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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jonah Morah (ranked 4863 p4p, 25148 weight class) and Knock Out (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knock Out has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jonah Morah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Knock Out!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Out shoots in looking for a takedown. Morah tries to sprawl out of it but Out keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morah manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morah throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Out wants to clinch up but Morah keeps it at a distance.
Morah takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Out lands a jab.
Morah drives through with a takedown into Out's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morah trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morah loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Out holds on and takes a little breather.
Morah won't allow Out to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Out keeping moving, preventing Morah from controlling successfully.
Morah slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Morah drops back, looking for a kneebar! Out looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Out looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Out!
Morah manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Morah wants to take a breather but Out is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Out wants to control but Morah is keeping busy.
Out really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morah. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morah throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Out avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morah.
Out wants to get back to full guard but Morah has passed into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morah is looking to take a break and control but Out is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morah sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Out is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Out tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morah lands a nice forearm strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out is not content to let Morah control the position.
An elbow from Morah crashes against the mat.
Morah is looking to take a break and control but Out is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Out parries the strikes from Morah easily there. Morah is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Out to escape.
A lull in the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morah looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Morah throws an elbow but Out slips to the side and avoids it well.
Morah is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Out has escaped the position, nice work there.
Morah in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Out is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jonah Morah dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Out wants to clinch up but Morah keeps it at a distance.
Morah throws a head kick that misses.
Morah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Out counters with a nice uppercut.
Morah clinches up with Out and pushes him back against the cage.
Out successfully pulls guard.
Morah postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Out preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morah working some strikes from top position.
Morah throwing strikes but missing.
Out trying to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morah working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morah working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morah pushes down on Out's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Out is looking to control Morah's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Out avoid being mounted?
Morah thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Out's head.
Morah not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morah passes to full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morah swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Out is now in Morah's guard. A big mistake from Morah there, giving up the dominant position!
Out pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morah is keeping the position for now.
Out trying to control the position from guard on top but Morah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morah bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Out's guard.
Morah throws a big right hand that misses.
Morah trying to control the position from guard on top but Out is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morah seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morah seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Out for as long as he can get away with.
Out keeping moving, preventing Morah from controlling successfully.
Out utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morah wants to stand but Out has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Morah trying to control but Out is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Out trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morah accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Out gets tackled into the cage by Morah. Morah maintains the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Out's elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morah keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Out's efforts to push away.
Morah pulls Out into guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jonah Morah dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Morah moves out of range as Out strikes.
Out throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Morah looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Out scores with a nice body kick.
Morah tries to clinch but Out moves out of range.
Morah tries to clinch there but Out circles away.
Out misses with a leg kick.
Morah defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Out.
Jonah Morah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Out misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morah darts in and clinches Out up against the cage.
Out swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Out wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morah is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Out pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Out prevents a takedown attempt there.
Out has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morah avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morah goes for a takedown in the clinch but Out prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonah Morah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morah wants a takedown.
Morah is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Out pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morah is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Out to keep the fight standing.
Out breaks the clinch.
Jonah Morah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Out moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Out paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Out.
A low kick from Morah is predictable there
and Out counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morah tries to clinch there but Out circles away.
Out lands with a nice body punch.
Out wants to clinch.
Morah tries to clinch but Out is having none of it.
Morah moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromOut.
Morah moves in looking to clinch but Out pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morah looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Out tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Out controls Morah momentarily but Morah frees himself.
Morah won't allow Out to sweep him here.
Out keeping moving, preventing Morah from controlling successfully.
Out is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Out managing to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morah postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Morah tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Out makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morah tries to clinch up.
Out avoids the head kick by Morah.
Knock Out has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jonah Morah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sloppy strikes from Out. Those never looked like landing.
Morah tries to counter with a takedown but Out is quick to defend against it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Knock Out comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morah 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonah Morah!
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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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