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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Morales (ranked 1323 p4p, 206 weight class) and Carl Moore (ranked 1072 p4p, 166 weight class). Moore has chosen Sad Man's Tongue by Volbeat as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!
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189 cm
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220 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
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195 cm
24
220 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
12 - 8 - 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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carl Moore! The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Moore scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Moore throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morales's waist but Morales gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Moore off to one side. Moore moves out of range of the strikes. Jab, jab by Morales - just one landing.
It looks like Carl Moore has been cut. Moore swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morales avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Morales is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Moore throws out a powerful jab. Moore looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morales is fending him off so far but Moore persists. Nope, Morales circles away and we're back to standing. 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. Moore ducks under a wild hook from Morales. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Moore moves into range and connects with a jab. Morales slips a straight right by Moore. Morales throws a series of punches but Moore avoids them all with ease. Moore throws a lazy uppercut
and Morales counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round. Nice defenses there by Morales. Moore scores with a jab. Morales acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Morales takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morales slips a straight right by Moore. Moore throws an overhand right that lands on Morales's shoulder, as Morales tries to avoid the shot. Morales feinted there with a counter leg kick. Moore scores with a nice head shot. Morales blocks a jab. A little feinted left hand from Morales on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Morales slips under a jab. A counter left hand to the body from Morales misses its target. Morales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moore moves away. Moore throws a combination that misses and Morales counters with a nice body shot. Moore might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Moore throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morales counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Moore badly! He tries to strike back but Morales puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Moore out cold! Oh man, Moore will never hear the end of this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jose Morales! A victorious Jose Morales thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. Carl Moore was interviewed post fight and said 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
41% |
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