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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Justin Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorden Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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135 lbs
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130 lbs
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Justin Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jorden Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morgan looks to clinch
and Anderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morgan closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Anderson quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Anderson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Anderson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Anderson is looking to stand up but Morgan isn't so interested in that idea.
Anderson trying to strike off his back.
Morgan wants to pass the guard but Anderson is keeping the position.
Anderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Anderson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Anderson punching from mount but Morgan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan tries to hold on but Anderson pushes him away.
Anderson tries to control but Morgan wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan is trying to escape the mount.
Anderson wants to control the pace but Morgan is squirming around nicely.
Anderson controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Anderson might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jorden Anderson was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Anderson connects with a solid leg kick.
Morgan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Morgan wants it to stay on the feet.
Anderson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morgan avoids it really well and circles away.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morgan as he jumps to the side.
Justin Morgan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorden Anderson.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Morgan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick by Morgan misses
and Anderson counters with a thumping low kick.
Anderson darts in looking for a takedown but Morgan gets double underhooks and turns Anderson into the cage.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Anderson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Morgan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anderson.
Morgan is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Anderson to keep the fight standing.
Anderson tries to pull guard but Morgan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Morgan fails to pull guard.
Morgan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Anderson is keeping busy.
Anderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson decides to pull guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Anderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Anderson looks winded!
Morgan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Anderson looking for a guillotine here but Morgan defends easily.
Morgan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Anderson on the ground.
Morgan with a nice head shot there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Anderson's head.
Morgan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jorden Anderson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Anderson slaps away a takedown attempt from Morgan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Anderson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown but Morgan shows good takedown defense.
Morgan connects with the punch.
Anderson blocks a low kick nicely.
Morgan tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Anderson catches Morgan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Morgan throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Anderson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Morgan is in Anderson's guard.
Morgan looking to sit in guard and control but Anderson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Morgan looking to control but Anderson passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson throwing shots but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Jorden Anderson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Anderson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Morgan sees it coming and defends easily.
Anderson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morgan is trying to get back to full guard.
Morgan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Anderson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Morgan has managed to free his arm - good work.
Anderson is keen to just control but Morgan is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is looking to control Anderson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morgan avoid being mounted?
Anderson is trying to work for a kimura but Morgan is defending well.
Morgan pushes Anderson off looking to stand but Anderson dives back in and keeps control.
Morgan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morgan tries to get out of the position.
Anderson escapes and gets back to his feet.
Morgan goes for a double leg but Anderson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Anderson continues to drive forward.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Anderson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Morgan as Anderson tries to tie him up.
Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Justin Morgan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Anderson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morgan is fending him off so far but Anderson persists. Nope, Morgan circles away and we're back to standing.
Anderson tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morgan wants to clinch.
Morgan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands with an overhand left.
Horrible takedown by Anderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Morgan which made him look bad.
Morgan moves in looking to clinch but Anderson pushes him off.
Morgan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Anderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Anderson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Anderson counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Anderson misses with a takedown
and Morgan counters with a three punch combo that has Anderson backing up. Anderson nods at Morgan to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Morgan dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Anderson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morgan circles away.
Justin Morgan is winning the standup battle so far.
Morgan closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Anderson's guard.
Morgan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Anderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morgan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Anderson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Morgan!
Anderson wants to control the pace but Morgan is squirming around nicely.
Morgan is trying to reverse the position but instead Anderson has taken his back - oops!
Anderson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is not going to allow Morgan to sit and survive in this position.
Morgan tries to escape but Anderson has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Anderson is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Anderson has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Morgan has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is in bad spot here.
Will Anderson go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Anderson throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Morgan is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Anderson gets his way!
Morgan is really stuck here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is working hard here to advance position.
Anderson is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Morgan has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Morgan is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Morgan is in bad spot here.
Anderson missing with strikes.
Morgan can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throwing wild punches that miss their target.
I really don't envy Morgan right now.
Morgan is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Morgan has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A lull in the action here.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Justin Morgan.
I think Morgan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 29:28
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Justin Morgan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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