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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jonah Morah (ranked 2077 p4p, 3970 weight class) and Gibo Buenaventura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonah Morah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gibo Buenaventura!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buenaventura shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Morah wants to get back to his feet but Buenaventura passes into half guard.
Morah might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Buenaventura throws a strike but Morah avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Buenaventura stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morah swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morah is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Buenaventura is aware though and is defending well.
Morah keeping moving, preventing Buenaventura from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morah preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morah looking to control.
Buenaventura pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morah is keeping the position for now.
Buenaventura trying to move into half guard but instead Morah has managed to sweep!
Buenaventura trying to control the position here.
Buenaventura is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Morah regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Buenaventura.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morah tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Buenaventura must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Buenaventura stands up from Morah's guard - Buenaventura perhaps looking for a knockout.
Buenaventura scores with a nice right hand.
Buenaventura drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Morah wants to get back to his feet but Buenaventura passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buenaventura stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Buenaventura shoots in and bounces Morah off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Morah manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buenaventura gets underhooks to prevent Morah's takedown attempt.
Morah has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Buenaventura avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Buenaventura pulls guard effortlessly.
Morah looking to pass the guard.
Morah wants to control from the top but Buenaventura keeps moving.
Morah got a little sloppy there for a moment and Buenaventura has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Morah has managed to get both his arms back between Buenaventura's legs - danger averted.
Morah trying to control but Buenaventura is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buenaventura is trying to control the position but Morah postures up.
Morah won't allow Buenaventura to sweep him here.
Morah trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morah wants to pass the guard but Buenaventura is keeping the position.
Morah landing some decent shots from guard.
Buenaventura wants to stand but Morah is controlling the position.
Morah scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gibo Buenaventura will probably get the nod.
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.
Buenaventura displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morah.
Buenaventura lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Buenaventura closes the distance and clinches.
Buenaventura has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Morah uses from the top position.
Morah lands a couple of elbows.
Morah preventing the sweep.
Gibo Buenaventura has got the better of the ground game so far.
Buenaventura trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morah postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Morah with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morah scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Morah trying to control but Buenaventura is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buenaventura managing to control the position.
Morah trying to control the position from guard on top but Buenaventura is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morah throws a big elbow that misses.
Morah has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Buenaventura wants to stand and escape but Morah is having none of it.
Morah looking to pass the guard.
Morah wants to control from the top but Buenaventura keeps moving.
Buenaventura lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morah throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Morah looking for a triangle here. Buenaventura is fighting it but it looks tight! Morah pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Buenaventura is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jonah Morah!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jonah Morah made sure he mentioned Tokzik Dope L.A., along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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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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