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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Morrison (ranked 305 p4p, 2685 weight class) and Jason Grayson (ranked 51 p4p, 329 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Morrison!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Grayson!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grayson wants to clinch up but Morrison keeps it at a distance.
No luck for Morrison with that takedown attempt.
Morrison closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Grayson's guard.
Morrison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Grayson has control of Morrison's left arm, preventing Morrison from doing any damage.
Morrison is looking to work some ground and pound but Grayson has wrist control.
Morrison won't allow Grayson to sweep him here.
Grayson keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayson lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Morrison is on top in guard.
Morrison throwing strikes from guard but Grayson blocks nicely.
Morrison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grayson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Grayson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grayson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Morrison working some strikes from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morrison accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morrison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grayson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morrison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morrison throwing strikes from guard but Grayson blocks nicely.
Morrison distracts Grayson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morrison throws a big elbow that misses.
Grayson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morrison controls the pace.
Grayson wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Grayson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Grayson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison distracts Grayson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
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.
Morrison trying to control but Grayson is working from the bottom.
Morrison in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morrison with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison with a flurry of punches that miss.
Morrison lands a couple of elbows.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Grayson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Grayson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morrison slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Morrison throwing strikes but missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Grayson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Morrison swings for the body but Grayson moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grayson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Morrison has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morrison and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Grayson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Grayson.
Grayson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morrison.
Morrison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Grayson counters with a one-two to the body.
Morrison paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Grayson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grayson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morrison misses with a hook. Grayson ducked under it nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grayson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morrison scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grayson tries to close the distance and clinch but Morrison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grayson throws a big shot that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Morrison dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Morrison lands with a nice body punch.
Grayson tries to clinch up.
Morrison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grayson can do to turn this around?
Morrison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jason Grayson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison dips to his left and cracks Grayson with an uppercut!
Grayson moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
Grayson looks to land a left hand but Morrison moved out of range nicely.
Morrison closes the distance and clinches up with Grayson, looking for a takedown. Morrison pushes Grayson against the cage but Grayson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Grayson throws a leg kick that misses.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but Grayson slips the punch.
Grayson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Morrison lands a jab to the nose.
Grayson connects with a leg kick.
Morrison cracks Grayson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grayson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrison throws out the jab.
Grayson tried to score with a low kick but Morrison checks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grayson throws a chopping leg kick but Morrison manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Grayson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morrison connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Grayson scrambles back to his feet.
Morrison connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Grayson's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grayson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morrison tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grayson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Morrison misses the target.
Morrison lands a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Grayson misses the target.
Some bone on bone action there as Morrison checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
As Grayson looks to move away, Morrison throws a big counter combo but Grayson just gets out of the way.
Grayson thows a leg kick but Morrison checks it
and Morrison counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Morrison trying to control but Grayson is working from the bottom.
Grayson 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.
Morrison throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison landing with the ground and pound.
Morrison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morrison is working Grayson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Grayson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Grayson looking for a sweep. Not yet Grayson, not yet.
Morrison content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison chips away with some ground and pound.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Grayson keeps moving.
Morrison landing some decent shots from guard.
Morrison throws an elbow that misses. Grayson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Morrison's guard. Nice move by Grayson!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
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.
Frank Morrison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morrison pulls Grayson in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Grayson trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison working a defensive guard but Grayson manages to pass into side control anyway.
Morrison is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Grayson trying to control the action but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Morrison dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Grayson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grayson has managed to clinch.
Grayson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morrison.
Morrison lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Grayson or not.
Morrison lands with a left to the head.
Morrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Morrison misses.
Morrison punishes Grayson's body with a nice straight punch.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison staying out of range there.
Grayson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grayson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morrison wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Grayson moves into the clinch successfully.
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!
Grayson pushes off an throws an elbow but Morrison leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morrison scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Grayson misses with a head kick.
Morrison jabs Grayson right on the nose. Grayson blinks but takes it well.
Morrison throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Grayson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grayson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Morrison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Grayson has managed to clinch.
Morrison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morrison avoids the elbow strike from Grayson, against the cage.
Morrison tries for a takedown. No joy.
Grayson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Grayson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morrison's brow.
Morrison stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grayson throws a leg kick
and Morrison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grayson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morrison looks to land a right hand but Grayson moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson moves in looking to clinch but Morrison pushes him off.
Grayson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grayson lands a jab to the head.
Morrison throws the left hand but Grayson avoids the punch easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Morrison checks a leg kick.
Morrison lands a slapping body shot.
Morrison bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Grayson's head backwards.
Grayson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Morrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Grayson doesn't seem bothered though.
Jason Grayson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrison misses with a hook. Grayson ducked under it nicely.
A punch combination from Morrison misses.
Good exchange - Morrison coming out on top.
Morrison on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Grayson. Grayson obviously looking to wear him down.
Frank Morrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrison throws a hook but Grayson blocks it.
Morrison takes a swing at Grayson's ribcage but misses.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a double jab.
Morrison fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Grayson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Morrison swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Grayson throws a head kick that Morrison semi-blocks.
Grayson slips under a jab from Morrison.
Morrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrison throws a good cross that connects.
Morrison misses with a hook. Grayson ducked under it nicely.
Grayson throws a hook but Morrison avoids it easily.
Grayson moves into the clinch.
Morrison throws a punch but it's blocked by Grayson.
Grayson is pressed up against the cage. Morrison has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Grayson down to the mat. Grayson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Grayson throws a head kick that misses
and Morrison counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Morrison is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Grayson's half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grayson is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morrison is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morrison with the ground and pound but Grayson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Morrison postures up in Grayson's guard and throws a big left but Grayson blocks it.
Morrison in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Grayson keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison throwing strikes from guard but Grayson blocks nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Morrison clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Morrison connects with a crisp jab.
Grayson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Grayson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morrison is defended easily by Grayson.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Grayson misses with a wild body shot.
Morrison seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nice defenses there by Grayson.
A chopping leg kick lands by Grayson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison blocks a head kick by Grayson.
Morrison checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Morrison fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Morrison scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice shot by Morrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grayson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Grayson moves out of range of the strikes.
Grayson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morrison blocks the body kick.
Grayson misses with a combination
and Morrison decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Grayson's guard.
Morrison works over Grayson with some ground and pound from guard.
Morrison working some strikes from top position.
Morrison throws a strike but Grayson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morrison wants to hit a sweep here but Grayson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Morrison there!
Morrison is looking to improve his position but Grayson isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison tries to hold on but Grayson postures up.
Morrison sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Grayson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrison manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison controlling the position.
Morrison looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Grayson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Morrison keeping control of the position.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morrison is controlling Grayson's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grayson throws a jab but it's blocked by Morrison.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grayson was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
Morrison moves forwards but Grayson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morrison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grayson tries to clinch but Morrison is having none of it.
Grayson avoids the body shot from Morrison.
Grayson throws a sloppy head kick and Morrison moves out of range easily.
Morrison throws a hook but Grayson avoids it easily.
Grayson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morrison has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Morrison had his way with Jason Grayson in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Morrison scores with a jab.
A low kick from Grayson misses
and Morrison counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Morrison controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morrison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morrison connects with a couple of short punches.
Morrison's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Grayson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morrison landing some decent shots from guard.
Morrison postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grayson controlling Morrison's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison won't allow Grayson to sweep him here.
Morrison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Grayson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morrison throws an elbow that misses. Grayson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Morrison's guard. Nice move by Grayson!
Morrison looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Grayson controlling him for the moment.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Grayson's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws an elbow that misses. Grayson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Morrison's guard. Nice move by Grayson!
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Morrison chips away with some ground and pound.
Morrison throwing strikes but missing.
Morrison trying to control but Grayson is working from the bottom.
Morrison is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a strike but Grayson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Morrison keeping moving, preventing Grayson from controlling successfully.
Morrison pulls Grayson in close to prevent any damage.
Grayson won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Morrison has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jason Grayson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
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.
Grayson content to stall in guard here.
Morrison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Frank Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but Grayson is one step ahead there.
Grayson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morrison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Morrison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morrison, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 50:45
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 50:45
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Morrison!
Frank Morrison retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Frank Morrison thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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