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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jubei Akechi (ranked 701 p4p, 762 weight class) and Frank Morrison (ranked 112 p4p, 120 weight class). Morrison is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme. 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, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jubei Akechi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Bruno Lombardi and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akechi slips under a jab from Morrison.
Morrison takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Akechi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Akechi bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Morrison stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Akechi connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Morrison some visible discomfort.
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Akechi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Morrison keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Akechi is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Akechi trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison is pulling down on Akechi's head to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Akechi is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Akechi is fighting to break Morrison's control of his arms but Morrison is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Morrison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Akechi.
Akechi being controlled here momentarily.
Akechi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morrison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Akechi preventing the sweep.
Akechi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morrison is adopting a defensive guard.
Akechi cracks Morrison with a solid left hand.
We've been hearing that Akechi has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Akechi won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Akechi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Akechi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Akechi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Akechi scoring with some ground and pound.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Akechi is one step ahead there.
Akechi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akechi being controlled here momentarily.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison has his hands on Akechi's head, controlling the position.
Akechi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Akechi landing with the ground and pound.
Morrison is pulling down on Akechi's head. It's preventing any offense from Akechi, at least for the moment.
Akechi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morrison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Akechi throws a big elbow that misses.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Akechi postures up in Morrison's guard and throws a big left but Morrison blocks it.
Morrison is trying to keep Akechi in close.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Akechi is fighting to break Morrison's control of his arms but Morrison is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Akechi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morrison 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.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Akechi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morrison under the eye.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Akechi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Akechi stuffs the takedown attempt from Morrison. Morrison gets slowly back to his feet.
Akechi half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jubei Akechi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Morrison looks to land a left hand but Akechi moved out of range nicely.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Akechi manages to avoid it.
Akechi closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Akechi has control of the leg.
Akechi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morrison can do to turn this around?
Morrison is controlling Akechi's trapped leg to prevent Akechi from advancing to side control.
Akechi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Morrison controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison is not content to let Akechi control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Akechi lands strikes from half guard.
Morrison keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Akechi is thwarting Morrison's attempts to control the position.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Akechi is controlling well.
Akechi wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Akechi has control of the leg.
Akechi working the head and body with strikes.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Akechi is controlling well.
Akechi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Akechi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Akechi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Akechi 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.
Morrison trying to control from the bottom.
Akechi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jubei Akechi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Akechi postures up.
Akechi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Akechi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Akechi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Akechi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morrison is doing well to control the position and prevent Akechi from advancing to side control.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Akechi with the ground and pound but Morrison uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Akechi from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Akechi from controlling successfully.
Morrison 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.
Akechi lands a couple of digs.
Morrison is pulling down on Akechi's head to control his posture.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Akechi controlling him for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Akechi manages to get himself to full guard.
Akechi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jubei Akechi dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Akechi thuds a left hand into Morrison's body.
Akechi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Akechi misses with a body shot.
Akechi throws a looping overhand right but Morrison ducks down to avoid it.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Akechi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Akechi avoids the body shot from Morrison.
Morrison takes the fight into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Akechi.
Morrison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Akechi's elbow.
Akechi prevents a body shot from Morrison.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Akechi has him pressed against the cage.
Akechi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Akechi is pressed up against the cage. Morrison has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Akechi down to the mat. Akechi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice sprawl there from Morrison as Akechi shoots in.
Akechi misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison gets caught flat footed, as Akechi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Morrison 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.
Akechi trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison looking to control.
Morrison has Akechi pulled in close to control his posture.
Akechi trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Akechi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Akechi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Akechi appears to be looking for a big counter.
Akechi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Morrison sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Akechi throws a one two combo.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Akechi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Akechi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Akechi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Akechi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morrison's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Morrison duly obliges.
Akechi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Akechi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akechi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morrison looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morrison on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Akechi has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jubei Akechi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrison works Akechi's body with a nice hook.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Akechi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Frank Morrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Akechi throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Morrison misses.
Akechi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Akechi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Akechi.
Akechi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab from Morrison misses.
Jubei Akechi is winning the standup battle so far.
Akechi cracks Morrison with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akechi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morrison counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jubei Akechi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morrison looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Akechi regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Morrison.
Akechi lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Akechi tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Morrison pulls Akechi in close to prevent any damage.
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
Akechi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jubei Akechi.
Well Akechi 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jubei Akechi!
Jubei Akechi retains his welterweight title!
Jubei Akechi really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Fist MMA Gear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
In defeat, Frank Morrison stepped up to the mic, saying 'This is no place for cowards'.
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