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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lashley's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ya Boy feat. Lil Wayne- Rain Man. Morgan has chosen Seether - Broken as his entrance music. Morgan has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Ryan Lashley is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Lashley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shaun Morgan!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lashley jabs Morgan right on the nose. Morgan blinks but takes it well.
It looks like Shaun Morgan has been cut.
Lashley pushes Morgan up against the cage in a clinch.
Morgan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Morgan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lashley tries to score a body lock takedown but Morgan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lashley letting Morgan take a breather here.
Lashley managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Morgan stops a takedown attempt from Lashley.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lashley tries to clinch but Morgan is having none of it.
Lashley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lashley wants to clinch up but Morgan keeps it at a distance.
Lashley shoots in for a takedown but Morgan shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Lashley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws an overhand right that lands on Lashley's shoulder, as Lashley tries to avoid the shot.
Morgan wants to clinch
and Lashley counters with a shoot takedown. Morgan fights it but they end up in guard.
Lashley advances to half guard.
Lashley is looking to take a break and control but Morgan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lashley is just content to waste time from the top position. Morgan takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan keeping full guard, as Lashley tries to pass.
Lashley forces his way into half guard.
Lashley passes into side control, despite Morgan's attempt to control the position.
Morgan manages to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lashley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morgan defending well though.
Lashley passes to full mount!
Morgan looks gassed!
Lashley thowing shots but they're missing.
Lashley takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four 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.
Lashley connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lashley with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Morgan wants to control but Lashley is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Lashley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shaun Morgan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Morgan darts in trying to clinch
and Lashley counters with a head kick. That will keep Morgan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Lashley shoots for a double leg takedown but Morgan sprawls well. He's pushed Lashley's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Morgan drives through and clinches with Lashley against the cage.
Lashley tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morgan smiles and moves away.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Lashley here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Lashley shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Lashley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lashley keeps the fight on the outside.
Lashley scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan tries to clinch up but Lashley circles away and keeps his distance.
Lashley shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lashley wants to stand and escape but instead Morgan has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Morgan trying to control the position from guard on top but Lashley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Morgan sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morgan tries to stand but Lashley is controlling from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lashley could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Lashley throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Morgan escapes and throws Lashley's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Morgan just content to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lashley is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morgan controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Lashley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morgan wants to clinch up but Lashley keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ryan Lashley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shaun Morgan's cut.
That's time! Lashley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Morgan stuffs the takedown attempt from Lashley. Lashley gets slowly back to his feet.
Lashley defending well as Morgan loads up on a big left hand.
Horrible takedown by Lashley or perhaps it was just good defense by Morgan which made him look bad.
Lashley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Lashley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Morgan.
Morgan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lashley letting Morgan take a breather here.
Morgan manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a straight left.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lashley fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morgan checks it well.
Lashley shoots in for a double leg but Morgan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ryan Lashley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch but Lashley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lashley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lashley closes the distance but Morgan moves to the side
and Morgan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lashley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lashley tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Morgan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lashley goes for a takedown in the clinch but Morgan prevents it.
Morgan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morgan leaning against his opponent.
Morgan breaks the clinch.
Lashley keeps the fight on the outside.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morgan tries to clinch but Lashley is having none of it.
Lashley tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to clinch but Lashley is having none of it.
Morgan is looking to clinch but Lashley is avoiding it.
Morgan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lashley tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Morgan counters by clinching up.
A short left from Morgan.
Morgan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lashley is keeping busy.
Lashley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morgan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lashley is trying to break free.
Lashley tries to pull guard but Morgan won't allow it.
Shaun Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morgan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lashley is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nice body punch from Lashley - that landed with a thud.
Lashley tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Morgan smiles and moves away.
Morgan has closed the distance and engaged Lashley in a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shaun Morgan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lashley 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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