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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ross Morrow (ranked 1507 p4p, 847 weight class) and Malcolm Young (ranked 133 p4p, 76 weight class). Malcolm Young will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
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Solid Muay Thai
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ross Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Malcolm Young!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morrow misses with a body shot.
Morrow blocks a jab.
Morrow closes the distance and clinches.
Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Young takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morrow throws a right hand that misses
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Morrow throws a sloppy body shot
and Young connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big right from Morrow misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrow misses with a wild body shot.
Young throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morrow jabs Young right on the nose. Young blinks but takes it well.
Young connects with a jab.
Morrow throws an off balance right hand
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
Young has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young thumps Morrow with a low kick.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Morrow.
Young lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morrow throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrow has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Morrow fails to land.
Young stalling against the cage.
Young has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
Young is trying to break free.
Young trying to control the position but instead, Morrow has worked for underhooks and has pushed Young into the cage.
Young breaks the clinch.
Morrow definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Morrow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Morrow misses the shot to the body.
Morrow misses with an uppercut
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Morrow connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Young's hands.
Morrow throws a jab when Young was well out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young slips under a jab.
Young feints and then cracks Morrow's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morrow down.
Young cracks Morrow with a good jab.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morrow.
Young throws out a counter right but Morrow avoids it with no problem.
Young tries to keep at a distance but Morrow has taken the fight into the clinch.
Morrow is stalling here.
Young breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow is looking to clinch.
Morrow fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice shot lands for Young.
Young misses with an uppercut
and Morrow counters with a stiff right hand.
Morrow takes the fight into the clinch.
Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Morrow throws a sloppy body shot
and Young counters with a low kick, right behind Morrow 's knee.
Young takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Morrow with a hook.
A jab lands there for Young.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Young on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Young.
Morrow defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Morrow throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrow.
Morrow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Young throws out a counter right but Morrow avoids it with no problem.
Morrow tries to clinch up.
Young is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Morrow had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morrow darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Young moves away from the strike by Morrow.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Young slips under a jab from Morrow.
Young looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrow. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Malcolm Young will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Morrow works the jab nicely.
Morrow misses with an uppercut.
Young is looking for the big counter here.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Young throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Morrow misses with a body shot
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morrow fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big right from Morrow misses.
Morrow throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morrow is looking to clinch.
Young swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morrow misses with a looping right.
Morrow throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow misses with a right hand
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
The fighters circling - Morrow throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young connects with a looping right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Morrow misses the target.
Young looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Young throws a big shot that misses.
Morrow tries to counter by clinching up but Young breaks away and moves out of range.
Morrow lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Young works the jab nicely.
Morrow is rocked!
Morrow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oh Morrow is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice shot lands for Morrow.
Morrow seems to have got his legs back now.
Morrow has closed the distance and engaged Young in a clinch.
Morrow tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Young manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morrow. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrow has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Morrow blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrow moves into the clinch.
Young lands with a right to the head.
Morrow keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Young's efforts to push away.
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ross Morrow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Young.
Morrow throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Young swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morrow.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrow throws out the jab.
Young swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A slow jab from Morrow misses its intended target.
Morrow misses with a hook.
Young swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice shot by Young.
A decent looking cross lands there for Morrow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Young ducks right into an uppercut from Morrow.
Morrow lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morrow tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Morrow takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Young swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morrow pushes Young up against the cage in a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Morrow.
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morrow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Morrow scores with a crisp jab that stopped Young in his tracks.
Morrow misses with a looping left.
Morrow misses with a straight right.
Morrow scores with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrow rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Young cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morrow is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Morrow lands with a right hand.
Young is rocked!
Young swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Young is still on wobbly legs! Can Morrow finish him?
Morrow drops Young with a big left hand! Young is injured, injured bad! Morrow jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ross Morrow!
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hype
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pop
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