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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Morgan (ranked 329 p4p, 595 weight class) and Michael Swango (ranked 47 p4p, 83 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Morgan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Battle Cry. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Morgan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Swango!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Swango.
Morgan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Swango is out of range.
Swango throws out a counter right but Morgan avoids it with no problem.
A jab from Swango misses.
As Swango backs away, Morgan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Swango takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Swango uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
Swango is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morgan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Swango.
Swango throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Morgan.
Swango ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Swango bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morgan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Swango counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Swango on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Michael Swango has been cut.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Despite the aggression on Swango's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Swango looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Swango slips under a jab from Morgan.
A countering left hand to the body from Swango misses.
Swango misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morgan.
Swango walks into a jab.
Swango chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morgan can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swango lands with a hook. Morgan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Swango cracks a nice hook into Morgan's ribs.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Swango counters with a slapping leg kick.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
and Swango counters with a stiff right hand.
Morgan misses the body punch
and Swango counters with a nice uppercut.
Morgan connects with a single shot there.
Morgan thows a leg kick but Swango checks it
and Swango counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Morgan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swango doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Morgan misses with a wild body shot.
Swango is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morgan with a body shot.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
and Swango counters with a nice body shot.
Swango lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Swango.
It looks like Arthur Morgan has been cut.
Swango lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Morgan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Swango counters with a stiff right hand.
Morgan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Swango takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Morgan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Swango counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Swango misses the target.
Swango on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morgan. Morgan obviously looking to wear him down.
Morgan throws the left hand but Swango avoids the punch easily.
Morgan looks to land a right hand but Swango moved out of range.
As Morgan backs off Swango throws a huge counter combo but Morgan manages to avoid it all.
A shot to the body from Morgan misses
and Swango counters with a nice body shot.
Morgan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Swango paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Swango unleashes a big counter combination but Morgan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Morgan throws a body punch but Swango moves out of range.
Swango misses with a straight right.
Morgan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Michael Swango will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Morgan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Morgan misses with a right hand
and Swango counters with a left and a right that stings Morgan.
Swango takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Swango stalks Morgan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Morgan's face. Morgan staggers backwards, shaken.
Swango has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swango manages to avoid it.
Despite the aggression on Swango's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Morgan might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Swango lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Morgan at a distance.
Swango throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morgan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Swango has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Morgan.
Swango throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swango throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morgan.
Swango scores with a jab to the head.
Nice defenses there by Swango.
Swango throws out a counter right but Morgan avoids it with no problem.
Swango walks forward, straight into a front kick from Morgan.
Swango takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Swango takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Swango ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morgan moves away.
Morgan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morgan misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan misses with an uppercut
and Swango counters with a nice leg kick.
Morgan throws a head kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Swango on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Swango throws a nice looking combination but Morgan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morgan avoids the body shot from Swango.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morgan scores with a leg kick.
Morgan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Swango fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morgan manages to avoid it.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
and Swango counters with a two punch combo.
Swango connects with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Swango momentarily.
Morgan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Michael Swango is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Swango misses with an uppercut
and Swango takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Swango misses the target.
Nice uppercut there from Morgan.
Morgan is looking to clinch but Swango is avoiding it.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Swango saw that one coming.
Morgan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morgan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morgan lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a body punch but Swango moves out of range.
Swango is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Morgan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Swango counter with a right hand.
Swango throws a body kick that misses
and Morgan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swango will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Michael Swango seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Swango moves out of range as Morgan strikes.
Swango's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Morgan misses the shot to the body.
Swango scoring well with a low kick there.
Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Swango is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Michael Swango will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Swango blocks a jab.
Swango swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morgan is looking to counter punch.
Morgan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Swango avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Swango loads up on a big right hand but Morgan slips the punch.
A little feinted left hand from Morgan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Swango moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Swango lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swango throws a low kick, looking for Morgan's leg but Morgan calmly moves out of range.
Morgan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Swango checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Morgan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Swango. Those never looked like landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Morgan misses the target.
Morgan cracks a nice hook into Swango's ribs.
Morgan slips a jab from Swango.
Swango throws a leg kick
and Swango takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Swango ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morgan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Swango manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Swango looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lands a nice looking body shot.
Swango throws a sloppy body shot
and Morgan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Swango's knee momentarily.
You can see that Swango has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Morgan fakes the leg kick and cracks Swango in the body.
Swango slips under a jab.
Morgan throws a right hand that misses
and Swango counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morgan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morgan looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Morgan thumps Swango with a low kick.
Swango throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swango tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morgan is able to avoid easily.
Swango lands a jab to Morgan's midsection.
Morgan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morgan throws a nice inside leg kick.
A low kick from Morgan misses
and Swango counters with a nice body shot.
Morgan with the inside leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Swango blocks the low kick.
Morgan avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swango checks a leg kick nicely.
Morgan throws out a powerful jab.
Swango throws a right hand that Morgan ducks under and follows up with a left that Morgan also avoids with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Swango. Morgan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Arthur Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swango throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morgan looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A telegraphed right hand from Swango misses the target.
Morgan throws a lazy right hand but Swango sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Swango tries to move into range but Morgan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Arthur Morgan did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Morgan throws the kick towards the body but Swango avoids it.
A slow jab from Morgan misses its intended target.
Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Swango is just out of range.
Swango dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morgan. That did some damage!
Morgan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Swango checks a leg kick.
Swango appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morgan tries to clinch but Swango moves away
and Swango counters with a stiff right hand.
Swango throws a lazy uppercut
and Morgan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Swango thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan connects with a jab.
Morgan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Swango.
Morgan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Swango counters with a right hand to the body.
Morgan sizes up Swango with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Morgan throws the left hand but Swango avoids the punch easily.
Morgan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Swango misses with a body shot
and Morgan counters with a nice leg kick.
Morgan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swango misses with a straight right.
Morgan lands a leg kick that knocks Swango off balance momentarily.
Swango thuds his right hand into Morgan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Morgan swings for the body but Swango moves out of range.
A nice side step and Swango releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Morgan throws a front kick that sends Swango stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swango uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
Morgan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That has opened up Michael Swango's cut even more.
Swango throws a one two combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swango checks a low kick from Morgan.
Morgan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morgan misses with a looping left.
Swango misses with a double jab.
Swango checks the leg kick.
Morgan swings for the body but Swango moves out of range.
Swango throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morgan counters with a nice body shot.
Swango walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Swango fails to land with a series of punches.
Morgan looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan swings widly with a right hand
enabling Swango to counter with a crisp jab.
Morgan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Swango counters with a nice leg kick.
Morgan missing with a left hand there. Swango was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morgan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Swangos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A telegraphed right hand from Swango misses the target.
Morgan throws a lazy uppercut
and Swango connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Morgan misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Arthur Morgan will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Jab, jab by Morgan - just one landing.
Swango cracks Morgan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Morgan looks for the body kick but Swango saw that one coming.
A nice side step and Swango releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Swango checks a leg kick nicely.
Morgan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Swango counters with a stiff right hand.
Morgan tries to bum rush Swango with a series of wild strikes but Swango uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Despite the aggression on Swango's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morgan walks into a left hand.
Morgan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Swango moves away from the strike by Morgan.
A little jabbing left from Swango on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morgan.
Swango missing with a left hand there. Morgan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Swango throws a lazy uppercut
and Morgan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Swango lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Swango will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Swango lands with a good body shot.
Some wild striking there from Swango.
Swango has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swango avoids the head kick by Morgan.
A nice side step and Swango releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Morgan sizes up Swango with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Swango connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morgan momentarily.
Morgan connects with a single shot there.
Swango throws a big shot that misses.
Morgan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morgan throws an off balance right hand
and Swango counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Swango shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morgan throws a push kick but Swango slaps the foot to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan throws a jab but it's blocked by Swango.
Morgan works the jab nicely.
Swango ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morgan avoids the body shot from Swango.
Swango checks a leg kick nicely.
Morgan misses with a right hand
and Swango cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morgan misses with a low kick.
Morgan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morgan misses the jab.
Morgan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Swango manages to avoid it.
Morgan looks to clinch
and Swango counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Swango tries a low kick but Morgan avoids it.
Morgan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Morgan thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Morgan backs off Swango throws a huge counter combo but Morgan manages to avoid it all.
Morgan lunges at Swango with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Swango's hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Morgan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morgan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 49:47
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 49:47
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Morgan!
Arthur Morgan retains his middleweight title!
A relieved looking Arthur Morgan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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