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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Morales (ranked 988 p4p, 155 weight class) and Anthony Johnson (ranked 831 p4p, 128 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson sizes up Morales with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Morales swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morales looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morales. Johnson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Good shot there by Johnson.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morales throws out the jab.
Morales misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Morales's shoulder, as Morales tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales jabs at Johnson's body.
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson lands with a right hand.
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 throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales misses with a wild combination.
Morales throws an off balance right hand
and Johnson counters with a right hand to the body.
Morales misses with a body kick.
A shot to the liver by Johnson. Beautiful body shot.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morales has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Morales throws a body punch but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson takes a swing at Morales's ribcage but misses.
Morales was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Morales looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Morales takes a swing at Johnson's ribcage but misses.
Morales is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Anthony Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morales lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morales lands a jab to Johnson's midsection.
A jab lands there for Morales.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Morales bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Morales thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morales scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Johnson moves out of range as Morales strikes.
Morales throws a leg kick that is checked
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson throws out a counter right but Morales avoids it with no problem.
Johnson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morales.
Morales showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morales sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fighters circling - Morales throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Johnson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Johnson moves forwards but Morales connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morales misses with a looping right.
Morales misses the shot to the body.
Morales throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Morales connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morales throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Morales avoids it well.
Morales misses with a body shot.
Morales fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Johnson to the ground. Morales is now in Johnson's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morales missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Johnson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Johnson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Morales off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Morales looks to score with a jab to the body but Johnson is just out of range.
Johnson lands with a nice combination. Morales backs away looking to recover.
Johnson misses with a combination
and Morales counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Morales uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Morales takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Johnson misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Morales does it's job there.
Johnson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morales is looking to land body kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jose Morales will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A right-left combo lands from Morales.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Morales swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Morales uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Johnson.
Morales ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morales scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morales misses with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Morales.
Nice defenses there by Johnson.
Johnson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Morales ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Johnson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Johnson lands a jab to Morales's midsection.
Morales misses with a wild body shot.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A left lands for Johnson.
Morales misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Johnson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morales throws out a leg kick but Johnson moves out of range and Morales only half commits.
Morales lands a lovely overhand right.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Morales ducks down to avoid it.
Morales lands with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Morales.
A slow jab from Morales misses its intended target.
Johnson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Morales lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Morales was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Johnson throws a body punch but Morales moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a body shot but no joy.
Morales swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jose Morales is winning the standup battle so far.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morales was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Morales scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morales scores with a jab.
Morales gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Morales.
Johnson just misses with a punch to the body.
Morales throwing a counter right hand but Johnson manages to avoid it.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morales lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Johnson is rocked!
Morales is pawing at Johnson, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Johnson's nose. Johnson is badly hurt! Morales pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Johnson tries desperately to hold on but Morales is relentless in his assault! As Johnson receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Morales away and this one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Morales!
Jose 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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