Chess matches.

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Barerra vs Morales 1 was the best fight I ever saw and it was not a chess match.

Some of the most instinctive reactions seen in it too. Also rare subtleties as well specially from Mab, like using an arm to dissolve a move and leave it out feel where the action is moving to at the same time. Not a usual block, but a shifting of position behind it slightly while getting the arm in the way then used as a feeler or a power dissolver.

1. Initially I agreed that it was more of a war than a chess match, but the rebuttals are spot on, I concede.

I wonder if MAB got the arm-to-disarm-move from JCC.
While Ray Leonard was providing excellent commentary to JCC vs Rosario, it was the first time I ever noticed a fighter in the inside blocking shots with his arm, by turning it upward like a chicken wing.
Can I call it the chicken-wing defence?
JCC would block some of the most accurately thrown shots then counter to the body then head, truly a work of art.