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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Gracie (ranked 5079 p4p, 5212 weight class) and Jonah Morah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 7 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonah Morah!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morah shoots in and bounces Gracie off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Morah throws a big right hand that misses.
Morah told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morah connects with a couple of short punches.
Morah with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morah throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morah showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morah postures up in Gracie's guard and throws a big left but Gracie blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morah controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morah trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Morah distracts Gracie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morah is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Morah trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morah gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Morah working some strikes from top position.
Morah throws a big elbow that misses.
Morah postures up and lands a big shot to Gracie's brow.
Morah wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Morah stays in close to Gracie's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Morah connects with a couple of short punches.
Morah postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morah postures up and lands a big shot to Gracie's brow.
Morah lands a couple of elbows.
Morah in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morah lands a couple of elbows.
Morah distracts Gracie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morah working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
Morah stands up over Gracie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gracie has his foot on Morah's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morah works his way back into a safe position though.
Morah scoring with punches to the head and body.
Morah landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Morah from controlling successfully.
Gracie seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Morah trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gracie has momentary wrist control but Morah slips an elbow through the middle.
Morah working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
Gracie escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morah gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Morah lands a couple of digs.
Morah is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morah is working Gracie over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morah distracts Gracie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morah working some strikes from top position.
Morah cracks Gracie with a solid left hand.
Morah works over Gracie with some ground and pound from guard.
Morah postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Morah with a nice head shot there.
Morah working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Morah is in close to Gracie's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morah content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morah distracts Gracie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morah is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gracie controls Morah momentarily but Morah frees himself.
Morah postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jonah Morah dominated that round.
That's time! Gracie's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Gracie enables Morah to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gracie manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Morah scoring with some ground and pound.
Morah is in close to Gracie's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morah lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morah content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gracie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morah defends well.
Morah controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morah stands up over Gracie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Morah from controlling successfully.
Morah stands and throws Gracie's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Morah landing strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Morah's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Morah cracks Gracie with a big right hand but Gracie just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gracie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Morah trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Morah scores with a couple of short elbows.
Morah landing strikes.
Morah lands some shots froms side control.
Morah is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gracie has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morah is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gracie knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Morah is looking to take a break and control but Gracie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morah looks up at the clock and then as Gracie takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Morah smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Gracie on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gracie tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Morah easily slips into full mount!
Morah with good strikes from the mount here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morah connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Morah landing shots from mount.
Morah scoring with strikes but Gracie is staying in there.
Morah cracks Gracie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Gracie is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gracie defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Morah.
Morah prevents Gracie from getting the reversal.
Morah controlling the position easily from mount.
Morah connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morah content just to control the position here.
Morah lands a big elbow.
Morah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie is bucking up trying to escape but Morah cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morah lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gracie hang on?
Gracie wants to hold on but Morah pushes him away.
Morah is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gracie can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morah trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morah landing strikes from the mount.
Gracie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jonah Morah has got the better of the ground game so far.
Morah scoring with strikes but Gracie is staying in there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jonah Morah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Morah throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gracie tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Morah is in Gracie's guard.
Morah working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie has momentary wrist control but Morah slips an elbow through the middle.
Morah landing with the ground and pound.
Morah showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morah slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morah working the ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morah scores with punches from side control.
Morah trying to control the position but Gracie is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morah tries for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.
Morah lands a decent elbow from side control.
Morah scores with punches from side control.
Morah is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gracie has escaped the position, nice work there.
Gracie on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gracie can't do much from the bottom here.
Morah working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie taking punishment in the form of punches.
Gracie tries to improve position but can't.
Gracie looking for a sweep but Morah has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Gracie wants to hold on but Morah pushes him away.
Morah punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morah putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Gracie tries to hold on but Morah postures up.
BOOM! Morah connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Morah looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Morah working Gracie over with strikes here.
Gracie is in a horrible position here. Morah smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Morah connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Morah pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morah lands with some strikes.
Gracie is rocked!
Morah looking to finish Gracie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gracie!
Oh Gracie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morah pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie taking shots to the head.
Morah dominating with strikes here.
Morah avoids the attempt from Gracie to control.
Morah landing punches.
Gracie tries to hold on but Morah postures up.
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.
Morah postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gracie looks a forlorn figure.
Morah working the ground and pound effectively.
Morah lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jonah Morah comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morah has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 24:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 24:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonah Morah!
After the big win, Jonah Morah made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Tokzik Dope L.A. and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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