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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clinton Erickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Morais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clinton Erickson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Clinton Erickson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Morais!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morais scores with a punch to the head.
It looks like Clinton Erickson has been cut.
Morais closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Erickson's guard.
Morais looking to pass the guard.
Morais stands up and waves to Erickson to follow him.
Jason Morais seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morais feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Erickson keeping moving, preventing Morais from controlling successfully.
Morais sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morais looking to pass the guard.
Morais got a little sloppy there for a moment and Erickson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Morais has managed to get both his arms back between Erickson's legs - danger averted.
Morais pushes down on Erickson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morais seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
It looks like Morais might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Erickson is not content to let Morais control the position.
Morais wants to pass to mount but Erickson is defending the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Erickson is not content to let Morais control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Morais tenderised Erickson's leg. Erickson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Morais cracks a nice hook into Erickson's ribs.
Morais tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Erickson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morais drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Morais decides to stand up, so the ref orders Erickson to his feet.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Erickson enables Morais to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Erickson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morais working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morais stays in close to Erickson's body and controls the position.
Erickson is trying to control the position but Morais postures up.
Morais's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Morais throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morais working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Morais loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Morais dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clinton Erickson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Morais feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Morais is looking to work some ground and pound but Erickson has wrist control.
Morais tries to free his leg and advance position but Erickson is retaining full guard.
Morais postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morais stands and steps away. Erickson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Morais throws a right and a left that both miss.
Erickson appears to be looking for a big counter.
Morais dives in and scores a takedown into Erickson's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erickson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morais throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morais controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morais gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Morais closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Erickson explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Morais drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Erickson explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Erickson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morais darts in and clinches Erickson up against the cage.
Erickson is trying to push Morais away but Morais has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Morais pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morais tries to close the distance and clinch but Erickson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As Morais looks to move away, Erickson throws a big counter combo but Morais just gets out of the way.
Morais drives through with a takedown into Erickson's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Erickson pushes Morais off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Morais closes the distance and pushes Erickson back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erickson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morais stalls.
Erickson is trying to pull guard but Morais turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Morais throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ericksons head.
Erickson breaks from the clinch.
Morais scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Morais decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Morais scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Erickson throws Morais to one side and escapes!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Erickson tries to sprawl but Morais drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Erickson trying to control here.
Morais is working for a submission of some sort.
Erickson manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Morais keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clinton Erickson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Clinton Erickson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Morais shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Erickson scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Morais manages to mount him!
Morais takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morais is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Erickson has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Erickson!
Erickson is fighting to break Morais's control of his arms but Morais is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erickson won't allow Morais to sweep him here.
Clinton Erickson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morais looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Erickson stopping the sweep attempt from Morais.
Morais is looking to stand up but Erickson isn't so interested in that idea.
Morais keeping moving, preventing Erickson from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Erickson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morais has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Erickson is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Erickson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Erickson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Erickson is trying to push Morais away but Morais has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Morais jumps guard and drags Erickson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Erickson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Erickson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morais pulls Erickson in close to prevent any damage.
Morais utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Erickson wants to control from the top but Morais keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Morais clinches with his opponent.
Morais manages to pull guard.
Erickson stopping the sweep attempt from Morais.
Morais not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Erickson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morais throws his legs up looking for a submission but Erickson uses it to pass to side control.
Morais takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Erickson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Morais comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morais has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Morais!
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energy
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RATING
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