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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sam Morril (ranked 1804 p4p, 1457 weight class) and Ricky Alvarez (ranked 239 p4p, 192 weight class). Ricky Alvarez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sam Morril's chin.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Morril!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Morril counters with a nice body shot.
Morril swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alvarez steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Morril.
Morril uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
A telegraphed right hand from Morril misses the target.
Jab, jab by Morril - just one landing.
Morril takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Alvarez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alvarez tries to counter by closing the distance.
Alvarez slips under a jab.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Morril moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morril lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Morril throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alvarez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Morril throws a lazy right hand but Alvarez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morril throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alvarez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As Morril backs off Alvarez throws a huge counter combo but Morril manages to avoid it all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morril throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.
Sam Morril seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alvarez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Morril misses with the combination.
Alvarez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Morril has time to react.
Morril throws a poor cross that misses
and Alvarez counters with a right hand to the body.
Alvarez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morril throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A solid body kick from Alvarez.
Alvarez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Morril throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morril definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Morril moves into the clinch.
Morril lands with a light punch inside.
Alvarez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alvarez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morril.
Alvarez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Alvarez trying to land knees to the body.
Alvarez prevents a body shot from Morril.
Alvarez misses with a knee strike.
Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Morril throws a predictable looking body shot
and Alvarez counters with a series of strikes. Morril will be more careful next time no doubt.
Alvarez lands a jab to the nose.
Morril wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morril misses with a hook to the body
and Alvarez counters with a straight right hand.
Nice defenses there by Alvarez.
Morril throws an off balance right hand
and Alvarez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Alvarez avoids a kick to the body.
Alvarez wants to counter the offense by Morril and move into the clinch position.
Morril looks to land a left hand but Alvarez moved out of range nicely.
Morril throws a shot from downtown. Alvarez moves away and avoids it.
Morril lunges at Alvarez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Alvarez's hand.
Morril lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morril tries to clinch up but Alvarez circles away and keeps his distance.
Alvarez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morril.
Morril moves out of range as Alvarez throws a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morril's corner calls for a 1-2. Morril obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Alvarez misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Morril wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Morril fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Alvarez checks it well.
Morril connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alvarez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Morril tries to land a front kick but Alvarez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Alvarez steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Morril misses with a straight left.
Alvarez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morril misses with a right hand
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Morril throws a sloppy head kick and Alvarez moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Alvarez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sam Morril will probably get the nod.
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.
Morril throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morril misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morril cracks Alvarez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Morril throws a nice head kick!
Morril jabs Alvarez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morril cracks Alvarez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Morril has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Alvarez finds it's way round the side to connect with Morril's head.
Alvarez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morril.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Alvarez throws a big shot that misses.
Morril steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alvarez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morril throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morril stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Alvarez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morril momentarily.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Morril.
Sam Morril is winning the standup battle so far.
Alvarez tries to land a body kick
and Morril counters with a nice uppercut.
Morril takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Alvarez unleashes a big counter combination but Morril bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morril misses with an uppercut. Alvarez saw that one coming.
Alvarez tries to counter by closing the distance.
Morril throws a leg kick that misses.
Alvarez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Alvarez throws a body punch but Morril moves out of range.
Alvarez looks to land a right hand but Morril moved out of range.
Morril swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Morril misses.
Morril thows a left - swing and a miss!
Morril throws a poor cross that misses
and Alvarez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alvarez swinging wildly here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morril throws a right hand that misses
and Alvarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez connects with a nice looking jab.
Morril throws a poor cross that misses
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morril throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alvarez throws a right hand that Morril ducks under and follows up with a left that Morril also avoids with ease.
Morril uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Alvarez has time to react.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morril throws a low kick, looking for Alvarez's leg but Alvarez calmly moves out of range.
It seemed like Alvarez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Morril is looking to score with low kicks.
Alvarez moves out of range of the strikes.
Alvarez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morril with a body shot.
Ricky Alvarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morril on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Morril throws a leg kick
and Alvarez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Morril lands a really nice looking cross but Alvarez seems unphased.
Morril misses with a hook.
Alvarez scores with a nice right hand.
Morril pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jab by Alvarez.
Alvarez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morril's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez misses with a looping left.
Alvarez lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Morril sprawling to the canvas. Alvarez follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Morril hang on?
Morril is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alvarez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morril defending well though.
Oh Morril is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morril wants to get back to full guard.
Alvarez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Morril seems to have got his legs back now.
Alvarez gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Alvarez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morril has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Alvarez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morril misses with a straight left.
Alvarez tries to counter with a clinch but Morril shakes him off and moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Alvarez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Morril throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alvarez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morril throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morril misses with an uppercut
and Alvarez counters with a solid body kick.
Morril throws a sloppy body shot
and Alvarez counters with a series of strikes. Morril will be more careful next time no doubt.
Morril moves out of range as Alvarez strikes.
Morril takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alvarez throws a looping overhand right but Morril ducks down to avoid it.
Alvarez throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez throws a body punch but Morril moves out of range.
Morril looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Alvarez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morril.
Morril lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morril tries a low kick but Alvarez avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morril wants to clinch
and Alvarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Morril connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Alvarez scrambles back to his feet.
Morril is looking to clinch.
Alvarez cracks Morril with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Morril scores with a sloppy right hand. Alvarez should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Alvarez.
Morril tries to clinch but Alvarez moves out of range.
Nice shot by Morril.
Morril scores with a nice strike.
Morril throws out a loose jab but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alvarez! But no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Morril to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Morril misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Alvarez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Morril wants to clinch
letting Alvarez counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez looks for the body kick but Morril saw that one coming.
Morril was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Morril.
Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morril.
Morril throws a half hearted mid kick.
Morril lands with a good body shot.
Alvarez walks into a left hand.
Morril throws a hook to the side of Alvarez's head but Alvarez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alvarez! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Alvarez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Morril.
Morril throws a lazy head kick
and Alvarez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morril on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Alvarez swinging wildly here.
Morril misses with a kick to the body
and Alvarez counters with a two punch combo.
Morril scores with a leg kick.
Morril lands the left hand.
Alvarez slips under a jab from Morril.
Morril scores with a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morril lands an overhand right.
Morril tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morril is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Alvarez.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Morril.
Alvarez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morril.
Alvarez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Morril loads up on a big right hand but Alvarez slips the punch.
Morril clinches with his opponent.
Knees in the clinch landing for Alvarez.
Alvarez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Alvarez landing knees to the head.
Alvarez scores with a shot to the side of Morril's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ricky Alvarez.
Well Alvarez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Alvarez!
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