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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lucca Decker (ranked 1917 p4p, 1776 weight class) and Omari Morales (ranked 213 p4p, 199 weight class). Omari Morales told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Good wrestling
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucca Decker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Omari Morales!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales lands a slapping body shot.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Morales misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Decker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morales throws a body punch but Decker moves out of range.
Decker fires out a quick counter leg kick but Morales just manages to avoid it.
Morales looks to land a combination but Decker avoids it well.
Morales throws a hook to the side of Decker's head but Decker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Decker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morales moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decker throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morales on the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Decker.
Morales misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Decker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morales throws a series of strikes that have Decker backpedaling.
Decker throws a body kick that misses
and Morales cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Decker slips under a jab from Morales.
Decker throws a counter high kick but Morales was just alert enough to avoid it.
Decker throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A big left from Morales misses.
Morales missing with a left hand there. Decker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decker tries a head kick but it misses.
Morales is looking for the big counter here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales thuds his right hand into Decker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Morales throws a hook but Decker blocks it.
Decker connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morales misses with a hook
and Decker makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Morales avoids the head kick by Decker.
Decker lands a body shot.
Good leg kick by Decker.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morales. Decker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morales throws a nice looking combination but Decker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales loads up on a big right hand but Decker slips the punch.
Morales throws an off balance right hand
and Decker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Decker thumps Morales with a low kick.
Decker throws a big shot that misses.
Decker misses with a double jab
and Morales cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Decker drops Morales with a beautiful combination! Morales stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Decker is looking for the KO!
It looks like Omari Morales has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Morales misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decker scoring well with a low kick there.
We've been told by Decker's head coaches at Soul Supremacy Rio that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Decker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Decker throws a lazy head kick
and Decker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morales tries to bum rush Decker with a series of wild strikes but Decker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Decker throws a combination that misses
enabling Morales to counter with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Decker there.
Decker connects with a jab.
Decker scores with a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lucca Decker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Omari Morales's cut.
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.
Decker takes a swing at Morales's ribcage but misses.
Morales is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A head kick misses from Decker.
Morales's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Decker throws an overhand right that lands on Morales's shoulder, as Morales tries to avoid the shot.
Decker throws a head kick but Morales moves out of range.
Morales unleashes a big counter combination but Decker bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Decker takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Decker throws a head kick but Morales moves out of range.
Omari Morales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decker connects with a looping right hand.
Morales looks to land a left hand but Decker moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decker misses with a leg kick.
Decker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morales can do to turn this around?
The fighters circling - Morales throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Decker throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Decker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morales checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Morales is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Morales throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Decker was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Morales.
Morales throws a right hand that misses
and Morales takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Morales might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Decker has got the better of the exchanges.
Morales just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Decker. That's going to slow Morales down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decker throws out a leg kick but Morales moves out of range and Decker only half commits.
Morales looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Morales swings widly with a right hand
and Decker counters with a nice low kick that buckles Morales's knee momentarily.
Lucca Decker is winning the standup battle so far.
Decker throws a body punch but Morales moves out of range.
A jab from Morales misses.
Nice defenses there by Morales.
Decker throws a leg kick
letting Morales counter with a right hand.
Decker looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Morales takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Morales checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Morales takes a swing at Decker's ribcage but misses.
Morales scores with a hook.
Decker walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Decker fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morales has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Morales connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morales showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Decker.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decker slips under a jab from Morales.
Morales pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Decker.
Morales misses with a hook
and Decker counters with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morales avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A nice side step and Morales releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Decker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Morales misses.
Decker's corner calls for a 1-2. Decker obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Decker lands with a good body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lucca Decker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Omari Morales's cut.
That's time! Decker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Morales. Decker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Decker throwing a counter right hand but Morales manages to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Morales blocks the leg kick.
Decker scores with a leg kick.
A low kick from Decker misses
and Morales counters with a nice uppercut.
Morales swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Decker thinks about countering with a body kick.
Decker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morales has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Decker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morales pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Decker.
Decker wants to slow Morales down by chopping away at his legs.
Morales lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Morales swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morales scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Morales with a hook.
Morales lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decker motions for Morales to come forward. Decker throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Morales lunges at Decker with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Decker's hand.
Morales misses with a hook
and Decker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Decker throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morales counters with a crisp hook 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 throws a shot from downtown. Decker moves away and avoids it.
Morales throws a jab when Decker was well out of range.
Nice body kick there by Decker.
Morales takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morales ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales walks into a left hand.
Decker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Morales throws an overhand right that lands on Decker's shoulder, as Decker tries to avoid the shot.
Morales rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Decker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Decker takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Morales avoids the head kick by Decker.
Morales scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Morales is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Decker throws a leg kick which misses Morales's front leg but catches the back leg as Morales tries to avoid it.
Decker swings for the body but Morales moves out of range.
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!
Decker jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Morales swings widly with a right hand
and Decker counters with an outside leg kick.
Decker throws a head kick that misses.
Decker slips under a jab from Morales.
Decker is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Omari Morales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lucca Decker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morales might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Decker throws a head kick but Morales moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lucca Decker.
Well Decker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucca Decker!
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