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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Morrison (ranked 79 p4p, 117 weight class) and Joad Cressbeckler (ranked 9 p4p, 16 weight class). Morrison's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme. Cressbeckler has chosen American Remains as his entrance music. 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 30 - 15 - 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 33 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joad Cressbeckler!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison scores with a three punch combo!
Frank Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison misses with a right hand
and Cressbeckler makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Morrison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morrison throws a hook to the side of Cressbeckler's head but Cressbeckler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cressbeckler throws out a counter right but Morrison avoids it with no problem.
Morrison misses with a looping left.
Morrison lands a glancing blow to the side of Cressbeckler's head.
Morrison lands a nice looking body shot.
Cressbeckler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cressbeckler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cressbeckler misses with a few strikes there.
Morrison lands a jab to Cressbeckler's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrison. Cressbeckler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cressbeckler only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nice shot by Cressbeckler.
Morrison misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison connects with a crisp jab.
Morrison stuns Cressbeckler with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morrison throws a hook but Cressbeckler avoids it easily.
Cressbeckler tries to land a leg kick but Morrison saw it coming and moves away.
Cressbeckler takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Morrison scores with a jab. Cressbeckler acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cressbeckler misses the shot to the body.
Morrison bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cressbeckler is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cressbeckler defending against the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison scoring with punches from side control.
Cressbeckler is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Morrison has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Morrison lands a decent elbow from side control.
Morrison sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Cressbeckler is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Cressbeckler managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Morrison.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cressbeckler keeps working.
Morrison misses with the ground and pound.
Cressbeckler takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Morrison lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Cressbeckler down.
Morrison is working Cressbeckler over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison scores with punches from side control.
Morrison misses with the ground and pound.
Morrison lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Cressbeckler down.
Cressbeckler regains half guard.
Morrison working the head and body with strikes.
Cressbeckler has his hands clasped together around Morrison's back. He's all about the action.
Morrison throwing shots but Cressbeckler is blocking nicely.
Cressbeckler blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morrison.
Cressbeckler trying to control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Morrison sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Morrison lands with a punch from half guard.
Morrison controlling the action here.
Cressbeckler is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison not landing any meaningful shots this time.
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 a slapping body shot.
Nice body punch from Morrison.
A jab from Cressbeckler misses.
A swing and a miss from Cressbeckler.
Morrison throws a big shot that misses.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Cressbeckler.
Cressbeckler scores with a nice strike.
Cressbeckler connects with a right hand. Morrison shakes it off.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cressbeckler.
Cressbeckler looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison swings for the body but Cressbeckler moves out of range.
Morrison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Frank Morrison is winning the standup battle so far.
Morrison gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Morrison looks to score with a jab to the body but Cressbeckler is just out of range.
Morrison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cressbeckler can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cressbeckler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cressbeckler throws a leg kick but Morrison sees it coming and moves out of range.
Morrison tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cressbeckler defends well and Morrison ends up having to push Cressbeckler into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cressbeckler throws out a counter right but Morrison avoids it with no problem.
Cressbeckler manages to break the clinch.
Morrison shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cressbeckler napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cressbeckler takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Morrison connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Cressbeckler some visible discomfort.
Morrison lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Morrison working the ground and pound from side control.
Morrison working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cressbeckler takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cressbeckler tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison cracks Cressbeckler with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cressbeckler tries to buck Morrison off but Morrison is having none of it.
Morrison looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Cressbeckler is avoiding damage well.
Morrison in side control, throwing shots but Cressbeckler defends.
Morrison working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cressbeckler is looking to regain half guard here but Morrison keeps moving and retains side control.
Morrison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cressbeckler keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Cressbeckler's face as Morrison controls the position.
Morrison is working Cressbeckler over with some ground and pound from side control.
Morrison creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cressbeckler sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison taking a breather here.
Morrison connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Cressbeckler some visible discomfort.
Morrison trying to control the action but Cressbeckler is working from the bottom.
Morrison lands a decent elbow from side control.
Morrison creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cressbeckler sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ground and pound from Morrison seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Morrison scores with punches from side control.
Morrison looks up at the clock and then as Cressbeckler takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Morrison smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control the action but Cressbeckler is working from the bottom.
Cressbeckler takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Cressbeckler defending against the ground and pound.
Morrison landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Morrison laying and praying for a moment but Cressbeckler takes advantage and regains half guard.
Cressbeckler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cressbeckler keeping control of the position.
Morrison scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Morrison dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Cressbeckler misses with an uppercut
and Morrison counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Morrison swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cressbeckler.
Morrison throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cressbeckler on the side of the head.
Morrison tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cressbeckler defends well and Morrison ends up having to push Cressbeckler into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Morrison.
Morrison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morrison is working Cressbeckler over against the cage.
Morrison misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cressbeckler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrison shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cressbeckler pinned against the cage. Cressbeckler gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Morrison. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morrison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison throws a body punch but Cressbeckler moves out of range.
Cressbeckler is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morrison with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Morrison.
Morrison moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Morrison fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cressbeckler to the ground. Morrison is now in Cressbeckler's guard.
Cressbeckler manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
I was talking to Morrison's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Morrison is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cressbeckler gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Morrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Morrison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morrison manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrison scores with a one two! Cressbeckler had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Morrison lands a body shot.
Morrison throws a jab but it's blocked by Cressbeckler.
Despite the aggression on Cressbeckler's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Joad Cressbeckler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joad Cressbeckler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrison backing away here, and Cressbeckler unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cressbeckler cracks Morrison with a good jab.
Morrison throws an off balance right hand
enabling Cressbeckler to counter with a crisp jab.
Cressbeckler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison connects with a single shot there.
Morrison cracks Cressbeckler with a good jab.
Morrison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cressbeckler.
It looked like Morrison was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cressbeckler.
Morrison connects with a single shot there.
Cressbeckler blocks a jab.
Cressbeckler tries a quick counter leg kick but Morrison is wise to it.
Cressbeckler staying out of range there.
Cressbeckler tries a quick counter leg kick but Morrison is wise to it.
Morrison missing with a left hand there. Cressbeckler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cressbeckler doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cressbeckler throws a big shot that misses.
Cressbeckler defending well as Morrison loads up on a big left hand.
Morrison misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cressbeckler let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Morrison throws a body shot but no joy.
Cressbeckler is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morrison with a body shot.
Cressbeckler ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cressbeckler! But no joy.
Morrison lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morrison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morrison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cressbeckler.
Morrison shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cressbeckler's guard.
Cressbeckler pushes Morrison off and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cressbeckler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a body punch but Cressbeckler moves out of range.
Morrison connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cressbeckler momentarily.
Good standup being displayed there by Cressbeckler as he connects with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Morrison. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Morrison.
Frank Morrison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morrison smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cressbeckler throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Morrison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morrison lands a glancing blow to the side of Cressbeckler's head.
Morrison scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Morrison showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morrison has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Morrison!
An out of breath Frank Morrison thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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