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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cris Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Brown might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fort Minor - Remember The Name. Morales has chosen U Don't Know Me as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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140 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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148 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cris Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, James Morales!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Morales clinches.
Brown working aggressively here.
Morales blocking some punches.
Brown has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Brown blocks a body shot from Morales.
Morales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morales.
Morales misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown digs a right hand into Morales's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morales's gas tank.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Morales.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morales blocks an uppercut.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Morales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Brown working aggressively here.
Morales throws a head punch that misses.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morales misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Morales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morales has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Brown seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Morales can turn it around.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Morales.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morales creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morales.
Brown lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morales tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Morales lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
A short left from Morales.
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Morales.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Morales back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Morales putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morales tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brown.
Morales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morales misses with a punch on the inside.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Morales.
Morales putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morales misses with a punch to the body.
Knees to the body from Morales.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Morales.
Morales with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morales throws a head punch that misses.
Brown avoiding damage as Morales throws knees to the body.
Morales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morales blocking some punches.
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morales lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Morales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morales has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Morales.
Morales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morales lands a right hand.
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a hook that snaps the head of Morales backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Morales.
Morales throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
A nice left hand lands by Morales.
Morales has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morales backwards.
Morales lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Morales has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Morales.
Morales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morales scores a nice knee to the body.
Morales creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales missing with knees to the body.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morales landing some nice looking 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 fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Morales misses with a body shot.
Brown throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morales with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Morales has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morales swings away with a body shot that misses
and Brown counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morales thinking.
Morales lands a nice hook to Brown's body. Brown takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morales pushes Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Brown makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Brown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Morales.
Morales lands a shoulder strike.
Morales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morales.
Morales throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales misses with the head strike.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown lands a shoulder strike.
Morales lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Brown misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Morales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morales.
Brown misses with some punches.
Brown lands a right hand.
Morales misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Morales missing with knees to the body.
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morales tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brown lands with a short shot to the head.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Morales.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Morales trying to stall but Brown improves his position.
Brown lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales throws a head punch that misses.
Morales misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morales putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Morales tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Morales swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown lands a hook that snaps the head of Morales backwards.
Morales pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Brown.
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morales has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Morales can't find room to land a body shot as Brown controls the action.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Morales.
Morales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morales throws a head punch that misses.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown pushes Morales back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
James Morales seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morales trying to stall but Brown improves his position.
Morales presses Brown against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morales.
Morales struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Morales lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.
Morales tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Morales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morales lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brown.
Morales landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Morales.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Morales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales misses with some punches.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Morales.
Morales blocking some punches.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brown.
Brown gets through Morales's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Morales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morales lands a nice uppercut.
Morales fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but James Morales will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Morales rushes Brown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brown.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morales tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Morales back against the cage.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morales tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
Morales lands an uppercut.
Morales crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
A short left from Brown.
A knee to the head by Morales.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morales tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morales creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morales misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Morales controls the action.
Morales misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morales landing knees to the body.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown scores with a hook to the body.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morales throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Morales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by 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!
Morales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Morales lands a nice knee to the body.
Morales takes a shot to the head.
Brown tries a body shot but Morales blocks it.
Nice body punch from Brown - that landed with a thud.
Brown blocking some punches.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morales.
Morales landing knees to the body.
Morales softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morales blocking some punches.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Morales blocks a body shot from Brown.
Brown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Morales trying to land knees to the body.
Brown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brown avoids a wild elbow strike from Morales.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales throws a head punch that misses.
Morales prevents a body shot from Brown.
Morales blocking some punches.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Morales.
Morales wants to stall.
Morales throws a punch but it's blocked by Brown.
Morales takes a shot to the head.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Brown working aggressively here.
Cris Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown lands with a left to the head.
Brown blocking some punches.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown pushes Morales back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morales lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morales.
Morales misses with the head strike.
James Morales is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brown working aggressively here.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Morales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Brown working aggressively here.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Morales controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
James 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Morales!
A very excited looking James Morales made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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