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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Richard Morrison (ranked 3094 p4p, 2739 weight class) and Ariel Pérez (ranked 299 p4p, 260 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ariel Pérez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison misses with a low kick as Pérez jumps back.
Pérez lands with a good body shot.
Pérez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pérez. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pérez thuds his right hand into Morrison's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pérez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morrison moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morrison on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pérez loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Pérez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morrison throws a body punch but Pérez moves out of range.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pérez but Pérez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pérez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morrison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morrison wants to slow Pérez down by chopping away at his legs.
Pérez loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison wants to land a leg kick but Pérez is out of range.
Pérez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pérez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
Pérez slips a jab and a cross from Morrison.
Pérez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morrison momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morrison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morrison blocks a jab.
Morrison dives in for a single leg takedown but Pérez sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Pérez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Morrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morrison wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Morrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pérez.
Pérez working aggressively here.
Pérez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pérez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pérez throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Pérez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pérez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Pérez.
Morrison staying out of range there.
Morrison scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pérez moves away.
Morrison throws a low kick but Pérez avoids it.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pérez moves away.
Nice uppercut lands for Pérez. That snapped Morrison's head back.
Pérez throws a jab when Morrison was well out of range.
Morrison takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pérez scores with a hook.
Morrison is rocked!
Pérez fakes the body blow, causing Morrison to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Morrison goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ariel Pérez!
Ariel Pérez 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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