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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Israel Hands (ranked 477 p4p, 1770 weight class) and Angel Morales (ranked 63 p4p, 220 weight class). Hands comes to the cage accompanied by A Collection of Sea Shanties. 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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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Israel Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angel Morales!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales lands a jab to Hands's midsection.
Morales throws a right hand that misses
and Hands counters with a thumping low kick.
Hands ducks under a wild hook from Morales.
Morales takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hands looks to throw the jab but Morales is out of range.
Hands connects with a leg kick.
Hands moves into range and connects with a jab.
Good leg kick by Hands.
Jab by Hands.
Hands throws a low kick but Morales moves out of range easily.
Hands turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Israel Hands seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hands wants to slow Morales down by chopping away at his legs.
Morales takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morales takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morales gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hands misses the shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Morales.
Morales displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hands throws out the jab.
Hands swings for the body but Morales moves out of range.
Hands fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morales on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands connects with an inside leg kick.
Morales has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hands.
The fighters circling - Hands throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hands. Morales shrugs it off though.
Morales misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hands lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hands throws a big shot that misses.
Morales will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice defenses there by Morales.
Hands misses with a hook
and Morales counters with a body kick.
Morales misses with a looping left.
Morales pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Morales lands a lovely overhand right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hands.
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!
Nice defenses there by Morales.
Morales jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hands jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands ducks under a wild hook from Morales.
A head kick misses from Morales.
Hands is looking to slow Morales down with leg kicks.
A left lands for Hands.
Morales misses with an uppercut
and Hands cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morales misses with a low kick.
Hands pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morales looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Morales looks to land a right hand but Hands moved out of range.
Morales blocks a leg kick.
Hands bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Morales's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Morales misses the target.
Hands throws a jab but it's blocked by Morales.
Morales now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Morales tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morales takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hands throws a good cross that connects.
Morales misses with an uppercut.
Morales throws a good cross that connects.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hands.
Hands lands with an overhand left.
Hands on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morales. Morales obviously looking to wear him down.
Hands misses with a body kick.
Morales throws a sloppy head kick and Hands moves out of range easily.
Morales takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hands fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hands misses with a right hand
and Morales counters with a straight right hand.
Hands scoring well with a low kick there.
Hands misses with a hook.
Hands lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morales's sensitive parts.
Some wild striking there from Morales.
A counter left hand to the body from Hands misses its target.
Morales blocks a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morales is looking to land body kicks.
Hands moves forwards but Morales connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hands buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hands throws a body shot but no joy.
Hands keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Morales throws a chopping leg kick but Hands manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good work by Morales as he checks the leg kick.
Morales throws a head kick that misses.
Morales throws a hook but Hands blocks it.
Hands throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Morales's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Morales checks a low kick from Hands.
Morales throws a head kick but Hands moves out of range.
Hands misses with a low kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morales! But no joy.
Morales avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A clash of legs there as Hands blocks the low kick.
Morales lands a head kick. Hands smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hands takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hands dips to his left and cracks Morales with an uppercut!
Morales throws a shot from downtown. Hands moves away and avoids it.
Morales scores with a head kick. Hands tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Israel Hands dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Morales throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Israel Hands is winning the standup battle so far.
Morales throws a solid leg kick but Hands takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morales.
Hands fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hands connects with the punch.
Morales throws an overhand right that lands on Hands's shoulder, as Hands tries to avoid the shot.
Hands's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morales under the eye.
Morales takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hands throws a shot from downtown. Morales moves away and avoids it.
Morales misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hands is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morales can do to turn this around?
Hands doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morales throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hands. Morales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hands scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hands scores with a spinning back kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morales gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hands.
Morales throws a low kick but Hands moves out of range easily.
Morales pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands gets off balance looking for a body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hands ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morales throws a sloppy head kick and Hands moves out of range easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Morales might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hands has got the better of the exchanges.
Hands scores with a kick to the midsection.
Morales cracks Hands with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hands connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morales. Morales circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hands wants to land a leg kick but Morales is out of range.
Hands takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hands tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morales was well out of range. Poor timing from Hands.
Morales misses with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hands.
Morales takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morales throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hands lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hands throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hands moves out of range of the body kick.
Hands lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales with the inside leg kick.
Morales throws a lazy right hand but Hands sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hands half committed to a counter leg kick.
Hands keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morales.
Hands throws a quick counter kick to the body but Morales avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hands.
Morales on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Morales on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Morales.
Morales throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hands lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morales takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morales moves out of range of the body kick.
Morales uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hands.
Morales fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morales takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morales looks to land a left hand but Hands moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands scores with the left hand. Morales knows he should have avoided that one.
Hands blocks a low kick nicely.
Morales scores with a jab to the body.
Hands walks into a jab.
Morales lands a glancing blow to the side of Hands's head.
Morales catches Hands with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice body punch from Hands.
Hands tries to work over Morales's front leg with a kick but Morales checks it.
Hands lands a right hook to the body.
A cross from Hands lands.
Morales tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hands swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morales thumps Hands with a low kick.
Morales throws a jab but it's blocked by Hands.
Morales tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hands was well out of range. Poor timing from Morales.
A leg kick checked by Morales.
A low kick lands for Hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales scores with a hook.
Morales has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morales goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hands takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Morales stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hands.
Morales on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hands. Hands obviously looking to wear him down.
Hands ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hands appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Morales scores with a punch to the head.
Hands throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hands connects with a single shot there.
Morales misses with an uppercut. Hands saw that one coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hands.
Hands connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morales tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Hands there.
Hands misses with a hook. Morales ducked under it nicely.
Hands checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Israel Hands dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Morales swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Hands on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Morales moves out of range of the body kick from Hands.
Morales takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Morales has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hands.
Hands sizes up Morales with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hands scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hands scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hands connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morales throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Morales stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hands.
Morales takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Morales takes a swing at Hands's ribcage but misses.
Hands just misses with a punch to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Hands there.
Morales throws a sloppy head kick and Hands moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morales throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hands punishes Morales's body with a nice straight punch.
Hands looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands misses with a wild body shot.
Hands connects with a leg kick.
Morales looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Hands wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hands scores with a body shot.
Hands with a nice cross.
Hands chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hands throws a leg kick but Morales sees it coming and moves out of range.
Morales misses with a hook. Hands ducked under it nicely.
Morales throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hands sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morales chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hands can pounce on him.
Hands throws a body kick that misses.
Morales gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hands scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morales looks for the body kick but Hands saw that one coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab 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!
Hands scoring well with a low kick there.
Angel Morales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales thuds a left hand into Hands's body.
A jab from Hands finds it's way through Morales's defenses.
Morales misses with the combination.
Hands tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hands stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A jab from Hands misses.
Morales moves out of range as Hands throws a body kick.
Morales throws a front kick aimed at Hands's knee but Hands avoids it well.
Hands swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Hands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hands.
Hands scores with a leg kick.
Hands tests Morales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morales throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Morales walks into a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales misses with a head kick.
Hands swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Morales takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice uppercut there from Hands.
Hands lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hands attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jab by Hands.
Both fighters circling a little - Hands finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Morales looks to score with a jab to the body but Hands is just out of range.
Hands moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morales takes a swing at Hands's ribcage but misses.
Hands feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Jab by Hands.
Hands scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morales looks for the body kick but Hands saw that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A cross from Morales lands.
Hands connects with a leg kick.
Morales swings for the body but Hands moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hands.
Hands blocks a leg kick.
Morales misses with a body kick.
Hands throwing a counter right hand but Morales manages to avoid it.
Morales checks a low kick from Hands.
Hands with a hook.
Morales keeps Hands at a distance using the push kick.
Hands lands a front kick.
Hands lands a right hook to the body.
Morales pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hands scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hands moves out of range as Morales throws a body kick.
Hands stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hands lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hands connects with a body shot.
Israel Hands is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hands with a nice calf kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Israel Hands showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hands has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Israel Hands!
Israel Hands thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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