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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Magellan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramos Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Magellan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ramos Morales!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales connects with a right hand. Magellan shakes it off.
Magellan takes the fight into the clinch.
Magellan slowing the pace effectively.
Magellan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Morales digs a right hand into Magellan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Magellan's gas tank.
Morales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morales leaning against his opponent.
Morales tries to throw a body punch but Magellan avoids it by throwing Morales back against the cage.
Come on Morales - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Magellan decides to pull guard.
Magellan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Magellan trying to control the position.
Morales is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magellan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morales!
Morales swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Magellan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Morales really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Magellan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Magellan controlling from the full mount.
Magellan stands up from mount. Strange move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales misses with a wild body shot.
Magellan tries to clinch but Morales moves away
and Morales connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morales stalks Magellan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Magellan's face. Magellan staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Magellan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Magellan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Magellan wants to control but Morales is keeping him busy.
You can see the frustration on Morales's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morales is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Magellan is staying active.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales is trying to get back to half guard.
Magellan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Morales knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Morales wants to get back to his feet but Magellan drags him back down.
Morales takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Magellan is trying to get an arm triangle but Morales is defending well.
Magellan wants to control but Morales is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magellan works to advance to full mount. Morales defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Magellan goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Morales turns into him and now he's in Magellan's guard.
Magellan controls Morales momentarily but Morales frees himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Magellan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Morales throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Magellan on the side of the head.
Magellan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morales manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morales scores with a jab to the body.
Magellan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ramos Morales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magellan has a takedown stuffed.
Magellan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morales catches Magellan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Morales swats away the attempt to clinch by Magellan.
Magellan tries to clinch but Morales is having none of it.
Magellan tries to clinch but Morales moves away
and Morales counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Magellan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales looks to land a combination. Magellan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Magellan is rocked!
Morales cracks Magellan with a good jab.
Oh Magellan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Magellan shoots for a double leg takedown but Morales sprawls well. He's pushed Magellan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Magellan seems to have got his legs back now.
Morales fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morales stuffs the takedown attempt from Magellan. Magellan gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Magellan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magellan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ramos Morales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morales lands a left and a right that send Magellan crashing to the mat, dazed. Morales thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Ricky Magellan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morales sends Magellan crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Morales is motioning to the referee to let Magellan up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Morales throws a series of punches but Magellan moves out of range.
Ramos Morales seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morales misses with a double jab.
A right-left combo lands from Morales.
Magellan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Danga de danga de dang - Morales scores with a four punch combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales lands a slapping body shot.
Magellan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morales.
Morales scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Morales dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Morales. That snapped Magellan's head back.
Morales lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morales.
Morales swinging wildly here.
Morales dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morales stuffs the takedown.
Magellan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice uppercut lands for Morales. That snapped Magellan's head back.
Morales lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales scores with the left hand. Magellan knows he should have avoided that one.
Morales scores with a three punch combo!
Morales throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morales lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Morales lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Magellan at a distance.
Nice shot lands for Morales.
Morales closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morales cracks Magellan with a good jab.
Morales works Magellan's body with a nice hook.
Morales misses with the combination.
Magellan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Morales connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Morales lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab by Morales.
Morales lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Morales tries to score with a low kick but Magellan moves his leg out of the way.
Magellan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Morales will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morales has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morales lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morales defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Magellan.
Magellan avoids a kick to the body.
Morales punishes Magellan's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ramos Morales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Magellan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Morales lands a body shot.
Magellan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morales tries to avoid it but Magellan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morales to the ground. Morales escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morales comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Magellan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A jab lands there for Morales.
Nice sprawl there from Morales as Magellan shoots in.
Magellan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Magellan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morales.
Morales ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morales scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Morales lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morales jabs at Magellan's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morales lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Morales misses.
Morales stuns Magellan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morales scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morales connects with a body shot that sends Magellan's belly button to the back.
Morales throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Magellan on the side of the head.
Morales dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morales lands a jab to Magellan's midsection.
Magellan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Magellan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice shot by Morales.
Decent striking displayed by Morales there.
Morales bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Magellan's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Morales as he connects with a hook.
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!
Morales stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Magellan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morales works over Magellan's head and body with a nice combination.
Morales fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Magellan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morales jabs at Magellan's body.
Magellan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morales scores with a body shot.
Morales lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Morales throws a nice looking combination but Magellan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Magellan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morales is fending him off so far but Magellan persists. Nope, Morales circles away and we're back to standing.
Morales lands with a nice body punch.
Morales works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Morales jabs Magellan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morales is working the combinations to good effect here.
Morales scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Morales moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Magellan takes one on the button.
Morales throws a jab when Magellan was well out of range.
Morales throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morales changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Magellan has a takedown stuffed.
Morales scores with a jab to the body.
Morales scores with a punch to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales lands a nice hook to Magellan's body. Magellan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Magellan takes one to the side of the head.
Magellan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morales tries to avoid it but Magellan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morales to the ground. Morales escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morales uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Morales throws out a powerful jab.
Morales cracks Magellan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morales lands with a right hand.
Magellan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morales pinned against the cage. Morales gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Morales lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magellan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ramos Morales comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morales has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramos Morales!
After winning the bout, Ramos Morales thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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