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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm Young (ranked 1401 p4p, 1720 weight class) and Ross Morrow (ranked 112 p4p, 132 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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177 cm
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3 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Malcolm Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ross Morrow!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morrow.
Morrow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Morrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Young manages to break the clinch.
Young takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Morrow pushes Young up against the cage in a clinch.
Young wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morrow looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Young wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Young breaks the clinch.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Morrow.
Morrow lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrow throws a right hand that misses
and Young counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Morrow misses with a body shot.
Young is looking to counter punch.
Morrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Morrow.
Young shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
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!
Young will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow rushes Young and presses him up against the cage.
Morrow lands a body punch in the clinch.
Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Young looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Morrow lands a nice shot that snaps Young's head back.
Morrow closes the distance and pushes Young back into the cage.
Young can't break the clinch.
Morrow effectively controlling the action here.
Morrow is struggling to control the position.
Morrow receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Young works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Young is trying to force a seperation but Morrow has the dominant position.
Still in the clinch, Morrow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morrow will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Young up against the cage.
Morrow is pushing Young up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow is stalling here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ross Morrow.
Morrow scores with a nice right hand.
Morrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young thumps Morrow with a low kick.
Morrow throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Young swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morrow.
Morrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrow rushes Young and presses him up against the cage.
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrow misses with a lunging right hand
and Young counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Morrow might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Young ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Morrow moves forwards but Young connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Morrow misses with a looping right.
It looked like Young wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Young misses with a right hand
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrow misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Young misses the target.
Morrow just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrow walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Morrow.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrow.
Morrow thuds his right hand into Young's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Morrow ducks under a wild hook from Young.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Morrow misses.
Young slips a jab from Morrow.
Morrow misses with an uppercut.
Young was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decent striking displayed by Young there.
Morrow looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Young throws a lazy uppercut
and Morrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Morrow throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Young cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morrow scores with a jab. Young acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Morrow throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morrow's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Young connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Morrow scrambles back to his feet.
Morrow is rocked!
Young closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Morrow out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Malcolm Young!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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