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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Rumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Rumble has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 lbs
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198 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joe Rumble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trent Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws a head kick that misses.
Rumble lands a lovely overhand right.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rumble swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morgan tries to clinch there but Rumble circles away.
Morgan tries to clinch but Rumble moves out of range.
Morgan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Morgan breaks from the clinch.
Morgan tries to clinch but Rumble is having none of it.
Rumble throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rumble will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rumble lands a jab-cross combination.
Rumble fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morgan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morgan misses with a looping left.
Rumble throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morgan throws a sloppy head kick and Rumble moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Morgan misses its intended target.
Rumble misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morgan tries to clinch there but Rumble circles away.
Rumble throws a series of punches but Morgan moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A jab from Morgan misses.
Rumble lands a jab.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joe Rumble is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rumble slaps away a takedown attempt from Morgan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Morgan misses with a hook. Rumble ducked under it nicely.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Rumble avoids them all with ease.
Morgan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rumble throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.
Rumble looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rumble throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rumble swats away the attempt to clinch by Morgan.
Rumble missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trent Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan doesn't manage to clinch there - Rumble circles away.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rumble manages to avoid it.
That's two 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.
Rumble cracks Morgan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rumble defending well as Morgan loads up on a big left hand.
Rumble keeps the fight on the outside.
Rumble throws a right and a left that Morgan avoids nicely.
Rumble lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rumble.
Morgan pushes Rumble up against the cage in a clinch.
Rumble pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morgan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rumble lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morgan circles away quickly and effectively.
Morgan works Rumble's body with a nice hook.
Morgan moves in looking to clinch but Rumble pushes him off.
Rumble scores with a jab.
Morgan closes the distance and pushes Rumble back into the cage.
Morgan prevents Rumble from breaking the clinch.
Morgan working Rumble over with knees to the body.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan pushes off an throws an elbow but Rumble leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rumble lands with a left to the head.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rumble's elbow.
Rumble throws a head punch that misses.
Rumble is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rumble misses with a body punch.
Morgan looking to throw knees to the head but Rumble is blocking nicely.
Rumble goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right from Morgan.
Morgan crunches a lovely knee into Rumble's ribcage.
Morgan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rumble lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rumble takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morgan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rumble's efforts to push away.
Morgan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rumble is looking to break free of the clinch but Morgan has double underhooks.
Morgan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morgan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rumble has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Rumble's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rumble has had enough of the clinch but Morgan keeps him there for the moment.
Morgan missing with knees to the body.
Morgan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morgan prevents Rumble from breaking the clinch.
Rumble taking a breather.
Morgan with a knee to the head.
Rumble wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morgan obliges.
Morgan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rumble looking to stall.
Morgan lands an elbow inside that Rumble shrugs off.
Morgan keeps control of Rumble as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morgan successfully pulls guard.
Morgan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rumble passes Morgan's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Trent Morgan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big right from Morgan misses.
Morgan clinches.
Morgan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morgan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morgan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morgan throws an elbow but misses.
Morgan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rumble looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rumble avoids it.
Rumble dodges an elbow strike from Morgan.
Morgan blocking some punches.
Rumble stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Morgan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rumble gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Morgan misses with a knee to the head.
Rumble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Morgan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rumble's defenses.
Rumble goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rumble gets through Morgan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morgan.
Rumble is trying to break the clinch but Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan is breathing heavily.
Morgan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rumble is defending well for now.
Rumble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morgan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rumble is defending well for now.
Rumble avoiding damage as Morgan throws knees to the body.
Rumble tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morgan has Rumble pressed against the cage, preventing Rumble from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rumble blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rumble blocks an elbow strike from Morgan.
Rumble wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morgan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morgan misses with a head kick.
Rumble moves out of range of the leg kick from Morgan.
Morgan tries to clinch up.
Rumble on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morgan. Morgan obviously looking to wear him down.
Joe Rumble is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morgan tries to clinch but Rumble is having none of it.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Rumble moves out of range.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rumble takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan doesn't manage to clinch there - Rumble circles away.
Rumble cracks Morgan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Morgan misses with a takedown attempt - Rumble sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A combination from Rumble does no damage.
Morgan dives in and grabs Rumble's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rumble pushes down on Morgan's head and hops out.
Joe Rumble has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trent Morgan.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rumble paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morgan tries to clinch but Rumble moves out of range.
Rumble moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morgan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jab by Rumble.
Morgan is rocked!
Rumble lands a hook that stumbles Morgan back into the cage. Rumble follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Morgan to the canvas! Rumble pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Morgan has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Joe Rumble!
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hype
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RATING
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