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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Morrison (ranked 5438 p4p, 224 weight class) and KC Turner (ranked 7788 p4p, 269 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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146 lbs
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tyler Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, KC Turner!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morrison lands a body shot in the clinch.
Morrison tries to throw a body punch but Turner avoids it by throwing Morrison back against the cage.
Turner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morrison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
A short left from Morrison.
Morrison digs a right hand underneath Turner's ribcage. Turner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Morrison has a couple of punches blocked by Turner.
Morrison scores with a hook to the body.
Morrison has Turner pressed against the cage, preventing Turner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morrison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morrison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Turner controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morrison.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison pushes Turner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turner blocks an uppercut.
Morrison misses with a body punch.
Turner has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Morrison regains guard immediately.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrison looking for a guillotine here but Turner defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner throws a big elbow that misses.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turner working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morrison's head.
Morrison controls Turner momentarily but Turner frees himself.
Morrison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Turner is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Turner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Morrison escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Turner gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner preventing the sweep.
Morrison is trying to keep Turner in close.
Turner trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morrison is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Morrison escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Turner gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Turner throwing strikes from guard but Morrison blocks nicely.
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to control the action in half guard but Turner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morrison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Morrison trying to control the action but Turner is working from the bottom.
Morrison is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Turner doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Morrison.
Morrison sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Morrison is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Turner wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Morrison dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Morrison throws a looping overhand right but Turner ducks down to avoid it.
Morrison takes the fight into the clinch.
Morrison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morrison lands an elbow inside that Turner shrugs off.
Morrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turner prevents a body shot from Morrison.
Morrison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morrison tries to land a knee to the head but Turner blocks with his arms.
Turner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turner working aggressively here.
Turner prevents a body shot from Morrison.
Morrison lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner has a couple of punches blocked by Morrison.
Morrison working aggressively here.
Morrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morrison softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morrison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morrison swings wildly with an uppercut but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turner blocks an elbow strike from Morrison.
Tyler Morrison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morrison misses with a body punch.
Turner is trying to break free.
Morrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Turner controls his hands.
Morrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morrison throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morrison.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Turner controls the action.
Turner gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Morrison is concentrating on defense, preventing Turner from advancing position.
Turner not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morrison is trying to maintain the position but Turner is very close to passing his half guard.
Turner is nestled in close to Morrison, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Turner prevents Morrison from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morrison is trying to control but can't.
Morrison is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Turner pulls his head out easily.
Morrison has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Turner is working away from the top position though.
Morrison gets full guard.
Morrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Turner is aware though and is defending well.
Morrison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Turner's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Turner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Morrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Turner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Morrison has Turner pulled in close to control his posture.
Turner landing with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner working some strikes from top position.
Morrison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Turner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morrison is pulling down on Turner's head to control his posture.
Morrison looking to control.
Morrison trying to control the position here.
Morrison working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Turner doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Turner manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Morrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Morrison dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Morrison closes the distance and clinches.
Morrison gets through Turner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morrison working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.
Morrison throws an elbow that misses.
Morrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morrison is fighting off a takedown attempt but Turner is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Morrison to the mat. Morrison regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
KC Turner has got the better of the ground game so far.
Turner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Turner's guard.
Morrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Turner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Turner works over Morrison with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Turner is aware though and is defending well.
Morrison throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morrison trying to control the position here.
Morrison working for a triangle but Turner defends it easily.
Turner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison controls from within his opponent's guard.
Turner is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Turner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Turner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner throws a big elbow that misses.
Morrison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Turner.
Morrison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Turner defends well.
Turner throws a big elbow that misses.
Turner stands up over Morrison, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morrison throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morrison throws his legs up looking for a submission but Turner uses it to pass to side control.
Turner with the ground and pound but Morrison regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Morrison regains full guard. Nicely done.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morrison tries to get out of the position.
Morrison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Turner's guard.
Morrison has gone for a leg lock! Turner slips out almost immediately though and dives into Morrison's guard.
Morrison trying to control the position.
KC Turner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyler Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morrison throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Morrison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morrison has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Morrison!
KC Turner spoke after the fight, saying 'fuck yall'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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