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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Morrison (ranked 406 p4p, 511 weight class) and Matrix Man (ranked 58 p4p, 72 weight class). Morrison comes into the arena with Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme blaring out of the sound system. 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, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Matrix Man!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Man misses.
Man fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Morrison on the side of the head.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Man.
Man moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison throws a body punch but Man moves out of range.
Morrison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A chopping leg kick lands by Man.
Man finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Man connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Man takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morrison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Man manages to avoid it.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
It seemed like Man was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morrison fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Man, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morrison backwards.
We've been hearing reports that Morrison has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Morrison digs a right hand into Man's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Man's gas tank.
Morrison misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morrison.
Morrison has picked Man up - he's going for a ride! Morrison dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Man manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Morrison keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Man turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from Man tenderised Morrison's leg. Morrison is trying to keep his angry face on.
Man takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Man throws the left hand but Morrison avoids the punch easily.
Morrison smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Man.
Morrison lands with a straight right. Man didn't see that one coming.
Morrison is looking to clinch.
The fighters circling - Morrison throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrison scores with a takedown into Man's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morrison throws a strike but Man rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Man not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison seems keen to control Man's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Morrison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Morrison sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Man defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison working over Man with some ground and pound. Man looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Morrison missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morrison drops an elbow to the side of Man's head.
Morrison sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Man defending well though.
Man tries to roll over but Morrison keeps him under control.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Man does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Morrison throwing shots but Man is blocking nicely.
Morrison sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Man defending well though.
Morrison drops an elbow to the side of Man's head.
Morrison throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morrison throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Man is trying to stand back up but Morrison is controlling him
Man kicks Morrison off and gets back to his feet.
Man steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison takes the fight into the clinch.
Morrison misses with a body punch.
Man scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Man blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Man lands a nice uppercut.
Morrison misses with the head strike.
Morrison breaks the clinch.
Morrison works Man's body with a nice hook.
Donk. Man catches Morrison right on the button with a cross.
Morrison lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Frank Morrison will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Morrison takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Man needs to keep his hands up - Morrison had a free shot at his head there.
Morrison looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Man!
Man bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Man throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man blocks a jab.
Man defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Man thumps Morrison with a low kick.
Man scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Man takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Man thumps Morrison with a low kick.
Man lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Morrison at a distance.
Morrison swings for the body but Man moves out of range.
Man lands an overhand right.
Man uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morrison has time to react.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Man.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Man.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Man.
An attempted straight right counter from Morrison misses the target.
Man tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Man.
Matrix Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
Morrison is looking to counter the offense by Man and move into the clinch.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Man fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morrison looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morrison manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Man on his heels. He'll look to pass Man's guard now, I'm sure.
Man utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Man is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison throwing strikes from guard but Man blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Man's head.
Morrison 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.
Man working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morrison.
Morrison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morrison missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Man keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Morrison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrison throws a strike but Man rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morrison seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Man wants to get up but he can't break Morrison's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison controlling Man's posture.
Man slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Morrison pulls Man in close to prevent any damage.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Man controlling him for the moment.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Morrison seems keen to control Man's posture.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Man scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Matrix Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrison lands with a straight right. Man didn't see that one coming.
Morrison dives in and grabs Man's left leg, looking for a takedown. Man pushes down on Morrison's head and hops out.
Man lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morrison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Man.
Man slips a jab from Morrison.
Man defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Man tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrison was well out of range. Poor timing from Man.
Nice body kick there by Man.
Man connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice body punch from Man.
Man throws a chopping leg kick but Morrison manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A jab from Morrison misses.
Man staying out of range there.
Morrison thuds a left hand into Man's body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Matrix Man showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Man avoids the body shot from Morrison.
Man misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Morrison checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A big left from Man misses.
Man takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Morrison or perhaps it was just good defense by Man, which made it look bad.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Morrison as he connects with a hook.
Man connects with a right hand. Morrison shakes it off.
Morrison uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Man has time to react.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morrison looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morrison is looking to clinch but Man is avoiding it.
Morrison moves into the clinch.
Morrison swings wildly with an uppercut but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Man pushes Morrison back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Morrison fails to land.
Man lands with a right to the head.
Morrison struggles to land a body shot inside as Man controls his hands.
Morrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Man blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Morrison has double underhooks.
Morrison can't find room to land a body shot as Man controls the action.
Frank Morrison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man gets through Morrison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Man throws a head punch that misses.
Man throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morrisons head.
Man escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morrison looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Man manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man scores with a shot to the body.
Morrison takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morrison misses with a looping right.
Morrison drops his hands momentarily and Man takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Man slips the punch.
Man is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morrison with a body shot.
A big left from Morrison misses.
Man chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Man throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily.
Morrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Man lands a head shot.
Morrison is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Morrison looks to land a left hand but Man moved out of range nicely.
Man lunges at Morrison with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Morrison's hand.
Morrison misses the body punch
and Man counters with a straight right hand.
Man throws out a loose jab but Morrison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Man.
Jab from Man.
A big right from Morrison misses.
Man wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Man lands an overhand right.
Man ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Matrix Man seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morrison with a hook.
Frank Morrison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morrison fails with the takedown.
Morrison backing away here, and Man unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Man scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A jab from Man misses.
Morrison defending well as Man loads up on a big left hand.
Man thuds his right hand into Morrison's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Man digs a good hook to Morrison's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man connects with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison defending well as Man loads up on a big left hand.
Man keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
Man throws a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Morrison - just one landing.
Morrison looks to throw the jab but Man is out of range.
Morrison drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Man wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Man moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
Man connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Morrison looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Morrison throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Man.
Man keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrison.
Morrison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Man is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morrison with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
Matrix Man is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Man lands with a good body shot.
Morrison chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Man can pounce on him.
Man bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morrison's head backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matrix Man comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Man has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Matrix Man!
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight for Matrix Man!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Matrix Man!
Matrix Man wins by unanimous decision!
Matrix Man decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Frank Morrison stepped up to the mic, saying 'This is no place for cowards'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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