Carlos Demetrio Morales vs. Mercito Moya Gesta & Charles Joseph Huerta vs. Jonathan Oquendo RBR

Round 3

Morales is getting overwhelmed as Gesta jumps in from different angles working left uppercuts and diving plows into the midsection and swatting with quick right hooks up top before spinning away. Morales has his hands full just twirling to keep up with Gesta's movement, in contrast barely unsticking his own legs from the canvas, and not timing his counters all that well as he banks on catching Gesta coming in. He finally does in the final minute with a big right hand, and follows up with a couple of more but they just graze as Gesta dances around him.

10-9 Gesta

30-27 Gesta

 

WTF? Dougie off his game tonight. I swear he usually does KSAB, but goddamn - he actually gave Morales the second and third, and has Morales up 29-28 as of now.

 

Round 4

Morales is pumping both arms out in Gesta's direction, retracting to a base position with his elbows flanking his ribs, stepping across the ring toward Gesta, trying just to get his measure with the left to line up a right hand. Gesta not giving him a stationary target, yeeting himself from end to end, dipping his upper body in (resulting in a head clash that opens a cut on the right eye of Morales) and slapping with quick hooks while gliding past Morales.

10-9 Gesta, close

40-36 Gesta

 

Dougie has it 38-38, but I think he was just having a stroke for a couple of rounds there..

 

Round 5

Morales is trying his damnedest to establish that left jab and pin a few tails on the donkey before he feels confident enough to loose the right cross (and leave himself open in so doing). Gesta ducking and scurrying all over the place, and catches Morales unawares with a BIG left hand lead. Morales is rattled but is able to remain calm and jab at Gesta to keep him at bay, although he still catches a few more power shots upside the head from the Filipino before the dust settles. Morales is getting backed into the corner now, Gesta stalking behind a high guard until he's right on top of Morales and then doubling up on a powerful right hook, bashing through Morales' guard.

10-9 Gesta

50-45 Gesta

 

"I think Gesta in this round has been the aggressor".

YA THINK!?!?!?