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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Krisstiyan Radev (ranked 4954 p4p, 4502 weight class) and Philip Morris (ranked 557 p4p, 415 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Krisstiyan Radev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Philip Morris!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Radev misses with a hook. Morris ducked under it nicely.
Morris is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Radev misses with an uppercut.
Radev gets caught napping as Morris dives in and scores a takedown. Radev manages to retain guard.
Radev kicks Morris off and gets to his feet.
Morris shoots for a takedown but Radev saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Radev misses with a body shot.
Radev lands a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morris takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Radev throws a hook to the side of Morris's head but Morris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice cross by Radev.
Morris will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Radev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morris takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Radev throws a series of punches but Morris avoids them all with ease.
Radev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morris manages to avoid it.
Morris is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Radev looks to throw the jab but Morris is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris dives in for a single leg takedown but Radev sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Krisstiyan Radev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Philip Morris.
Radev takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Radev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morris manages to avoid it.
Morris misses with a takedown attempt - Radev sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Krisstiyan Radev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Radev cracks Morris with a good jab.
Radev just misses with a punch to the body.
Morris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Radev fails to land with a series of punches.
Morris shoots in looking for a takedown but Radev manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Morris's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
It looked like Radev was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Morris.
Radev looks to score with a jab to the body but Morris is just out of range.
Radev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morris.
Radev slaps away a takedown attempt from Morris, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Radev is fending him off so far but Morris persists. Nope, Radev circles away and we're back to standing.
Morris is trying hard to land a takedown here. Radev sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Morris looks winded!
Morris avoids the body shot from Radev.
Radev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Radev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Radev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morris fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Radev changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Radev is looking to wear down Morris with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Radev looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Radev throws a combination. Morris tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Morris is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Radev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morris manages to avoid it.
Radev cracks a nice hook into Morris's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Radev scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Radev throws a series of punches but Morris avoids them all with ease.
Donk. Radev catches Morris right on the button with a cross.
Radev throws a lazy uppercut
and Morris counters with a left and a right that stings Radev.
Radev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morris avoids the body shot from Radev.
Radev throws a big shot that misses.
Radev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morris clinches with his opponent.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Morris unloads a knee to the mid-section. Radev lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morris will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Radev up against the cage.
Morris struggles to land a body shot inside as Radev controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radev tries to break the clinch but Morris is controlling the position.
Morris gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Radev manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Radev steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Morris. That one must have hurt.
Morris instigates a clinch.
Morris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Radev.
Morris shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Radev manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Krisstiyan Radev dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A combination from Radev does no damage.
Radev throws a body punch but Morris moves out of range.
Radev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morris manages to avoid it.
Radev misses with a body punch
and Morris counters with a two punch combo.
Morris avoids the body shot from Radev.
Morris is looking for the big counter here.
Morris tries to score a power double leg takedown but Radev sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Morris somewhat.
Morris shoots in for a takedown but Radev shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Danga de danga de dang - Radev scores with a four punch combination!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radev throws a big shot that misses.
Radev avoids the head kick by Morris.
Radev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morris can do to turn this around?
Morris tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Radev swivels and escapes.
Krisstiyan Radev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Philip Morris.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Radev, as that shot connected.
Morris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morris is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Radev ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A combination from Radev does no damage.
Radev lands a body shot.
Morris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Krisstiyan Radev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Radev keeps the fight on the outside.
Radev throws a right and a left that Morris avoids nicely.
Radev misses with a series of wild punches.
Radev looks to land a combination. Morris sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Morris tries to clinch up.
Radev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morris.
A lazy left from Radev finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morris stands and throws Radev's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Radev prevents Morris from moving into mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Radev struggling a bit here.
Radev knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morris on the ground.
Morris tries to score with some ground and pound. Radev controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
You can see the frustration on Radev's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Morris is trying to ground and pound but Radev uses the momentary lack of control by Morris to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Radev to stand up.
Radev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morris.
Radev throws a looping overhand right but Morris ducks down to avoid it.
Morris looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Radev is fending him off so far but Morris persists. Nope, Radev circles away and we're back to standing.
Radev is looking for a counter combo.
Radev scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Morris fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A punch lands to the side of Morris 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Radev swings for the body but Morris moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Radev both land. Nice combination.
Radev dips to his left and cracks Morris with an uppercut!
Morris fails to land the takedown.
Radev cracks a nice hook into Morris's ribs.
Morris looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Radev is fending him off so far but Morris persists. Nope, Radev circles away and we're back to standing.
Morris shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Radev defends it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Radev paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Krisstiyan Radev dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Nice takedown defense from Radev. No joy for Morris on that attempt.
A jab lands there for Radev.
Radev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morris.
Radev is looking to counter the offense by Morris and move into the clinch.
Radev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morris manages to avoid it.
Morris ducks under a wild hook from Radev.
Morris was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Morris fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Radev misses with a body shot.
Radev throws a series of strikes that have Morris backpedaling.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Radev lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Radev misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris misses with a takedown attempt - Radev sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Krisstiyan Radev has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Philip Morris.
Morris takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Radev misses with a straight left.
Morris dives in for a single leg takedown but Radev sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Radev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Radev throws out the jab.
Morris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Radev cracks Morris with a good jab.
Radev throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morris stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Krisstiyan Radev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morris misses with a head kick.
Radev fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morris looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Radev jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Radev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Radev.
Radev throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morris.
Morris with the counter takedown but Radev avoids it easily.
Morris throws a series of punches but Radev avoids them all with ease.
Morris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab lands there for Radev.
Radev scores with a body shot.
Morris shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Radev pinned against the cage. Radev gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Radev cracks Morris with a good jab.
Radev lunges at Morris with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Morris's hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris wants to clinch.
A combination from Radev does no damage.
Radev throws a series of strikes that have Morris backpedaling.
Morris tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Radev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morris thinking.
Morris wants to clinch.
Radev seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morris lands a head kick. Radev smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Morris fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radev punishes Morris's body with a nice straight punch.
Morris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morris looks for a takedown but Radev sprawls well.
Morris swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morris shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Radev sprawls well. Radev wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morris gets slowly back to his feet.
Morris has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Morris gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Radev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Philip Morris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krisstiyan Radev is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Radev.
And that's the end of the fight!
Krisstiyan Radev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Radev, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight for Krisstiyan Radev!
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight for Krisstiyan Radev!
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight for Krisstiyan Radev!
Krisstiyan Radev wins by unanimous decision!
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