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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hector Morales (ranked 3217 p4p, 347 weight class) and Radoslav Petrov (ranked 2357 p4p, 262 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hector Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Radoslav Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales takes a swing at Petrov's ribcage but misses.
Morales looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Morales ducks under a wild hook from Petrov.
Morales swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Petrov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morales takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Radoslav Petrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morales.
Petrov has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Morales misses with a looping right.
Nice body kick there by Petrov.
Petrov throws the kick towards the body but Morales avoids it.
Petrov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morales takes a swing at Petrov's ribcage but misses.
Petrov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petrov moves away from the strike by Morales.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales misses with an uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Petrov.
Petrov lands a nice hook to Morales's body. Morales takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morales throws out a loose jab but Petrov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petrov scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales missing with a left hand there. Petrov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morales lands with an overhand left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Petrov.
Petrov slips a jab from Morales.
Petrov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morales was well out of range. Poor timing from Petrov.
Morales takes one to the chin there.
Morales throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morales moves away from the strike by Petrov.
An attempted straight right counter from Morales misses the target.
Morales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrov moves away.
Petrov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Petrov.
Petrov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Petrov avoids the body shot from Morales.
Petrov throws a jab but it's blocked by Morales.
Petrov moves out of range of the strikes.
Morales displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Morales misses its target.
Morales misses with a hook
and Petrov counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two 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!
Petrov misses the jab.
Morales swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Petrov.
Morales misses with a straight left.
Petrov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morales. That did some damage!
Morales throws a lazy right hand but Petrov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Petrov feints and then cracks Morales's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morales down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morales. Petrov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrov thumps Morales with a low kick.
Morales avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morales misses with a straight left.
Petrov throws out a counter right but Morales avoids it with no problem.
Petrov connects with a leg kick. Morales looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Morales throws a body shot but no joy.
Petrov misses with a lunging right hand
and Morales counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Morales is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Petrov clobbers Morales with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morales throws out a loose jab but Petrov uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales jabs at Petrov's body.
Morales misses with a straight right.
Morales misses with an uppercut. Petrov saw that one coming.
Morales slips a jab from Petrov.
Morales misses with a wild body shot.
Petrov let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Petrov scores with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
Morales throws a body shot but no joy.
Morales misses with a body shot.
Nice shot by Petrov.
A big left from Morales misses.
Morales takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Petrov scores with a jab to the head.
Morales cracks Petrov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Morales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Petrov misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Petrov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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 rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morales takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Petrov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morales's sensitive parts.
Petrov throws a wild body kick that Morales sees coming a mile off.
An attempted straight right counter from Morales misses the target.
Morales takes one to the chin there.
Petrov connects with a leg kick. Morales looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Petrov moves away from the strike by Morales.
Morales staying out of range there.
Morales looks to score with a jab to the body but Petrov is just out of range.
Petrov throws a body punch but Morales moves out of range.
Petrov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petrov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Morales had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Morales swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morales.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morales takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Morales getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Morales throws a body shot but no joy.
Petrov lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Radoslav Petrov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Morales throws a body shot but no joy.
Petrov connects with an inside leg kick.
Morales swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morales lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Petrov is rocked!
Morales looks to land a combination but Petrov avoids it well.
Petrov is still on wobbly legs! Can Morales finish him?
Radoslav Petrov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morales fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Petrov seems to have recovered his senses.
Petrov lands a right hook to the body.
Petrov throws a big shot that misses.
Petrov misses with a hook. Morales ducked under it nicely.
Morales throws a big shot that misses.
Morales throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Petrov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morales pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petrov looks to score with a jab to the body but Morales is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Petrov.
Morales misses with a shot to the body
letting Petrov counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Petrov defending well as Morales loads up on a big left hand.
Petrov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Petrov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales throws a body shot but no joy.
Morales digs a good hook to Petrov's body.
Morales chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Petrov can pounce on him.
Petrov scores with a punch to the head.
Good leg kick by Petrov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Morales misses with an uppercut
and Petrov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Petrov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Morales finds it's way round the side to connect with Petrov's head.
Jab by Petrov.
Petrov throws an overhand right that lands on Morales's shoulder, as Morales tries to avoid the shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Petrov, right into the meat.
Morales misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Petrov.
Morales misses with an uppercut.
Morales has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Morales misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Petrov.
Morales lands a nice hook to Petrov's body. Petrov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morales throws a body shot but no joy.
Morales on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov connects with the punch.
Petrov throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Morales swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morales keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Petrov catches Morales with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Petrov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morales lands with a shot to the body.
Morales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrov moves away.
A big right from Morales misses.
Petrov cracks Morales with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Morales waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Petrov.
Petrov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Petrov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morales looks to score with a jab to the body but Petrov is just out of range.
Morales defending well as Petrov loads up on a big left hand.
That kick from Petrov tenderised Morales's leg. Morales is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morales. Petrov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petrov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Morales waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Petrov.
Petrov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Morales lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Morales slips under a jab from Petrov.
It looked like Morales wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Petrov throws a poor cross that misses
and Morales counters with a nice uppercut.
Morales misses the shot to the body.
Morales throws a body punch but Petrov moves out of range.
Morales throws a hook but Petrov blocks it.
Petrov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Petrov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morales moves forwards but Petrov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice cross by Petrov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morales lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Petrov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little feinted left hand from Morales on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales misses with a hook
and Petrov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Petrov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Petrov connects with a leg kick. Morales looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Petrov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morales stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Morales throws a right hand that misses
and Petrov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morales throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morales backing away here, and Petrov unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Morales looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Morales misses with a hook to the body
enabling Petrov to counter with a crisp jab.
Morales takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Morales gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morales swings for the body but Petrov moves out of range.
Morales displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
Petrov connects with a single shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morales misses the shot to the body.
Petrov scores with a nice head shot.
Morales swings for the body but Petrov moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Radoslav Petrov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Petrov throws a good cross that connects.
Morales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Petrov manages to avoid it.
Petrov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morales.
Petrov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morales swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A shot to the body from Morales misses
and Petrov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Petrov connects with a good right hand that stumbles Morales. Morales circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Petrov lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Petrov lands a nice shot to the body.
Petrov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Petrov ducks under a wild hook from Morales.
Petrov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Petrov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morales manages to avoid it.
It looked like Morales wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Morales might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Petrov is looking to slow Morales down with leg kicks.
Morales misses with an uppercut
and Petrov counters with a good low kick that Morales was not able to check.
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!
Petrov lands a jab to Morales's midsection.
Morales misses with a body shot.
Petrov only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Petrov was well out of range. Poor timing from Morales.
Morales slips a jab from Petrov.
Morales swings for the body but Petrov moves out of range.
Petrov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Morales rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Petrov counters with a straight right hand.
Petrov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petrov scores with a kick to the midsection.
Petrov avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morales misses with an uppercut.
Petrov jabs at Morales's body.
Petrov scores with a kick to the body.
Petrov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morales.
Morales was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Morales closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morales swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Petrov connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Petrov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morales throws an off balance right hand
and Petrov counters with an outside leg kick.
Petrov looks to throw the jab but Morales is out of range.
Morales throwing a counter right hand but Petrov manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Petrov.
Petrov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petrov lands a nice looking kick to the body. Morales takes a step back to recover.
Morales takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morales misses the body punch
and Petrov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morales is rocked!
and Petrov counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Morales! He's just covering up as Petrov starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Radoslav Petrov!
In his post fight interview, Radoslav Petrov started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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