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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javon Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is T.I. Every Chance I Get. Scott Morgan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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187 cm
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200 lbs
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188 cm
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Javon Anderson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Morgan! The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Morgan throws out a leg kick but Anderson moves out of range and Morgan only half commits. Anderson checks a leg kick nicely. Anderson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morgan.
Morgan throws a head kick but Anderson moves out of range.
Morgan throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Morgan takes a swing at Anderson's ribcage but misses. Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Scott Morgan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Anderson stalks Morgan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Morgan's face. Morgan staggers backwards, shaken. Anderson dips to his left and cracks Morgan with an uppercut! Morgan looks gassed! Morgan stuffs the takedown attempt from Anderson. Anderson gets slowly back to his feet. Anderson blocks the body kick.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Anderson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Anderson trying to control but Morgan is having none of it. Anderson content just to control the position here. Morgan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anderson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round. Anderson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Morgan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Anderson punishing his opponent with strikes. Anderson stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet. Anderson closes the distance and clinches. Morgan misses with a body punch.
Anderson keeps control of Morgan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Anderson lands with a left to the head. Anderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Morgan gets caught flat footed, as Anderson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Morgan scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Anderson scores a takedown into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Anderson controlling from mount. Anderson working for a submission but Morgan is keeping him at bay. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Morgan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Anderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Morgan is looking to get to half guard. Anderson lands a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Anderson stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing. Anderson shoots in and bounces Morgan off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Anderson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Morgan, up you get! Anderson takes the fight into the clinch. Morgan looking to stall.
Anderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Morgan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Morgan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Anderson rushes Morgan and presses him up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Anderson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Anderson works a leg free and moves into half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Anderson working the head and body with strikes. Morgan is trying to control but can't.
Morgan is looking to improve his position.
Anderson is looking to advance position but Morgan won't allow it. Morgan gets back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Morgan 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. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Javon Anderson dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Anderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Morgan circles away.
Anderson looks to land a combination but Morgan avoids it well. Morgan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Morgan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Anderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Morgan. Anderson throws a sloppy head kick and Morgan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Morgan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morgan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Anderson shoots in but Morgan avoids the takedown attempt easily. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Morgan looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range. Morgan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Anderson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily. Anderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Javon Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him. Anderson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Morgan scores with a spinning back kick! Morgan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Anderson takes a step back to recover. Morgan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Anderson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Anderson. Morgan is trying to break free. Anderson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Morgan is trying to keep an underhook but Anderson manages to get the takedown into half guard. Morgan is trying to stand back up but Anderson is controlling him
Morgan tries to get to full guard but Anderson has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Anderson blocks the strikes from Morgan.
Anderson wants to free his trapped foot but Morgan is holding on for dear life with his legs. Anderson not doing much here.
Morgan trying to hold on to Anderson's head to control him but Anderson postures up.
Morgan tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Anderson has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Anderson get's back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Morgan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morgan as he avoids it easily. Morgan misses the shot to the body. Anderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Morgan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Anderson counters with a shoot takedown. Morgan fights it but they end up in guard. Anderson wants to control from the top but Morgan keeps moving. Anderson gets to his feet - Morgan follows without any prompting. Morgan misses with a kick to the body and Anderson counters with a good low kick that Morgan was not able to check. A nice inside leg kick there by Morgan. That's going to slow Anderson down. Javon Anderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Morgan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morgan misses with a hook to the body
and Anderson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Morgan manages to break the clinch.
Morgan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anderson's sensitive parts. Morgan misses with a kick to the body and Anderson counters with a single leg into guard. Morgan didn't expect that. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Morgan wants to sweep here but Anderson controlling him for the moment. Anderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Anderson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morgan's guard. Javon Anderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Anderson works his way into side control. Morgan tries to improve position but can't. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Javon Anderson dominated that second round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Morgan throws a lazy body kick and Anderson counters with a nice double leg into guard. Anderson passes into half guard. Anderson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Morgan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Anderson trying to control but Morgan is having none of it. Anderson looking to secure an arm triangle but Morgan defends it well. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Anderson with good strikes from the mount here!
That's one minute gone in the round. Morgan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Anderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morgan is looking to escape. Anderson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Morgan can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Anderson trying to control but Morgan is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Morgan tries to get back to half guard but can't. Anderson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Morgan?
Anderson tries to control but Morgan wriggling away. Anderson punishing his opponent with strikes. Anderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morgan is looking to escape. Anderson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Morgan tries to reverse the position but Anderson maintains control. Anderson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Morgan manages to avoid the submission attempt. Anderson wants to control but Morgan is keeping him busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Anderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Morgan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Morgan with a body punch. A glancing blow. Scott Morgan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. A low kick from Morgan misses and Anderson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Morgan's guard. Anderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morgan can do to turn this around? Anderson gets to his feet - Morgan follows without any prompting. Anderson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Morgan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Morgan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Morgan clinches but Anderson breaks the clinch and Anderson counters into the clinch. Nicely done. A short right from Anderson. Morgan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Anderson has him pressed against the cage. Morgan is trying to break the clinch but Anderson has him pressed against the cage. Anderson can't get the takedown.
Javon Anderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Javon Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him. Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Anderson keeps him there for the moment. Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Anderson keeps him there for the moment. Morgan tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight! Javon Anderson showed his dominance in that final round. Well Anderson 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27 Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27 Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javon Anderson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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