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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Masaaki Ishii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geoff Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ishii's entrance music is Television - Marquee Moon . A fine choice. Morrison is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Diamonds Aren't Forever. Geoff Morrison is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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155 lbs
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147 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaaki Ishii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Geoff Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ishii.
Morrison tries for a takedown but Ishii circles away easily
and Ishii counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Morrison's guard now.
Morrison has a closed guard, preventing Ishii from standing up.
Ishii is fighting to break Morrison's control of his arms but Morrison is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Morrison is trying to keep Ishii in close.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morrison holds on and takes a little breather.
Ishii trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison looking for a guillotine here but Ishii defends easily.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Ishii from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morrison seems keen to control Ishii's posture.
Ishii wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Geoff Morrison.
Ishii tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishii gets the takedown into side control.
Morrison wants to control but Ishii postures up.
Ishii goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Morrison has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Ishii but great work by Morrison.
Morrison thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The referee asks Morrison politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Morrison prefers to stall for the moment though.
Morrison trying to control the action but Ishii is working from the bottom.
Morrison working the ground and pound from side control.
Morrison is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ishii has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ishii has escaped the position, nice work there.
Morrison looks gassed!
Ishii being controlled for a moment.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Ishii is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to get an arm triangle but Ishii is defending well.
Ishii knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morrison on the ground.
Morrison decides to stand back up. Morrison steps back and let's Ishii get back to his feet.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ishii but Ishii pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ishii tries to clinch but Morrison is having none of it.
Ishii is looking to clinch.
Morrison drives through and clinches with Ishii against the ropes.
Ishii jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Morrison walks away with a smile on his face. Ishii gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ishii keeps Morrison at a distance using the push kick.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ishii tries to clinch but Morrison is having none of it.
A left lands for Ishii.
Ishii shoots for a double leg takedown but Morrison sprawls well. He's pushed Ishii's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masaaki Ishii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrison moves into the clinch successfully.
Ishii wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ishii avoiding damage as Morrison throws knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Morrison.
Morrison has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ishii avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ishii looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ishii wants to get back to striking at distance but Morrison won't allow it.
Ishii stops a takedown attempt from Morrison.
Morrison connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ishii's face.
Ishii is looking to control Morrison's arms but Morrison gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ishii has his back to the ropes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ishii has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Morrison avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ishii is trying to break free.
A hook to the body from Morrison.
Morrison tightens his grip and picks Ishii up, before dumping him to the ground. Ishii manages to land in guard.
Morrison thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Ishii is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ishii keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison stops Ishii from standing up.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Ishii keeps moving.
Morrison drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ishii looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ishii looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ishii!
Ishii trying to control the position but Morrison is working away.
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Ishii working away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ishii wants to take a breather but Morrison manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Ishii.
Morrison is trying to keep Ishii in close.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Ishii from controlling successfully.
Ishii stands and throws Morrison's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Geoff Morrison will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Morrison misses with a takedown attempt - Ishii sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ishii shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ishii was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Morrison tries to hold on but Ishii pushes him away.
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ishii throwing strikes here but Morrison is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Morrison is breathing heavily.
Poor strikes thrown by Ishii there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishii trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morrison really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Morrison wants to control but Ishii is having none of it.
Morrison is squirming around, avoiding Ishii's attempts to control the action.
Ishii is really struggling to control Morrison but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morrison tries to hold on but Ishii pushes him away.
Morrison manages to control the position for a moment.
Morrison sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Morrison wants to control but Ishii is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison gets back to full guard.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ishii trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison trying to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Geoff Morrison.
Morrison with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ishii counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Morrison!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to escape the mount.
Ishii tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Ishii avoids the attempt from Morrison to control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is squirming around, avoiding Ishii's attempts to control the action.
Ishii postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Morrison looks a forlorn figure.
Morrison is looking to get to half guard.
Morrison taking shots to the head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morrison is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ishii can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison is looking to escape.
Ishii fails to move to back control.
Ishii tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Morrison is looking to improve his position but Ishii isn't that keen on the idea.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ishii sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Morrison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morrison tries to lock up and control but Ishii gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morrison is trying to escape the mount.
Ishii is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Morrison has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Morrison!
Morrison advances to half guard.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ishii does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Still in half guard, Morrison seems content to control.
Ishii is staying active underneath Morrison, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Morrison is thwarting Ishii's attempts to control the position.
Morrison trying to control the action but Ishii is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ishii clinches but Morrison breaks the clinch
and Morrison counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Morrison.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ishii keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Geoff Morrison.
I think Morrison has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Geoff Morrison!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Geoff Morrison!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Geoff Morrison!
Geoff Morrison wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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