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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Morrison (ranked 107 p4p, 450 weight class) and Get Wet About Don (ranked 13 p4p, 54 weight class). Morrison comes into the arena with Dead By Daylight - Legion Theme blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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 32 - 16 - 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 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Get Wet About Don!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison clobbers About Don with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Morrison throws a jab when About Don was well out of range.
About Don scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract About Don.
About Don looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A slow jab from Morrison misses its intended target.
Morrison needs to keep his hands up - About Don had a free shot at his head there.
About Don closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Morrison to the mat! Morrison manages to get full guard.
About Don stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison swivels though and keeps the full guard.
About Don must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
About Don is working Morrison over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
About Don wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison wants to sweep here but About Don controlling him for the moment.
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
About Don sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
About Don postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morrison manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. About Don manages to get himself to full guard.
Morrison showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morrison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Morrison throwing strikes from guard but About Don blocks nicely.
Morrison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morrison trying to control but About Don is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison chips away with some ground and pound.
Morrison throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morrison is in close to About Don's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morrison missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Morrison throws a big elbow that misses.
Morrison wants to control from the top but About Don keeps moving.
Morrison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Morrison loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morrison lands a couple of digs.
About Don looking to control.
Morrison keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of About Don's head.
Morrison postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to work some ground and pound but About Don has wrist control.
Morrison is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morrison throws a big elbow that misses.
Morrison is in close to About Don's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but About Don gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morrison holds on and takes a little breather.
About Don stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison controls About Don momentarily but About Don frees himself.
About Don makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Morrison looking to hit a scissor sweep but About Don is one step ahead there.
About Don wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
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.
Morrison clobbers About Don with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
About Don lands a jab to Morrison's midsection.
Morrison slips under a jab.
No joy there for About Don, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morrison loads up on a big right hand but About Don slips the punch.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but About Don uses good head movement to avoid it.
About Don lands a slapping body shot.
Morrison swings for the body but About Don moves out of range.
About Don bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
About Don loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Morrison.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
About Don ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Morrison swings for the body but About Don moves out of range.
About Don connects with the punch.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
About Don misses with a right hand
and Morrison cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Morrison.
It seemed like About Don was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morrison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A shot to the liver by About Don. Beautiful body shot.
About Don lands with a good body shot.
About Don looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morrison is fending him off so far but About Don persists. Nope, Morrison circles away and we're back to standing.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from About Don.
Morrison waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract About Don.
About Don feints the counter takedown.
About Don connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Morrison's hands.
About Don scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
About Don punishes Morrison's body with a nice straight punch.
About Don's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morrison connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! About Don scrambles back to his feet.
About Don uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
About Don takes one to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
About Don moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morrison staying out of range there.
About Don throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morrison.
Morrison throws a right and a left that both miss.
About Don uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison throws an uppercut from half a mile away. About Don sees it coming and avoids it easily.
About Don on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morrison blocks a jab.
About Don drops his hands momentarily and Morrison takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Morrison throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morrison takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
About Don lands with a cross.
A jab lands there for About Don.
About Don ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrison moves away.
Morrison throws out a loose jab but About Don uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrison throws a hook but About Don avoids it easily.
About Don feints the counter takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from About Don finds it's target.
Morrison takes a swing at About Don's ribcage but misses.
About Don thuds a left hand into Morrison's body.
Morrison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from About Don misses.
About Don waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrison.
A jab lands there for About Don.
The fighters circling - About Don throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrison tries to counter with a takedown but About Don is quick to defend against it.
About Don lands with a nice body punch.
About Don takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Morrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
About Don throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from About Don misses.
About Don misses with an uppercut. Morrison saw that one coming.
Morrison lands an overhand right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morrison dodges the punch combination from About Don.
Morrison is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
About Don darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morrison jabs at About Don's body.
Morrison misses with a hook.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on About Don's shoulder, as About Don tries to avoid the shot.
Morrison throws a hook but About Don blocks it.
Morrison decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Morrison there.
About Don felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
About Don wants to improve his position but Morrison is controlling well.
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.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
About Don makes his way to full guard. A much better position for About Don.
Morrison won't allow About Don to sweep him here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Get Wet About Don will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
About Don gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A punch lands to the side of Morrison 's head but he takes it in his stride.
About Don avoids the body shot from Morrison.
Morrison cracks About Don with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Get Wet About Don seems to be getting the better of the standup.
About Don avoids a punch combination nicely.
About Don throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Morrison tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. About Don is in Morrison's guard.
About Don trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
About Don engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Morrison seems keen to control About Don's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
About Don is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Morrison seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
About Don with a flurry of punches that miss.
About Don trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
About Don looking to pass the guard.
Morrison is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
About Don wants to pass the guard but Morrison is keeping the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
About Don steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrison.
Morrison slips a jab from About Don.
Morrison takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice uppercut there from About Don.
About Don misses with a hook.
About Don blocks a jab.
Morrison throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
About Don moves away from the strike by Morrison.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on About Don's shoulder, as About Don tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from About Don. Those never looked like landing.
Morrison throws a looping overhand right but About Don ducks down to avoid it.
About Don throws out a counter right but Morrison avoids it with no problem.
About Don scores with a hook.
About Don lands a nice hook to Morrison's body. Morrison takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
About Don throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Morrison tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. About Don is in Morrison's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
About Don throwing strikes but missing.
Morrison has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Morrison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
About Don wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
About Don not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Morrison has his hands on About Don's head, controlling the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Morrison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but About Don was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrison.
About Don moves out of range as Morrison strikes.
About Don thuds a left hand into Morrison's body.
Morrison misses with a left hand
and About Don counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Morrison thinking.
About Don walks into a jab.
Morrison takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
About Don lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morrison throws a right hand that misses
and About Don counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
About Don throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morrison on the side of the head.
About Don ducks under a wild hook from Morrison.
Morrison doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Get Wet About Don comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think About Don has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Get Wet About Don!
Post fight, Get Wet About Don stared into the camera and said 'I am GWad, don of dons.'.
In defeat, Frank Morrison stepped up to the mic, saying 'This is no place for cowards'.
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