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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ceasar Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Kharitonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan comes to the cage accompanied by Fat Lip. Kharitonov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. BLUNT - Raggae All Day kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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145 lbs
21 - 19 - 1 |
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170 cm
43
142 lbs
34 - 20 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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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
21 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ceasar Morgan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Kharitonov!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kharitonov lands a jab.
Morgan shoots in but Kharitonov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kharitonov moves into the clinch.
Come on Kharitonov - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Morgan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kharitonov smiles and moves away.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown but Kharitonov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ceasar Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kharitonov, pushing him back against the cage.
Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Kharitonov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morgan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kharitonov, pushing him back against the cage.
Kharitonov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kharitonov gets underhooks to prevent Morgan's takedown attempt.
Still in the clinch, Kharitonov scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kharitonov.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kharitonov just leaning against Morgan, taking a breather.
Morgan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kharitonov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Morgan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kharitonov smiles and moves away.
Morgan moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Kharitonov.
Kharitonov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kharitonov has him pressed against the cage.
Kharitonov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Morgan has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Morgan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kharitonov pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Morgan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morgan letting Kharitonov take a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Kharitonov forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Kharitonov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kharitonov has him pressed against the cage.
Kharitonov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Kharitonov holds him up against the cage and eventually Morgan drops back down to his feet.
Morgan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morgan tries to break free but Kharitonov pushes him back against the cage.
Kharitonov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morgan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A shot in the inside from Kharitonov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kharitonov gets underhooks to prevent Morgan's takedown attempt.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morgan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kharitonov connects with a solid leg kick.
Kharitonov forces Morgan back against the cage and clinches.
Kharitonov lands a hook that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan tries to break free but Kharitonov pushes him back against the cage.
Morgan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kharitonov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morgan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kharitonov prevents it.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Kharitonov forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Morgan is looking to break free of the clinch but Kharitonov has double underhooks.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Kharitonov won't allow it.
Kharitonov prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kharitonov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kharitonov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morgan fails to pull guard.
Morgan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Morgan gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kharitonov tries to roll over but Morgan keeps him under control.
Morgan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kharitonov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morgan stalling away here and it's allowed Kharitonov to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Kharitonov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Kharitonov dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Morgan shoots in for a takedown but Kharitonov shows good takedown defense.
Ceasar Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan tries to clinch there but Kharitonov circles away.
Kharitonov misses with an uppercut. Morgan saw that one coming.
Morgan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kharitonov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kharitonov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Morgan clinches up against the cage.
Kharitonov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kharitonov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kharitonov prevents the takedown attempt.
Morgan is trying to pull guard but Kharitonov has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ceasar Morgan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kharitonov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kharitonov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan is trying to force a seperation but Kharitonov has the dominant position.
Kharitonov lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Kharitonov.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kharitonov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kharitonov holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Kharitonov holds him up against the cage and eventually Morgan drops back down to his feet.
Morgan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kharitonov after a bit of a struggle.
Morgan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kharitonov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Morgan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kharitonov has Morgan pressed against the cage.
Kharitonov pushes Morgan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan tries to pull guard but Kharitonov won't allow it.
Morgan is trying to drag Kharitonov to the mat but Kharitonov just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kharitonov lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Kharitonov on the inside.
Kharitonov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kharitonov pushes Morgan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kharitonov lands a left hand.
Morgan is rocked!
Kharitonov pushes Morgan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Morgan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morgan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morgan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kharitonov lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kharitonov slowing the pace effectively.
Kharitonov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morgan tries to break the clinch but Kharitonov is controlling the position.
Kharitonov lands a left hand.
A short left from Kharitonov.
Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kharitonov has him pressed against the cage.
Morgan is trying to break free.
Morgan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kharitonov creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Morgan's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Morgan drops to his knees and Kharitonov pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Kharitonov!
A very excited looking Vladimir Kharitonov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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