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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arkadio Moralez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darek Prezes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arkadio Moralez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Darek Prezes!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prezes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moralez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moralez feints and as Prezes raises his hands in defense, Moralez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Prezes had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Moralez defends it easily.
Prezes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Moralez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Prezes is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moralez tries to free his leg and advance position but Prezes is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moralez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Prezes looking for a sweep. Not yet Prezes, not yet.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Moralez drops back looking for a leg! Prezes is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Prezes manages to kick Moralez off! Moralez jumps back into Prezes's guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Prezes rushes Moralez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Moralez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Prezes is trying to pull guard but Moralez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Moralez trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prezes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Moralez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Moralez has hold of one of Prezes's legs. Prezes is fighting the takedown attempt but Moralez gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Moralez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Prezes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Prezes wants to sweep but no luck.
Prezes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Moralez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Moralez advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prezes wants to improve his position but Moralez is controlling well.
Moralez trying to mount his opponent but Prezes defends it.
Moralez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Prezes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Moralez wants to control but Prezes is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moralez trying to control the pace.
Prezes is trying to maintain the position but Moralez is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Prezes is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Moralez is staying active.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Moralez in particular looking to stall.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Moralez slaps away a takedown attempt from Prezes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Arkadio Moralez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darek Prezes.
Prezes closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Moralez quickly recovers to half guard.
Moralez is looking to get back to is feet but Prezes passes into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Prezes controls the position from side control.
Moralez is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arkadio Moralez dominated that round.
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.
A leg kick checked by Prezes.
Prezes dives in and grabs Moralez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Moralez pushes down on Prezes's head and hops out.
Prezes pushes Moralez up against the cage in a clinch.
Prezes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Moralez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Prezes is trying to pull guard but Moralez has him pressed against the cage.
Arkadio Moralez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darek Prezes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Prezes goes for a takedown attempt but Moralez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Moralez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Moralez lands in his opponent's guard.
Moralez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prezes can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moralez wants to control from the top but Prezes keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prezes controls Moralez momentarily but Moralez frees himself.
Moralez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Prezes's guard.
Moralez trying to pass the guard but Prezes defending well.
Moralez slips a nice elbow through Prezes's hands, connecting with Prezes's forehead.
Moralez winds up and cracks Prezes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Prezes is in trouble now - Moralez has advanced to mount!
Moralez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moralez wants to control the pace but Prezes is squirming around nicely.
Moralez content just to control the position here.
Moralez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Prezes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Prezes sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Prezes is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Moralez scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prezes regains full guard. Nicely done.
Moralez looking to sit in guard and control but Prezes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Moralez looking to control.
Moralez seems keen to control Prezes's posture.
Moralez controls Prezes momentarily but Prezes frees himself.
Prezes won't allow Moralez to get back to his feet.
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.
Moralez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Moralez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Moralez working a defensive guard here.
Moralez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Prezes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Prezes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Moralez trying to keep a closed guard but Prezes is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Moralez tries to clinch but Prezes is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arkadio Moralez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Moralez doesn't manage to clinch there - Prezes circles away.
Prezes rushes Moralez and presses him up against the cage.
Prezes can't break the clinch.
Prezes is trying to pull guard but Moralez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Moralez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Moralez works on Prezes's body with a couple of short punches.
Prezes manages to pull guard.
Moralez wants to control from the top but Prezes keeps moving.
Moralez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moralez trying to control but Prezes is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moralez tries to free his leg and advance position but Prezes is retaining full guard.
Prezes working a defensive guard here.
Moralez looking to sit in guard and control but Prezes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Moralez pulls Prezes in close to prevent any damage.
Moralez continues to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Prezes showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Prezes wants to control from the top but Moralez keeps moving.
Prezes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Moralez is keeping the position for now.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prezes doesn't manage to clinch there - Moralez circles away.
Prezes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Moralez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Moralez.
Moralez has Prezes pushed against the cage.
Prezes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Arkadio Moralez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moralez doesn't manage to clinch there - Prezes circles away.
Prezes shoots in for a takedown but Moralez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Moralez shoots in but Prezes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Prezes blocks a head kick by Moralez.
Moralez gets the takedown into side control.
Moralez trying to control the action but Prezes is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prezes is trying to control Moralez's posture but Moralez avoids it.
Moralez just content to control the position.
Moralez trying to control the position but Prezes is working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Prezes is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Darek Prezes.
Well Moralez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arkadio Moralez!
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energy
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hype
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