body.
Morales tries to clinch but Jermaine is having none of it.
Morales lands a high kick!
Jermaine throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morales counters with a left to the body.
Morales is looking to wear down Jermaine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jermaine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morales connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jermaine. Jermaine circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Morales scores with a jab to the body.
Morales jabs Jermaine right on the nose. Jermaine blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab lands there for Morales.
Donk. Morales catches Jermaine right on the button with a cross.

Jermaine rushes Morales and presses him up against the cage.
Jermaine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morales avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morales.
Morales lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morales can't find room to land a body shot as Jermaine controls the action.
Morales scores with a shoulder strike.
Morales lands a body punch.
Morales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jermaine is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Morales.
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Morales.
Morales landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Morales.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morales lands a body shot in the clinch.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jermaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Morales landing knees to the head.
Morales connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jermaine's face.
A knee to the head by Morales.
Morales working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morales lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Morales gets underhooks to prevent Jermaine's takedown attempt.
Jermaine takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morales lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Morales dominated that second round.
That's time! Morales's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Morales buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morales thuds a left hand into Jermaine's body.
Jermaine on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Morales throws a one two combo.
Morales clobbers Jermaine with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morales connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jermaine. Jermaine circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Morales dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morales dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morales throws a head kick that half lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jermaine walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jermaine shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morales as he avoids it easily.
James Morales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morales lands a jab to Jermaine's midsection.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morales.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jermaine.
Jermaine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales lands a right hook to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Morales. No joy for Jermaine on that attempt.
Morales swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
James Morales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nico Jermaine.
Jermaine gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Morales counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morales throws a combination. Jermaine tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Morales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jermaine can do to turn this around?
Morales throws a shot to the body.
Morales scores with a hook to the body. Jermaine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morales tests Jermaine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morales keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morales throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jermaine on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jermaine moves forwards but Morales connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice cross by Morales.
Morales lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morales thuds his right hand into Jermaine's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Jermaine rushes Morales and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morales lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Morales.
Jermaine has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morales landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
James Morales has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jermaine takes a knee right on the jaw!

Jermaine is rocked!
Morales works on Jermaine's body with a couple of short punches.
Jermaine is still on wobbly legs! Can Morales finish him?

Jermaine pulls guard successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morales wants to pass the guard but Jermaine is keeping the position.
Jermaine seems to have recovered his senses.
Morales trying to control but Jermaine is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jermaine throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morales wants to control from the top but Jermaine keeps moving.
Morales trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jermaine is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Jermaine is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morales defends well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales wants to control from the top but Jermaine keeps moving.
Morales looking to pass the guard.
Jermaine is pulling down on Morales's head to control his posture.
James Morales is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jermaine's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Morales showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morales, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Morales!
James Morales thanked the fans post fight for their support.