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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Morrison (ranked 161 p4p, 260 weight class) and Terrance Graves (ranked 25 p4p, 42 weight class). Morrison's entrance music is Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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 35 - 18 - 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 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrance Graves!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Morrison throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Morrison fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Graves keeps working.
Graves takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Morrison looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Graves is avoiding damage well.
Morrison landing strikes.
The ground and pound from Morrison seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Graves wants to control but Morrison postures up.
The ground and pound from Morrison seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Morrison throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Graves works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Morrison slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison throws a strike but Graves avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Morrison with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Morrison throwing strikes from guard but Graves blocks nicely.
Morrison missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morrison postures up in Graves's guard and throws a big left but Graves blocks it.
Morrison postures up in Graves's guard and throws a big left but Graves blocks it.
Graves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
Morrison with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morrison throwing strikes from guard but Graves blocks nicely.
Morrison distracts Graves with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morrison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Graves utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morrison throws a big elbow that misses.
Morrison in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Graves tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Morrison chips away with some ground and pound.
Graves wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison throws a strike but Graves rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves preventing the sweep.
Morrison has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Graves preventing the sweep.
Graves throws a big elbow that misses.
Graves won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Graves postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morrison is trying to keep Graves in close.
Graves working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
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 throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Morrison missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morrison throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Morrison misses with a head shot. Graves uses the momentum to regain guard.
Morrison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Graves working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Morrison.
Morrison trying to control but Graves is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morrison throwing strikes but missing.
Morrison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Morrison dominated that round.
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.
Graves on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Morrison throws a series of punches but Graves avoids them all with ease.
Morrison throws a lazy uppercut
and Graves cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice shot lands for Graves.
Morrison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Graves to score with a decent uppercut.
Morrison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Graves can do to turn this around?
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Graves.
Morrison fails to land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Graves was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morrison throws a body punch but Graves moves out of range.
Graves feints the counter takedown.
Morrison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morrison misses the jab.
Nice shot lands for Morrison.
Graves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrison.
Graves throws a solid leg kick but Morrison takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Graves.
Morrison misses with a shot to the body
and Graves counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves blocks a jab.
Graves moves into the clinch.
Graves lands a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Graves as the two fighters clinch.
Graves lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves lands a body shot in the clinch.
Graves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrison shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Graves avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morrison.
Morrison thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Graves's head.
Morrison sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Graves defending well though.
Morrison throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Graves is working away.
Graves keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
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 lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morrison trying to control from Graves's half guard. Graves has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Morrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morrison is looking to work some ground and pound but Graves has wrist control.
Morrison landing with the ground and pound.
Morrison scoring with some ground and pound.
Morrison sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Graves avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Graves controls Morrison momentarily but Morrison frees himself.
Morrison throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Graves works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morrison with a nice head shot there.
Morrison is looking to work some ground and pound but Graves has wrist control.
Morrison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morrison throwing strikes from guard but Graves blocks nicely.
Morrison is working Graves over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morrison slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morrison trying to control but Graves is working from the bottom.
Morrison controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Morrison walks into a left hand.
Morrison shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Graves is trying to defend but Morrison finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Graves is looking to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Morrison dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Morrison gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Morrison trying to control the position.
Graves preventing the sweep.
Graves trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morrison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Graves puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Graves is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Morrison reverses the position - he's now on top in Graves's guard.
Graves looking to hit a scissor sweep but Morrison is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves 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 is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison gets full guard.
Morrison is pulling down on Graves's head to control his posture.
Frank Morrison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morrison wants to improve his position but instead Graves has moved into half guard.
Graves thows a huge punch but Morrison dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
Morrison is trying to maintain the position but Graves is very close to passing his half guard.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Morrison controlling the position well.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Graves has control of the leg.
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Graves wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Graves's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison landing with the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Morrison accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Graves gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Graves forces his way into half guard.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Graves is controlling well.
Graves thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morrison's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Graves trying to control the pace.
Morrison is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Frank Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Graves seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morrison does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Graves has control of the leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Terrance Graves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrison manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Terrance Graves comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morrison has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Morrison!
Frank Morrison decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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