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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Erran Morad (ranked 1814 p4p, 204 weight class) and Jedidiah Young (ranked 22391 p4p, 569 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.
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157 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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153 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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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
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erran Morad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jedidiah Young!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Young, as that shot connected.
Morad shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Young as he avoids it easily.
Morad defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Morad takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Young was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Young on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morad. Morad obviously looking to wear him down.
Young is looking to chop away at Morad's legs.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morad.
Morad moves out of range as Young strikes.
A good leg kick by Young.
Morad dodges the punch combination from Young.
Morad takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Young has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Morad lands with a kick to the temple. Young shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morad moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Morad misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Young lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morad has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morad and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Young misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morad sizes up Young with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Young moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Erran Morad has been cut.
Young checks a low kick from Morad.
Morad cracks Young with a good jab.
Morad connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big left from Young misses.
Young scores with a jab to the jaw.
Young throws a leg kick that is checked
and Morad counters with a nice uppercut.
Young walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morad.
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!
Young rushes Morad and presses him up against the cage.
Morad trying to land knees to the body.
Young blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Morad fails to land.
Young is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morad missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young scores with a shot to the side of Morad's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young trying to stall but Morad improves his position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morad creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Morad jumps into guard, dragging Young to the mat.
Morad has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Morad can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Young controls the pace.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Morad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Young content to stall in guard here.
Morad wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morad is keeping the position for now.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Morad pulls Young in close to his closed guard and prevents Young from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Young misses with a hook. Morad ducked under it nicely.
Morad works over Young's head and body with a nice combination.
Morad circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young sizes up Morad with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Morad lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big left from Morad misses.
Young misses the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morad scores with a head kick. Young tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Young turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young throws the left hand but Morad avoids the punch easily.
Young throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Morad scores with a jab to the jaw.
Morad misses with a head kick.
Young takes one to the chin there.
Morad rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Young.
Morad was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Young misses with a right hand
and Morad cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morad ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Nice shot lands for Morad.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morad checks a leg kick.
Morad jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Morad connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Young momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Erran Morad will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Erran Morad's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Morad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Young looks to land a right hand but Morad moved out of range.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morad.
Morad cracks Young with a good jab.
Morad on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Young misses with a straight left.
Morad moves forwards but Young connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morad misses with a looping right.
Young scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A jab from Young misses.
Young connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Morad moves away and avoids it.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Morad sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Erran Morad is winning the standup battle so far.
Young tries to work over Morad's front leg with a kick but Morad checks it.
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!
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morad.
Morad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Morad.
Young moves forwards but Morad connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morad throws a quick inside leg kick.
Morad works Young's body with a nice hook.
Young is looking to clinch.
Morad tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Young manages to circle out of the way.
Morad throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Young gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morad.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young throws a body punch but Morad moves out of range.
Morad throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Young on the side of the head.
Morad throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morad connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Young momentarily.
Young throws a right hand that misses
and Morad counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morad.
Morad connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morad gets tackled into the cage by Young. Young maintains the clinch.
Young stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Young wants to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morad misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Young taking a breather.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young wants to get back to striking at distance but Morad won't allow it.
Morad lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morad missing with knees to the body.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Morad.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Morad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morad blocks an uppercut.
Morad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young lands a nice uppercut.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young scores with a nice right hand.
Jedidiah Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Young scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Morad.
It looked like Morad wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morad.
A big left from Young misses.
Young lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morad throws a big shot that misses.
Young looks to land a right hand but Morad moved out of range.
Morad throws a push kick but Young slaps the foot to one side.
Morad getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morad throws a body shot but no joy.
Young gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Young is looking to control Morad's arms but Morad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Young has his back to the cage.
Morad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Morad.
Morad lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Young lands a hook that snaps the head of Morad backwards.
Morad looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Young blocking some punches.
Morad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young controlling the action here for a moment.
Morad blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Young.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jedidiah Young will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Erran Morad's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A jab from Young misses.
A shot to the liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.
Young looks to land a left hand but Morad moved out of range nicely.
Morad slips a jab from Young.
A low kick from Young is predictable there
and Morad counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Young throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Morad throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Young on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morad shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Young defends it nicely.
Morad pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morad tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Young defends well and Morad ends up having to push Young into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Young misses the shot to the body.
Young throws a hook to the side of Morad's head but Morad sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young instigates a clinch.
Young avoids the elbow strike from Morad, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is looking to control Morad's arms but Morad gets an underhook and turns him. Now Young has his back to the cage.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morad trying to land knees to the body.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Young taking a breather.
Morad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Young on the inside.
Young has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morad takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morad.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morad is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to circle away but Morad has him pinned against the cage.
Morad blocking some punches.
Young lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Morad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morad gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morad prevents a body shot from Young.
Morad stalling in the clinch.
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!
Morad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morad takes a shot to the head.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morad backwards.
Morad trying to control the position but instead, Young has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morad into the cage.
Morad swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morad is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Morad is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Young is keeping busy.
Morad misses with an elbow strike.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young misses with some punches.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morad backwards.
Morad throws an elbow that misses.
Young misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morad.
Morad throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Youngs head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Young is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morad trying to control the position but instead, Young has worked for underhooks and has pushed Morad into the cage.
Morad tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Young softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Morad.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young looking to slow down the pace here.
Young tries to break the clinch but Morad is controlling the position.
Morad is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morad lands an elbow inside that Young shrugs off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jedidiah Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Young has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jedidiah Young!
Jedidiah Young decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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