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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Quinto Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jax Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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162 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quinto Connor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jax Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Connor tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morrow sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Connor somewhat.
Nice uppercut there from Morrow.
Connor shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morrow throws a good cross that connects.
Connor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morrow avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quinto Connor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Connor shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Connor showed some decent athleticism there.
Morrow pushes Connor off and gets back to his feet.
Connor tries for a takedown but Morrow circles away easily
and Morrow counters with a series of strikes. Connor will be more careful next time no doubt.
Morrow connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Connor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morrow sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Connor tries for a takedown but Morrow sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow scores with a three punch combo!
Morrow bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Connor's head.
Morrow swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Connor.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Connor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morrow gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Morrow breaks from the clinch.
Connor has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nice takedown defense from Morrow. No joy for Connor on that attempt.
Morrow lands a nice hook to Connor's body. Connor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
Morrow scores with a three punch combo!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrow throws a right hand that Connor ducks under and follows up with a left that Connor also avoids with ease.
An inside leg kick lands from Morrow.
Connor gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Morrow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quinto Connor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connor shoots in for a takedown but Morrow shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Morrow shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Connor eats them both and turns towards Morrow to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Connor has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Connor is rocked!
Connor takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morrow moves into range and clinches up with Connor.
Morrow breaks from the clinch.
Connor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jax Morrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrow lands a jab-cross combination.
Oh Connor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morrow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Connor tries to keep at a distance but Morrow has taken the fight into the clinch.
Connor is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Morrow pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Connor is trying to drag Morrow to the mat but Morrow just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Connor seems to have got his legs back now.
Connor is breathing heavily.
Morrow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow has Connor up against the cage in a clinch.
Morrow breaks the clinch.
Connor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morrow.
Connor has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morrow scores with a three punch combo!
Connor ducks right into an uppercut from Morrow.
Connor closes the distance looking to clinch
and Morrow counters with a leg kick.
Morrow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Connor circles away quickly and effectively.
Morrow stalks Connor and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Connor's face. Connor staggers backwards, shaken.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Morrow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrow feints a jab promting Connor to slip. Morrow then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Connor slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Connor looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Connor closes the distance looking to clinch
and Morrow counters with a good low kick that Connor was not able to check.
Connor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morrow avoids it really well and circles away.
Morrow thumps Connor with a low kick.
Morrow thumps Connor with a low kick.
Connor fails with the takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice combination there by Morrow.
Morrow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morrow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Morrow closes the distance and clinches.
Morrow wants to get back to striking at distance but Connor won't allow it.
Connor is working for takedown but Morrow is calmly controlling the position for now.
Morrow manages to break the clinch.
Connor dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
Connor shoots in for a double leg but Morrow sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Connor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Connor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morrow clinches up with Connor and pushes him back against the cage.
Morrow breaks the clinch.
Morrow goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Morrow scores with a sloppy right hand. Connor should have avoided that one.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Connor can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quinto Connor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrow is working the combinations to good effect here.
Connor misses with a takedown
and Morrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morrow lands a two punch combo.
Morrow lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Connor misses with a takedown
and Morrow counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morrow.
Morrow prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morrow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Morrow.
Connor tries to clinch but Morrow is having none of it.
Morrow throws a nice inside leg kick.
Connor is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morrow.
No joy there for Morrow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Quinto Connor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morrow throws a one two combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrow thuds a left hand into Connor's body.
Morrow is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A left and a right from Morrow both land. Nice combination.
Morrow throws a leg kick but Connor sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Morrow.
Morrow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Morrow throws a nice looking combination but Connor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Connor tries for a takedown but Morrow circles away easily
and Morrow counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Connor fails with a takedown attempt.
Connor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Connor dives in and grabs Morrow's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morrow pushes down on Connor's head and hops out.
Morrow scores with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Morrow misses.
No joy there for Morrow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Connor dodges the punch combination from Morrow.
Morrow lands with a nice combination. Connor backs away looking to recover.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morrow.
Connor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morrow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A left and a right from Morrow both land. Nice combination.
Morrow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morrow cracks the inside of Connor's front leg.
Jax Morrow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Connor dives in and grabs Morrow's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morrow pushes down on Connor's head and hops out.
Connor tries to keep at a distance but Morrow has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morrow breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Connor.
Morrow lands a leg kick that knocks Connor off balance momentarily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morrow.
Morrow scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morrow jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
No luck for Connor with that takedown attempt.
Connor shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morrow defends it nicely.
Morrow swinging wildly here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Morrow.
Connor is looking to clinch but Morrow is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Morrow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Connor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morrow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morrow has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Morrow looks to land a combination but Connor avoids it well.
Morrow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morrow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Connor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Connor with a poor takedown
and Morrow counters with a right hand to the body.
Connor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morrow as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quinto Connor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Connor doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrow circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Morrow.
Morrow scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Morrow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Connor 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 Connor off to one side.
A right-left combo lands from Morrow.
Morrow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Connor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow lands a jab to the nose.
Morrow moves into the clinch.
Morrow has hold of one of Connor's legs. Connor is fighting the takedown attempt but Morrow gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Connor is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Morrow stands up and waves to Connor to follow him.
Morrow cracks Connor with a good jab.
Morrow moves into the clinch.
Connor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Morrow gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Connor goes for a takedown attempt but Morrow pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Morrow.
Connor shoots and misses
and Morrow counters with a slapping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrow scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Connor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morrow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Connor shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Morrow closes the distance and pushes Connor back into the cage.
Morrow controlling the action here for a moment.
Morrow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morrow moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Morrow moves into the clinch successfully.
Morrow's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrow pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Connor back to the cage. Morrow follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Morrow lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Connor backs up against the cage.
Nice takedown defense from Morrow. No joy for Connor on that attempt.
Morrow moves into the clinch.
Morrow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrow swinging wildly here.
Connor fails with a takedown attempt.
Morrow clinches with his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrow swinging wildly here.
Morrow is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Connor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Connor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morrow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morrow lands a two punch combo.
Quinto Connor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Morrow does it's job there.
Morrow scores with a punch to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Connor tries a head kick but it misses.
Morrow's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Morrow duly obliges.
A jab lands there for Morrow.
Morrow lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jax Morrow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morrow 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jax Morrow!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jax Morrow made sure he mentioned Untouchable Fight Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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