PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nuri Jafar (ranked 1922 p4p, 2308 weight class) and Erran Morad (ranked 212 p4p, 256 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.

Jafar
vs
Morad

175 cm
33
145
31 - 23 - 0

178 cm
31
157
13 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Core Combat

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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 31 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nuri Jafar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erran Morad!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morad keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jafar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morad.
Morad looks to land a right hand but Jafar moved out of range.
Morad's corner calls for a 1-2. Morad obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Morad moves out of range of the strikes.
Morad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jafar looks to land a right hand but Morad moved out of range.

Jafar moves into the clinch.
Jafar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Morad has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Jafar throws a punch but it's blocked by Morad.
Morad blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Jafar fails to land.
Jafar lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Morad breaks from the clinch.
Jafar slips under a jab from Morad.
A telegraphed right hand from Jafar misses the target.
Jafar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jafar clinches with his opponent.
Jafar tries to work over Morad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jafar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jafar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Morad.
Jafar misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Morad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Erran Morad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jafar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morad.
Morad walks into a jab.
Morad misses with a looping right.
Jafar avoids the body shot from Morad.
Jafar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Jafar clinches.
Jafar avoids a wild elbow strike from Morad.
Jafar dodges an elbow strike from Morad.
Jafar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jafar working aggressively here.
Morad throws an elbow that misses.
Jafar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jafar lands with a light punch inside.

Morad escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jafar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morad fails with a takedown attempt.
Morad throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Jafar to counter with a crisp jab.
Jafar lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Morad misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Morad.
Morad misses with a straight right.
Morad on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Morad jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jafar takes one to the side of the head.
Jafar wants to clinch but Morad slips to the side
and Morad counters with a low kick, right behind Jafar 's knee.
Jafar scores with a hook to the body. Morad takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Morad gets tackled into the cage by Jafar. Jafar maintains the clinch.
Jafar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morad lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jafar lands a left hand.

Morad breaks the clinch.
Jafar has a takedown stuffed.
Morad takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Jafar clinches up against the cage.
Jafar lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jafar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morad backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Morad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morad lands a jab.
Morad misses with a straight right.

Jafar pushes Morad up against the cage in a clinch.
Jafar scores with a shot to the side of Morad's head.
Jafar misses with a punch on the inside.

Morad breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jafar throws a body punch but Morad moves out of range.
Morad buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jafar moves out of range of the strikes.
Jafar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jafar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Jafar misses its target.
Morad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jafar was well out of range. Poor timing from Morad.
Jafar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Morad at a distance.
Jafar stuffs the takedown.
A jab from Jafar does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Jafar misses.
Morad misses with a hook. Jafar ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jafar.
Morad with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jafar looks to score with a jab to the body but Morad is just out of range.
Morad throws a body punch but Jafar moves out of range.
Jafar throwing a counter right hand but Morad manages to avoid it.
Jafar throws a good cross that connects.
Jafar checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jafar checks a low kick from Morad.
Jafar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morad has time to react.
Morad throws out a loose jab but Jafar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jafar tries to clinch there but Morad circles away.
Jafar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morad moves away.
Jafar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jafar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Jafar drives through and clinches with Morad against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Morad breaks from the clinch.
Jafar tries to clinch up.
Morad scores with a sloppy right hand. Jafar should have avoided that one.
Morad lands a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Morad.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nuri Jafar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jafar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jafar is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morad sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jafar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jafar throws a body punch but Morad moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morad! But no joy.
Jafar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Jafar clinches.
Jafar swings wildly with an uppercut but Morad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jafar throws a punch but it's blocked by Morad.
Morad throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jafar tries to work over Morad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jafar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morad is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morad digs a right hand into Jafar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jafar's gas tank.
Morad blocking some punches.
Jafar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jafar misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morad.
Jafar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morad can do to turn this around?
Jafar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morad pushes off an throws an elbow but Jafar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jafar avoids the elbow strike from Morad, against the cage.
Jafar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morad backwards.
Morad lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jafar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morad backwards.
Morad throws an elbow but it misses.
Jafar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Morad fails to land.
Jafar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jafar misses with a punch to the body.
Jafar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morad is trying to pull guard but Jafar turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Morad misses with an elbow strike.
Jafar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jafar misses with the head strike.
Jafar scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jafar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jafar misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Jafar fails to land.

Morad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jafar misses with a hook. Morad ducked under it nicely.
Morad tries a head kick but it misses.
Morad throws an overhand right that lands on Jafar's shoulder, as Jafar tries to avoid the shot.
Morad throws a jab when Jafar was well out of range.
Morad throws a hook but Jafar avoids it easily.
Jafar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Morad's hands.
Jafar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morad sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morad misses with a straight left.
Jafar tries to clinch there but Morad circles away.
Morad slips under a jab from Jafar.
Jafar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Morad loads up on a big right hand but Jafar slips the punch.
Jafar shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morad as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morad walks into a straight right hand from Jafar.
Jafar blocks a leg kick.
Jafar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jafar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morad.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Morad enables Jafar to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Morad manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Morad keeping moving, preventing Jafar from controlling successfully.
Jafar looking to sit in guard and control but Morad gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Morad must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Morad postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jafar pulls Morad in close to prevent any damage.
Morad throws a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morad loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morad throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jafar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jafar wants to stand but Morad is controlling the position.
Jafar has Morad pulled in close to control his posture.
Jafar wants to get back to his feet but Morad is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morad looking to sit in guard and control but Jafar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nuri Jafar dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Jafar lands a nice shot to the body.
Morad uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Morad uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jafar.
Morad scores with a three punch combo!
Jafar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morad.
Morad staying out of range there.
Jafar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morad throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jafar wants to clinch up but Morad keeps it at a distance.
Morad misses with a left hand
and Jafar counters with a nice uppercut.
Morad throws the left hand but Jafar avoids the punch easily.
Morad fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jafar is out of range.
Morad misses with a leg kick

and Jafar counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jafar stands up and waves to Morad to follow him.
Jafar misses with a hook. Morad ducked under it nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Morad 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Morad throws an overhand right that lands on Jafar's shoulder, as Jafar tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jafar shoots in and drives through. Morad sprawls well.
Jafar ducks under a wild hook from Morad.
Jafar looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jafar throws a hook but Morad avoids it easily.
Morad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jafar.
A swing and a miss from Jafar.
Jafar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morad.
Erran Morad seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jafar tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morad looks to throw the jab but Jafar is out of range.
Jafar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jafar takes one on the button.
Jafar moves away from the strike by Morad.
Morad thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morad throws a lazy right hand but Jafar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A lazy left from Morad finds it's target.
Morad throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morad darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Erran Morad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jafar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morad.
A jab from Morad does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morad listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jafar connects with a single shot there.
Morad tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jafar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot by Jafar.
Morad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jafar tries to clinch but Morad moves out of range.
Morad misses with a looping right.

Morad tries to keep at a distance but Jafar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jafar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jafar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Morad.
Morad will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jafar up against the cage.
Jafar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morad backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar pushes Morad back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jafar as Morad tries to tie him up.
Jafar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jafar lands a left hand.
Morad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morad misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morad.
Jafar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jafar throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morad.
Jafar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jafar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morad lands a nice elbow.
Nuri Jafar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Morad escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jafar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morad.
Morad tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Morad tries to keep at a distance but Jafar has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morad lands a damaging elbow.

Morad's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morad closes the distance and clinches up with Jafar, looking for a takedown. Morad pushes Jafar against the cage but Jafar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jafar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jafar moves out of range of the strikes.
Jafar is looking to clinch.
Morad takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A left lands for Jafar.
Jafar connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morad with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jafar to score with a decent uppercut.
No luck for Jafar with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nuri Jafar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Morad misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jafar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jafar ducks under a wild hook from Morad.
Morad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jafar sees it coming and avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nuri Jafar.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jafar, 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nuri Jafar!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Nuri Jafar made sure he mentioned Core Combat, along with how happy he was to win his fight.