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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaan Jalgratas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaan Jalgratas will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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183 lbs
17 - 10 - 0 |
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185 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaan Jalgratas!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales throws a leg kick which misses Jalgratas's front leg but catches the back leg as Jalgratas tries to avoid it.
Juan Morales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jalgratas looks to land a combination but Morales avoids it well.
Morales throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jalgratas was covering up waiting for the punch and Morales finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jalgratas working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morales's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morales is looking to work some ground and pound but Jalgratas has wrist control.
Morales showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morales won't allow Jalgratas to sweep him here.
Morales might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jalgratas trying to control the position.
Morales loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morales trying to control the position from guard on top but Jalgratas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jalgratas controls Morales momentarily but Morales frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalgratas keeping moving, preventing Morales from controlling successfully.
Morales throws a big right hand that misses.
Jalgratas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morales stands up over Jalgratas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jalgratas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jalgratas can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morales controls the pace.
Jalgratas throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Morales trying to control the position from guard on top but Jalgratas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morales distracts Jalgratas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morales postures up in Jalgratas's guard and throws a big left but Jalgratas blocks it.
Morales is in close to Jalgratas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalgratas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morales landing with the ground and pound.
Morales sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jalgratas's guard.
Jalgratas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morales scores with a couple of nice shots.
Morales 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.
Morales thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jalgratas's head.
Jalgratas manages to get to full guard.
Jalgratas working a defensive guard here.
Our spies down at at B.P.A.: 3240+ SKILL PTS COACHES + 160Q SUPPLEMENT inform us that Jalgratas has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Jalgratas had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morales defends it easily.
Morales scoring with punches to the head and body.
Morales loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morales with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jalgratas throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Morales stands up over Jalgratas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jalgratas will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Morales wants to pass the guard but Jalgratas is keeping the position.
Morales slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Morales in side control lands a decent elbow.
Morales landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Morales cracks Jalgratas with a big elbow.
Morales lands a nice forearm strike.
Jalgratas tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morales wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morales trying to control the position but Jalgratas is working away.
Jalgratas gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jalgratas tries to get to full guard but Morales has control of the leg.
Jalgratas is looking to control Morales's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jalgratas avoid being mounted?
Morales throwing shots but Jalgratas is blocking nicely.
Morales prevents Jalgratas from improving his position.
Jalgratas trying to control from the bottom.
Morales is nestled in close to Jalgratas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jalgratas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jalgratas trying to control from the bottom.
Jalgratas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jalgratas has hold of Morales's hands but Morales slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morales lands with a punch from half guard.
Morales drops an elbow to the side of Jalgratas's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Morales dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jalgratas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Morales lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jalgratas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jalgratas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morales.
Jalgratas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Morales.
Morales is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jalgratas can do to turn this around?
Jalgratas staying out of range there.
Jalgratas misses with a looping left.
Morales turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morales fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Morales shoots in for a double leg but Jalgratas sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A jab from Morales misses.
Jalgratas throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Morales to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Jalgratas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morales misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jalgratas swings widly with a right hand
and Morales counters with an inside leg kick.
Juan Morales is winning the standup battle so far.
Morales moves out of range as Jalgratas throws a body kick.
Morales misses with a body shot.
Morales has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalgratas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morales blocks it with crossed arms.
Jalgratas looking to stall.
I was talking to Morales's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jalgratas wants to stall.
Morales digs a right hand into Jalgratas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jalgratas's gas tank.
Morales tries to land a knee to the head but Jalgratas blocks with his arms.
Jalgratas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morales.
Morales breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jalgratas closes the distance and pushes Morales back into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A shot in the inside from Morales.
Jalgratas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jalgratas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morales lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A frustrated look appears on Morales's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morales wants to take the fight to the mat but Jalgratas manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Morales turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Morales manages to end up in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jalgratas is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalgratas can't do much from the bottom here.
Jalgratas is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Morales working away.
Jalgratas takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Morales is looking to take a break and control but Jalgratas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jalgratas struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales with the ground and pound but Jalgratas regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Jalgratas trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morales missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jalgratas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morales works over Jalgratas with some ground and pound from guard.
Jalgratas is trying to control the position but Morales postures up.
Jalgratas keeping moving, preventing Morales from controlling successfully.
Morales throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jalgratas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jalgratas looking for a guillotine here but Morales defends easily.
Morales makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jalgratas has momentary wrist control but Morales slips an elbow through the middle.
Morales connects with a couple of short punches.
Jalgratas is rocked!
Morales postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Jalgratas covers up, he's hurt! Morales keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Morales and the ref steps in to end the fight! Morales can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Morales!
After winning the bout, Juan 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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