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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between leo snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morales has chosen ice ice baby as his entrance music. Martin Morales is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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137 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, leo snow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martin Morales!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
snow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morales moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!
Morales tries to clinch up.
snow circles away from the clinch attempt.
snow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
snow closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - snow lands in his opponent's guard.
snow wants to pass the guard but Morales is keeping the position.
Morales is controlling snow's posture.
Morales looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
snow stops Morales from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
snow stands up and waves to Morales to follow him.
Martin Morales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morales throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
snow looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
snow content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
snow is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Morales defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
snow lands with a punch from half guard.
Morales gets back to full guard.
Morales is wriggling around but snow manages to pass to half guard.
snow perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Morales missing with punches from the bottom.
Morales wants to get back to his feet.
Morales is in trouble now - snow has advanced to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales is trying to stand.
Morales is trying to reverse the position but instead snow has taken his back - oops!
Morales preventing the rear naked choke attempt from snow.
snow keeps control of the position easily here as Morales tries to buck him off.
snow avoiding Morales 's attempts to control his hands.
snow keeps control of the position as Morales tries to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
I would not like to be Morales right now.
snow is punishing Morales with strikes - can he finish him?!
Morales holding both snow 's hands and preventing any damage.
snow working for a choke but Morales is defending well.
Morales is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by snow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
leo snow dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Morales tries to clinch up but snow circles away and keeps his distance.
snow tries for a takedown but Morales sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
leo snow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morales tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
snow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morales fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morales tries to keep at a distance but snow has taken the fight into the clinch.
snow keeps control of Morales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
snow takes a knee right on the jaw!
Morales wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
snow gets control of Morales's arms and successfully pulls guard. snow will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales stopping the sweep attempt from snow.
snow is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales is fighting to break snow's control of his arms but snow is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Morales won't allow snow to sweep him here.
snow throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
snow had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Morales is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. snow Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Morales's back instead.
snow missing with strikes from the back.
snow wants to control the position but Morales frees himself and scrambles - snow manages to regain control in side control.
snow working the ground and pound from side control.
snow taking a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
snow tries for a kimura but Morales is defending well.
The referee asks snow politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. snow prefers to stall for the moment though.
snow trying to control the position but Morales is working away.
Morales is trying to control snow's posture but snow avoids it.
snow lands an elbow.
Morales pushes snow away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, snow gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
snow shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
snow is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morales is trying to control but can't.
snow seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Morales wants to get back to his feet.
snow stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Morales to get to his feet.
snow shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morales as he jumps to the side.
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.
snow shoots in for a takedown but Morales shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for leo snow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morales looks to clinch
and snow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
snow misses with a body kick.
Morales looks to clinch
and snow counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
snow decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
snow gets a takedown into half guard.
Morales is trying to get back to full guard.
Morales kicks snow off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
leo snow dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Morales darts in trying to clinch
and snow counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Morales!
snow controlling the pace for now.
Morales wants to hold on but snow pushes him away.
snow content just to control the position here.
Morales is in all sorts of trouble here.
snow takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morales is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
snow content just to control the position here.
Morales squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Morales tries to control the position but snow now has his back.
Oooh a big shot gets through from snow. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Morales holding both snow 's hands and preventing any damage.
snow is landing with strikes from the back.
Morales is in bad spot here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
snow working for a choke but Morales is defending well.
snow has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Morales's body.
Morales grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
snow has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
snow working for the choke.
Morales tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales is squirming around, avoiding snow's attempts to control the action.
Morales is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
snow looking to control and managing it successfully.
Morales is trying to stand.
Morales working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
snow looking to control but Morales is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morales is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Morales is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morales wants to control but snow is having none of it.
snow trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
leo snow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for snow, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... leo snow!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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