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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Corassa (ranked 26 p4p, 62 weight class) and Richard Morrison (ranked 4 p4p, 5 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Corassa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Morrison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Corassa.
Corassa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corassa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Corassa misses the target.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
As Morrison backs away, Corassa returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morrison defending well as Corassa loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Corassa.
Corassa was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Corassa rushes Morrison and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Corassa throws a head punch that misses.
Corassa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Morrison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morrison breaks the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Morrison misses the target.
Corassa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison catches Corassa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Corassa.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Morrison moves out of range of the body kick from Corassa.
A little jabbing left from Morrison on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morrison will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Corassa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Corassa.
Corassa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Corassa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrison.
Morrison throws a right hand that misses
and Corassa counters with a nice body shot.
Corassa lands with a cross.
It looks like Richard Morrison has been cut.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corassa throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
Corassa lands a nice shot to the body.
Morrison connects with a crisp jab.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrison misses with a left hand
and Corassa counters with a solid body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Corassa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Morrison's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Morrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Corassa.
It seemed like Morrison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Eduardo Corassa is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrison ducks under a wild hook from Corassa.
Morrison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crunch! Corassa slams his shin into Morrison's torso.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison misses the jab.
It looked like Corassa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A lazy body kick from Morrison
and Corassa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corassa cracks Morrison with an open hand slap.
Corassa clinches up against the cage.
Corassa misses with the head strike.
Corassa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morrison backwards.
Corassa is leaning against Morrison and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Corassa has Morrison pressed against the cage, preventing Morrison from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison misses with a hook to the body
and Corassa counters with an outside leg kick.
Corassa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Morrison counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corassa is looking to land body kicks.
Morrison takes a swing at Corassa's ribcage but misses.
Corassa stuns Morrison with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corassa. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corassa seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Morrison takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Corassa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morrison can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Corassa. That's going to slow Morrison down.
Corassa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morrison doesn't seem bothered though.
Morrison swings for the body but Corassa moves out of range.
Corassa slips a jab from Morrison.
Corassa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Corassa tries a body shot but Morrison blocks it.
Corassa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corassa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Corassa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morrison tries to circle away but Corassa has him pinned against the cage.
Morrison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Corassa digs a right hand underneath Morrison's ribcage. Morrison let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Corassa lands a shoulder strike.
Morrison is rocked!
Morrison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Corassa has him pressed against the cage.
Morrison is still on wobbly legs! Can Corassa finish him?
Corassa lands a nice uppercut.
Corassa lands a right hand.
Morrison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morrison wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Corassa pushes Morrison against the cage. Corassa is working some dirty boxing. Corassa pushes off with a quick right hook! Morrison goes down! Morrison tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Corassa moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eduardo Corassa!
Eduardo Corassa retains his bantamweight title!
Our winner, Eduardo Corassa, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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