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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Omari Morales (ranked 619 p4p, 1824 weight class) and Alain Braque (ranked 79 p4p, 220 weight class). Braque has chosen Enchanted Forest as his entrance music. Omari Morales has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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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 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Omari Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alain Braque!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Bruno Lombardi and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales throws a hook but Braque blocks it.
Braque ducks under a wild hook from Morales.
Morales tries to bum rush Braque with a series of wild strikes but Braque uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Braque looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Morales has hold of Braque's hands but Braque slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Morales trying to control here.
Braque lands with a punch from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morales keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morales keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Braque takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Braque seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morales does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braque thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morales's head.
Braque sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morales defending well though.
Morales blocking the ground and pound attempt from Braque.
Morales keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Braque missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Braque is thwarting Morales's attempts to control the position.
Braque throwing shots but Morales is blocking nicely.
Morales avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Braque.
Braque slips a nice elbow through Morales's hands, connecting with Morales's forehead.
Morales taking some punishment here, with Braque in his half guard.
Braque landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Braque working over Morales with some ground and pound. Morales looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braque takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Braque thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Morales really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Braque working Morales over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Braque there.
Morales keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Braque landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Morales regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Braque.
Morales has momentary wrist control but Braque slips an elbow through the middle.
Braque throwing strikes from guard but Morales blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Braque lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Braque content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Braque working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braque with a flurry of punches that miss.
Braque working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morales's head.
Braque postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Braque postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Braque wants to control from the top but Morales keeps moving.
Braque throws a big right hand that misses.
Braque content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Braque lands a couple of elbows.
Braque makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Braque scoring with some ground and pound.
Braque postures up.
Braque chips away with some ground and pound.
Morales has control of Braque's left arm, preventing Braque from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braque postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Braque advances to half guard.
Braque throwing shots but Morales is blocking nicely.
Braque scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Braque working over Morales with some ground and pound. Morales looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Morales is rocked!
Braque slips a nice elbow through Morales's hands, connecting with Morales's forehead.
Oh Morales is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Braque missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morales seems to have got his legs back now.
Braque is nestled in close to Morales, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Braque lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Braque winds up and cracks Morales with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Braque takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morales manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Braque is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alain Braque dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Good exchange - Braque coming out on top.
Some wild striking there from Morales.
Braque is looking for the big counter here.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Braque lands a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Braque.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braque moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Braque misses with a lunging right hand
and Morales counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Braque thinking.
Braque digs a good body shot into Morales's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales misses with a double jab
and Braque counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Braque cracks a nice hook into Morales's ribs.
Omari Morales is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Braque misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morales.
Morales throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A combination from Morales does no damage.
Morales looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Braque misses with a hook to the body
enabling Morales to counter with a crisp jab.
Alain Braque seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Braque fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morales manages to avoid it.
Braque uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morales.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braque throws a body punch but Morales moves out of range.
Morales ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morales throws a big counter combination but Braque scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Braque throws a lazy uppercut
and Morales connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Braque misses with a body shot.
It looked like Morales was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Braque.
Braque uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morales.
A looping hook to the body misses from Braque. Morales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morales thows a left - swing and a miss!
Braque has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morales fails to land with a series of punches.
Braque feints the counter takedown.
Braque looks to score with a jab to the body but Morales is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Morales misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braque throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morales was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Braque misses with a hook to the body
and Morales counters with a nice uppercut.
Morales moves out of range of the strikes.
Morales swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Morales takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Braque fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Braque misses with a wild body shot.
Braque lands with an uppercut that bounces Morales off the cage and back into range.
Braque tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morales is looking to counter punch.
Morales tests Braque's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braque paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Braque tries to clinch but Morales is having none of it.
Braque throws a shot to the body.
Braque's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Braque duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braque takes a swing at Morales's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Morales was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Braque throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morales stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Braque scores with a jab to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alain Braque 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 each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Braque slips a straight right by Morales.
A nice side step and Braque releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Braque with a nice cross.
Morales misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Braque.
Morales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Braque manages to avoid it.
Braque 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.
Braque is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Morales working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Braque.
Morales will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braque missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morales is trying to keep Braque in close.
Braque stands up over Morales, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales trying to keep a closed guard but Braque is proving a slippery customer.
Braque content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Braque lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Braque in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morales keeping full guard, as Braque tries to pass.
Braque postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Braque slips nicely into half guard.
Braque throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Braque wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morales keeps working.
Braque working over Morales with some ground and pound. Morales looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braque lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Braque working over Morales with some ground and pound. Morales looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Braque sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morales defending well though.
Braque thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morales's head.
Braque is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Braque lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Braque throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Braque sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morales defending well though.
Morales on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Braque sitting in half guard here. He lands a big elbow that has hurt Morales! Oh, Morales is in big trouble! Braque lands more strikes and the ref dives in to save him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alain Braque!
Our winner, Alain Braque, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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