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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juunas Sikio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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175 cm
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192 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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178 cm
25
185 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Good knees
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juunas Sikio! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juan Morales! The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Morales clinches with his opponent.
Sikio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Sikio throws a punch but it's blocked by Morales. Morales misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sikio. Sikio working aggressively here.
Morales misses with a short punch on the inside. Sikio misses with a punch on the inside.
Morales has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Sikio clear over his head and slammed him to the mat! Sikio trying to control the hands but Morales won't let him. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Sikio is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Morales is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Sikio tries to break free.
Morales is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Sikio up.
Sikio is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
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! Sikio is working hard here to advance position. Morales lands punches and elbows. Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's one minute gone in the round. Sikio trying to control but not successfully. Morales throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Sikio!
Morales is not going to allow Sikio to sit and survive in this position. Well, with Morales on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Sikio is tapping out... Can he escape the position? Sikio wants to escape the position.
Morales scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Sikio is looking for a way out. Morales lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Sikio hold on?!
Morales is working the ground and pound. Can Sikio escape? Sikio trying to control but not successfully. Morales scores with punches from the back.
Morales lands a shot to the head. Morales lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
That's two minutes gone in the round. I really don't envy Sikio right now.
Morales lands a shot to the body. Morales gets his hands free as Sikio looks to control. Sikio grimaces as he takes a shot to the body. Morales lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Morales.
Sikio is rocked! Sikio is keeping busy.
Oh Sikio is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Morales punches Sikio on the ear. 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 tries to get the hooks in deep but Sikio pushed the leg off. Morales lands a shot to the body. Morales lands a series of strikes from the back and Sikio goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Morales! A relieved looking Juan Morales thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
53% |
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