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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Artyom Morozov (ranked 6138 p4p, 5666 weight class) and Corey Willis (ranked 620 p4p, 589 weight class). Artyom Morozov had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artyom Morozov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Corey Willis!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis misses with the combination.
Willis blocks the body kick.
Morozov moves out of range of the body kick from Willis.
Willis shoots in looking for a takedown but Morozov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Willis's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Willis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Willis misses with a series of wild punches.
Willis is looking to slow Morozov down with leg kicks.
Willis throws a combination. Morozov tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Good leg kick by Morozov.
Willis lands with a straight right. Morozov didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willis tries to keep at a distance but Morozov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morozov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Willis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozov throws a right and a left that Willis avoids nicely.
Morozov clinches up with Willis and pushes him back against the cage.
Morozov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morozov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Willis is defending well for now.
Morozov lands with a right to the head.
Morozov breaks from the clinch.
Morozov bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Willis gets a clinch.
Willis is trying to break the clinch but Morozov is controlling him.
Willis can't break the clinch.
Morozov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Willis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morozov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morozov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Morozov avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis swings for the body but Morozov moves out of range.
Morozov changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Morozov tries to clinch there but Willis circles away.
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!
Morozov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morozov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Morozov on the inside.
Morozov content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Morozov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Willis displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A punch combination from Willis misses.
It appears Morozov was looking to counter with a kick there.
Willis looks winded!
Morozov takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Morozov gets a clinch.
Morozov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morozov scores a nice knee to the body.
Morozov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Morozov lands an elbow inside that Willis shrugs off.
Morozov misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morozov slowing the pace effectively.
A hook to the body from Morozov.
Morozov leaning his opponent against the cage.
Morozov lands with a right to the head.
Morozov breaks from the clinch.
Morozov wants to clinch up but Willis keeps it at a distance.
Morozov closes the distance and clinches.
Morozov stalling in the clinch.
Morozov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Morozov.
Morozov misses with a body punch.
Morozov throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morozov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morozov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Willis's efforts to push away.
Morozov keeps control of Willis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Willis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morozov slowing the pace effectively.
Morozov lands a nice knee to the body.
Willis tries to throw a body punch but Morozov avoids it by throwing Willis back against the cage.
Willis breaks from the clinch.
Morozov has closed the distance and engaged Willis in a clinch.
Willis is trying to break free.
Morozov tries to work over Willis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morozov displaying some good clinch control by pressing Willis up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Willis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Artyom Morozov dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Morozov moves in looking to clinch but Willis pushes him off.
Morozov wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morozov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morozov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Willis looks to land a combination but Morozov avoids it well.
Morozov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morozov misses with a kick to the body.
Willis is looking for the big counter here.
We've been told by Morozov's head coaches at Battle Science that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sloppy strikes from Willis. Those never looked like landing.
Morozov is looking for a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Morozov checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Willis dives in and grabs Morozov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Morozov pushes down on Willis's head and hops out.
A jab from Willis misses.
Morozov avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morozov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morozov.
No joy there for Willis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Willis is breathing heavily.
Morozov tries to close the distance and clinch but Willis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Willis lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Willis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by Morozov.
Morozov half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Morozov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morozov tries to clinch there but Willis circles away.
Morozov slips a jab and a cross from Willis.
Willis misses with a wild body shot.
Morozov seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Willis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morozov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Willis tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Willis fails to land with a series of punches.
Morozov feinted with a counter takedown.
Morozov tries to clinch up.
Morozov moves into range and clinches up with Willis.
Morozov has Willis pushed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morozov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morozov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Artyom Morozov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short body shot lands from Morozov as the two fighters clinch.
Morozov breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Willis throws a right hand that misses
and Morozov counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A nice combination there by Morozov.
Morozov darts in and clinches Willis up against the cage.
Morozov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morozov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morozov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Artyom Morozov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Willis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Morozov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willis. That did some damage!
Artyom Morozov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morozov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morozov scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Willis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morozov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Willis backwards.
Morozov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morozov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Willis can do to turn this around?
Morozov lands with a kick to the ribs.
Morozov is looking to clinch but Willis is avoiding it.
Morozov is looking to clinch.
Morozov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Willis unleashes a big counter combination but Morozov bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Morozov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morozov misses with a head kick.
Willis gets tackled into the cage by Morozov. Morozov maintains the clinch.
Willis is trying to break the clinch but Morozov has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Morozov.
Morozov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Willis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morozov connects with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morozov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morozov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Morozov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morozov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Willis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Willis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Willis throws a series of punches but Morozov moves out of range.
Morozov feinted with a counter takedown.
Morozov forces Willis back against the cage and clinches.
A short right from Morozov.
Willis misses with a punch to the body.
Willis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morozov is looking to clinch.
Morozov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Willis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morozov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Artyom Morozov dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Morozov has managed to clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Morozov.
Morozov breaks from the clinch.
Morozov doesn't manage to clinch there - Willis circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Willis.
Willis misses with a two punch combination.
As Willis looks to move away, Morozov throws a big counter combo but Willis just gets out of the way.
Morozov moves in looking to clinch but Willis pushes him off.
Morozov darts in and clinches Willis up against the cage.
Morozov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Willis's defenses.
It looks like Corey Willis has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Willis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morozov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morozov tries to clinch but Willis moves out of range.
Willis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Morozov moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morozov looking to throw knees to the head but Willis is blocking nicely.
Morozov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Willis's elbow.
Willis tries to break free but Morozov pushes him back against the cage.
Morozov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Willis tries to break free but Morozov pushes him back against the cage.
Morozov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Willis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morozov connects with a high kick.
Willis throws a series of punches but Morozov avoids them all with ease.
Willis throws a series of strikes that have Morozov backpedaling.
Morozov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Willis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morozov tries to clinch but Willis is having none of it.
Willis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morozov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morozov moves into the clinch.
Morozov prevents Willis from breaking the clinch.
Morozov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Willis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morozov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A bit of stalling here from Morozov.
Willis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Willis tries to stall but Morozov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morozov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crunch! Morozov slams his shin into Willis's torso.
Morozov throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Willis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Morozov counters with a series of strikes. Willis will be more careful next time no doubt.
Artyom Morozov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Corey Willis.
Morozov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morozov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Morozov lands an elbow inside.
Willis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morozov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morozov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Willis backwards.
Morozov tries to work over Willis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Morozov breaks from the clinch.
Morozov tries a head kick but it misses.
Morozov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Willis.
Willis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morozov tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morozov lands with a shot to the body.
Morozov instigates a clinch.
Morozov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Willis's elbow.
Corey Willis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morozov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Willis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morozov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Willis.
Willis shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morozov defends it nicely.
Artyom Morozov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Willis moves forwards but Morozov connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Artyom Morozov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morozov, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Artyom Morozov!
Artyom Morozov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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