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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kela Molotok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chico Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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132 lbs
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148 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kela Molotok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chico Morales!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molotok moves out of range of the strikes.
Morales lands a high kick!
Molotok is rocked!
Molotok takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morales has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Molotok is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Molotok dives in and grabs Morales's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morales pushes down on Molotok's head and hops out.
Morales wants to counter with a clinch but Molotok pushes him away.
Molotok defending well as Morales loads up on a big left hand.
Molotok takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oh Molotok is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morales throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Molotok bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Molotok really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morales moves into range and connects with a jab.
Morales throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Molotok moves into range and clinches up with Morales.
Molotok using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morales wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Molotok seems to have got his legs back now.
Morales throws an elbow but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales is looking to break free of the clinch but Molotok has double underhooks.
Molotok on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Molotok tries to pull guard but Morales forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Morales manages to break the clinch.
Molotok misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morales works Molotok's body with a nice hook.
Morales lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morales slaps away a takedown attempt from Molotok, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kela Molotok. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morales connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Molotok momentarily.
Morales throws a head kick but Molotok moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Morales.
Molotok is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Morales.
Morales misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick by Morales misses
and Molotok makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jab from Morales.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Molotok.
Morales tries to keep at a distance but Molotok has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morales prevents the takedown attempt.
Molotok takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morales lands an elbow just above Molotok 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morales.
Morales throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morales misses with an elbow strike.
Morales pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morales slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Chico Morales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Morales misses.
Morales misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Molotok counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Morales does it's job there.
Molotok has a takedown stuffed.
Morales lands a head kick!
Morales throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Molotok feinted with a counter takedown.
Molotok closes the distance and clinches up with Morales, looking for a takedown. Molotok pushes Morales against the cage but Morales circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Molotok bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Molotok avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morales thows a left - swing and a miss!
Molotok moves into the clinch.
Morales is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Molotok is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Molotok avoids the elbow strike from Morales, against the cage.
Morales lands an elbow just above Molotok 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morales's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morales lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Molotok shoots in looking for a takedown. Morales tries to sprawl out of it but Molotok 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.
Chico Morales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morales takes a swing at Molotok's ribcage but misses.
Molotok pushes Morales up against the cage in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morales escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Molotok!
Morales bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Molotok's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chico Morales dominated that round.
That's time! Molotok's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Morales looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morales scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morales misses with an uppercut.
Morales connects with a good right hand that stumbles Molotok. Molotok circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A big left from Morales misses.
Morales has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters circling - Morales throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Molotok half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Molotok clinches up with Morales and pushes him back against the cage.
Molotok blocks an elbow strike from Morales.
Molotok drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morales is trying to break the clinch but Molotok is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales tries to land knees in the clinch but Molotok avoids the damage to the body.
Morales throws an elbow that misses.
Molotok takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morales letting Molotok take a breather here.
Morales lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morales looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Molotok wants a takedown but no success here.
Morales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Molotok has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morales lands a damaging elbow.
Morales throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Morales.
Molotok jumps guard and drags Morales to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales postures up in Molotok's guard and throws a big left but Molotok blocks it.
Morales postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Molotok throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Morales throws a strike but Molotok rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Molotok throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morales works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morales is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morales pushes Molotok off and scrambles back to his feet.
Morales thuds a left hand into Molotok's body.
Kela Molotok is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A head kick misses from Molotok.
Horrible takedown attempt by Molotok or perhaps it was just good defense by Morales, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kela Molotok. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morales throws a body shot but no joy.
Molotok clinches.
Morales breaks the clinch.
Morales lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Molotok uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morales.
Molotok shoots in for a takedown but Morales shows good takedown defense.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Molotok fails to land the takedown.
Morales thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Molotok looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morales throws the left hand but Molotok avoids the punch easily.
Molotok seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morales swinging wildly here.
Nice shot lands for Morales.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morales scores with a nice head shot.
Morales throws the left hand but Molotok avoids the punch easily.
Chico Morales seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Molotok will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Morales misses with a lunging right hand
and Molotok counters with a three punch combo that has Morales backing up. Morales nods at Molotok to acknowledge the strikes.
Molotok ducks under a wild hook from Morales.
Morales stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morales jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Morales looks to land a right hand but Molotok moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chico Morales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Molotok fails with the takedown.
Molotok fails with an attempt to clinch.
Molotok dives in and grabs Morales's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morales pushes down on Molotok's head and hops out.
Molotok gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morales.
Morales misses with an uppercut
and Molotok counters with a straight right hand.
Morales looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Morales backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Molotok's temple! It sends Molotok violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Morales celebrates and the doctors try to help Molotok!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Chico Morales!
During a confident post fight interview, Chico Morales thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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