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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Ray Morrison (ranked 20344 p4p, 5474 weight class) and Hans Peter Baxxter (ranked 676 p4p, 567 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Morrison might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Leave Me Alone. Baxxter has chosen Weekend, Scooter as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Hans Peter Baxxter enters the ring!
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182 cm 36 170 17 - 15 - 1 |
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180 cm 28 169 8 - 5 - 1 |
World class boxer Insanely flexible
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World class MT Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 17 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Morrison! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Hans Peter Baxxter! The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Baxxter. Baxxter on the wrong end of a nice jab. Morrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Baxxter staying out of range there. Morrison has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Baxxter misses with a looping right. Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Baxxter. Morrison's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baxxter under the eye. Morrison lands a head kick. Baxxter smiles back at him and beckons him forward. Baxxter has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Morrison throws a front kick that sends Baxxter stumbling back into the ropes. Baxxter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morrison manages to avoid it. Baxxter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Morrison is looking to counter punch. A jab lands there for Morrison. Baxxter swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Morrison tries to clinch there but Baxxter circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Baxxter misses the target. Morrison half committed to a counter leg kick. Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baxxter manages to avoid it. Morrison throws out a loose jab but Baxxter uses good head movement to avoid it. Ray Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Baxxter throws a head kick that misses. Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Baxxter. Baxxter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison. Baxxter is trying to counter with his kicks. Morrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baxxter. Morrison throws a looping overhand right but Baxxter ducks down to avoid it. Baxxter lands with a good body shot. Baxxter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Baxxter connects with an inside leg kick. Morrison clobbers Baxxter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Baxxter throws a wild body kick that Morrison sees coming a mile off. Morrison throws a head kick but Baxxter moves out of range.
Baxxter walks into a straight right hand from Morrison. Morrison tries to clinch up but Baxxter circles away and keeps his distance. Morrison connects with an inside leg kick. Baxxter slips a straight right by Morrison. Morrison lands with a hook. Baxxter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Morrison throws a head kick that Baxxter semi-blocks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Morrison throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Baxxter on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Baxxter. Baxxter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away. Baxxter loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch. It looked like Morrison wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Jab, jab by Morrison - just one landing. Morrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Baxxter throws out a counter right but Morrison avoids it with no problem. Morrison is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Baxxter throws a big shot that misses. Nice uppercut there from Baxxter. Baxxter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Baxxter staying out of range there. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Morrison, as that shot connected.
Good shot there by Morrison. Baxxter lands a nice hook to Morrison's body. Morrison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Baxxter thuds a left hand into Morrison's body. Morrison fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Baxxter checks it well. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Morrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Morrison is looking to counter punch. Baxxter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morrison's sensitive parts. Baxxter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baxxter misses with a wild body shot. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Morrison dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Morrison lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Baxxter throws a sloppy head kick and Morrison moves out of range easily. Morrison is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Nice defenses there by Baxxter. Nice uppercut lands for Baxxter. That snapped Morrison's head back.
Morrison moves into range and connects with a jab. Morrison avoids the head kick by Baxxter.
Baxxter blocks a head kick by Morrison.
Sloppy strikes from Baxxter. Those never looked like landing. Morrison throws a shot from downtown. Baxxter moves away and avoids it. Morrison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baxxter can do to turn this around? Baxxter works the jab nicely. Morrison throws a hook but Baxxter blocks it. Morrison throws a lazy right hand but Baxxter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Morrison throws a hook but Baxxter avoids it easily. Ray Morrison is winning the standup battle so far. 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! Morrison lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Morrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Baxxter sees it coming and avoids it easily. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Baxxter! But no joy. A punch combination from Morrison misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Baxxter throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Baxxter just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison throwing a counter right hand but Baxxter manages to avoid it. Morrison tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Baxxter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Morrison throws a hook but Baxxter avoids it easily. Morrison tests Baxxter's chin there with a solid looking shot. Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baxxter throws out the jab. Morrison misses with a leg kick. Morrison's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baxxter under the eye. Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baxxter.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Baxxter.
Baxxter missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing. Baxxter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Baxxter fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Baxxter lands a nice hook to Morrison's body. Morrison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baxxter swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Baxxter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This has been an exciting period of action! Morrison fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baxxter. Baxxter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baxxter throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily. Morrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. It looked like Morrison was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Baxxter misses with a looping left. Baxxter jabs at Morrison's body. Baxxter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Baxxter looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Baxxter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. A jab lands there for Morrison. Baxxter throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range. Morrison checks a leg kick. Morrison thuds a left hand into Baxxter's body. Baxxter misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Morrison moves into the clinch. A nice glancing elbow lands by Morrison. Morrison breaks from the clinch.
Baxxter blocks a jab. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Morrison dominated that second round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round! A telegraphed right hand from Morrison misses the target. Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baxxter with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Morrison to score with a decent uppercut. Morrison ducks right into an uppercut from Baxxter. Baxxter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Baxxter misses with a straight right. Baxxter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Baxxter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison. Baxxter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Morrison tries to land a leg kick but Baxxter saw it coming and moves away.
Baxxter slips a straight right by Morrison. Baxxter punishes Morrison's body with a nice straight punch. Morrison works Baxxter's body with a nice hook. Morrison pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. This has been an exciting period of action! An inside leg kick lands from Morrison. Morrison looks to land a left hand but Baxxter moved out of range nicely. Morrison moves out of range as Baxxter throws a body kick.
Baxxter misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round. Baxxter tries a head kick but it misses.
Morrison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baxxter's hands. Morrison with a nice cross. Morrison explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Baxxter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison. Morrison takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Baxxter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Baxxter. Baxxter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baxxter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morrison lands a glancing blow to the side of Baxxter's head. Baxxter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Morrison slips under a jab. Morrison throws out a loose jab but Baxxter uses good head movement to avoid it. Baxxter scores with a shot to the body.
A good leg kick by Morrison. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Baxxter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Morrison throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Morrison throws a right and a left that both miss. Morrison bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. A good leg kick by Baxxter. Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss! Baxxter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Morrison at a distance.
Morrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Baxxter! But no joy. Morrison swings widly with a right hand
and Baxxter counters with a nice low kick that buckles Morrison's knee momentarily. Baxxter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison. Hans Peter Baxxter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Baxxter attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Baxxter checks a low kick from Morrison. Baxxter steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Morrison. Morrison throws the left hand but Baxxter avoids the punch easily. Baxxter tries to land a front kick but Morrison steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. A solid leg kick lands there for Baxxter.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Baxxter slips a jab from Morrison. Baxxter misses with an uppercut. Ray Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Baxxter lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Morrison goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that's the end of the fight! Ray Morrison showed his dominance in that final round. Well Morrison 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27 Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27 Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Morrison! Ray Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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