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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Iko Morrowind (ranked 1998 p4p, 189 weight class) and Dolores Doremus (ranked 2373 p4p, 218 weight class). Morrowind comes to the cage accompanied by The Foggy Dew. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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14 - 7 - 0 |
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14 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Iko Morrowind!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dolores Doremus!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrowind closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Doremus tries for a takedown but Morrowind sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morrowind swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Doremus tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrowind swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morrowind misses with a double jab
and Doremus counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Doremus.
Morrowind uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Doremus shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrowind has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Doremus is on him like a limpet, forcing Morrowind back against the cage.
Doremus is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Doremus jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Morrowind walks away with a smile on his face. Doremus gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Iko Morrowind has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dolores Doremus.
Doremus shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morrowind appears to be looking for a big counter.
Doremus takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Doremus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morrowind.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrowind darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A big right from Morrowind misses.
A big left from Morrowind misses.
Morrowind seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Doremus tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morrowind sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Doremus somewhat.
Morrowind scores with a decent looking hook.
Doremus gets a double leg takedown into Morrowind's guard.
Doremus prevents Morrowind from getting back to his feet.
Doremus throwing strikes from guard but Morrowind blocks nicely.
Doremus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doremus cracks Morrowind with a solid left hand.
Doremus working some strikes from top position.
Doremus content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Doremus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Doremus is looking to work some ground and pound but Morrowind has wrist control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrowind trying to keep a closed guard but Doremus is proving a slippery customer.
Morrowind can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Doremus controls the pace.
Doremus throws an elbow that misses. Morrowind uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Doremus's guard. Nice move by Morrowind!
Doremus keeping moving, preventing Morrowind from controlling successfully.
Doremus has his foot on Morrowind's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrowind works his way back into a safe position though.
Morrowind wants to control from the top but Doremus keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doremus working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrowind doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morrowind manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Doremus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morrowind trying to control but Doremus is working from the bottom.
Doremus looking for a guillotine here but Morrowind defends easily.
Doremus has his foot on Morrowind's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrowind works his way back into a safe position though.
Morrowind stopping the sweep attempt from Doremus.
Doremus looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morrowind slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Morrowind tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Morrowind has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Morrowind tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Doremus is trying to get back to half guard.
Doremus manages to get back to half guard.
Doremus looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Morrowind seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Doremus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrowind looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iko Morrowind dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Doremus with a poor takedown
and Morrowind counters with a two punch combo.
Doremus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morrowind's waist but Morrowind gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Doremus off to one side.
Doremus gets a double leg takedown into Morrowind's guard.
Morrowind wants to stand up but Doremus is controlling him.
Morrowind will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Doremus is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Doremus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morrowind works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Doremus advances to half guard.
Morrowind is trying to stand back up but Doremus is controlling him
Ground and pound from Doremus.
Doremus is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Doremus trying to pass the guard but Morrowind defending well.
Morrowind wants to get back to his feet.
Morrowind tries to get to full guard but Doremus has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doremus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Doremus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morrowind wants to get back to his feet.
Doremus drops an elbow to the side of Morrowind's head.
Doremus drops an elbow to the side of Morrowind's head.
Morrowind actively working from the bottom here.
Doremus throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Morrowind to regain full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Doremus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morrowind wants to get back to his feet but Doremus is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Doremus scoring with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind has momentary wrist control but Doremus slips an elbow through the middle.
Morrowind avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morrowind really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Doremus throwing strikes but missing.
Doremus distracts Morrowind with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Doremus lands a couple of elbows.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Doremus working his ground and pound in the gym.
Doremus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morrowind works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Doremus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Doremus landing with the ground and pound.
Doremus throwing strikes but missing.
Doremus postures up and lands a big shot to Morrowind's brow.
Doremus postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrowind wants to stand up but Doremus is controlling him.
Doremus looking to sit in guard and control but Morrowind gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Doremus throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morrowind trying to control the position from guard on top but Doremus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doremus lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Doremus is looking to work some ground and pound but Morrowind has wrist control.
Doremus with a nice head shot there.
Morrowind can't keep his opponent in guard - Doremus advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morrowind is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doremus is pressing down on Morrowind's thigh, looking to free his foot. Morrowind is holding on for now.
Doremus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Doremus thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Doremus looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Doremus is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Doremus 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.
Doremus frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Doremus with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Doremus lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Doremus cracks Morrowind with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Morrowind is rocked!
Doremus prevents Morrowind from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dolores Doremus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Morrowind's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
A combination from Morrowind does no damage.
Morrowind looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Doremus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morrowind's waist but Morrowind gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Doremus off to one side.
Doremus shoots for a takedown but Morrowind saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morrowind!
Doremus changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morrowind tries to avoid it but Doremus manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morrowind to the ground. Morrowind escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morrowind throws a big counter combination but Doremus scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Iko Morrowind has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dolores Doremus.
Doremus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Morrowind will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doremus takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Doremus wants to clinch
and Morrowind counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrowind misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrowind. Doremus does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left and a right from Morrowind both land. Nice combination.
Iko Morrowind is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck for Doremus with that takedown attempt.
Doremus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Doremus slips a jab and a cross from Morrowind.
Morrowind stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Morrowind wants it to stay on the feet.
Doremus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Morrowind stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morrowind throws an overhand right that lands on Doremus's shoulder, as Doremus tries to avoid the shot.
Doremus drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Morrowind defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doremus shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Doremus showed some decent athleticism there.
Doremus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doremus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Doremus looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Morrowind wants to get back to his feet.
Doremus throwing shots but Morrowind is blocking nicely.
Doremus is stalling here. Morrowind is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Doremus seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Morrowind has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Doremus sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Doremus looking for submissions off his back.
Doremus is looking for a sweep. Morrowind is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doremus is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrowind pulls his head out easily.
Morrowind wants to take a breather but Doremus is having none of it.
Doremus is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrowind pulls his head out easily.
Morrowind moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Doremus.
Morrowind wants to control but Doremus is keeping him busy.
Doremus tries to bench press Morrowind off him but Morrowind keeps the position.
Morrowind is trying to get an arm triangle but Doremus is defending well.
Doremus is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doremus keeps trying to improve his position.
Morrowind in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Morrowind is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Doremus knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Doremus tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morrowind decides to stand back up.
Morrowind circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Iko Morrowind showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Morrowind 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iko Morrowind!
A very excited looking Iko Morrowind 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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