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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Third Eye (ranked 220 p4p, 788 weight class) and Angel Morales (ranked 32 p4p, 104 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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154
10 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent grappler
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 16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Third Eye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angel Morales!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morales clinches up against the cage.
Eye struggles to land a body shot inside as Morales controls his hands.
Eye blocks an elbow strike.
Morales is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Eye is keeping busy.
Morales gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Third Eye has been cut.
Eye has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Morales fails to land.
Eye scores with a shot to the side of Morales's head.
Eye's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eye throws a shot to the body.
Morales has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Morales lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Eye misses with a body punch
and Morales counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Eye connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eye misses with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Eye. Morales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morales avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eye slips under a jab from Morales.
Third Eye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eye walks into a straight right hand from Morales.
A jab from Eye finds it's way through Morales's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales checks a low kick from Eye.
Morales takes a kick to the side of the head.
Morales looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A left lands for Eye.
Eye lands a nice hook to Morales's body. Morales takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morales takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Eye misses the body punch
letting Morales counter with a right hand.
Eye misses with a hook. Morales ducked under it nicely.
Eye throws a leg kick which misses Morales's front leg but catches the back leg as Morales tries to avoid it.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch but Eye swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eye misses the jab.
Eye throws a looping overhand right but Morales ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Eye throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morales swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Eye crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Morales - the referee stops the clock and Eye gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Morales. Eye manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eye throws an overhand right that lands on Morales's shoulder, as Morales tries to avoid the shot.
Morales looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Morales defending well as Eye loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morales! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morales takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Morales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eye.
Eye lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Eye throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Eye connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morales momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Eye.
Eye looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Morales has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Eye.
Morales avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morales appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Morales pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Eye on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Eye jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Eye sizes up Morales with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Eye throws a series of punches but Morales moves out of range.
Eye lands an overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eye lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Eye turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Eye is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Eye misses with a leg kick
and Morales counters with a straight right hand.
Third Eye's cut is getting worse.
Eye is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Eye uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morales.
Eye turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Eye feints and then cracks Morales's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morales down.
Eye connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jab, jab by Eye - just one landing.
Eye ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morales moves away.
Eye missing with a left hand there. Morales was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morales lands a really nice looking cross but Eye seems unphased.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morales misses the jab.
Eye tests Morales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morales misses with an uppercut. Eye saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Morales.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Eye blocks the body kick.
Morales throws the kick towards the body but Eye avoids it.
Jab by Eye.
Eye throws a shot to the body.
Eye listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Eye jabs Morales right on the nose. Morales blinks but takes it well.
Nice body punch from Morales.
Eye pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Eye misses its intended target.
Morales tries to counter with a clinch but Eye shakes him off and moves away.
Eye dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Eye with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morales closes the distance and clinches.
Morales keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eye's efforts to push away.
Eye can't break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Third Eye dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Third Eye's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Eye connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Eye sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Eye misses with a head kick.
Morales avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eye lands the left hand.
Morales fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eye on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Eye tests Morales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slow jab from Morales misses its intended target.
Eye's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morales under the eye.
Eye connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Morales moves away from the strike by Eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eye getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Eye throws a leg kick but Morales checks it.
Morales throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Eye sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Third Eye is winning the standup battle so far.
Eye lands a leg kick that knocks Morales off balance momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales avoids the body shot from Eye.
Eye lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Eye lands a really nice looking cross but Morales seems unphased.
Morales throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Eye looks to land a combination but Morales avoids it well.
Morales looks to throw the jab but Eye is out of range.
Morales takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Eye cracks Morales with a right hand to the side of the head.
A big left from Eye misses.
Morales thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morales throws a jab but it's blocked by Eye.
Morales has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Eye avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eye tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morales jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morales pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Eye back to the cage. Morales follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eye takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales misses with a two punch combination.
Eye throws a hook but Morales blocks it.
Eye smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Eye swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morales.
Eye moves out of range of the strikes.
Eye avoids the body shot from Morales.
Eye swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morales.
Third Eye is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A punch lands to the side of Morales 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Morales has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Eye.
Morales misses with a hook
and Eye counters with a good low kick that Morales was not able to check.
Eye misses with a looping left.
Morales takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Eye waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morales.
Jab, jab by Morales - just one landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Eye.
Morales's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Morales moves out of range as Eye strikes.
Eye slips under a jab.
Eye listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Eye connects with a jab.
Eye throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morales on the side of the head.
Morales misses with a wild combination.
Eye lands a nice looking body shot.
Morales's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Eye connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Morales scrambles back to his feet.
Morales misses with a straight right.
Eye is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morales can do to turn this around?
Morales scores with a jab to the body.
Eye ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morales moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morales has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Morales there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales misses with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Eye.
Morales tries to clinch but Eye is having none of it.
Eye tried to counter with a leg kick but Morales avoided it.
Eye misses with a body shot.
Eye connects with a solid leg kick.
Eye scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Eye loads up on a big right hand but Morales slips the punch.
A cross from Eye lands.
Eye throws a leg kick which misses Morales's front leg but catches the back leg as Morales tries to avoid it.
Eye missing with a left hand there. Morales was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Eye throws a jab but it's blocked by Morales.
Morales has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eye throws a sloppy head kick and Morales moves out of range easily.
Eye moves out of range of the body kick from Morales.
Eye is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Eye tries to score with a low kick but Morales moves his leg out of the way.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Third Eye dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Third Eye's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A slapping leg kick lands for Eye.
Eye throws a shot from downtown. Morales moves away and avoids it.
Morales just misses with a punch to the body.
Eye throws a leg kick but Morales sees it coming and moves out of range.
Eye moves away from the strike by Morales.
Eye moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morales takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morales uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eye.
Morales is looking to clinch.
Eye dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eye keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Eye punishes Morales's body with a nice straight punch.
Morales on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morales throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Eye misses the target.
Morales throws a hook but Eye avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eye walks into a stiff left hand from Morales.
Morales throws a nice inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Morales.
An attempted straight right counter from Eye misses the target.
Eye scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Eye slips under a jab from Morales.
Eye lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A nice inside leg kick there by Eye. That's going to slow Morales down.
Eye moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Eye throws a front kick aimed at Morales's knee but Morales avoids it well.
Morales unleashes a big counter combination but Eye bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Eye is looking to score with low kicks.
A little jabbing left from Morales on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Morales misses the target.
Eye connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Morales closes the distance and clinches.
Morales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Angel Morales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from 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 doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morales lands a left hand.
Morales creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eye.
Morales creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morales misses with some punches.
Eye blocking some punches.
Eye blocks an elbow strike from Morales.
A shot in the inside from Eye.
Morales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Morales.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eye wants to break free but Morales has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morales.
Eye avoids a wild elbow strike from Morales.
Eye blocks an uppercut.
Morales lands with a short shot to the head.
Morales misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morales throws an elbow but it misses.
Morales throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morales is leaning against Eye and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Morales lands a body shot.
Eye dodges an elbow strike from Morales.
Eye blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eye takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eye.
Morales throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morales tries to work over Eye's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morales looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morales misses with an elbow strike.
Eye blocks an elbow strike from Morales.
Morales throws a head punch that misses.
Eye wants to break free but Morales has control.
Morales misses with a body punch.
Morales throws an elbow but it misses.
Eye takes an elbow to the forehead.
Angel Morales seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short uppercut from Morales.
And that's the end of the fight!
Angel Morales comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Eye has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Third Eye!
Third Eye thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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