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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Floyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craven Morehead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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176 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Floyd !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Craven Morehead!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Chad Campbell and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Floyd .
Floyd lands with a cross.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Floyd is trying to push Morehead away but Morehead has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Floyd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morehead lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Floyd backwards.
Floyd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Floyd has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Game ($150) in the buildup to the fight.
Floyd scores with a body shot.
Floyd throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morehead replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Floyd blocks it well.
Floyd keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice defenses there by Morehead.
Morehead was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Floyd lands a slapping body shot.
Floyd throws out a powerful jab.
Morehead throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Floyd slips a straight right by Morehead.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Morehead.
Jose Floyd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morehead shoots in for a takedown but Floyd shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Morehead uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Floyd .
Morehead is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Floyd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morehead manages to avoid it.
Floyd stuffs the takedown.
Jose Floyd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Craven Morehead.
Floyd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morehead.
Morehead takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morehead looks to score with a jab to the body but Floyd is just out of range.
Morehead misses with a looping right.
Floyd throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morehead wants to slow Floyd down by chopping away at his legs.
Floyd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Floyd misses with the combination.
Morehead with the counter takedown but Floyd avoids it easily.
Morehead steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Floyd .
Morehead now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Floyd misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Floyd paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Morehead uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Floyd .
Floyd swinging wildly here.
A jab from Morehead misses.
Morehead darts in trying to clinch
enabling Floyd to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Floyd . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Floyd .
Floyd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morehead.
And Morehead tries to counter it with a takedown but Floyd pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Floyd throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Floyd feints a jab promting Morehead to slip. Floyd then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Morehead slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Floyd pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Morehead back to the cage. Floyd follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Morehead misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Morehead misses.
Floyd looks to score with a jab to the body but Morehead is just out of range.
Morehead forces Floyd back against the cage and clinches.
Morehead lands a nice uppercut.
Morehead avoiding damage.
Floyd is trying to break the clinch but Morehead is controlling him.
Floyd is trying to break the clinch but Morehead has him pressed against the cage.
Morehead misses with a punch on the inside.
Floyd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morehead misses with a few strikes there.
Nice body punch from Floyd .
Floyd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morehead.
Floyd throws a body punch but Morehead moves out of range.
Morehead throws a lazy right hand but Floyd sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morehead. Floyd does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jose Floyd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morehead throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Floyd 's waist but Floyd gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morehead off to one side.
Floyd catches Morehead with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Floyd misses the shot to the body.
Floyd misses the shot to the body.
Morehead swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Floyd wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Floyd ducks under a wild hook from Morehead.
Morehead slips a straight right by Floyd .
Morehead loads up on a big right hand but Floyd slips the punch.
Morehead lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Floyd backs up against the cage.
Morehead chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Floyd misses with a body shot.
Morehead is looking to clinch.
Floyd ducks under a wild hook from Morehead.
Floyd looks to score with a jab to the body but Morehead is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Floyd dominated that round.
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.
Morehead is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Morehead with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Floyd to score with a decent uppercut.
Floyd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Floyd scores with a hook to the body. Morehead takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morehead waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Floyd .
Floyd misses with a wild body shot.
Floyd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morehead moves away.
Floyd swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morehead counters with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morehead gets a clinch.
Morehead tries a body shot but Floyd blocks it.
Morehead tries for a takedown but Floyd manages to get underhooks.
Morehead misses with an elbow over the top.
Morehead misses with a short punch on the inside.
Floyd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd is trying to force a seperation but Morehead has the dominant position.
Morehead throws a head punch that misses.
Floyd tries to break the clinch but Morehead is controlling the position.
Morehead misses with a punch on the inside.
Morehead scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Morehead has a couple of punches blocked by Floyd .
Floyd tries to break free but Morehead pushes him back against the cage.
Morehead has a couple of punches blocked by Floyd .
Morehead taking a breather.
Morehead working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Morehead fails to land.
Floyd can't break the clinch.
We've been informed that Morehead has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Floyd looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Morehead fails to land.
Morehead swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morehead tries to land a knee to the head but Floyd blocks with his arms.
Morehead has Floyd pressed against the cage, preventing Floyd from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Morehead.
Floyd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morehead can do to turn this around?
Floyd is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morehead misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morehead lands a left hand that snaps the head of Floyd backwards.
Floyd is looking to break free of the clinch but Morehead has double underhooks.
Morehead misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Morehead on the inside.
Floyd wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morehead misses with the head strike.
Floyd is trying to force a seperation but Morehead has the dominant position.
Floyd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morehead tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Floyd wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morehead lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morehead has a couple of punches blocked by Floyd .
Floyd is trying to force a seperation but Morehead has the dominant position.
Morehead misses with the head strike.
Morehead fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morehead landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Floyd 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Morehead fails to land.
Morehead misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd is trying to push Morehead away but Morehead has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Morehead is trying to maintain a safe position but Floyd gets an underhook and turns Morehead into the cage.
Floyd blocking some punches.
Morehead keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Floyd 's efforts to push away.
Morehead swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Floyd wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morehead misses with a short punch on the inside.
Floyd wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Floyd working hard to break the clinch.
Floyd blocks a body shot from Morehead.
Morehead swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morehead tries a body shot but Floyd blocks it.
Floyd wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morehead tries to throw a body punch but Floyd avoids it by throwing Morehead back against the cage.
Morehead misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morehead throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Floyd blocks it with crossed arms.
Morehead stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Floyd tries to circle away but Morehead has him pinned against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morehead misses with a knee strike.
Morehead lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Floyd .
Morehead lands with a right to the head.
Floyd tries to circle away but Morehead has him pinned against the cage.
Morehead tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morehead throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morehead working aggressively here.
Morehead misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Floyd .
Stalling in the clinch from Morehead.
Floyd wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Floyd is trying to break the clinch but Morehead has him pressed against the cage.
Morehead prevents Floyd from breaking the clinch.
Morehead has a couple of punches blocked by Floyd .
Morehead throws a knee to the head but misses.
Floyd blocks an elbow strike.
Floyd wants to break free but Morehead has control.
Morehead swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craven Morehead showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Morehead looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Morehead throwing strikes from guard but Floyd blocks nicely.
Morehead trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morehead working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morehead throwing strikes but missing.
Morehead trying to control the position from guard on top but Floyd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morehead lands a couple of digs.
Morehead working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morehead cracks Floyd with a solid left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morehead is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morehead cracks Floyd with a solid left hand.
Morehead throws a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morehead scoring with some ground and pound.
Morehead in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Floyd working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morehead.
Floyd on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Floyd tries to get out of the position.
Morehead throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Morehead's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Floyd utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morehead is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morehead landing some decent shots from guard.
Morehead with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morehead throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morehead works over Floyd with some ground and pound from guard.
Morehead passes Floyd 's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morehead is trying to work for a kimura but Floyd is defending well.
Morehead is trying to control the action in half guard but Floyd is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Morehead.
Morehead slips a nice elbow through Floyd 's hands, connecting with Floyd 's forehead.
Morehead seems to be working for a kimura but Floyd defends the submission attempt.
Morehead working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd is not content to let Morehead control the position.
Morehead sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Floyd defending well though.
Floyd has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morehead is working away from the top position though.
Floyd blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morehead.
Morehead not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Floyd on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morehead working over Floyd with some ground and pound. Floyd looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Floyd might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Floyd is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morehead scores with a couple of nice shots.
Floyd knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morehead on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morehead lands strikes from half guard.
Morehead is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Floyd on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Morehead throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Morehead lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Morehead scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Floyd is rocked!
Morehead is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Oh Floyd is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morehead lands with a punch from half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Craven Morehead comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morehead 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craven Morehead!
An out of breath Craven Morehead thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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