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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mason Love (ranked 3493 p4p, 6135 weight class) and Morello Hawthorne (ranked 194 p4p, 254 weight class). Love comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Music. Morello Hawthorne is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mason Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Morello Hawthorne!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hawthorne takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hawthorne.
Morello Hawthorne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Hawthorne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hawthorne swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
Hawthorne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hawthorne misses with a hook. Love ducked under it nicely.
Hawthorne misses with a low kick.
Hawthorne lands a head kick. Love smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hawthorne misses the shot to the body.
Hawthorne lands a leg kick that knocks Love off balance momentarily.
Love throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hawthorne misses with a hook.
Hawthorne missing with a left hand there. Love was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A counter left hand to the body from Love misses its target.
Love slips a straight right by Hawthorne.
Love throws a body shot but no joy.
Hawthorne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Love. That did some damage!
Hawthorne misses with a straight left.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne swats away the attempt to clinch by Love.
Hawthorne scores with a hook to the body. Love takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hawthorne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hawthorne cracks Love with a good jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.
Hawthorne lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Love swings for the body but Hawthorne moves out of range.
Love misses with a hook.
Hawthorne delivers a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Hawthorne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hawthorne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fighters circling - Hawthorne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hawthorne throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hawthorne jabs Love right on the nose. Love blinks but takes it well.
Love slips a straight right by Hawthorne.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Love throws a series of strikes that have Hawthorne backpedaling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawthorne takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hawthorne scores with a punch to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne throws an overhand right that lands on Love's shoulder, as Love tries to avoid the shot.
Love is looking to counter punch.
Some wild striking there from Hawthorne.
As Hawthorne looks to move away, Love throws a big counter combo but Hawthorne just gets out of the way.
Hawthorne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Love seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Hawthorne with the inside leg kick.
Hawthorne lands with a straight right. Love didn't see that one coming.
Hawthorne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Hawthorne misses with an uppercut. Love saw that one coming.
Love rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hawthorne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Love thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hawthorne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Love. Hawthorne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hawthorne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hawthorne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Love darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hawthorne scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Love doesn't seem bothered though.
Love is looking to wear down Hawthorne with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A big right from Hawthorne misses.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Love misses with a hook.
Love walks into a left hand.
Hawthorne connects with the punch.
Hawthorne with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hawthorne connects with a crisp jab.
Hawthorne misses with a right hand
and Love counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hawthorne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Love throwing a counter right hand but Hawthorne manages to avoid it.
Hawthorne looks to land a combination. Love sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Love pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hawthorne lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love misses with a straight left.
Love misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hawthorne is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Love had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Hawthorne works the jab nicely.
Hawthorne changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hawthorne ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Love takes a kick to the side of the head.
Love ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Love has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hawthorne finds it's way round the side to connect with Love's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Love finds it's way through Hawthorne's defenses.
Hawthorne misses with a hook.
Love throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Love looks to land a combination but Hawthorne avoids it well.
Nice body punch from Hawthorne.
Love chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hawthorne can pounce on him.
Hawthorne ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Hawthorne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donk. Hawthorne catches Love right on the button with a cross.
Love displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hawthorne throws out the jab.
Hawthorne is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Love.
Love misses with a hook.
Hawthorne misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Love misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hawthorne cracks Love with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Love throws a hook but Hawthorne blocks it.
Hawthorne is looking to slow Love down with leg kicks.
Hawthorne loads up on a big right hand but Love slips the punch.
Hawthorne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Morello Hawthorne dominated that round.
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.
Love chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hawthorne can pounce on him.
Hawthorne throws a series of strikes that have Love backpedaling.
Hawthorne fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Love looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hawthorne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hawthorne works the jab nicely.
Hawthorne looks to throw the jab but Love is out of range.
Hawthorne lands a glancing blow to the side of Love's head.
Morello Hawthorne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hawthorne misses with a hook.
It looked like Love was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Love ducks under a wild hook from Hawthorne.
Love misses with a hook.
Hawthorne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hawthorne lands with a thumping leg kick.
A big left from Love misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hawthorne.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hawthorne.
Love motions for Hawthorne to come forward. Love throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hawthorne takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Hawthorne jabs Love to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Love missing with a left hand there. Hawthorne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Love takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Love uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawthorne.
Love uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne throws a hook to the side of Love's head but Love sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Love slips a straight right by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Love's head.
Love takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hawthorne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big right from Hawthorne misses.
Hawthorne tries a head kick but it misses.
Hawthorne scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Love might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Love misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hawthorne throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Love sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Love looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Love lands with a shot to the body.
Love connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A good leg kick by Hawthorne.
Love takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Love does no damage.
Hawthorne connects with a solid leg kick.
Hawthorne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hawthorne lands with a shot to the body.
Love moves into range and connects with a jab.
Love blocks a jab.
Love swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hawthorne throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A jab from Love misses.
Hawthorne scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Love misses with a low kick.
Love takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Love takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Love smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Love keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawthorne.
Love is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Hawthorne.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hawthorne in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hawthorne.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hawthorne. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Love throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Hawthorne scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hawthorne misses with a straight right.
Decent striking displayed by Love there.
Love avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Love uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hawthorne.
Love slips a straight right by Hawthorne.
Love on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hawthorne connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Love is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hawthorne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hawthorne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hawthorne misses the body punch
and Hawthorne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hawthorne throws a shot from downtown. Love moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Love was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne lunges at Love with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Love's hand.
Hawthorne feints and then cracks Love's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Love down.
Hawthorne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne misses with a body punch
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Love.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love has Hawthorne up against the cage in a clinch.
Hawthorne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Love can't find room to land a body shot as Hawthorne controls the action.
Hawthorne is trying to break the clinch but Love has him pressed against the cage.
Hawthorne manages to break the clinch.
Love has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Love.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hawthorne, as that shot connected.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hawthorne. That's going to slow Love down.
Love darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Love moves out of range as Hawthorne strikes.
Love was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hawthorne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hawthorne misses with an uppercut. Love saw that one coming.
A shot to the body from Hawthorne misses
and Love counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne moves out of range as Love strikes.
Love looks to throw the jab but Hawthorne is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Love.
Hawthorne swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Morello Hawthorne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawthorne is just out of range.
Hawthorne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawthorne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Love has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Love chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hawthorne can pounce on him.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Love.
Hawthorne misses with a body shot.
Love swings for the body but Hawthorne moves out of range.
Love takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hawthorne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hawthorne slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hawthorne swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawthorne throws a hook to the side of Love's head but Love sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hawthorne jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hawthorne throws an off balance right hand
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.
Hawthorne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hawthorne connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love ducks under a wild hook from Hawthorne.
As Hawthorne tries to get set, Love tries to push him back and clinch up but Hawthorne manages to avoid the attempt.
Love stuns Hawthorne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Love missing with a left hand there. Hawthorne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Love blocks a head kick by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hawthorne checks a leg kick.
Love throws a hook but Hawthorne blocks it.
Hawthorne missing with a left hand there. Love was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hawthorne misses with a wild combination.
Love is looking for a counter combo.
A big left from Hawthorne misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hawthorne.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hawthorne.
Hawthorne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hawthorne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Love showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hawthorne.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne tries a low kick but Love avoids it.
Hawthorne throws a hook but Love blocks it.
Love is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Hawthorne misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Love.
No joy there for Love, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A big left from Love misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love checks a leg kick.
Love blocks a jab.
Hawthorne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hawthorne moves out of range of the leg kick from Love.
Love slips a straight right by Hawthorne.
Love swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Love misses with a hook.
Love takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hawthorne lands a nice hook to Love's body. Love takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hawthorne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hawthorne takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jab by Hawthorne.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne scores with a leg kick.
Hawthorne bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Love's head.
Hawthorne misses with a body shot.
Hawthorne misses with a straight right.
Hawthorne moves out of range as Love strikes.
Hawthorne misses with a straight left.
It looked like Love wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hawthorne is looking to slow Love down with leg kicks.
Hawthorne misses with a straight left.
Hawthorne swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Love tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hawthorne throws a leg kick which misses Love's front leg but catches the back leg as Love tries to avoid it.
Hawthorne gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Love misses.
Hawthorne walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Love scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hawthorne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Love throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawthorne lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawthorne connects with a leg kick.
Hawthorne lands with a nice body punch.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawthorne moves away.
Love on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hawthorne lands with a hook. Love tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hawthorne swats away the attempt to clinch by Love.
Love ducks right into an uppercut from Hawthorne.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawthorne.
Hawthorne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Love moves out of range of the body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A good leg kick by Hawthorne.
Love comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hawthorne slips a jab from Love.
Mason Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morello Hawthorne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hawthorne looks to throw the jab but Love is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Morello Hawthorne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hawthorne winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight for Morello Hawthorne!
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight for Morello Hawthorne!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Morello Hawthorne!
Morello Hawthorne wins by unanimous decision!
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