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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Garrison Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TK Morta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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220 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Garrison Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, TK Morta!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Steele misses its intended target.
Morta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Steele misses its intended target.
Steele shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morta defends it nicely.
Steele scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Steele misses with a straight left.
Steele throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Steele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morta.
Morta misses with a straight right.
Steele shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morta throws an overhand right that lands on Steele's shoulder, as Steele tries to avoid the shot.
Steele swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steele lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morta circles away quickly and effectively.
Morta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Steele looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steele waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morta.
Steele walks into a stiff left hand from Morta.
Steele looks to land a right hand but Morta moved out of range.
Morta moves into the clinch successfully.
Morta swings wildly with an uppercut but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steele looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steele escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Steele blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steele.
Steele is stalling here.
Morta working aggressively here.
Morta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steele breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morta works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Steele moves away from the strike by Morta.
Steele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Steele takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morta scores with the left hand. Steele knows he should have avoided that one.
Steele throws the left hand but Morta avoids the punch easily.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steele was well out of range. Poor timing from Morta.
Morta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morta scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele looks to land a combination but Morta avoids it well.
Morta scores with a body shot.
Morta tries to clinch but Steele is having none of it.
Steele is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morta.
Morta looks to land a left hand but Steele moved out of range nicely.
TK Morta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morta closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morta has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morta.
Morta being controlled against the cage.
Morta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steele.
Steele pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morta closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Steele takes a shot to the head.
Steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morta lands a nice uppercut.
Steele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steele throws a right and a left that Morta avoids nicely.
Steele with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morta to score with a decent uppercut.
Morta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steele swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steele throws out the jab.
Morta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steele swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good standup being displayed there by Morta as he connects with a hook.
Steele misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Morta counters with a nice uppercut.
Morta lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Morta keeps the fight on the outside.
Morta has Steele up against the cage in a clinch.
Morta misses with a punch on the inside.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steele blocks an uppercut.
Morta misses with a punch on the inside.
Steele blocking some punches.
Steele drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morta gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A head punch on the inside from Morta fails to land.
Steele drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morta gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrison Steele. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Morta.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morta gets through Steele's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steele is trying to break the clinch but Morta is controlling him.
Steele has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morta avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Morta throws a head punch that misses.
Morta working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morta working aggressively here.
Steele is trying to break free.
Morta prevents the takedown attempt.
Morta prevents the takedown attempt.
Steele manages to break the clinch.
Steele is breathing heavily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Morta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Morta.
Morta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steele has a couple of punches blocked by Morta.
Morta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Steele is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Morta is keeping busy.
Steele misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
TK Morta dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Steele lands a really nice looking cross but Morta seems unphased.
Morta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steele paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morta lands with a nice combination. Steele backs away looking to recover.
Morta moves into range and connects with a jab.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morta digs a good hook to Steele's body.
Steele throws a hook to the side of Morta's head but Morta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morta throws a shot from downtown. Steele moves away and avoids it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Steele keeps the fight on the outside.
Steele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morta slips under a jab from Steele.
Steele shoots in but no luck this time.
Steele keeps the fight on the outside.
Steele swats away the attempt to clinch by Morta.
Good exchange - Morta coming out on top.
Steele scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
No joy there for Steele, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steele takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morta cracks Steele with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morta connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morta connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Steele's hands.
TK Morta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steele drops his hands momentarily and Morta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Morta darts in trying to clinch
and Steele connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from Steele misses.
Morta throws a hook but Steele blocks it.
Morta wants to clinch.
Morta darts in and clinches Steele up against the cage.
Steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Morta.
Morta throws a head punch that misses.
Morta misses with some punches.
Morta has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
Steele blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morta.
Morta working aggressively here.
Steele can't break the clinch.
Morta misses with a punch on the inside.
Morta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morta has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
Steele tries for a takedown. No joy.
A head punch on the inside from Morta fails to land.
Morta working aggressively here.
Steele is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrison Steele. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morta misses with some punches.
Morta lands a left hand.
Steele looking for a takedown.
Morta misses with a punch on the inside.
Morta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Steele has a couple of punches blocked by Morta.
Morta throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steele.
Morta lands with a short shot to the head.
Steele drops down looking for an ankle pick but Morta pulls his leg out and moves away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice uppercut there from Steele.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele closes the distance but Morta moves to the side
and Morta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Steele is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Morta closes the distance and clinches.
Steele is trying to drag Morta to the mat but Morta just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Morta misses with a punch on the inside.
Steele is working for takedown but Morta is calmly controlling the position for now.
Steele tries for a takedown but Morta manages to get underhooks.
Morta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steele tries for a takedown. No joy.
Morta misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morta as Steele tries to tie him up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morta.
Morta misses with the head strike.
Steele is trying to break the clinch but Morta is controlling him.
Steele misses with some punches.
Morta lands with a light punch inside.
Morta throws a punch but it's blocked by Steele.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Morta fails to land.
Steele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from Morta fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Steele's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morta has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
A head punch on the inside from Morta fails to land.
Steele blocks an uppercut.
Morta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steele wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steele can't get the takedown.
Steele tries to score a body lock takedown but Morta shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Morta throws a punch but it's blocked by Steele.
Morta throws a punch but it's blocked by Steele.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steele.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steele.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morta.
Steele blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morta has Steele pressed against the cage, preventing Steele from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Morta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
TK Morta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Steele throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Morta connects with a jab.
Morta looks to land a left hand but Steele moved out of range nicely.
Morta tries to clinch up but Steele circles away and keeps his distance.
Morta connects with a jab.
Steele looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Steele shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morta as he avoids it easily.
Steele uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morta.
Steele lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morta circles away quickly and effectively.
Steele circles away from the clinch attempt
and Steele counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Steele misses the shot to the body.
Morta slips a straight right by Steele.
Steele misses with the combination.
A jab from Steele misses.
Morta lands with a right hand.
Steele slips a straight right by Morta.
Steele misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morta tests Steele's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steele.
Morta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morta.
Steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Morta fails to land.
Morta misses with the head strike.
Morta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Steele blocks an uppercut.
Steele wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steele scores with a shoulder strike.
Steele can't break the clinch.
Steele is trying to drag Morta to the mat but Morta just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Steele stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Steele is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrison Steele. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morta throws a head punch that misses.
Steele tries for a takedown. No joy.
Steele changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morta fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Morta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Morta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Steele has time to react.
TK Morta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Steele walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Morta tries to clinch up.
A punch lands to the side of Steele 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Steele throws a series of punches but Morta moves out of range.
Steele lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Morta backs up against the cage.
Morta jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Morta's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Morta duly obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steele takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Morta misses with the combination.
Morta tries to clinch but Steele moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Morta closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steeles head.
Still in the clinch, Morta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morta lands a shoulder strike.
Morta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morta lands a shoulder strike.
Steele wants a takedown.
Steele tries to stall but Morta uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morta lands a nice uppercut.
Steele looking for a takedown.
Morta lands with a left to the head.
Morta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steele goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morta prevents it.
Morta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morta prevents Steele from breaking the clinch.
Morta has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
Steele escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steele misses with an uppercut.
Jab by Morta.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but Morta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morta clinches but Steele breaks the clinch
and Steele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morta clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steele.
Steele blocking some punches.
Morta misses with the head strike.
A short left from Morta.
Morta lands an uppercut.
Steele is trying to force a seperation but Morta has the dominant position.
Morta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steele looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morta throws a head punch that misses.
Morta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steele blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Garrison Steele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
TK Morta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steele drops down looking for an ankle pick but Morta pulls his leg out and moves away.
Morta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
TK Morta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morta has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... TK Morta!
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RATING
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