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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Blake Barrett (ranked 975 p4p, 2641 weight class) and Tyler Morrison (ranked 57 p4p, 154 weight class). The key to victory for Blake Barrett has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Blake Barrett!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tyler Morrison!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick from Morrison, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morrison shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Barrett manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Barrett is controlling Morrison's posture.
Barrett on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Barrett tries to get out of the position.
Barrett wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Barrett is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrett is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison looking for submissions off his back.
Barrett stalling.
Morrison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Barrett is controlling well.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Barrett moves into full mount! Morrison won't be happy about that!
Morrison is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barrett looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrett has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Morrison looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Morrison tries to roll but Barrett sticks to his back.
Barrett has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Morrison's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Barrett dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Morrison misses with a hook
enabling Barrett to counter with a crisp jab.
Barrett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
Morrison throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Barrett was covering up waiting for the punch and Morrison finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Barrett looking for a sweep. Not yet Barrett, not yet.
Barrett is trying to control the position but Morrison postures up.
Blake Barrett overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barrett seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Barrett manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrett trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrett controls from within his opponent's guard.
Barrett wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.
Our spies down at at Armored Fitness & Sparring inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Barrett's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Barrett postures up.
Barrett stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Barrett stays in close to Morrison's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barrett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barrett doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrison circles away.
Morrison shoots in and drives through. Barrett sprawls well.
Barrett is looking to counter punch.
Morrison cracks Barrett with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Barrett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrison.
Morrison throws a head kick that Barrett semi-blocks.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Tyler Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barrett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A shot to the body from Morrison misses
and Barrett counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrett cracks Morrison with a good jab.
Morrison scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barrett in his tracks.
Morrison swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barrett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barrett swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Morrison throws a leg kick
and Barrett moves into the clinch.
Barrett throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morrison.
A head punch on the inside from Barrett fails to land.
Barrett blocks a body shot from Morrison.
Morrison misses with the head strike.
Morrison blocks an uppercut.
Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barrett.
Barrett throwing a counter right hand but Morrison manages to avoid it.
Barrett tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a double jab.
It looked like Barrett wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barrett was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barrett scores with a jab to the jaw.
Morrison tries to land a front kick but Barrett steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Barrett takes one on the button.
Barrett loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison misses with a hook
and Morrison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrison throws a jab when Barrett was well out of range.
Morrison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Barrett to score with a decent uppercut.
Barrett cracks Morrison with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Morrison connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barrett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Barrett wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
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 Blake Barrett will probably get the nod.
That's time! Barrett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Barrett scores with a jab.
Barrett walks into a jab.
Barrett tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morrison swings for the body but Barrett moves out of range.
Barrett is looking to counter the offense by Morrison and move into the clinch.
Morrison misses with a lunging right hand
and Barrett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morrison closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morrison takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morrison is rocked!
Barrett fakes the body blow, causing Morrison to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Morrison goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Blake Barrett!
Blake Barrett retains his bantamweight title!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Blake Barrett made sure he mentioned EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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