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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nate Heywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leslie Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heywood comes into the arena with Go Hard-DJ Khaled blaring out of the sound system. Morrow is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by In The Air Tonight by Nonpoint. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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164 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
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165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nate Heywood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leslie Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heywood fails with a takedown attempt.
Heywood misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Morrow shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Heywood on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Heywood tries to get out of the position.
Morrow advances position into side control!
Morrow tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Morrow has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Morrow working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Morrow wants to control but Heywood is keeping him busy.
Morrow wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Heywood, who protects the arm well.
Heywood gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow prevents Heywood from improving his position.
Morrow missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morrow looks gassed!
Heywood slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Heywood throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Heywood looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Heywood looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Morrow puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heywood wants to improve his position but Morrow is controlling well.
Heywood moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morrow wants to pass the guard but Heywood is keeping the position.
Heywood looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Morrow has picked Heywood up and slammed him! Heywood can't keep hold of the triangle and Morrow manages to pass to side control!
Heywood is looking for a sweep.
Heywood pecks away with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heywood manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Heywood takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Heywood.
Morrow is rocked!
Heywood is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morrow is still in real trouble! Can Heywood finish him?
Heywood slips a nice elbow through Morrow's hands, connecting with Morrow's forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heywood scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Morrow wants to improve his position but Heywood is controlling well.
Morrow trying to control here.
Morrow wants to get back to full guard.
Heywood tries to pass the half guard into mount. Morrow knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Morrow seems to have recovered his senses.
Morrow avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Heywood.
Morrow wants to control but Heywood is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Heywood misses with a takedown
and Morrow counters with a single leg into guard. Heywood didn't expect that.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Heywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow trying to control the position from guard on top but Heywood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Heywood is on top in guard.
Heywood looking to pass the guard.
Morrow is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Heywood is controlling him.
Heywood cracks Morrow with a solid left hand.
Heywood postures up.
Morrow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Heywood misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Heywood throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Heywood makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Heywood.
Heywood lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morrow!
Morrow takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heywood is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heywood working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Heywood unloading with bombs!
Morrow is wriggling around trying to escape.
Heywood has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morrow tries to hold on but Heywood pushes him away.
Morrow is working to get back to half guard.
Heywood landing strikes from the mount and Morrow is in trouble!
Morrow keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Heywood breaks from Morrow's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Morrow is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Heywood fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heywood landing punches.
Heywood punishing his opponent with strikes.
Heywood scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Morrow?
Heywood looking to finish Morrow with some ground and pound. This is bad for Morrow!
Heywood fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Heywood 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.
Heywood tries for a takedown but Morrow circles away easily
and Morrow counters with a straight right hand.
Morrow stuffs the takedown.
Heywood throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morrow's waist but Morrow gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Heywood off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Heywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Heywood will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Heywood shoots in but Morrow avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Heywood shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morrow pinned against the cage. Morrow gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Heywood tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morrow swivels and escapes.
Heywood has a takedown stuffed.
Heywood misses with a takedown attempt - Morrow sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Heywood shoots for a takedown but Morrow saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Heywood shoots in for a takedown but Morrow shows good takedown defense.
Heywood fails with the takedown.
No luck for Heywood with that takedown attempt.
Morrow stuffs the takedown.
Heywood closes the distance and clinches up with Morrow, looking for a takedown. Heywood pushes Morrow against the cage but Morrow circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heywood fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Heywood looks for a takedown but Morrow sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Morrow was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Heywood manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Morrow wants to pass the guard but Heywood is defending well.
Heywood moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Heywood lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morrow!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Heywood cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Morrow really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Heywood is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Morrow can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BOOM! Heywood connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Heywood unloading with bombs!
Morrow tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morrow wants to control but Heywood is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow is wriggling around trying to escape.
Morrow tries to lock up and control but Heywood gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morrow throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Morrow tries to hold on but Heywood pushes him away.
Heywood looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Morrow is in all sorts of trouble here.
Morrow in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Morrow wants to hold on but Heywood pushes him away.
Morrow in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Heywood postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Morrow looks a forlorn figure.
Heywood lands a heavy elbow.
Morrow keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Heywood in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Heywood putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Morrow regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heywood is working for a submission of some sort.
Heywood wants to pass to mount but Morrow is defending the position.
Morrow looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Heywood scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Heywood takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Heywood landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Heywood slips a nice elbow through Morrow's hands, connecting with Morrow's forehead.
Heywood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Heywood missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Heywood winds up and cracks Morrow with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Heywood winds up and cracks Morrow with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Heywood looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Morrow with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Heywood seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Morrow is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Nate Heywood!
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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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