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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Grigoriy Petrov (ranked 385 p4p, 835 weight class) and Hector Morales (ranked 49 p4p, 114 weight class). Hector Morales will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Grigoriy Petrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hector Morales!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Donatello Bradman and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales tries to clinch but Petrov is having none of it.
Petrov misses with a wild combination.
Petrov throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Morales looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Petrov missing with a left hand there. Morales was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice leg kick from Petrov, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morales has managed to clinch.
Petrov is trying to stall.
Morales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Petrov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Morales fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Petrov.
Petrov misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morales throws a series of punches but Petrov avoids them all with ease.
Morales is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
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.
Morales throws a series of punches but Petrov avoids them all with ease.
Petrov is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Petrov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morales moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Morales scores with a nice short uppercut.
Petrov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Petrov lands with a straight right. Morales didn't see that one coming.
Petrov misses with a looping right.
Despite the aggression on Morales's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Petrov throws a good cross that connects.
Morales tries to clinch up
and Petrov counters with a nice body shot.
Petrov catches Morales with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Morales takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Morales is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
Morales clinches up against the cage.
Petrov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Petrov fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrov misses with the head strike.
Morales tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morales blocking some punches.
Petrov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Petrov.
Morales looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Morales lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov stalling the fight.
Petrov lands a hook that snaps the head of Morales backwards.
Morales displaying some good clinch control by pressing Petrov up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Morales.
Morales lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Petrov or not.
Petrov trying to stall but Morales improves his position.
Stalling in the clinch from Petrov.
Morales scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morales lands a right hand.
Petrov tries a body shot but Morales blocks it.
Petrov is struggling to control the position.
Morales misses with a punch on the inside.
Morales makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Petrov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Morales misses with some punches.
Morales blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Petrov scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Petrov throws a right hand that misses
and Morales cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Petrov connects with a looping right hand.
Morales tries to clinch but Petrov moves out of range.
Petrov throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Morales.
Morales tries to clinch up.
Petrov scores with a jab. Morales acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morales tries to clinch up but Petrov circles away and keeps his distance.
Morales tries to clinch up.
Petrov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morales throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Petrov.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morales tries a body shot but Petrov blocks it.
Morales lands with a left to the head.
Petrov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morales lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales gets through Petrov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales wants to stall.
Morales slowing the pace effectively.
Morales fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morales's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Petrov lands a shoulder strike.
Morales misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Petrov's elbow.
Petrov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morales backwards.
Morales is looking to control Petrov's arms but Petrov gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morales has his back to the cage.
Morales throws an elbow but it misses.
Morales works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Petrov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Petrov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morales blocks an uppercut.
Petrov blocks a body shot from Morales.
Morales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Grigoriy Petrov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Morales moves into range and clinches up with Petrov.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrov as Morales tries to tie him up.
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Petrov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morales lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Petrov backwards.
Petrov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morales can do to turn this around?
Petrov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morales is keeping busy.
Petrov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morales has him pressed against the cage.
Morales misses with an elbow strike.
Petrov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morales backwards.
Morales wants to stall.
Petrov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Petrov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petrov.
Still in the clinch, Morales scores with a nice short uppercut.
Petrov breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Morales chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Petrov can pounce on him.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morales tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Petrov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morales doesn't manage to clinch there - Petrov circles away.
Morales doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Petrov throws a lazy right hand but Morales sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morales tries to clinch there but Petrov circles away.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Morales.
Petrov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Petrov throws a lazy right hand but Morales sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morales with a nice cross.
Morales on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Morales tries to clinch up but Petrov circles away and keeps his distance.
Morales throws a sloppy body shot
and Petrov counters with a good low kick that Morales was not able to check.
Morales tries to clinch up but Petrov circles away and keeps his distance.
Petrov lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morales rushes Petrov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from Morales.
Morales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Petrov's elbow.
Morales swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morales throws an elbow that misses.
Morales effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Petrov.
A short right from Morales.
Morales throws a punch but it's blocked by Petrov.
A right hand to the body from Morales.
Hector Morales seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morales.
A right handed body shot lands from Morales.
Nice body punch from Morales.
Petrov is looking to control Morales's arms but Morales gets an underhook and turns him. Now Petrov has his back to the cage.
Petrov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morales tries to move into range but Petrov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Morales fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Petrov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morales slips a straight right by Petrov.
Petrov delivers a nice body kick.
Morales throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morales tries to clinch up.
Petrov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morales fails with an attempt to clinch.
Petrov looks to score with a jab to the body but Morales is just out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Morales there.
Petrov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Morales moves in looking to clinch but Petrov pushes him off.
Hector Morales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morales is looking to clinch.
Morales misses with the combination.
Petrov throws a body punch but Morales moves out of range.
Petrov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Morales backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petrov lands a two punch combo.
Morales wants to clinch up but Petrov keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Petrov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Petrov lands a body shot.
Petrov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Morales closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Petrov counter with a right hand.
Petrov lands a jab to the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morales checks a leg kick.
Morales tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Petrov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morales closes the distance and clinches.
Petrov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morales fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morales wants to clinch.
Morales takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Grigoriy Petrov dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Morales tries to clinch up but Petrov circles away and keeps his distance.
Petrov feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Petrov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Petrov feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Petrov missing with a left hand there. Morales was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morales tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Petrov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Petrov lands a right hook to the body.
Morales tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Petrov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morales takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morales avoids the body shot from Petrov.
Petrov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morales tries to clinch but Petrov moves out of range.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Morales.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petrov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Petrov fires out a quick counter leg kick but Morales just manages to avoid it.
Morales bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Morales was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Petrov scores with a nice right hand.
Morales takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Petrov cracks Morales with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Petrov circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morales tries to clinch up.
Petrov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Petrov connects with a solid leg kick.
Morales uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrov.
Petrov misses with a series of wild punches.
Petrov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Petrov punishes Morales's body with a nice straight punch.
Morales gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morales misses with some punches.
Morales misses with a body punch.
Morales throws an elbow that misses.
Petrov lands a shoulder strike.
Petrov misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petrov.
Morales has Petrov pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Petrov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Morales.
Morales scores with a shot to the side of Petrov's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petrov.
Morales manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Morales misses with the head strike.
Petrov manages to break the clinch.
Morales stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Petrov.
Morales throws a series of punches but Petrov avoids them all with ease.
Petrov scores with a jab to the head.
Petrov lands with an overhand left.
Petrov gets tackled into the cage by Morales. Morales maintains the clinch.
Morales scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Petrov breaks from the clinch.
Petrov misses with a hook. Morales ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Petrov looks to throw the jab but Morales is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Morales! But no joy.
Petrov lands a jab.
Morales moves out of range of the body kick from Petrov.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Morales.
Petrov misses with a hook.
Petrov keeps the fight on the outside.
Petrov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Morales forces Petrov back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Petrov fails to land.
Morales has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Petrov has a couple of punches blocked by Morales.
Hector Morales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petrov.
Petrov manages to break the clinch.
Morales is looking to clinch but Petrov is avoiding it.
Morales closes the distance and pushes Petrov back into the cage.
Morales's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Petrov blocks an uppercut.
Petrov blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov gets through Morales's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Petrov cracks Morales with a nice body shot.
Morales takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Petrov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Petrov does no damage.
Petrov lands a jab to Morales's midsection.
Morales takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Petrov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Morales chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Petrov can pounce on him.
Morales takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morales fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morales is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Petrov lands the left hand.
Morales steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
Petrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morales moves away.
Morales fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A slow jab from Morales misses its intended target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Grigoriy Petrov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Petrov, 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grigoriy Petrov!
Our winner, Grigoriy Petrov, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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