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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Graice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Morales has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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153 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Morales!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Graice!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morales moves away.
Graice throws a body kick that misses.
Graice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graice tries a head kick but it misses.
Graice throws a low kick but Morales moves out of range easily.
Morales looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Graice just misses with a punch to the body.
Graice clinches up with Morales and pushes him back against the ropes.
Graice is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morales is pushing Graice up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Morales - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales lands a nice knee to the body.
Graice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morales's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Graice jumps guard but Morales stands there with Graice around his waist. Graice gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Morales crunches a lovely knee into Graice's ribcage.
Morales landing knees to the body.
Morales holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales landing knees to the body.
Morales landing knees to the body.
Graice is trying to break the clinch but Morales has him pressed against the ropes.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morales stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Graice tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales landing knees to the head.
Morales holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Graice tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morales just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Graice is trying to break the clinch but Morales has him pressed against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morales stops a takedown attempt from Graice.
James Morales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Graice.
Graice looks winded!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morales dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales gets through Graice's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morales connects with a nasty looking knee right to Graice's face.
Morales landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morales crunches a lovely knee into Graice's ribcage.
Morales scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Royce Graice has been cut.
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 connects with a knee to the head.
Morales putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Graice in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Morales.
The referee calls for Morales to work.
Morales content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Morales dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Royce Graice's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Morales moves into range and clinches up with Graice.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.
Morales leaning against his opponent.
Morales lands a good knee to the midsection. Graice won't want to take too many of those.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morales.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morales using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morales landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales connects with a nasty looking knee right to Graice's face.
Graice tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morales smiles and moves away.
Graice gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Morales.
Graice is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Morales to keep the fight standing.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Graice is breathing heavily.
Morales connects with a knee to the head.
Graice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morales with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Graice can do to turn this around?
Morales landing knees to the body.
Morales stalling.
Morales utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morales gets underhooks to prevent Graice's takedown attempt.
James Morales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Royce Graice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graice lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Graice can't break the clinch.
Graice throws an elbow that misses.
Morales dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morales obliges.
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!
A knee to the head by Morales.
Morales crunches a lovely knee into Graice's ribcage.
Morales lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morales lands a knee to the body.
Morales just leaning against Graice, taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Morales.
Morales landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
James Morales has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Graice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stalling in the clinch from Morales.
Morales with a knee to the head.
Graice is rocked!
Graice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Graice is still on wobbly legs! Can Morales finish him?
Morales lands a big knee to the head and Graice goes down! Morales pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Morales!
James Morales retains his featherweight title!
James Morales seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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